Programme Management Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Programme Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 301 397
Rank change year-on-year -78 +96 -147
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 330 261 235
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.77% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.88% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 118 159 117
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £44,845 £46,745 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% +8.62%
75th Percentile £86,608 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £89,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Programme Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,135 29,546 42,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.33% 86.64% 78.67%
Number of salaries quoted 42,401 15,981 22,391
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Programme Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Programme Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Programme Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northern Ireland - 122 - - 23
South East -72 62 £85,000 +36.00% 124
North of England -47 42 £77,000 +36.28% 86
Midlands -56 39 £43,102 -9.26% 66
West Midlands -34 29 £40,000 -15.79% 47
South West -116 26 £75,000 +50.00% 62
North West -35 18 £66,250 +14.22% 47
East of England -36 17 £55,000 -15.38% 37
Scotland +13 16 £55,000 -8.33% 35
Yorkshire -34 12 £77,000 +47.30% 29
North East - 12 £112,500 - 11
East Midlands -38 10 £70,000 +39.25% 19
Wales -84 7 £72,500 +50.66% 12
Programme Management
UK

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.03%) Confluence
2 2 (0.61%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.30%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.91%) Trello
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.91%) Primavera
2 3 (0.91%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.61%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.61%) Shopify
4 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 75 (22.73%) Azure
2 60 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 57 (17.27%) SaaS
4 19 (5.76%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.94%) AWS
6 5 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.21%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (1.21%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.21%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.21%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.21%) Serverless
8 3 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.91%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.21%) IPv4
1 4 (1.21%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (0.61%) RFID
3 1 (0.30%) 4G
3 1 (0.30%) 5G
3 1 (0.30%) Firewall
3 1 (0.30%) Intelligent Network
3 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.30%) Network Security
3 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.30%) VPN
3 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.45%) Power BI
2 15 (4.55%) Tableau
3 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.30%) GIS
4 1 (0.30%) Metadata
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 24 (7.27%) JIRA
2 9 (2.73%) Git
3 4 (1.21%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.21%) GitLab
3 4 (1.21%) Jenkins
General
1 203 (61.52%) Social Skills
2 131 (39.70%) Legal
3 97 (29.39%) Finance
4 72 (21.82%) Law
5 35 (10.61%) Influencing Skills
6 33 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (9.09%) Public Sector
8 27 (8.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (6.97%) Aerospace
10 20 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (5.76%) Local Government
12 14 (4.24%) Financial Institution
13 12 (3.64%) Aviation
13 12 (3.64%) Marketing
13 12 (3.64%) Military
13 12 (3.64%) Retail
14 11 (3.33%) Telecoms
15 10 (3.03%) Manufacturing
16 9 (2.73%) Billing
16 9 (2.73%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 131 (39.70%) Senior
2 124 (37.58%) Senior Manager
3 55 (16.67%) Testing Manager
4 37 (11.21%) Lead
5 24 (7.27%) Programme Manager
6 18 (5.45%) Consultant
7 13 (3.94%) IT Manager
7 13 (3.94%) Project Manager
8 11 (3.33%) Analyst
8 11 (3.33%) Management Consultant
8 11 (3.33%) Programme Management Office Consultant
8 11 (3.33%) Programme Office Consultant
9 9 (2.73%) Technical Manager
10 8 (2.42%) Infrastructure Manager
10 8 (2.42%) Risk Manager
10 8 (2.42%) Security Manager
11 7 (2.12%) Head of IT
12 6 (1.82%) IT Programme Manager
12 6 (1.82%) Performance Manager
12 6 (1.82%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.21%) boto
1 4 (1.21%) Terraform
2 1 (0.30%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 55 (16.67%) Virtual Team
2 38 (11.52%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.94%) Data Centre
3 13 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.03%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.03%) NHS
6 9 (2.73%) PMI
7 8 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.12%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.52%) Robotics
10 4 (1.21%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.91%) IoT
11 3 (0.91%) Social Media
11 3 (0.91%) Verilog
11 3 (0.91%) VHDL
11 3 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
12 2 (0.61%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.21%) Linux
1 4 (1.21%) Windows
1 4 (1.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (56.06%) Continuous Improvement
2 144 (43.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 133 (40.30%) Mentoring
4 120 (36.36%) Performance Management
4 120 (36.36%) Strategic Planning
5 117 (35.45%) PRINCE2
6 90 (27.27%) AI
7 88 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
8 86 (26.06%) Project Delivery
9 85 (25.76%) ITIL
10 81 (24.55%) Project Management
10 81 (24.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 80 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
12 74 (22.42%) Decision-Making
13 73 (22.12%) Software Engineering
14 70 (21.21%) Budget Management
14 70 (21.21%) Data Management
15 68 (20.61%) Information Security
15 68 (20.61%) TOGAF
16 64 (19.39%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 67 (20.30%) Python
2 59 (17.88%) PowerShell
3 55 (16.67%) C#
3 55 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 55 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 18 (5.45%) SQL
5 5 (1.52%) C++
6 4 (1.21%) Bash
6 4 (1.21%) Java
7 3 (0.91%) C
7 3 (0.91%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 74 (22.42%) Degree
2 62 (18.79%) CISM
2 62 (18.79%) CISSP
3 60 (18.18%) A+ Certification
3 60 (18.18%) Network+ Certification
4 26 (7.88%) PMI Certification
5 25 (7.58%) Security Cleared
6 19 (5.76%) PMP
6 19 (5.76%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (3.03%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.42%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (1.82%) APMP
11 6 (1.82%) HNC
11 6 (1.82%) HND
12 4 (1.21%) CCNA
12 4 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.21%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (25.76%) QA
2 51 (15.45%) PMO
3 12 (3.64%) SLA
4 10 (3.03%) Def Stans
5 5 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.52%) NEBOSH
6 3 (0.91%) DO-254
6 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.91%) NIST
7 2 (0.61%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.61%) GDPR
7 2 (0.61%) GRC
7 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 65 (19.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.21%) Docker
2 4 (1.21%) Squid
2 4 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.21%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.21%) Ansible
2 4 (1.21%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.21%) Packer
2 4 (1.21%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 90 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 60 (18.18%) CyberArk
3 15 (4.55%) Oracle
4 14 (4.24%) SAP
5 9 (2.73%) Aderant
6 7 (2.12%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.52%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.52%) NEC
8 4 (1.21%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.21%) Splunk
8 4 (1.21%) VMware
9 3 (0.91%) Planview
9 3 (0.91%) Thales
9 3 (0.91%) UiPath
9 3 (0.91%) YouTube
10 2 (0.61%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.61%) IFS
10 2 (0.61%) Infor
11 1 (0.30%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.30%) Palo Alto