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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 331 335
Rank change year-on-year -66 +4 -45
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 241 232 420
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.68% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.77% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 87 152 236
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,350 £33,125
25th Percentile £41,585 £47,500 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,750 £53,528
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +7.89% -14.36%
75th Percentile £93,500 £82,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £92,500 £93,875
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +13.04% -14.81%

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 51,636 29,972 50,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.56% 87.95% 79.26%
Number of salaries quoted 36,305 16,272 33,672
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 - 124 - - 5
South East -52 35 £90,000 +50.00% 36
North of England -47 23 £63,000 +17.45% 21
South West -120 18 £75,000 +50.00% 13
West Midlands -26 15 £40,000 -36.00% 6
Midlands -48 15 £40,000 -51.52% 14
Yorkshire -35 14 £63,000 +20.52% 9
East of England -20 12 £40,000 -55.56% 15
Wales -54 8 £72,500 +21.12% 1
North West -15 7 £48,375 -16.59% 10
Scotland +11 6 £62,231 +3.72% 8
North East - 2 £125,000 - 2
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 4 (1.66%) Confluence
2 2 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.24%) Trello
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (0.83%) Shopify
2 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 62 (25.73%) Azure
2 54 (22.41%) Entra ID
3 51 (21.16%) SaaS
4 14 (5.81%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.07%) AWS
6 4 (1.66%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (1.66%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.66%) AWS CloudTrail
6 4 (1.66%) AWS Fargate
6 4 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.66%) Serverless
7 3 (1.24%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.66%) IPv4
1 4 (1.66%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.39%) Power BI
2 11 (4.56%) Tableau
3 1 (0.41%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 10 (4.15%) JIRA
2 4 (1.66%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.66%) Git
2 4 (1.66%) GitLab
2 4 (1.66%) Jenkins
General
1 169 (70.12%) Social Skills
2 104 (43.15%) Legal
3 57 (23.65%) Law
4 40 (16.60%) Finance
5 27 (11.20%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (7.88%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (6.64%) Local Government
7 16 (6.64%) Public Sector
8 14 (5.81%) Manufacturing
9 12 (4.98%) Aerospace
10 9 (3.73%) Analytical Skills
11 7 (2.90%) Electronics
11 7 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.49%) Retail
12 6 (2.49%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.66%) Swedish Language
14 3 (1.24%) Automotive
14 3 (1.24%) Back Office
14 3 (1.24%) Military
15 2 (0.83%) Banking
Job Titles
1 109 (45.23%) Senior
1 109 (45.23%) Senior Manager
2 49 (20.33%) Testing Manager
3 23 (9.54%) Infrastructure Manager
4 21 (8.71%) Security Manager
5 20 (8.30%) Programme Manager
6 19 (7.88%) Lead
7 13 (5.39%) Consultant
8 11 (4.56%) Management Consultant
8 11 (4.56%) Programme Management Office Consultant
8 11 (4.56%) Programme Office Consultant
9 9 (3.73%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.32%) IT Manager
11 7 (2.90%) Analyst
12 6 (2.49%) Insight Manager
12 6 (2.49%) NHS Performance Manager
12 6 (2.49%) Performance Manager
12 6 (2.49%) Report Manager
13 5 (2.07%) CIO
13 5 (2.07%) Head of IT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.66%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 49 (20.33%) Virtual Team
2 27 (11.20%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.56%) NHS
4 9 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.90%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.07%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.66%) Robotics
7 4 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.66%) Verilog
7 4 (1.66%) VHDL
8 3 (1.24%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.83%) PMI
9 2 (0.83%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.83%) Social Media
10 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.41%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.41%) Life Science
10 1 (0.41%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.66%) Linux
1 4 (1.66%) Windows
1 4 (1.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (58.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 117 (48.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 108 (44.81%) Mentoring
4 107 (44.40%) PRINCE2
4 107 (44.40%) Strategic Planning
5 105 (43.57%) Performance Management
6 75 (31.12%) Collaborative Working
7 74 (30.71%) Project Management
8 70 (29.05%) AI
8 70 (29.05%) Cybersecurity
9 67 (27.80%) Project Delivery
10 65 (26.97%) ITIL
11 61 (25.31%) Budget Management
11 61 (25.31%) Data Management
12 59 (24.48%) Information Security
13 56 (23.24%) DevOps
14 55 (22.82%) Privileged Access Management
14 55 (22.82%) Software Engineering
15 54 (22.41%) RBAC
15 54 (22.41%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 57 (23.65%) Python
2 53 (21.99%) PowerShell
3 49 (20.33%) C#
3 49 (20.33%) JavaScript
3 49 (20.33%) TypeScript
4 10 (4.15%) SQL
5 4 (1.66%) Bash
5 4 (1.66%) C
5 4 (1.66%) Embedded C
5 4 (1.66%) Java
Qualifications
1 54 (22.41%) A+ Certification
1 54 (22.41%) CISM
1 54 (22.41%) CISSP
1 54 (22.41%) Network+ Certification
2 38 (15.77%) Degree
3 16 (6.64%) PMI Certification
4 14 (5.81%) PMP
5 7 (2.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (2.49%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.07%) CAPM
7 5 (2.07%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.66%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.66%) CCNA
8 4 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.66%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.66%) OSCP
8 4 (1.66%) RHCE
8 4 (1.66%) RHCSA
9 3 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (26.97%) QA
2 30 (12.45%) PMO
3 4 (1.66%) DO-254
4 3 (1.24%) NEBOSH
5 2 (0.83%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.83%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.83%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 58 (24.07%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.66%) Docker
2 4 (1.66%) Squid
2 4 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.66%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (22.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.66%) Ansible
2 4 (1.66%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.66%) Packer
2 4 (1.66%) Terraform
2 4 (1.66%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 75 (31.12%) Microsoft
2 54 (22.41%) CyberArk
3 5 (2.07%) Oracle
4 4 (1.66%) Red Hat
4 4 (1.66%) Splunk
4 4 (1.66%) VMware
5 3 (1.24%) NEC
5 3 (1.24%) Planview
6 2 (0.83%) Infor
7 1 (0.41%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.41%) Planon
7 1 (0.41%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.41%) SAP