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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 280 388
Rank change year-on-year -95 +108 -145
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 349 301 245
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.87% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 1.00% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 123 167 111
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £47,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £61,305
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -6.21% +11.46%
75th Percentile £89,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £113,500 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £62,528
% change year-on-year +20.00% -0.04% +4.21%

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 61,098 29,971 40,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.75% 87.08% 79.67%
Number of salaries quoted 42,849 16,150 20,303
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,733 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.95% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £68,049
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 12 October 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 12 October 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 - - 25
South East -92 67 £83,750 +19.64% 89
North of England -36 52 £78,500 +16.30% 81
Midlands -50 39 £43,102 -9.26% 49
South West -109 30 £75,000 +50.00% 52
West Midlands -37 29 £40,000 -15.79% 33
North West -29 24 £73,750 +17.53% 41
East of England -36 17 £55,000 -15.38% 47
Scotland +6 16 £55,000 -8.33% 33
North East - 15 £112,500 - 14
Yorkshire -35 13 £77,000 -6.67% 26
East Midlands -39 10 £70,000 +39.25% 16
Wales -74 7 £72,500 +50.66% 9
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 12 (3.44%) Confluence
2 2 (0.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.29%) IIS
3 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (5.73%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.86%) Trello
5 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.86%) Primavera
2 3 (0.86%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.57%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.57%) Shopify
3 2 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.29%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 76 (21.78%) Azure
2 60 (17.19%) Entra ID
3 57 (16.33%) SaaS
4 19 (5.44%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.01%) AWS
6 5 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (1.43%) Serverless
7 4 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (1.15%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.15%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.15%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.86%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.29%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.15%) IPv4
1 4 (1.15%) RFID
1 4 (1.15%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (0.57%) Firewall
2 2 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.57%) VPN
3 1 (0.29%) 4G
3 1 (0.29%) 5G
3 1 (0.29%) Intelligent Network
3 1 (0.29%) Network Security
3 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.16%) Power BI
2 15 (4.30%) Tableau
3 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.29%) GIS
4 1 (0.29%) Metadata
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (7.45%) JIRA
2 9 (2.58%) Git
3 4 (1.15%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.15%) GitLab
3 4 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 209 (59.89%) Social Skills
2 133 (38.11%) Legal
3 109 (31.23%) Finance
4 75 (21.49%) Law
5 41 (11.75%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (10.60%) Influencing Skills
7 35 (10.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (8.60%) Public Sector
9 24 (6.88%) Aerospace
10 22 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (5.44%) Local Government
12 18 (5.16%) Financial Institution
13 16 (4.58%) Retail
14 14 (4.01%) Aviation
15 12 (3.44%) Billing
15 12 (3.44%) General Ledger
15 12 (3.44%) Marketing
15 12 (3.44%) Military
15 12 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (3.15%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 133 (38.11%) Senior
2 124 (35.53%) Senior Manager
3 55 (15.76%) Testing Manager
4 38 (10.89%) Lead
5 27 (7.74%) Programme Manager
6 18 (5.16%) Consultant
7 13 (3.72%) IT Manager
7 13 (3.72%) Project Manager
8 11 (3.15%) Analyst
8 11 (3.15%) Management Consultant
8 11 (3.15%) Programme Management Office Consultant
8 11 (3.15%) Programme Office Consultant
9 10 (2.87%) Technical Manager
10 8 (2.29%) Infrastructure Manager
10 8 (2.29%) Risk Manager
10 8 (2.29%) Security Manager
11 7 (2.01%) Head of IT
12 6 (1.72%) IT Programme Manager
12 6 (1.72%) Performance Manager
12 6 (1.72%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.43%) Terraform
2 4 (1.15%) boto
3 2 (0.57%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.29%) DAO
4 1 (0.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (15.76%) Virtual Team
2 40 (11.46%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.72%) Data Centre
4 12 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (3.15%) NHS
5 11 (3.15%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.87%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.58%) PMI
8 8 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.01%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.43%) IoT
10 5 (1.43%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.43%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.43%) Robotics
11 4 (1.15%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.15%) Taxonomies
12 3 (0.86%) Social Media
12 3 (0.86%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.15%) Linux
1 4 (1.15%) Windows
1 4 (1.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (54.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 149 (42.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 135 (38.68%) Mentoring
4 122 (34.96%) Performance Management
5 120 (34.38%) PRINCE2
6 119 (34.10%) Strategic Planning
7 93 (26.65%) AI
8 91 (26.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 90 (25.79%) Collaborative Working
10 89 (25.50%) Project Delivery
11 88 (25.21%) ITIL
12 83 (23.78%) Cybersecurity
12 83 (23.78%) Project Management
13 81 (23.21%) Decision-Making
14 74 (21.20%) Software Engineering
15 73 (20.92%) Data Management
16 71 (20.34%) Budget Management
16 71 (20.34%) TOGAF
17 68 (19.48%) Information Security
18 66 (18.91%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 65 (18.62%) Python
2 59 (16.91%) PowerShell
3 55 (15.76%) C#
3 55 (15.76%) JavaScript
3 55 (15.76%) TypeScript
4 20 (5.73%) SQL
5 5 (1.43%) C++
6 4 (1.15%) Bash
6 4 (1.15%) Java
7 1 (0.29%) C
7 1 (0.29%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 81 (23.21%) Degree
2 64 (18.34%) CISSP
3 63 (18.05%) CISM
4 60 (17.19%) A+ Certification
4 60 (17.19%) Network+ Certification
5 26 (7.45%) PMI Certification
6 23 (6.59%) Security Cleared
7 20 (5.73%) PMP
8 17 (4.87%) SC Cleared
9 12 (3.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 11 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (2.87%) DV Cleared
12 9 (2.58%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (1.72%) APMP
13 6 (1.72%) HNC
13 6 (1.72%) HND
14 5 (1.43%) AWS Certification
15 4 (1.15%) ISTQB
15 4 (1.15%) OSCP
15 4 (1.15%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (24.93%) QA
2 57 (16.33%) PMO
3 12 (3.44%) Def Stans
3 12 (3.44%) SLA
4 9 (2.58%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.72%) NIST
6 5 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.43%) NEBOSH
7 3 (0.86%) GDPR
7 3 (0.86%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.86%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.86%) NCSC
8 2 (0.57%) GRC
8 2 (0.57%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.29%) DO-254
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.29%) P3O
System Software
1 65 (18.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.15%) Docker
2 4 (1.15%) Squid
2 4 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.15%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (17.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.15%) Ansible
2 4 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.15%) Packer
2 4 (1.15%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 91 (26.07%) Microsoft
2 60 (17.19%) CyberArk
3 15 (4.30%) Oracle
4 14 (4.01%) SAP
5 12 (3.44%) Aderant
6 7 (2.01%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.43%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.43%) NEC
8 4 (1.15%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.15%) Splunk
8 4 (1.15%) VMware
9 3 (0.86%) Planview
9 3 (0.86%) Thales
9 3 (0.86%) UiPath
9 3 (0.86%) YouTube
10 2 (0.57%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.57%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.57%) IFS
10 2 (0.57%) Infor
10 2 (0.57%) Sparx