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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 308 409
Rank change year-on-year -76 +101 -143
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 317 272 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.79% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.91% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 114 166 128
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,012 £47,500 £41,940
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £92,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £89,000 £79,875
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% +2.94%

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 58,130 29,915 43,610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.26% 86.53% 78.16%
Number of salaries quoted 41,309 16,248 24,257
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £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 £88,750 £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 10 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 10 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 - 129 - - 9
South East -52 57 £90,000 +44.00% 68
Midlands -50 36 £43,102 -9.26% 32
North of England -53 32 £77,000 +32.76% 49
West Midlands -26 26 £40,000 -15.79% 27
South West -122 25 £75,000 +50.00% 28
East of England -29 16 £48,105 -35.86% 25
Scotland +7 15 £55,000 -8.33% 17
Yorkshire -41 13 £70,000 +30.51% 16
North West -23 12 £67,500 +16.38% 20
East Midlands -32 10 £70,000 -15.15% 5
Wales -82 7 £72,500 +50.66% 6
North East - 7 £112,500 - 14
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 9 (2.84%) Confluence
2 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.32%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (5.99%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.95%) Trello
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.95%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.63%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.63%) Primavera
3 2 (0.63%) Shopify
4 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 75 (23.66%) Azure
2 60 (18.93%) Entra ID
3 57 (17.98%) SaaS
4 18 (5.68%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.10%) AWS
6 5 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.26%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (1.26%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.26%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.26%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.26%) Serverless
8 3 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.95%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.26%) IPv4
1 4 (1.26%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.32%) 4G
2 1 (0.32%) 5G
2 1 (0.32%) Firewall
2 1 (0.32%) Intelligent Network
2 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.32%) Network Security
2 1 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.32%) VPN
2 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.36%) Power BI
2 15 (4.73%) Tableau
3 1 (0.32%) GIS
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (7.57%) JIRA
2 9 (2.84%) Git
3 4 (1.26%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.26%) GitLab
3 4 (1.26%) Jenkins
General
1 207 (65.30%) Social Skills
2 129 (40.69%) Legal
3 82 (25.87%) Finance
4 67 (21.14%) Law
5 30 (9.46%) Influencing Skills
6 28 (8.83%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (7.89%) Public Sector
8 24 (7.57%) Aerospace
9 22 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (5.36%) Local Government
11 14 (4.42%) Manufacturing
12 12 (3.79%) Military
13 10 (3.15%) Aviation
13 10 (3.15%) Electronics
13 10 (3.15%) Marketing
13 10 (3.15%) Telecoms
14 9 (2.84%) Financial Institution
15 8 (2.52%) Retail
16 7 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (39.75%) Senior
2 122 (38.49%) Senior Manager
3 55 (17.35%) Testing Manager
4 40 (12.62%) Lead
5 24 (7.57%) Programme Manager
6 17 (5.36%) Consultant
7 15 (4.73%) Infrastructure Manager
8 14 (4.42%) Security Manager
9 11 (3.47%) Management Consultant
9 11 (3.47%) Programme Management Office Consultant
9 11 (3.47%) Programme Office Consultant
9 11 (3.47%) Project Manager
10 10 (3.15%) IT Manager
11 9 (2.84%) Analyst
12 8 (2.52%) Risk Manager
12 8 (2.52%) Technical Manager
13 6 (1.89%) Head of IT
13 6 (1.89%) NHS Performance Manager
13 6 (1.89%) Performance Manager
13 6 (1.89%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.26%) boto
1 4 (1.26%) Terraform
2 1 (0.32%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 55 (17.35%) Virtual Team
2 36 (11.36%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.10%) Data Centre
3 13 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.47%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.15%) NHS
6 9 (2.84%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.52%) PMI
7 8 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.21%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.58%) Robotics
9 5 (1.58%) Verilog
9 5 (1.58%) VHDL
10 3 (0.95%) Social Media
10 3 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.63%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.26%) Linux
1 4 (1.26%) Windows
1 4 (1.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (57.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 139 (43.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 130 (41.01%) Mentoring
4 121 (38.17%) PRINCE2
5 120 (37.85%) Strategic Planning
6 119 (37.54%) Performance Management
7 88 (27.76%) AI
7 88 (27.76%) Collaborative Working
8 87 (27.44%) Project Delivery
9 86 (27.13%) Project Management
10 81 (25.55%) ITIL
11 78 (24.61%) Cybersecurity
12 73 (23.03%) Software Engineering
13 71 (22.40%) Stakeholder Management
14 68 (21.45%) Budget Management
14 68 (21.45%) Data Management
14 68 (21.45%) TOGAF
15 66 (20.82%) Information Security
16 65 (20.50%) Decision-Making
17 63 (19.87%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 69 (21.77%) Python
2 59 (18.61%) PowerShell
3 55 (17.35%) C#
3 55 (17.35%) JavaScript
3 55 (17.35%) TypeScript
4 13 (4.10%) SQL
5 5 (1.58%) C
5 5 (1.58%) C++
5 5 (1.58%) Embedded C
6 4 (1.26%) Bash
6 4 (1.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 63 (19.87%) Degree
2 62 (19.56%) CISM
2 62 (19.56%) CISSP
3 60 (18.93%) A+ Certification
3 60 (18.93%) Network+ Certification
4 26 (8.20%) PMI Certification
5 25 (7.89%) Security Cleared
6 19 (5.99%) PMP
6 19 (5.99%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (2.84%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.52%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (1.89%) APMP
11 5 (1.58%) HNC
11 5 (1.58%) HND
12 4 (1.26%) CCNA
12 4 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.26%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (25.87%) QA
2 45 (14.20%) PMO
3 12 (3.79%) SLA
4 10 (3.15%) Def Stans
5 5 (1.58%) DO-254
5 5 (1.58%) NEBOSH
6 4 (1.26%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.63%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.63%) GDPR
7 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.63%) NIST
7 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.32%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 65 (20.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.26%) Docker
2 4 (1.26%) Squid
2 4 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.26%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (18.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.26%) Ansible
2 4 (1.26%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.26%) Packer
2 4 (1.26%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 89 (28.08%) Microsoft
2 60 (18.93%) CyberArk
3 15 (4.73%) Oracle
4 14 (4.42%) SAP
5 7 (2.21%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.58%) Alteryx
6 5 (1.58%) NEC
7 4 (1.26%) Aderant
7 4 (1.26%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.26%) Splunk
7 4 (1.26%) VMware
8 3 (0.95%) Planview
8 3 (0.95%) UiPath
8 3 (0.95%) YouTube
9 2 (0.63%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.63%) IFS
9 2 (0.63%) Infor
9 2 (0.63%) Thales
10 1 (0.32%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.32%) Palo Alto