Programme Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Programme Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Programme Management over the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 300 334
Rank change year-on-year -32 +34 -88
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 235 610 580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.87% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 1.03% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 142 319 320
10th Percentile £37,425 £32,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,900 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.71% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £82,500 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,250 £98,500 £78,650
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -18.52% +12.50%

All Process and 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 33,809 59,116 59,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.18% 84.56% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 17,728 41,079 30,443
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,206 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,000 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,900
% change year-on-year +4.55% -11.15% +3.17%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programme Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

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 25 April 2025.

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 25 April 2025. 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
North of England +81 86 £63,900 +26.07% 55
North West +47 60 £63,900 +26.07% 35
South East -21 51 £63,750 +17.73% 75
Midlands +9 43 £82,500 +57.90% 38
South West +48 32 £62,500 -1.57% 40
Yorkshire +92 25 £53,638 +3.16% 13
West Midlands -6 21 £92,500 +85.00% 23
East Midlands +38 14 £44,250 -19.55% 14
Scotland +79 10 £60,000 +20.00% 26
East of England +34 10 £85,000 +58.72% 15
Wales +30 4 £51,179 -2.96% 11
North East +37 1 - - 7
Programme Management
UK

Programme Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (14.04%) Confluence
2 6 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.85%) Skype for Business
3 2 (0.85%) ThingWorx
3 2 (0.85%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.85%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.43%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.43%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 27 (11.49%) Azure
2 20 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (7.66%) AWS
4 7 (2.98%) Serverless
5 5 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (2.13%) Amazon S3
5 5 (2.13%) Collibra
5 5 (2.13%) GCP
5 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (2.13%) SaaS
6 4 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.70%) IaaS
7 3 (1.28%) PaaS
8 2 (0.85%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (0.85%) OCI
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.43%) AWS Fargate
9 1 (0.43%) Kong
9 1 (0.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.09%) WAN
2 18 (7.66%) SD-WAN
3 12 (5.11%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (3.40%) 5G
5 7 (2.98%) Wireless
6 6 (2.55%) VPN
7 5 (2.13%) LTE
7 5 (2.13%) Modbus
8 4 (1.70%) 3G
8 4 (1.70%) Ethernet
8 4 (1.70%) GPRS
9 3 (1.28%) Broadband
9 3 (1.28%) Firewall
9 3 (1.28%) Mobile Broadband
10 2 (0.85%) DHCP
10 2 (0.85%) DNS
10 2 (0.85%) Network Security
10 2 (0.85%) Profibus
11 1 (0.43%) RS-232
11 1 (0.43%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.85%) DB2
2 2 (0.85%) IBM InfoSphere
2 2 (0.85%) MySQL
2 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (0.43%) Big Data
3 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.43%) Flink
3 1 (0.43%) GIS
3 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.43%) Power BI
3 1 (0.43%) Spatial Data
3 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.43%) SQLite
3 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (11.91%) JIRA
2 5 (2.13%) Git
3 3 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.85%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.85%) GitLab
4 2 (0.85%) JUnit
4 2 (0.85%) Subversion
5 1 (0.43%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.43%) ClearQuest
5 1 (0.43%) CMake
5 1 (0.43%) Maven
5 1 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.43%) WiX
5 1 (0.43%) Yeoman
General
1 107 (45.53%) Finance
2 62 (26.38%) Social Skills
3 57 (24.26%) Electronics
3 57 (24.26%) Public Sector
4 54 (22.98%) Manufacturing
5 48 (20.43%) Telecoms
6 46 (19.57%) Marketing
7 34 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (7.23%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (6.38%) Banking
9 15 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (4.68%) Legal
11 10 (4.26%) Tech for Good
12 5 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.13%) Law
13 3 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.85%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.85%) Police
14 2 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 59 (25.11%) Project Manager
2 54 (22.98%) Senior
3 45 (19.15%) Programme Manager
4 40 (17.02%) Lead
5 34 (14.47%) Senior Manager
6 26 (11.06%) Delivery Manager
7 19 (8.09%) Senior Project Manager
8 15 (6.38%) Capability Manager
9 12 (5.11%) Senior Programme Manager
10 11 (4.68%) Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (4.26%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (4.26%) Healthcare Manager
11 10 (4.26%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
11 10 (4.26%) IT Manager
11 10 (4.26%) Microsoft 365 Manager
11 10 (4.26%) Project Leader
11 10 (4.26%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (4.26%) Senior Infrastructure Programme Manager
11 10 (4.26%) Technical Manager
12 9 (3.83%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.70%) Node.js
2 3 (1.28%) HTML
2 3 (1.28%) Java EE
2 3 (1.28%) Middleware
2 3 (1.28%) OAuth
2 3 (1.28%) Web Services
3 2 (0.85%) ADO
3 2 (0.85%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.85%) CSS
3 2 (0.85%) IBM Integration Bus
3 2 (0.85%) J2EE
3 2 (0.85%) React
3 2 (0.85%) REST
3 2 (0.85%) RESTful
3 2 (0.85%) SOAP
3 2 (0.85%) Spring
3 2 (0.85%) Spring Boot
3 2 (0.85%) XML
4 1 (0.43%) boto
4 1 (0.43%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.51%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.11%) Product Ownership
3 11 (4.68%) IoT
4 9 (3.83%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.40%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.40%) Self-Driving Car
6 7 (2.98%) Mainframe
6 7 (2.98%) SCADA
7 4 (1.70%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.70%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.70%) NB-IoT
8 3 (1.28%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.28%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.85%) CUDA
9 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.85%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.98%) Windows
2 5 (2.13%) Linux
3 4 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.43%) Android
5 1 (0.43%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.43%) Unix
5 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (47.66%) Project Management
2 95 (40.43%) Agile
3 75 (31.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 62 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (23.40%) Project Delivery
6 46 (19.57%) Business Intelligence
7 44 (18.72%) Digital Marketing
8 41 (17.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (16.17%) PRINCE2
9 38 (16.17%) Risk Management
10 32 (13.62%) Business Strategy
10 32 (13.62%) Waterfall
11 30 (12.77%) Budget Management
12 26 (11.06%) Computer Science
13 25 (10.64%) Quality Management
13 25 (10.64%) Roadmaps
14 22 (9.36%) ITIL
15 21 (8.94%) Change Management
15 21 (8.94%) Project Governance
15 21 (8.94%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.68%) Java
2 10 (4.26%) Python
3 6 (2.55%) C++
3 6 (2.55%) SQL
4 4 (1.70%) C
5 3 (1.28%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.85%) C#
6 2 (0.85%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.43%) Bash
7 1 (0.43%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.43%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.43%) PHP
7 1 (0.43%) R
7 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.43%) Swift
Qualifications
1 64 (27.23%) Degree
2 43 (18.30%) PMP
3 18 (7.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (6.81%) Security Cleared
5 15 (6.38%) HND
6 13 (5.53%) Master's Degree
6 13 (5.53%) PMI Certification
7 12 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (4.26%) DV Cleared
9 9 (3.83%) SC Cleared
10 8 (3.40%) MAPM
10 8 (3.40%) MRICS
11 5 (2.13%) MBA
12 2 (0.85%) CCNA
12 2 (0.85%) CEH
12 2 (0.85%) CISM
12 2 (0.85%) CISSP
12 2 (0.85%) GIAC
12 2 (0.85%) ISSAP
12 2 (0.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.36%) PMO
2 9 (3.83%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.98%) GDPR
4 5 (2.13%) QA
5 4 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.28%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.28%) SLA
7 2 (0.85%) COBIT
7 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.85%) NIST
7 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.85%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.43%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (1.70%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.85%) Docker
2 2 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.85%) Firmware
2 2 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.85%) vSphere
3 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.70%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.70%) Terraform
2 2 (0.85%) Ansible
2 2 (0.85%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (20.00%) SAP
2 33 (14.04%) Atlassian
3 21 (8.94%) Microsoft
4 9 (3.83%) Siemens
5 8 (3.40%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.13%) Informatica
7 4 (1.70%) Google
7 4 (1.70%) Oracle
7 4 (1.70%) VMware
8 2 (0.85%) Curam
8 2 (0.85%) EMC
8 2 (0.85%) IBM
9 1 (0.43%) Allen-Bradley
9 1 (0.43%) Altera
9 1 (0.43%) Cisco
9 1 (0.43%) Citrix
9 1 (0.43%) ESRI
9 1 (0.43%) Freescale
9 1 (0.43%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.43%) Remedy