Programme Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Programme Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £73,805 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 544 580
Rank change year-on-year -20 +36 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 207 194 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.34% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.39% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 174 166 181
10th Percentile £48,880 £56,625 £50,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £71,063 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,805 £73,500 £73,055
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% +0.61% +14.51%
75th Percentile £83,438 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,738 £97,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Programme Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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 +55 87 £73,805 +0.41% 9
Midlands +18 51 £75,000 +2.04% 11
North West +10 50 £73,805 +0.41% 4
West Midlands +9 34 £74,402 +1.23% 10
South East -40 32 £75,000 +2.04% 18
Yorkshire +67 29 £73,805 +0.41% 2
East of England +3 19 £57,778 -22.96% 8
East Midlands -12 15 £75,000 -2.28% 1
Wales +15 8 £80,000 +8.84% 3
North East -6 8 £73,805 +0.41% 3
South West -36 7 £42,500 -42.18% 14
Scotland -71 3 £61,250 -6.49% 3
Programme Manager
UK

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Programme Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 100 (48.31%) Agile
2 73 (35.27%) Finance
3 55 (26.57%) Public Sector
4 52 (25.12%) Social Skills
5 50 (24.15%) Supplier Management
6 49 (23.67%) Budget Management
7 48 (23.19%) JIRA
8 47 (22.71%) Coaching
9 44 (21.26%) Mentoring
10 43 (20.77%) Co-Creation
10 43 (20.77%) Atlassian
10 43 (20.77%) Confluence
11 42 (20.29%) Risk Management
12 41 (19.81%) Project Management
13 37 (17.87%) Stakeholder Management
13 37 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (14.49%) Change Management
15 28 (13.53%) Programme Management
16 27 (13.04%) Project Delivery
17 26 (12.56%) Degree
18 19 (9.18%) Waterfall
18 19 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
18 19 (9.18%) PMP
18 19 (9.18%) PMI Certification
18 19 (9.18%) Business Case
18 19 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
19 17 (8.21%) Roadmaps
20 16 (7.73%) Computer Science
20 16 (7.73%) Microsoft
20 16 (7.73%) Resource Allocation

Programme Manager Skill Set
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 43 (20.77%) Confluence
2 1 (0.48%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.48%) Hyperledger
2 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (6.28%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (6.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (4.35%) SAP CX
3 3 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.48%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (0.97%) Power Automate
2 2 (0.97%) Power Platform
2 2 (0.97%) PowerApps
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.48%) OCI
3 1 (0.48%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.90%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.25%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (1.45%) GIS
3 2 (0.97%) Power BI
4 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 48 (23.19%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.48%) TeamCity
General
1 73 (35.27%) Finance
2 55 (26.57%) Public Sector
3 52 (25.12%) Social Skills
4 19 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.25%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.76%) Health Technology
7 10 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.86%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.90%) Banking
11 4 (1.93%) Law
11 4 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.45%) Local Government
12 3 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.97%) Advertising
13 2 (0.97%) Billing
13 2 (0.97%) Games
13 2 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.48%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.38%) EDI
2 1 (0.48%) ERC20
2 1 (0.48%) Gherkin
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.48%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (0.48%) Truffle
2 1 (0.48%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.38%) NHS
3 6 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.45%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.97%) Housing Association
5 2 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (0.97%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.48%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.48%) Blockchain
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (48.31%) Agile
2 50 (24.15%) Supplier Management
3 49 (23.67%) Budget Management
4 47 (22.71%) Coaching
5 44 (21.26%) Mentoring
6 43 (20.77%) Co-Creation
7 42 (20.29%) Risk Management
8 41 (19.81%) Project Management
9 37 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (17.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (14.49%) Change Management
11 28 (13.53%) Programme Management
12 27 (13.04%) Project Delivery
13 19 (9.18%) Business Case
13 19 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (9.18%) Waterfall
14 17 (8.21%) Roadmaps
15 16 (7.73%) Computer Science
15 16 (7.73%) Resource Allocation
16 14 (6.76%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.42%) SQL
2 1 (0.48%) Python
2 1 (0.48%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 26 (12.56%) Degree
2 19 (9.18%) PMI Certification
2 19 (9.18%) PMP
3 7 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.42%) CAPM
4 5 (2.42%) ISEB
4 5 (2.42%) ISTQB
5 3 (1.45%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.97%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.45%) COSHH
1 3 (1.45%) PMO
2 1 (0.48%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (2.42%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 43 (20.77%) Atlassian
2 16 (7.73%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.76%) SAP
4 5 (2.42%) HP
5 3 (1.45%) Computacenter
5 3 (1.45%) Oracle
6 1 (0.48%) Ericsson
6 1 (0.48%) Nokia