Programme Director Jobs

Programme Director
UK

The median Programme Director salary in the UK is £100,000 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 891 915 1225
Rank change year-on-year +24 +310 -332
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Director 16 32 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.034% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.037% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 14 26 14
10th Percentile £60,826 £84,375 £77,875
25th Percentile £73,940 £109,375 £89,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £138,750 £100,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.93% +38.06% -8.64%
75th Percentile £136,250 £145,000 £110,625
90th Percentile £148,500 £148,750 £126,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -8.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Programme Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in the UK

Programme Director
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programme Director.

Salary trend for Programme Director in the UK

Programme Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Director over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Programme Director in the UK

Programme Director
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Director within the UK 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
England +19 13 £100,000 -28.57% 7
London +111 11 £100,000 -27.27% 4
Work from Home +39 4 £140,000 +16.67% 3
Midlands -14 2 £100,000 -23.08%
UK excluding London -37 2 £100,000 -13.04% 3
West Midlands -15 1 £99,999 -27.27%
East Midlands - 1 £100,000 -

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Programme Director 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 featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Programme Management
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (31.25%) Banking
4 4 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
5 3 (18.75%) B2B
5 3 (18.75%) B2C
5 3 (18.75%) Project Management
5 3 (18.75%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (18.75%) Analytics
5 3 (18.75%) Customer Experience
6 2 (12.50%) Generative AI
6 2 (12.50%) TikTok
6 2 (12.50%) Economics
6 2 (12.50%) Data-Driven Marketing
6 2 (12.50%) People Management
6 2 (12.50%) Social Media
6 2 (12.50%) Google
6 2 (12.50%) Marketing
6 2 (12.50%) Business Development
6 2 (12.50%) Data Analytics
6 2 (12.50%) YouTube
6 2 (12.50%) Integrated Marketing
6 2 (12.50%) Programme Governance
6 2 (12.50%) Global Marketing
6 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Banking
4 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
5 2 (12.50%) Advertising
5 2 (12.50%) Marketing
6 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Social Media
2 1 (6.25%) Life Science
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Programme Management
2 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (18.75%) Analytics
3 3 (18.75%) B2B
3 3 (18.75%) B2C
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Experience
3 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Project Management
3 3 (18.75%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (12.50%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Data-Driven Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Generative AI
4 2 (12.50%) Global Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Integrated Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) People Management
4 2 (12.50%) Programme Governance
4 2 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (12.50%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Google
1 2 (12.50%) TikTok
1 2 (12.50%) YouTube
2 1 (6.25%) SAP