Programme Manager Jobs in England

Programme Manager
UK > England

The median Programme Manager salary in England is £73,805 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 607 707
Rank change year-on-year +45 +100 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 317 303 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.37% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.40% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 264 252 382
10th Percentile £48,829 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,805 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £91,438 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £108,375 £100,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £73,805 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -1.59% -6.25% +3.23%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +96 119 £85,000 +3.03% 36
North of England +31 85 £73,805 +0.41% 8
North West -12 49 £73,805 +0.41% 5
Midlands -9 47 £73,805 +0.41% 15
West Midlands +12 33 £73,805 -3.84% 13
South East -59 30 £70,644 -4.86% 17
Yorkshire +71 28 £73,805 +0.41% 1
East of England -3 21 £57,778 -22.19% 8
East Midlands -24 13 £66,000 -10.20% 2
South West -46 11 £45,000 -38.78% 15
North East -13 8 £73,805 +0.41% 2
Programme Manager
UK

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 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 England region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 149 (47.00%) Agile
2 125 (39.43%) Finance
3 83 (26.18%) Social Skills
4 82 (25.87%) Project Management
5 77 (24.29%) Programme Management
6 76 (23.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 66 (20.82%) Budget Management
8 61 (19.24%) Public Sector
9 57 (17.98%) Mentoring
10 53 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
11 51 (16.09%) Supplier Management
12 49 (15.46%) Coaching
13 48 (15.14%) JIRA
14 47 (14.83%) Project Delivery
15 43 (13.56%) Co-Creation
15 43 (13.56%) Change Management
15 43 (13.56%) PRINCE2
15 43 (13.56%) Atlassian
15 43 (13.56%) Confluence
16 41 (12.93%) Degree
17 37 (11.67%) Risk Management
18 36 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 33 (10.41%) PMI Certification
20 32 (10.09%) Business Case
21 29 (9.15%) Roadmaps
21 29 (9.15%) PMP
22 28 (8.83%) Migration
22 28 (8.83%) Waterfall
23 25 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
23 25 (7.89%) Programme Delivery

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (13.56%) Confluence
2 4 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.32%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.32%) Hyperledger
3 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (3.15%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (4.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.84%) SAP CX
3 8 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.58%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.32%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.73%) Azure
2 14 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (2.52%) AWS
4 5 (1.58%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.26%) SaaS
6 3 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.63%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.63%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.32%) GitHub
8 1 (0.32%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.32%) OCI
8 1 (0.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.89%) Wireless
2 3 (0.95%) LAN
2 3 (0.95%) WAN
2 3 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.32%) SAN
4 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.47%) Electronic Patient Records
2 5 (1.58%) GIS
3 2 (0.63%) Power BI
4 1 (0.32%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.32%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (15.14%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 125 (39.43%) Finance
2 83 (26.18%) Social Skills
3 61 (19.24%) Public Sector
4 36 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.05%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (4.10%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.15%) Health Technology
9 9 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.52%) Banking
10 8 (2.52%) Local Government
11 5 (1.58%) Front Office
11 5 (1.58%) Law
11 5 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.26%) Advertising
12 4 (1.26%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.95%) Legal
13 3 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.63%) Games
14 2 (0.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.21%) EDI
2 2 (0.63%) .NET
3 1 (0.32%) ERC20
3 1 (0.32%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.32%) React
3 1 (0.32%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (0.32%) Truffle
3 1 (0.32%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.42%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.21%) NHS
3 6 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.26%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.26%) PMI
5 3 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (0.95%) Driving Licence
5 3 (0.95%) IoT
6 2 (0.63%) Blog
6 2 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.63%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.63%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.32%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.32%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.32%) Derivative
7 1 (0.32%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.32%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.32%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (47.00%) Agile
2 82 (25.87%) Project Management
3 77 (24.29%) Programme Management
4 76 (23.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 66 (20.82%) Budget Management
6 57 (17.98%) Mentoring
7 53 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (16.09%) Supplier Management
9 49 (15.46%) Coaching
10 47 (14.83%) Project Delivery
11 43 (13.56%) Change Management
11 43 (13.56%) Co-Creation
11 43 (13.56%) PRINCE2
12 37 (11.67%) Risk Management
13 32 (10.09%) Business Case
14 29 (9.15%) Roadmaps
15 28 (8.83%) Migration
15 28 (8.83%) Waterfall
16 25 (7.89%) Programme Delivery
17 22 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.89%) SQL
2 2 (0.63%) C#
2 2 (0.63%) Python
3 1 (0.32%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 41 (12.93%) Degree
2 33 (10.41%) PMI Certification
3 29 (9.15%) PMP
4 11 (3.47%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.89%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.58%) CAPM
7 5 (1.58%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.58%) ISEB
8 4 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (1.26%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.63%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.63%) CEH
9 2 (0.63%) CISM
9 2 (0.63%) CISSP
9 2 (0.63%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.63%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.63%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.52%) QA
2 6 (1.89%) PMO
3 3 (0.95%) COSHH
4 1 (0.32%) IFRS
4 1 (0.32%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.58%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (13.56%) Atlassian
2 23 (7.26%) Microsoft
3 15 (4.73%) SAP
4 5 (1.58%) Computacenter
4 5 (1.58%) HP
4 5 (1.58%) Progress
5 4 (1.26%) VMware
6 3 (0.95%) Oracle
7 1 (0.32%) Ericsson
7 1 (0.32%) Nokia
7 1 (0.32%) Salesforce