Programme Management (Program Management)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Programme Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Programme Management over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 314 350 304
Rank change year-on-year +36 -46 -42
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 896 980 2,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 0.97% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.01% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 530 626 1,333
10th Percentile £33,500 £42,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,625 £81,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Programme Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,735 96,775 152,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,708 57,079 82,921
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Management over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 13 May 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 +19 739 £59,000 -12.59% 333
UK excluding London +9 603 £52,500 -12.50% 201
Work from Home +51 345 £62,500 +4.17% 135
London +79 231 £70,000 -11.13% 135
South East -1 197 £54,151 -16.69% 47
South West -23 98 £63,500 +16.30% 28
Midlands +23 97 £51,997 -5.46% 31
North of England +27 68 £50,685 -23.78% 54
West Midlands +26 67 £48,750 -7.14% 22
Scotland -19 55 £50,000 -14.34% 9
North West +6 46 £50,685 -24.91% 33
Northern Ireland - 38 £35,000 - 6
East of England -13 32 £53,555 -27.14% 26
East Midlands +7 30 £55,000 -8.73% 8
Wales +26 19 £52,738 +2.26% 7
North East 0 12 £39,000 -46.94% 2
Yorkshire +53 10 £51,997 -17.14% 19

Programme Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 50 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.00%) WordPress
3 8 (0.89%) Confluence
4 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.78%) MS Project Server
5 6 (0.67%) Apache
5 6 (0.67%) CMS
5 6 (0.67%) nginx
6 4 (0.45%) IIS
7 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.11%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 118 (13.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 86 (9.60%) Microsoft Project
3 55 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
4 40 (4.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.67%) OrCAD
5 6 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.56%) InfoPath
7 4 (0.45%) Doxygen
7 4 (0.45%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.33%) SPSS
8 3 (0.33%) Stata
9 2 (0.22%) Fusion 360
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.11%) Revit
10 1 (0.11%) Simulink
10 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 59 (6.58%) Primavera
2 7 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.33%) CA PPM
4 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.11%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.11%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 77 (8.59%) Azure
2 46 (5.13%) AWS
3 34 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (3.46%) Power Platform
5 27 (3.01%) dbt
6 18 (2.01%) Smartsheet
7 17 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (1.45%) GitHub
9 13 (1.45%) SaaS
10 10 (1.12%) GCP
11 9 (1.00%) Google Drive
12 8 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (0.89%) OneDrive
13 7 (0.78%) PowerApps
14 6 (0.67%) ChatGPT
14 6 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (0.67%) PaaS
15 5 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (0.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.57%) Network Security
2 21 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (2.01%) HTTP
3 18 (2.01%) Wireless
4 15 (1.67%) MQTT
5 12 (1.34%) DNS
6 10 (1.12%) Modbus
7 9 (1.00%) LAN
7 9 (1.00%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.00%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.00%) WAN
8 8 (0.89%) LTE
9 7 (0.78%) Bluetooth
9 7 (0.78%) Ethernet
10 6 (0.67%) 3G
10 6 (0.67%) 4G
10 6 (0.67%) Firewall
10 6 (0.67%) GPRS
10 6 (0.67%) LoRaWAN
11 5 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
1 23 (2.57%) Power BI
2 15 (1.67%) Tableau
3 9 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
3 9 (1.00%) MongoDB
4 7 (0.78%) Redis
4 7 (0.78%) SQLite
5 6 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
5 6 (0.67%) GIS
6 5 (0.56%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.33%) Amazon QuickSight
8 3 (0.33%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.33%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.33%) MySQL
8 3 (0.33%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.22%) Big Data
9 2 (0.22%) OLAP
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.11%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 33 (3.68%) JIRA
2 31 (3.46%) Git
3 17 (1.90%) Visual Studio
4 15 (1.67%) Subversion
5 11 (1.23%) Eclipse
6 7 (0.78%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.56%) Maven
8 4 (0.45%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.45%) GitLab
9 2 (0.22%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.22%) Selenium
9 2 (0.22%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.11%) Snyk
10 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 408 (45.54%) Social Skills
2 358 (39.96%) Finance
3 281 (31.36%) Public Sector
4 220 (24.55%) Marketing
5 202 (22.54%) Manufacturing
6 191 (21.32%) Telecoms
7 173 (19.31%) Electronics
8 134 (14.96%) Analytical Skills
9 61 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 49 (5.47%) Legal
11 48 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
12 43 (4.80%) Retail
13 41 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
13 41 (4.58%) Law
14 37 (4.13%) Local Government
15 32 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (3.24%) Digital Economy
17 21 (2.34%) Banking
17 21 (2.34%) Military
18 20 (2.23%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 175 (19.53%) Project Manager
2 156 (17.41%) Senior
3 118 (13.17%) Senior Manager
4 89 (9.93%) Programme Manager
5 75 (8.37%) Senior Project Manager
6 52 (5.80%) Project Controller
7 50 (5.58%) IT Manager
8 49 (5.47%) Analyst
9 45 (5.02%) Consultant
10 38 (4.24%) Software Engineer
11 37 (4.13%) Lead
12 35 (3.91%) Developer
13 32 (3.57%) Business Analyst
14 27 (3.01%) Support Engineer
15 25 (2.79%) Electronics Engineer
16 23 (2.57%) Product Manager
17 22 (2.46%) IT Project Manager
18 21 (2.34%) Security Consultant
19 19 (2.12%) Embedded Engineer
19 19 (2.12%) Senior Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.91%) HTML
2 28 (3.13%) CSS
3 26 (2.90%) AngularJS
3 26 (2.90%) React
4 18 (2.01%) Flask
5 14 (1.56%) .NET
6 13 (1.45%) Django
7 10 (1.12%) Spring
8 9 (1.00%) .NET Framework
8 9 (1.00%) HTML5
8 9 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
9 8 (0.89%) Svelte
10 7 (0.78%) Qt
11 6 (0.67%) Celery
11 6 (0.67%) GeoJSON
11 6 (0.67%) LAPP Stack
11 6 (0.67%) Node.js
11 6 (0.67%) NumPy
11 6 (0.67%) WCF
11 6 (0.67%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.03%) Self-Motivation
2 41 (4.58%) Social Media
3 37 (4.13%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 26 (2.90%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.46%) NHS
7 21 (2.34%) IoT
8 18 (2.01%) Cyber Defence
8 18 (2.01%) PMI
8 18 (2.01%) Security Operations Centre
9 16 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
10 14 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.45%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.34%) FPGA
13 11 (1.23%) Blog
13 11 (1.23%) Driving Licence
14 9 (1.00%) Arduino
14 9 (1.00%) Low-Code
14 9 (1.00%) VHDL
15 8 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.36%) Linux
2 50 (5.58%) Windows
3 4 (0.45%) VMS
4 3 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.22%) Unix
6 1 (0.11%) AIX
6 1 (0.11%) Android
6 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (36.94%) Project Management
2 268 (29.91%) Agile
3 198 (22.10%) Business Intelligence
4 174 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (19.31%) Digital Marketing
6 160 (17.86%) Change Management
7 158 (17.63%) Risk Management
8 134 (14.96%) Project Delivery
9 129 (14.40%) PRINCE2
10 128 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 113 (12.61%) Decision-Making
12 108 (12.05%) Business Case
13 99 (11.05%) Mentoring
14 95 (10.60%) Coaching
15 80 (8.93%) Analytics
16 75 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
17 72 (8.04%) Software Engineering
18 66 (7.37%) Roadmaps
19 65 (7.25%) Systems Engineering
20 61 (6.81%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (8.15%) Python
2 53 (5.92%) JavaScript
2 53 (5.92%) SQL
3 49 (5.47%) C
4 39 (4.35%) C++
5 35 (3.91%) C#
6 34 (3.79%) Java
7 17 (1.90%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.79%) Embedded C
8 16 (1.79%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.00%) Bash
9 9 (1.00%) MATLAB
9 9 (1.00%) PHP
10 8 (0.89%) Embedded C++
10 8 (0.89%) Go
10 8 (0.89%) R
11 5 (0.56%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.45%) Bicep
13 3 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 250 (27.90%) Degree
2 129 (14.40%) Security Cleared
3 79 (8.82%) SC Cleared
4 56 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 45 (5.02%) PMI Certification
6 36 (4.02%) DV Cleared
7 30 (3.35%) PMP
8 25 (2.79%) Master's Degree
9 23 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (1.67%) HNC
11 12 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (1.12%) CCNP
14 9 (1.00%) CCNA
14 9 (1.00%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.89%) AWS Certification
15 8 (0.89%) CCSA
15 8 (0.89%) CISSP
15 8 (0.89%) PgMP
16 7 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.26%) PMO
2 53 (5.92%) QA
3 20 (2.23%) NIST
4 19 (2.12%) NIST 800
5 18 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.67%) ISO 9001
7 11 (1.23%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.89%) ISO 9000
9 8 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.45%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.45%) JTAG
11 3 (0.33%) P3O
12 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.22%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.22%) GDPR
12 2 (0.22%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.22%) MISRA
12 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (4.46%) Firmware
2 13 (1.45%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (1.23%) Docker
4 3 (0.33%) NFS
4 3 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.22%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (1.90%) Terraform
2 9 (1.00%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.11%) FTK
4 1 (0.11%) Grafana
4 1 (0.11%) IBM BigFix
4 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.11%) SCCM
4 1 (0.11%) systemd
4 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 1 (0.11%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.11%) vRealize
Vendors
1 190 (21.21%) SAP
2 156 (17.41%) Microsoft
3 23 (2.57%) Google
4 14 (1.56%) Oracle
5 11 (1.23%) EMC
5 11 (1.23%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.12%) Cisco
7 9 (1.00%) CheckPoint
7 9 (1.00%) Xero
8 7 (0.78%) NVIDIA
9 6 (0.67%) Meraki
9 6 (0.67%) VMware
10 5 (0.56%) Automation Anywhere
10 5 (0.56%) Cognos
10 5 (0.56%) iManage
11 4 (0.45%) Adobe
12 3 (0.33%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.33%) Thales
12 3 (0.33%) Workday
12 3 (0.33%) Xilinx