Programme Manager
UK

The median Programme Manager salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 634 734
Rank change year-on-year +63 +100 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 334 363 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.36% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.40% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 284 294 386
10th Percentile £49,149 £57,680 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,224 £71,876 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £109,625 £104,625 £104,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,805 £73,500 £73,055
% change year-on-year +0.41% +0.61% +15.32%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the UK

Programme Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Programme Manager in the UK

Programme Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Programme Manager in the UK

Programme Manager
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 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 +76 315 £75,000 - 82
UK excluding London -21 202 £73,805 +0.41% 59
Work from Home +134 176 £75,000 -9.09% 21
London +108 120 £86,250 +4.55% 30
North of England +51 88 £73,805 +0.41% 12
Midlands +19 51 £75,000 +2.04% 14
North West +12 51 £73,805 +0.41% 7
West Midlands +31 34 £74,402 +1.23% 12
South East -26 31 £72,822 -2.90% 14
Yorkshire +80 29 £73,805 +4.69% 4
East of England +4 17 £57,778 -22.96% 4
East Midlands -12 15 £75,000 +2.04% 2
North East +3 8 £73,805 +0.41% 1
Wales +14 7 £80,000 +8.84% 3
South West -32 5 £40,000 -45.58% 12
Scotland -70 3 £61,250 -6.49% 2

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 158 (47.31%) Agile
2 128 (38.32%) Finance
3 104 (31.14%) Social Skills
4 89 (26.65%) Programme Management
5 85 (25.45%) Project Management
6 81 (24.25%) Stakeholder Management
7 68 (20.36%) Budget Management
8 61 (18.26%) Mentoring
9 59 (17.66%) Public Sector
10 52 (15.57%) Project Delivery
10 52 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
10 52 (15.57%) Coaching
11 50 (14.97%) Supplier Management
12 48 (14.37%) JIRA
13 47 (14.07%) Risk Management
14 43 (12.87%) PRINCE2
14 43 (12.87%) Atlassian
14 43 (12.87%) Confluence
14 43 (12.87%) Co-Creation
15 42 (12.57%) Change Management
16 39 (11.68%) Degree
17 36 (10.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 34 (10.18%) Roadmaps
19 32 (9.58%) Microsoft
20 31 (9.28%) PMI Certification
21 30 (8.98%) Business Case
22 28 (8.38%) Migration
23 27 (8.08%) PMP
23 27 (8.08%) Matrix Management
23 27 (8.08%) Waterfall

Programme Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 43 (12.87%) Confluence
2 5 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.30%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.30%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 13 (3.89%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (4.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.69%) SAP CX
3 8 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.50%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.60%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.30%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.49%) Azure
2 14 (4.19%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (2.69%) AWS
4 7 (2.10%) SaaS
5 5 (1.50%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.60%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.60%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.30%) GitHub
9 1 (0.30%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.30%) OCI
9 1 (0.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.80%) Wireless
2 4 (1.20%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
3 3 (0.90%) LAN
3 3 (0.90%) WAN
3 3 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.30%) SAN
5 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.49%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.60%) Power BI
3 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.30%) GIS
3 1 (0.30%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.30%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (14.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 128 (38.32%) Finance
2 104 (31.14%) Social Skills
3 59 (17.66%) Public Sector
4 36 (10.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.09%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.19%) Health Technology
8 13 (3.89%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.69%) Banking
9 9 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.40%) Local Government
11 6 (1.80%) Law
11 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.50%) Front Office
12 5 (1.50%) Marketing
12 5 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.20%) Advertising
13 4 (1.20%) Legal
13 4 (1.20%) Public Speaking
14 3 (0.90%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.10%) EDI
2 2 (0.60%) .NET
3 1 (0.30%) ERC20
3 1 (0.30%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.30%) React
3 1 (0.30%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (0.30%) Truffle
3 1 (0.30%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.89%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.10%) NHS
3 6 (1.80%) Blog
3 6 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (1.80%) PMI
4 5 (1.50%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.20%) Social Media
6 3 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (0.90%) Driving Licence
6 3 (0.90%) IoT
7 2 (0.60%) FMCG
7 2 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.60%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.60%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.60%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.30%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.30%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.30%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.30%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.20%) Linux
2 1 (0.30%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (47.31%) Agile
2 89 (26.65%) Programme Management
3 85 (25.45%) Project Management
4 81 (24.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (20.36%) Budget Management
6 61 (18.26%) Mentoring
7 52 (15.57%) Coaching
7 52 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (15.57%) Project Delivery
8 50 (14.97%) Supplier Management
9 47 (14.07%) Risk Management
10 43 (12.87%) Co-Creation
10 43 (12.87%) PRINCE2
11 42 (12.57%) Change Management
12 34 (10.18%) Roadmaps
13 30 (8.98%) Business Case
14 28 (8.38%) Migration
15 27 (8.08%) Matrix Management
15 27 (8.08%) Waterfall
16 24 (7.19%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.80%) SQL
2 2 (0.60%) C#
2 2 (0.60%) Python
3 1 (0.30%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 39 (11.68%) Degree
2 31 (9.28%) PMI Certification
3 27 (8.08%) PMP
4 10 (2.99%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.10%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.50%) CAPM
7 5 (1.50%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.50%) ISEB
7 5 (1.50%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.20%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.60%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.60%) CEH
9 2 (0.60%) CISM
9 2 (0.60%) CISSP
9 2 (0.60%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.60%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.69%) QA
2 6 (1.80%) PMO
3 3 (0.90%) COSHH
4 1 (0.30%) IFRS
4 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.50%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (12.87%) Atlassian
2 32 (9.58%) Microsoft
3 19 (5.69%) SAP
4 5 (1.50%) HP
4 5 (1.50%) Progress
5 4 (1.20%) VMware
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle
7 1 (0.30%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.30%) Ericsson
7 1 (0.30%) Nokia
7 1 (0.30%) Salesforce