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 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 868 947 1205
Rank change year-on-year +79 +258 -311
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Director 16 28 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.028% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.031% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 13 22 15
10th Percentile £59,717 £81,875 £79,250
25th Percentile £68,586 £103,750 £95,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £140,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +33.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £110,000 £145,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £149,000 £147,375 £131,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £85,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -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 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 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 20 May 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 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 +73 13 £100,000 -28.57% 9
London +108 11 £100,000 -27.27% 8
Work from Home +79 3 £120,000 - 6
UK excluding London -10 2 £100,000 +17.65% 3
Midlands - 2 £100,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £99,999 -
East Midlands - 1 £100,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (37.50%) Programme Management
4 4 (25.00%) Banking
4 4 (25.00%) Project Management
4 4 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (18.75%) Analytics
5 3 (18.75%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (18.75%) B2B
5 3 (18.75%) B2C
5 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
5 3 (18.75%) Customer Experience
6 2 (12.50%) Generative AI
6 2 (12.50%) Business Development
6 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 2 (12.50%) TikTok
6 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
6 2 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (12.50%) Change Management
6 2 (12.50%) Workflow
6 2 (12.50%) Advertising
6 2 (12.50%) Agile
6 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (12.50%) Economics
6 2 (12.50%) Google
6 2 (12.50%) Marketing
6 2 (12.50%) YouTube

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
1 1 (6.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (6.25%) WhatsApp
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
5 2 (12.50%) Advertising
5 2 (12.50%) Marketing
6 1 (6.25%) Legal
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
1 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (25.00%) Project 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%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (12.50%) Business Development
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Data-Driven Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Economics
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%) Roadmaps
4 2 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
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
2 1 (6.25%) Workday