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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 349 306
Rank change year-on-year +33 -43 -38
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 889 969 2,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.89% 0.97% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.02% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 524 618 1,342
10th Percentile £33,500 £41,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,250 £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 £82,313 £81,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,000 £99,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +5.00%

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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +10.53%

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 20 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 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 +13 737 £60,000 -11.11% 313
UK excluding London +14 598 £52,500 -12.50% 215
Work from Home +53 345 £62,500 +4.17% 116
London +86 232 £71,217 -8.16% 113
South East -2 198 £54,151 -10.81% 67
Midlands +17 96 £52,249 -5.00% 38
South West -30 95 £64,250 +17.67% 24
North of England +13 67 £50,342 -25.42% 47
West Midlands +24 66 £50,000 -6.98% 24
Scotland -30 54 £50,000 -11.87% 8
North West +2 46 £50,685 -24.91% 29
Northern Ireland - 37 £35,000 - 4
East of England -23 33 £53,555 -27.14% 21
East Midlands -5 30 £55,000 -8.73% 13
Wales +21 19 £52,738 +2.26% 12
North East +4 12 £39,000 -46.94% 2
Yorkshire +51 9 £51,997 -20.62% 16

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 51 (5.74%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.01%) WordPress
3 8 (0.90%) Confluence
4 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.79%) 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 (13.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (9.56%) Microsoft Project
3 55 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
4 40 (4.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.67%) OrCAD
5 6 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.56%) InfoPath
7 4 (0.45%) Doxygen
8 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.34%) SPSS
8 3 (0.34%) 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 (6.64%) Primavera
2 7 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.45%) CA PPM
5 3 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.11%) Cognos Controller
7 1 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 79 (8.89%) Azure
2 48 (5.40%) AWS
3 34 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (3.49%) Power Platform
5 27 (3.04%) dbt
6 18 (2.02%) Smartsheet
7 17 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (1.46%) GitHub
9 13 (1.46%) SaaS
10 9 (1.01%) GCP
10 9 (1.01%) Google Drive
11 8 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (0.90%) OneDrive
12 7 (0.79%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.67%) ChatGPT
13 6 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (0.67%) PaaS
14 5 (0.56%) AWS IoT
14 5 (0.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.59%) Network Security
2 21 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (2.02%) HTTP
3 18 (2.02%) Wireless
4 15 (1.69%) MQTT
5 12 (1.35%) DNS
6 10 (1.12%) Modbus
7 9 (1.01%) LAN
7 9 (1.01%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.01%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.01%) WAN
8 8 (0.90%) LTE
9 7 (0.79%) Bluetooth
9 7 (0.79%) 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%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
1 23 (2.59%) Power BI
2 15 (1.69%) Tableau
3 9 (1.01%) BusinessObjects
3 9 (1.01%) MongoDB
4 7 (0.79%) Redis
4 7 (0.79%) 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 (0.34%) Amazon QuickSight
8 3 (0.34%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.34%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.34%) MySQL
8 3 (0.34%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.22%) Big Data
9 2 (0.22%) OLAP
10 1 (0.11%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 34 (3.82%) JIRA
2 31 (3.49%) Git
3 17 (1.91%) Visual Studio
4 15 (1.69%) Subversion
5 11 (1.24%) Eclipse
6 7 (0.79%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.56%) Maven
8 4 (0.45%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.45%) GitLab
9 3 (0.34%) Selenium
10 2 (0.22%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.22%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.11%) JMeter
11 1 (0.11%) Postman
11 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.11%) Serenity BDD
11 1 (0.11%) Snyk
11 1 (0.11%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 407 (45.78%) Social Skills
2 356 (40.04%) Finance
3 275 (30.93%) Public Sector
4 215 (24.18%) Marketing
5 196 (22.05%) Manufacturing
6 190 (21.37%) Telecoms
7 171 (19.24%) Electronics
8 132 (14.85%) Analytical Skills
9 60 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 48 (5.40%) Legal
10 48 (5.40%) Presentation Skills
11 42 (4.72%) Influencing Skills
11 42 (4.72%) Retail
12 40 (4.50%) Law
13 37 (4.16%) Local Government
14 32 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (3.26%) Digital Economy
16 21 (2.36%) Banking
16 21 (2.36%) Military
17 20 (2.25%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 173 (19.46%) Project Manager
2 154 (17.32%) Senior
3 117 (13.16%) Senior Manager
4 89 (10.01%) Programme Manager
5 75 (8.44%) Senior Project Manager
6 52 (5.85%) Project Controller
7 49 (5.51%) Analyst
7 49 (5.51%) IT Manager
8 42 (4.72%) Consultant
9 39 (4.39%) Software Engineer
10 36 (4.05%) Lead
11 35 (3.94%) Developer
12 32 (3.60%) Business Analyst
13 26 (2.92%) Support Engineer
14 24 (2.70%) Electronics Engineer
15 23 (2.59%) Product Manager
16 21 (2.36%) IT Project Manager
16 21 (2.36%) Security Consultant
17 19 (2.14%) Senior Programme Manager
18 18 (2.02%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.94%) HTML
2 28 (3.15%) AngularJS
2 28 (3.15%) CSS
2 28 (3.15%) React
3 18 (2.02%) Flask
4 15 (1.69%) .NET
5 13 (1.46%) Django
6 12 (1.35%) Spring
7 9 (1.01%) .NET Framework
7 9 (1.01%) HTML5
7 9 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
8 8 (0.90%) Svelte
9 7 (0.79%) Qt
10 6 (0.67%) Celery
10 6 (0.67%) Dask
10 6 (0.67%) GeoJSON
10 6 (0.67%) GeoPandas
10 6 (0.67%) LAPP Stack
10 6 (0.67%) NumPy
10 6 (0.67%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
2 41 (4.61%) Social Media
3 37 (4.16%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.15%) Management Information System
5 26 (2.92%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.47%) NHS
7 21 (2.36%) IoT
8 18 (2.02%) Cyber Defence
8 18 (2.02%) PMI
8 18 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
9 16 (1.80%) Embedded Systems
10 14 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.46%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.35%) FPGA
13 11 (1.24%) Blog
14 10 (1.12%) Driving Licence
15 9 (1.01%) Arduino
15 9 (1.01%) Low-Code
15 9 (1.01%) VHDL
16 8 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.30%) Linux
2 50 (5.62%) Windows
3 4 (0.45%) VMS
4 3 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.34%) 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
1 327 (36.78%) Project Management
2 268 (30.15%) Agile
3 196 (22.05%) Business Intelligence
4 172 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 171 (19.24%) Digital Marketing
6 159 (17.89%) Change Management
7 155 (17.44%) Risk Management
8 132 (14.85%) Project Delivery
9 127 (14.29%) PRINCE2
10 122 (13.72%) Stakeholder Management
11 110 (12.37%) Decision-Making
12 106 (11.92%) Business Case
13 97 (10.91%) Mentoring
14 95 (10.69%) Coaching
15 80 (9.00%) Analytics
16 73 (8.21%) Software Engineering
17 70 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
18 66 (7.42%) Roadmaps
19 65 (7.31%) Systems Engineering
20 61 (6.86%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (8.32%) Python
2 55 (6.19%) JavaScript
3 52 (5.85%) SQL
4 48 (5.40%) C
5 39 (4.39%) C++
6 37 (4.16%) Java
7 35 (3.94%) C#
8 17 (1.91%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.80%) Embedded C
10 15 (1.69%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.01%) Bash
11 9 (1.01%) MATLAB
11 9 (1.01%) PHP
12 8 (0.90%) Embedded C++
12 8 (0.90%) Go
12 8 (0.90%) R
13 5 (0.56%) Assembly Language
14 4 (0.45%) Bicep
15 2 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.22%) XAML
Qualifications
1 248 (27.90%) Degree
2 129 (14.51%) Security Cleared
3 77 (8.66%) SC Cleared
4 56 (6.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 45 (5.06%) PMI Certification
6 38 (4.27%) DV Cleared
7 30 (3.37%) PMP
8 25 (2.81%) Master's Degree
9 23 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (1.69%) HNC
11 12 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.12%) CCNP
13 9 (1.01%) CCNA
13 9 (1.01%) DBS Check
14 8 (0.90%) AWS Certification
14 8 (0.90%) CCSA
14 8 (0.90%) CISSP
14 8 (0.90%) PgMP
15 7 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (7.76%) PMO
2 51 (5.74%) QA
3 20 (2.25%) NIST
4 19 (2.14%) NIST 800
5 18 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.69%) ISO 9001
7 12 (1.35%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.90%) ISO 9000
8 8 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 8 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.45%) IEC 61131
9 4 (0.45%) JTAG
10 3 (0.34%) P3O
11 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.22%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.22%) GDPR
11 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.22%) SLA
11 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (4.39%) Firmware
2 13 (1.46%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (1.24%) Docker
4 3 (0.34%) NFS
4 3 (0.34%) 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 (1.91%) Terraform
2 9 (1.01%) 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
1 187 (21.03%) SAP
2 157 (17.66%) Microsoft
3 22 (2.47%) Google
4 13 (1.46%) Oracle
5 11 (1.24%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.12%) Cisco
6 10 (1.12%) EMC
7 9 (1.01%) CheckPoint
7 9 (1.01%) Xero
8 7 (0.79%) 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
11 4 (0.45%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.34%) Thales
12 3 (0.34%) Workday
12 3 (0.34%) Xilinx