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Advertised pay · updated 25 October 2026

Programme Manager vs Project Director: advertised pay

Project Director roles are advertised higher: a median £120,000 against £60,619 for Programme Manager, a gap of 98% (n=40 and n=31 respectively).

Programme Manager, median advertised salary£60,619advertised · 40 adverts stating pay · 25 Oct 2026Project Director, median advertised salary£120,000advertised · 31 adverts stating pay · 25 Oct 2026

The two samples are different sets of adverts from different employers, so a gap between them is a gap in what is being advertised.

Advertised, not paid: these are the salaries employers stated in live job adverts. They are not a survey of what people are paid, and this site neither sets nor guarantees any rate.

How each one spreads

Programme Manager

  • Lowest advertised£17,721advertised · the lowest of 40 adverts stating pay · 25 Oct 2026
  • 25th percentile£47,250advertised · a quarter of 40 adverts are below · 25 Oct 2026
  • Median£60,619advertised · half of 40 adverts are below · 25 Oct 2026
  • 75th percentile£75,487advertised · three quarters of 40 adverts are below · 25 Oct 2026
  • Highest advertised£105,000advertised · the highest of 40 adverts stating pay · 25 Oct 2026

Five measured points from the adverts that state pay. Nothing is drawn between them, because the shape in between has not been measured.

Middle half of adverts£47,250 – £75,487advertised · 40 adverts stating pay · 25 Oct 2026
Lowest to highest£17,721 – £105,000advertised · 40 adverts stating pay · 25 Oct 2026
Adverts stating pay40 of 4687% of live adverts · 25 Oct 2026

Project Director

  • Lowest advertised£67,500advertised · the lowest of 31 adverts stating pay · 25 Oct 2026
  • 25th percentile£103,750advertised · a quarter of 31 adverts are below · 25 Oct 2026
  • Median£120,000advertised · half of 31 adverts are below · 25 Oct 2026
  • 75th percentile£156,442advertised · three quarters of 31 adverts are below · 25 Oct 2026
  • Highest advertised£175,000advertised · the highest of 31 adverts stating pay · 25 Oct 2026

Five measured points from the adverts that state pay. Nothing is drawn between them, because the shape in between has not been measured.

Middle half of adverts£103,750 – £156,442advertised · 31 adverts stating pay · 25 Oct 2026
Lowest to highest£67,500 – £175,000advertised · 31 adverts stating pay · 25 Oct 2026
Adverts stating pay31 of 4667% of live adverts · 25 Oct 2026

Cities where both are advertised

Only cities with at least five adverts stating pay for both roles. A city left out has too thin a sample on one side, not lower pay.

CityProgramme Manager medianProject Director medianBasis
London£75,000£120,000advertised · 8 / 11 adverts stating pay · 25 Oct 2026

Each city’s figures are its own latest snapshots, the ones its city pay pages print.

Programme Manager by level

No level for Programme Manager roles across the UK has 5 adverts stating pay yet, so no level has a figure.

  • JuniorFewer than 5 adverts state pay.1 of 1 live advert states pay · 25 Oct 2026
  • SeniorFewer than 5 adverts state pay.3 of 10 live adverts state pay · 25 Oct 2026
  • LeadFewer than 5 adverts state pay.4 of 10 live adverts state pay · 25 Oct 2026
  • Head ofFewer than 5 adverts state pay.None of 2 live adverts state pay · 25 Oct 2026

The level comes from the words in the advert title. An advert that does not say its level counts towards the overall figure and no level.

Most recent snapshot here: 25 October 2026.

Project Director by level

Median advertised salary at each level for Project Director roles across the UK, on one scale from zero.

  • Head of£120,000advertised · 31 adverts stating pay · 25 Oct 2026

The level comes from the words in the advert title. An advert that does not say its level counts towards the overall figure and no level.

Most recent snapshot here: 25 October 2026.

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