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Advertised pay · updated 4 October 2026

Project Controls vs Programme Manager: advertised pay

Programme Manager roles are advertised higher: a median £82,500 against £63,750 for Project Controls, a gap of 29% (n=16 and n=74 respectively).

Project Controls, median advertised salary£63,750advertised · 16 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026Programme Manager, median advertised salary£82,500advertised · 74 adverts stating pay · 04 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

Project Controls

  • Lowest advertised£27,000advertised · the lowest of 16 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • 25th percentile£50,989advertised · a quarter of 16 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • Median£63,750advertised · half of 16 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • 75th percentile£116,150advertised · three quarters of 16 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • Highest advertised£130,000advertised · the highest of 16 adverts stating pay · 04 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£50,989 – £116,150advertised · 16 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Lowest to highest£27,000 – £130,000advertised · 16 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Adverts stating pay16 of 2564% of live adverts · 04 Oct 2026

Programme Manager

  • Lowest advertised£14,368advertised · the lowest of 74 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • 25th percentile£62,200advertised · a quarter of 74 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • Median£82,500advertised · half of 74 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • 75th percentile£138,000advertised · three quarters of 74 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • Highest advertised£224,250advertised · the highest of 74 adverts stating pay · 04 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£62,200 – £138,000advertised · 74 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Lowest to highest£14,368 – £224,250advertised · 74 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Adverts stating pay74 of 8785% of live adverts · 04 Oct 2026

Project Controls by level

No level for Project Controls 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 · 04 Oct 2026
  • SeniorFewer than 5 adverts state pay.3 of 4 live adverts state pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • LeadFewer than 5 adverts state pay.1 of 1 live advert states pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • Head ofFewer than 5 adverts state pay.1 of 1 live advert states pay · 04 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: 4 October 2026.

Programme Manager by level

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

  • Senior£126,500advertised · 9 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • Lead£82,500advertised · 8 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • Head ofFewer than 5 adverts state pay.3 of 4 live adverts state pay · 04 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: 4 October 2026.

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