Advertised pay · updated 4 October 2026

Project Director vs Programme Manager: advertised pay

Project Director roles are advertised higher: a median £110,000 against £82,500 for Programme Manager, a gap of 33% (n=31 and n=74 respectively).

Project Director, median advertised salary£110,000advertised · 31 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026 Programme 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 Director

Lowest advertised£75,000advertised · the lowest of 31 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
25th percentile£96,250advertised · a quarter of 31 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
Median£110,000advertised · half of 31 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
75th percentile£133,750advertised · three quarters of 31 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
Highest advertised£152,500advertised · the highest of 31 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£96,250 – £133,750advertised · 31 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Lowest to highest£75,000 – £152,500advertised · 31 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Adverts stating pay31 of 4963% 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

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.

City	Project Director median	Programme Manager median	Basis
London	£108,750	£109,250	advertised · 12 / 18 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

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

Project Director by level

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

Head of£110,000advertised · 31 adverts stating 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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