Progress from project-management foundations to advanced leadership through one connected pathway covering planning, governance, Agile delivery, risk, transformation and enterprise projects.
Follow one connected journey from project foundations to advanced leadership. This 36 to 44-week integrated route combines the Foundations, Professional and Mastery stages with mentoring and progressively demanding practical work.
What you will develop
- Foundation stage: project lifecycles, PRINCE2 concepts, Agile and Scrum, planning, budgets, resources and professional communication.
- Professional stage: structured and Agile delivery, stakeholder engagement, change and issue control, quality improvement and project reporting.
- Mastery stage: programme and portfolio awareness, governance, scaled Agile, transformation and leadership.
- Explore project tools including Microsoft Project, ProjectManager.com, Trello, ClickUp, Jira and Confluence; apply AI-assisted planning and reporting with human verification.
Practical work
Build a charter, plan and risk register, develop an end-to-end hybrid project case study, then present a large-scale project strategy to a board-style panel. Discuss the current sequencing and intensity with RDE; the integrated duration is not the sum of the standalone stages.
Career directions
Explore progression from support and coordination towards project management and, with professional experience, programme or enterprise leadership. A beginner starting point does not imply immediate eligibility for senior jobs on graduation.
UK salary and contract-rate guide
Evidence reviewed: 6 October 2026. These examples describe the market for named roles and help you explore career progression.
These are potential career directions as your relevant experience develops. Programme leadership requires additional professional experience.
Annual figures are gross permanent starting-salary projections at the 25th to 75th percentiles in Robert Half’s 2026 UK national guide. Its Project Manager profile focuses on IT delivery. Contract figures are UK advertised daily rates at the 25th to 75th percentiles in IT Jobs Watch’s six months to 6 October 2026. These different datasets are not directly comparable pay packages. Contract income depends on billable days, engagement terms, tax treatment including IR35, expenses and gaps between assignments.
Project Manager
Permanent salary: £45,500 to £68,250 a year. Contract rate: £456 to £625 a day.
Permanent salary source: Project Manager; Contract-rate source: Project Manager
Programme Manager
Permanent salary: £70,750 to £91,000 a year. Contract rate: £600 to £803 a day.
Permanent salary source: Programme Manager; Contract-rate source: Programme Manager
Salary and contract-rate figures are indicative UK market ranges based on publicly available evidence reviewed at the stated date. Actual earnings vary according to experience, location, employer, sector, qualifications, responsibilities and employment type. Course completion does not guarantee employment, promotion or a particular level of earnings.
Mentoring and career support
Mentoring connects technical learning with practical development and professional evidence. Your programme includes six months of job-search support and three months of in-role support. Discuss the arrangements and starting dates with our team, including CV, LinkedIn and interview preparation. Employment is not guaranteed.
Certification and assessment information
The source identifies PRINCE2 Practitioner, AgilePM Practitioner, SCRUMstudy product ownership and change-management preparation. PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner (Version 7) requires an accepted prior qualification. AgilePM is now version 3; confirm syllabus version and prerequisites before booking an examination.
Check official PRINCE2 Practitioner requirements; Explore official AgilePM qualifications; Explore official SCRUMstudy certification routes
The source identifies PMP, SAFe Agilist and RDE advanced leadership preparation, with optional risk and compliance study. PMP requires documented professional project-leadership experience, education and eligible training. Learning projects alone do not meet its professional-experience requirement.
PMI has announced a change from 1 December 2026 to eligible providers for live PMP training. Confirm the provider and training dates against PMI rules before relying on this programme for PMP application hours.
Check official PMP eligibility and training requirements; Explore official SAFe Agilist certification
Programme completion is separate from passing an awarding body examination. Agree the qualification route, preparation, assessments, examination access, additional costs and renewal arrangements before enrolment. No external certification is guaranteed by course completion.
Your next step
Register your interest to discuss your experience, starting point, current delivery arrangements, tools and software access, assessment, certification options, fees and any available funding. Confirm the current intake and support arrangements before making a commitment.
Further specialist career benchmarks
UK market evidence checked on 7 October 2026. These are career progression examples across experience levels, not starting salaries promised by this programme. Architect and leadership roles normally require substantial relevant experience.
IT Jobs Watch ranges below are the 25th to 75th percentiles of quoted figures, covering the middle half of the sample. They are not minimum-to-maximum pay bands. Each dataset covers six months ending on the date shown.
Permanent annual salaryRoleUK rangeQuoted figuresPeriod endingBusiness Architect£75,000 to £100,000 per year456 October 2026Contract daily rateRoleUK rangeQuoted figuresPeriod endingBusiness Architect£524 to £723 per day386 October 2026Small samples, particularly Data Governance Analyst contract rates (15 quotes) and Software Architect contract rates (18 quotes), warrant caution. Actual earnings depend on experience, location, employer, sector, responsibilities and employment type. Contract rates are not take-home pay or annual salaries; paid days, expenses and tax arrangements vary. Completing this programme does not guarantee employment, promotion, contract work or income.