Deputy Program Manager jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 64 job postings with the title “Deputy Program Manager” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is program management.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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+How many Deputy Program Manager jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 64 job postings with the title “Deputy Program Manager” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.
+What skills do Deputy Program Manager jobs require?
Across Deputy Program Manager postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are program management, Risk Management, project management, Microsoft Excel, Confluence.
+Which cities are hiring the most Deputy Program Manager?
As of 2026-09-30, Deputy Program Manager postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Arlington, Washington, Huntsville, Tampa, Canonsburg.
+Is Deputy Program Manager a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 64 Deputy Program Manager postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. The skill mentioned most often in Deputy Program Manager postings is program management, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Deputy Program Manager?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Deputy Program Manager postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Deputy Program Manager
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
12 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Deputy Program Manager
Roles after Deputy Program Manager
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Program Manager | 15 |
| Before: Project Manager | 15 |
| Before: Deputy Program Manager (different employer) | 12 |
| Before: Director | 3 |
| Before: Mechanical Engineer | 2 |
| Before: Cybersecurity Consultant | 2 |
| Before: Program Analyst | 2 |
| Before: Systems Engineer | 2 |
| After: Program Manager | 13 |
| After: Deputy Program Manager (different employer) | 12 |
| After: Project Manager | 5 |
| After: Business Development Manager | 3 |
| After: Program Coordinator | 2 |
| After: Research Assistant | 1 |
| After: Data Engineering Specialist | 1 |
Skills most often required for Deputy Program Manager
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| program management | 23 | 35.9% |
| Risk Management | 18 | 28.1% |
| project management | 15 | 23.4% |
| Microsoft Excel | 8 | 12.5% |
| Confluence | 7 | 10.9% |
| ITIL | 6 | 9.4% |
| Microsoft Word | 6 | 9.4% |
| risk mitigation | 6 | 9.4% |
| PMP | 6 | 9.4% |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | 6 | 9.4% |
| budgeting | 6 | 9.4% |
| Agile | 5 | 7.8% |
| security clearance | 5 | 7.8% |
| CPFF | 4 | 6.3% |
| testing | 4 | 6.3% |
Top companies posting Deputy Program Manager jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| General Dynamics Information Technology | 7 |
| CACI | 4 |
| Parsons Corporation | 4 |
| Peraton | 4 |
| KBR, Inc | 4 |
| SOSi | 3 |
| Globalpr | 2 |
| ProSidian Consulting | 2 |
| PAE | 2 |
| Careers-americansystems | 2 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Deputy Program Manager
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arlington | 6 | 9.4% |
| Washington | 4 | 6.3% |
| Huntsville | 3 | 4.7% |
| Tampa | 3 | 4.7% |
| Canonsburg | 2 | 3.1% |
| Herndon | 2 | 3.1% |
| McLean | 2 | 3.1% |
| Albuquerque | 1 | 1.6% |
| Ashburn | 1 | 1.6% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, matching postings whose canonical role is “Deputy Program Manager”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- Deputy Program Manager
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-30
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- 90
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