Programme Director Contracts in the City of London

Programme Director
Central London > City of London

The median Programme Director daily rate in the City of London is £939 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 165 190
Rank change year-on-year +50 +25 -41
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 9 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.41% 0.20% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.21% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile £808 £940 £833
25th Percentile £894 £963 £844
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £939 £1,000 £875
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +14.29% +34.62%
75th Percentile £1,009 £1,075 £894
90th Percentile £1,083 £1,120 £898
Central London median daily rate £950 £1,000 £875
% change year-on-year -5.00% +14.29% +34.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 2,076 3,371 3,947
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.97% 95.17% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,470 2,292 2,978
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £591 £560
% change year-on-year -6.98% +5.58% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 52
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -2.78% +105.71%
75th Percentile £27.25 £58.75 £51.00
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.97 £65.43
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -26.34% -5.41% +108.60%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Programme Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in the City of London

Programme Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Director in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Programme Director in the City of London

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Director in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Director in the City of London

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Programme Director contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (44.44%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) Programme Management
3 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (22.22%) SAP
4 2 (22.22%) Retail
4 2 (22.22%) Azure
4 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
4 2 (22.22%) Order to Cash
4 2 (22.22%) Record to Report
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Source to Pay
4 2 (22.22%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (11.11%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
5 1 (11.11%) Objectives and Key Results
5 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Governance
5 1 (11.11%) AWS
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) French Language
4 1 (11.11%) Front Office
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Programme Delivery
1 4 (44.44%) Programme Management
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (22.22%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (22.22%) Order to Cash
3 2 (22.22%) Record to Report
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Source to Pay
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
4 1 (11.11%) Change Control
4 1 (11.11%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Remedy