Programme Director Contracts in England

Programme Director
UK > England

The median Programme Director daily rate in England is £900 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 571 729
Rank change year-on-year +63 +158 -153
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 41 75 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.15% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.16% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 56 40
10th Percentile £693 £675 £661
25th Percentile £763 £775 £809
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £875 £1,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% +29.03%
75th Percentile £991 £981 £1,150
90th Percentile £1,126 £1,150 £1,229
UK median daily rate £900 £875 £1,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% +28.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,080 46,338 66,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,599 32,894 47,614
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,444 1,371 1,856
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.30 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.88
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Director in England.

Daily rate trend for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Director in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Director in England.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Director within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +68 25 £939 +4.35% 5
Midlands +29 6 £850 +6.25%
South East +16 5 £750 -7.98%
North of England +33 3 £900 +4.35% 1
West Midlands +18 3 £850 +6.25%
East Midlands - 3 - -
North West +22 2 £1,000 +14.29% 1
Yorkshire +19 1 £900 +5.88%
South West - 1 - -
Programme Director
UK

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 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 England region featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 17 (41.46%) Finance
2 12 (29.27%) Programme Management
3 10 (24.39%) Programme Delivery
4 9 (21.95%) Business Case
5 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (19.51%) Project Management
6 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
6 7 (17.07%) Roadmaps
7 6 (14.63%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (14.63%) Data Centre
7 6 (14.63%) Agile
7 6 (14.63%) Migration
8 5 (12.20%) Risk Management
8 5 (12.20%) SAP
8 5 (12.20%) ERP
8 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
8 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
8 5 (12.20%) Decision-Making
9 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
9 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (9.76%) Supplier Management
10 3 (7.32%) Change Control
10 3 (7.32%) Retail
10 3 (7.32%) Degree
10 3 (7.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (7.32%) Quality Management
10 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
10 3 (7.32%) Manufacturing
10 3 (7.32%) Oracle

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (14.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Azure
1 2 (4.88%) SaaS
2 1 (2.44%) AWS
2 1 (2.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) 5G
2 2 (4.88%) Internet
2 2 (4.88%) Wireless
3 1 (2.44%) 3G
3 1 (2.44%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) TestDirector
General
1 17 (41.46%) Finance
2 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.32%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (7.32%) Retail
4 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.88%) Banking
5 2 (4.88%) Legal
6 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.44%) French Language
6 1 (2.44%) Front Office
6 1 (2.44%) Law
6 1 (2.44%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.88%) FMCG
2 2 (4.88%) IoT
2 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.88%) NHS
3 1 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) Programme Management
2 10 (24.39%) Programme Delivery
3 9 (21.95%) Business Case
4 8 (19.51%) Project Management
4 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (17.07%) Roadmaps
5 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (14.63%) Agile
6 6 (14.63%) Migration
7 5 (12.20%) Decision-Making
7 5 (12.20%) ERP
7 5 (12.20%) Risk Management
8 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (9.76%) Supplier Management
9 3 (7.32%) Business Transformation
9 3 (7.32%) Change Control
9 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (7.32%) Quality Management
9 3 (7.32%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (7.32%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
1 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.44%) PMP
4 1 (2.44%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) SAP
2 3 (7.32%) Oracle
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.44%) Remedy