Programme Manager Contracts in England

Programme Manager
UK > England

The median Programme Manager daily rate in England is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 213 236
Rank change year-on-year -39 +23 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 336 635 899
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.90% 1.26% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 1.33% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 467 651
10th Percentile £500 £513 £475
25th Percentile £575 £600 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% +10.20%
75th Percentile £788 £824 £775
90th Percentile £850 £900 £863
UK median daily rate £684 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -2.32% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 5
10th Percentile £38.15 £36.40 £17.81
25th Percentile £42.75 £46.00 £32.53
Median hourly rate £44.74 £62.00 £38.03
Median % change year-on-year -27.84% +63.03% -19.46%
75th Percentile £54.25 £72.25 £40.25
90th Percentile £74.25 £78.40 £59.15
UK median hourly rate £44.74 £62.00 £38.03
% change year-on-year -27.84% +63.03% -19.46%

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 34,513 47,748 67,861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.62% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,922 33,906 48,257
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,408 1,904
10th Percentile £12.96 £14.34 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.65 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Manager in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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 -12 205 £700 -3.45% 40
North of England +20 36 £625 +4.17% 11
South East -33 36 £625 -10.71% 13
Midlands +25 26 £725 +8.21% 7
North West +25 24 £625 +4.17% 4
West Midlands +30 21 £738 +5.36% 6
Yorkshire +13 12 £600 +1.05% 6
East of England -11 11 £600 -11.11% 4
South West -14 11 £700 +7.69% 9
East Midlands +19 5 £620 +10.22% 1
North East - 2 £625 - 2
Programme Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Programme Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 115 (34.23%) Finance
2 108 (32.14%) Programme Management
3 85 (25.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 84 (25.00%) Agile
5 78 (23.21%) Project Management
6 75 (22.32%) Social Skills
7 42 (12.50%) Migration
8 41 (12.20%) Project Delivery
9 38 (11.31%) PRINCE2
10 35 (10.42%) Change Management
11 32 (9.52%) Programme Delivery
12 30 (8.93%) Business Case
12 30 (8.93%) Risk Management
13 28 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (7.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 25 (7.44%) Waterfall
15 25 (7.44%) Public Sector
16 23 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (6.85%) Security Cleared
16 23 (6.85%) Roadmaps
17 21 (6.25%) Microsoft
18 20 (5.95%) SAP
18 20 (5.95%) Azure
18 20 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
19 19 (5.65%) Decision-Making
19 19 (5.65%) ERP
19 19 (5.65%) Banking
19 19 (5.65%) Retail
20 18 (5.36%) Legal
20 18 (5.36%) PMP

Programme Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.60%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.60%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.60%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (0.60%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.60%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.60%) Shopify
4 1 (0.30%) Endur
4 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.30%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.30%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.95%) Azure
2 16 (4.76%) AWS
3 9 (2.68%) SaaS
4 7 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.08%) GCP
5 4 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.19%) OCI
6 3 (0.89%) Asana
7 2 (0.60%) BigCommerce
7 2 (0.60%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.60%) Miro
7 2 (0.60%) PaaS
7 2 (0.60%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.60%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.30%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.30%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.30%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.30%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.87%) WAN
2 10 (2.98%) LAN
2 10 (2.98%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.60%) Wireless
5 1 (0.30%) 3G
5 1 (0.30%) 4G
5 1 (0.30%) 5G
5 1 (0.30%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.30%) Network Security
5 1 (0.30%) SAN
5 1 (0.30%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.49%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.60%) Tableau
3 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (4.17%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.30%) Selenium
2 1 (0.30%) SpecFlow
General
1 115 (34.23%) Finance
2 75 (22.32%) Social Skills
3 25 (7.44%) Public Sector
4 20 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.65%) Banking
5 19 (5.65%) Retail
6 18 (5.36%) Legal
6 18 (5.36%) Local Government
7 17 (5.06%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (3.57%) Law
9 10 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.49%) Billing
12 4 (1.19%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.19%) Marketing
13 3 (0.89%) Automotive
13 3 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.89%) Police
13 3 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.30%) ADO
2 1 (0.30%) MACH
2 1 (0.30%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.30%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.17%) Data Centre
2 10 (2.98%) NHS
3 7 (2.08%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.79%) FMCG
4 6 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.49%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.19%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.60%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.60%) Equities
7 2 (0.60%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.60%) Market Risk
7 2 (0.60%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.60%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.30%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.30%) Life Science
8 1 (0.30%) Online Banking
8 1 (0.30%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.49%) Linux
2 4 (1.19%) Windows
3 1 (0.30%) Unix
3 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (32.14%) Programme Management
2 85 (25.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 84 (25.00%) Agile
4 78 (23.21%) Project Management
5 42 (12.50%) Migration
6 41 (12.20%) Project Delivery
7 38 (11.31%) PRINCE2
8 35 (10.42%) Change Management
9 32 (9.52%) Programme Delivery
10 30 (8.93%) Business Case
10 30 (8.93%) Risk Management
11 28 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (7.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (7.44%) Waterfall
14 23 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (6.85%) Roadmaps
15 19 (5.65%) Decision-Making
15 19 (5.65%) ERP
16 17 (5.06%) Matrix Management
16 17 (5.06%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.19%) SQL
2 1 (0.30%) C#
Qualifications
1 23 (6.85%) Security Cleared
2 18 (5.36%) Degree
2 18 (5.36%) PMP
3 15 (4.46%) PMI Certification
4 12 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.98%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (1.19%) PgMP
9 1 (0.30%) ACCA
9 1 (0.30%) APMP
9 1 (0.30%) CAPM
9 1 (0.30%) CISM
9 1 (0.30%) CISSP
9 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.36%) PMO
2 9 (2.68%) QA
3 5 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.49%) SLA
4 3 (0.89%) NIST
5 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.60%) GRC
6 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) COBIT
6 1 (0.30%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.30%) GDPR
6 1 (0.30%) GxP
6 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.30%) IFRS
6 1 (0.30%) NCSC
6 1 (0.30%) P3O
6 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 21 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.95%) SAP
3 16 (4.76%) Oracle
4 8 (2.38%) Cadence
5 6 (1.79%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.19%) Google
7 3 (0.89%) Cisco
7 3 (0.89%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.60%) Adobe
8 2 (0.60%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.60%) Avaloq
8 2 (0.60%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.60%) Ceridian
8 2 (0.60%) Charles River
8 2 (0.60%) Civica
8 2 (0.60%) Concur
8 2 (0.60%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.60%) Sophis
8 2 (0.60%) VMware
8 2 (0.60%) Yardi