Programme Management Contracts in England

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Programme Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Programme Management over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 141 127
Rank change year-on-year +35 -14 -1
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 780 951 1,565
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.10% 1.87% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 2.07% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 565 714 1,223
10th Percentile £270 £300 £369
25th Percentile £425 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% +9.09% +4.27%
75th Percentile £725 £708 £675
90th Percentile £825 £832 £771
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 21 28
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.25 £24.18
25th Percentile £23.68 £27.00 £31.36
Median hourly rate £36.50 £39.55 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.71% -5.83% +12.75%
75th Percentile £63.13 £53.75 £52.38
90th Percentile £71.43 £80.00 £72.73
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £38.35 £43.50
% change year-on-year -4.82% -11.84% +16.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Programme Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,208 45,878 64,835
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.28% 90.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,179 32,145 45,991
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,233 1,631 1,786
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.23
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in England

Programme Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Management in England

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in England

Programme Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Management in England

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in England

Programme Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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 +42 324 £613 -2.00% 156
South West +9 125 £600 - 26
South East -22 113 £338 -28.95% 63
North of England +66 84 £648 +23.33% 42
North West +42 60 £650 +23.81% 29
Midlands +47 54 £620 +12.73% 30
West Midlands +31 38 £675 +22.73% 16
Yorkshire +34 22 £531 -13.27% 10
East of England +12 22 £375 -42.31% 28
East Midlands +25 16 £396 -25.38% 13
North East +18 3 £525 +101.92% 4
Programme Management
UK

Programme Management
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 37 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.18%) Confluence
3 13 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.26%) SAS
6 1 (0.13%) Apache
6 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.13%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) IIS
6 1 (0.13%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 31 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
1 31 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.26%) InDesign
6 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.51%) Primavera
4 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.26%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.26%) Shopify
4 2 (0.26%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.13%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 81 (10.38%) Azure
2 36 (4.62%) AWS
3 32 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (4.10%) Power Platform
4 22 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (2.44%) PaaS
6 13 (1.67%) IaaS
7 10 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (1.28%) SaaS
8 7 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (0.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (0.64%) Entra ID
10 5 (0.64%) GCP
10 5 (0.64%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.38%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 3 (0.38%) Azure Event Grid
12 3 (0.38%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.95%) VPN
2 22 (2.82%) Firewall
2 22 (2.82%) LAN
2 22 (2.82%) WAN
3 16 (2.05%) Internet
4 13 (1.67%) Network Security
5 12 (1.54%) DNS
6 11 (1.41%) VoIP
7 10 (1.28%) PBX
7 10 (1.28%) SD-WAN
7 10 (1.28%) Wireless
8 9 (1.15%) Cisco ISE
8 9 (1.15%) FTP
8 9 (1.15%) MPLS
8 9 (1.15%) WLAN
9 7 (0.90%) 3G
9 7 (0.90%) 4G
9 7 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.77%) HTTP
10 6 (0.77%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.62%) Metadata
2 24 (3.08%) Power BI
3 20 (2.56%) Data Vault
3 20 (2.56%) NoSQL
4 17 (2.18%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.79%) Electronic Patient Records
5 14 (1.79%) Metadata Repository
6 8 (1.03%) Tableau
7 7 (0.90%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.77%) Ingres
8 6 (0.77%) Pentaho
8 6 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.77%) Qlik Sense
8 6 (0.77%) QlikView
8 6 (0.77%) SAP HANA
8 6 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.51%) GIS
9 4 (0.51%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 51 (6.54%) JIRA
2 10 (1.28%) ERwin
2 10 (1.28%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.90%) JMeter
3 7 (0.90%) Selenium
4 6 (0.77%) Git
5 5 (0.64%) NUnit
6 4 (0.51%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.38%) Postman
7 3 (0.38%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.13%) GitLab
9 1 (0.13%) GoCD
9 1 (0.13%) RStudio
9 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
General
1 459 (58.85%) Finance
2 383 (49.10%) Public Sector
3 342 (43.85%) Marketing
3 342 (43.85%) Telecoms
4 331 (42.44%) Manufacturing
5 322 (41.28%) Electronics
6 220 (28.21%) Social Skills
7 99 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
8 53 (6.79%) Influencing Skills
9 45 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (3.97%) Legal
11 29 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (3.59%) Retail
13 24 (3.08%) Local Government
14 21 (2.69%) Banking
15 13 (1.67%) Military
16 9 (1.15%) German Language
16 9 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (0.90%) Advertising
17 7 (0.90%) Billing
Job Titles
1 135 (17.31%) Project Manager
2 109 (13.97%) Programme Manager
3 86 (11.03%) Architect
4 70 (8.97%) Lead
5 49 (6.28%) Analyst
6 41 (5.26%) Consultant
7 39 (5.00%) Senior
8 37 (4.74%) Support Engineer
9 36 (4.62%) Data Architect
10 26 (3.33%) Developer
11 25 (3.21%) Change Manager
12 22 (2.82%) Senior Manager
12 22 (2.82%) Technical Manager
13 21 (2.69%) Desktop Engineer
13 21 (2.69%) Desktop Support
13 21 (2.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 20 (2.56%) IT Manager
14 20 (2.56%) Security Manager
15 18 (2.31%) Enterprise Architect
16 17 (2.18%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.56%) AngularJS
2 13 (1.67%) .NET
2 13 (1.67%) React
2 13 (1.67%) Spring
2 13 (1.67%) Web Services
3 9 (1.15%) ADO
4 6 (0.77%) LDAP
4 6 (0.77%) RESTful
5 5 (0.64%) GraphQL
6 4 (0.51%) YAML
7 3 (0.38%) CSS
7 3 (0.38%) Hugging Face
7 3 (0.38%) LangChain
7 3 (0.38%) Playwright
7 3 (0.38%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.26%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.26%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.26%) JSON
8 2 (0.26%) Swagger
8 2 (0.26%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.56%) NHS
2 39 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.59%) Onboarding
4 27 (3.46%) Data Centre
5 20 (2.56%) Reference Data
6 14 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (1.67%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.28%) Wiki
9 8 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
9 8 (1.03%) LIMS
9 8 (1.03%) PMI
9 8 (1.03%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
9 8 (1.03%) Social Media
9 8 (1.03%) Virtual Team
10 6 (0.77%) Replication
11 5 (0.64%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 61 (7.82%) Windows
2 29 (3.72%) Linux
3 23 (2.95%) Windows 10
4 11 (1.41%) Unix
5 9 (1.15%) Windows 7
6 6 (0.77%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.26%) Android
7 2 (0.26%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Solaris
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (43.21%) Business Intelligence
2 322 (41.28%) Digital Marketing
3 211 (27.05%) Project Management
4 192 (24.62%) Agile
5 139 (17.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 124 (15.90%) Project Delivery
7 117 (15.00%) Change Management
8 116 (14.87%) Problem-Solving
9 82 (10.51%) PRINCE2
10 68 (8.72%) Risk Management
11 66 (8.46%) Decision-Making
12 62 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 60 (7.69%) Business Case
14 59 (7.56%) Programme Delivery
15 49 (6.28%) Waterfall
16 48 (6.15%) DevOps
17 46 (5.90%) Data Modelling
17 46 (5.90%) ITIL
18 44 (5.64%) Roadmaps
19 43 (5.51%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 36 (4.62%) SQL
2 31 (3.97%) Python
3 19 (2.44%) Java
4 17 (2.18%) PowerShell
5 15 (1.92%) C
5 15 (1.92%) C#
6 14 (1.79%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.90%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.38%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.38%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.26%) Bash
10 2 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.13%) Bicep
11 1 (0.13%) Korn
11 1 (0.13%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.13%) R
11 1 (0.13%) Scala
11 1 (0.13%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 205 (26.28%) Security Cleared
2 129 (16.54%) SC Cleared
3 81 (10.38%) Degree
4 80 (10.26%) DV Cleared
5 37 (4.74%) PMP
6 34 (4.36%) PMI Certification
7 28 (3.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 14 (1.79%) CISSP
9 12 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.28%) CCIE
11 9 (1.15%) CCIE Data Center
12 8 (1.03%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.90%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (0.77%) CCNP
14 6 (0.77%) CISM
14 6 (0.77%) PgMP
15 5 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.64%) CESG Certified Professional
15 5 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (8.46%) PMO
2 37 (4.74%) QA
3 19 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.79%) GDPR
5 11 (1.41%) NIST
6 10 (1.28%) SLA
7 8 (1.03%) HL7
8 7 (0.90%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.90%) NIST 800
9 5 (0.64%) ISO 9000
9 5 (0.64%) JSP 440
9 5 (0.64%) RMADS
10 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.38%) COBIT
12 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.26%) GRC
13 1 (0.13%) MiFID
13 1 (0.13%) NCSC
13 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (3.21%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.03%) NFS
3 7 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.77%) Docker
5 4 (0.51%) Firmware
5 4 (0.51%) HDFS
5 4 (0.51%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (1.67%) Terraform
2 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.51%) CA Service Virtualization
3 4 (0.51%) Puppet
4 3 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
4 3 (0.38%) IBM BigFix
4 3 (0.38%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.38%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.38%) Tivoli
5 2 (0.26%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.26%) Ansible
5 2 (0.26%) Nessus
5 2 (0.26%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.13%) Grafana
6 1 (0.13%) MOM
6 1 (0.13%) OPNET
6 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.13%) SCOM
6 1 (0.13%) systemd
Vendors
1 357 (45.77%) SAP
2 102 (13.08%) Microsoft
3 25 (3.21%) Oracle
4 24 (3.08%) Sparx
5 17 (2.18%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.92%) Cisco
7 12 (1.54%) VMware
8 11 (1.41%) Dell
9 10 (1.28%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.28%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.03%) Remedy
11 7 (0.90%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.90%) Cadence
11 7 (0.90%) CheckPoint
11 7 (0.90%) Isilon
11 7 (0.90%) SolarWinds
12 6 (0.77%) Informatica
13 5 (0.64%) Infoblox
13 5 (0.64%) Pega
13 5 (0.64%) Symantec