Programme Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Programme Manager
England > Midlands

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £725 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 130 150
Rank change year-on-year +24 +20 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 25 30 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.91% 0.88% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.93% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 23 49
10th Percentile £620 £515 £503
25th Percentile £656 £525 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £670 £700
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% -4.29% +36.59%
75th Percentile £850 £772 £775
90th Percentile £873 £1,060 £835
England median daily rate £700 £700 £675
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +10.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,522 3,231 4,815
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 94.72% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 2,272 3,527
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +3.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 127 174
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.30 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £13.81
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.07% +14.42%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.08
90th Percentile £52.78 £60.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the Midlands

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in the Midlands

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the Midlands

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in the Midlands

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
West Midlands +26 21 £738 +4.42% 6
East Midlands +17 4 £620 +10.22% 1
Programme Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 Midlands region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 10 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (36.00%) Programme Management
3 8 (32.00%) Data Centre
4 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
5 6 (24.00%) Law
5 6 (24.00%) Migration
6 5 (20.00%) Finance
6 5 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
8 3 (12.00%) PMO
8 3 (12.00%) Change Management
8 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
8 3 (12.00%) Retail
8 3 (12.00%) Oracle
8 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (12.00%) Project Management
8 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (8.00%) Security Architecture
9 2 (8.00%) Information Security
9 2 (8.00%) Supplier Management
9 2 (8.00%) SAP
9 2 (8.00%) ERP
9 2 (8.00%) LAN
9 2 (8.00%) WAN
9 2 (8.00%) Cisco
9 2 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (8.00%) Identity Access Management
9 2 (8.00%) Service Design
9 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
9 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) Azure
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (4.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) LAN
1 2 (8.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (8.00%) WAN
1 2 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.00%) IP Telephony
General
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Law
3 5 (20.00%) Finance
4 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Retail
5 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
1 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (36.00%) Programme Management
3 6 (24.00%) Migration
4 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (12.00%) Change Management
5 3 (12.00%) Project Management
5 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (8.00%) Agile
6 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.00%) ERP
6 2 (8.00%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (8.00%) Information Security
6 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.00%) Security Architecture
6 2 (8.00%) Service Design
6 2 (8.00%) Supplier Management
7 1 (4.00%) Resource Management
7 1 (4.00%) Test Automation
7 1 (4.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) Degree
1 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) PMO
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) NCSC
2 1 (4.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.00%) Cisco
2 2 (8.00%) SAP