Programme Manager Contracts in the North West

Programme Manager
England > North West

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the North West is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 130 142
Rank change year-on-year +17 +12 -45
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 24 23 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.87% 0.72% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.76% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 25
10th Percentile £520 £438 £264
25th Percentile £575 £522 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +26.32% -13.64%
75th Percentile £706 £759 £675
90th Percentile £746 £890 £745
England median daily rate £694 £700 £675
% change year-on-year -0.89% +3.70% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £15.36
25th Percentile - - £26.39
Median hourly rate £44.74 £30.00 £35.54
Median % change year-on-year +49.13% -15.59% -
75th Percentile £56.06 - £38.59
90th Percentile £76.42 - £39.58
England median hourly rate £44.74 £62.00 £38.03
% change year-on-year -27.84% +63.03% -19.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 2,607 3,043 3,930
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 94.71% 96.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 2,182 2,880
10th Percentile £280 £300 £207
25th Percentile £390 £403 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +6.38% +10.59%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £563
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 135 174
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.10 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.31
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +50.37% +10.74%
75th Percentile £46.18 £47.25 £43.50
90th Percentile £64.00 £65.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the North West

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in the North West

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the North West

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in the North West

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Manager in the North West

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Manchester +11 12 £600 +10.09% 2
Lancashire - 5 £733 -
Cumbria - 3 - -
Merseyside +19 2 £656 -25.45% 1
Cheshire +5 1 £700 -
Programme Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 North West region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 14 (58.33%) Finance
2 9 (37.50%) Programme Management
3 8 (33.33%) Project Management
3 8 (33.33%) Programme Governance
4 7 (29.17%) PRINCE2
4 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (25.00%) Agile
5 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 5 (20.83%) Programme Delivery
6 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
6 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (16.67%) Azure
7 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (16.67%) DevOps
7 4 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (16.67%) Service Management
7 4 (16.67%) ITSM
7 4 (16.67%) Cadence
7 4 (16.67%) NHS
7 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
7 4 (16.67%) JIRA
7 4 (16.67%) Performance Management
7 4 (16.67%) Culture Change
7 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
8 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 3 (12.50%) Risk Register
8 3 (12.50%) Digital Healthcare
8 3 (12.50%) Electronic Patient Records
8 3 (12.50%) Conflict Management

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
1 4 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 14 (58.33%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 3 (12.50%) Digital Healthcare
5 2 (8.33%) Retail
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Legal
6 1 (4.17%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) NHS
2 2 (8.33%) FMCG
2 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Programme Management
2 8 (33.33%) Programme Governance
2 8 (33.33%) Project Management
3 7 (29.17%) PRINCE2
3 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (25.00%) Agile
5 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (20.83%) Programme Delivery
5 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
6 4 (16.67%) Culture Change
6 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (16.67%) DevOps
6 4 (16.67%) ITSM
6 4 (16.67%) Performance Management
6 4 (16.67%) Service Management
6 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (12.50%) Line Management
7 3 (12.50%) Risk Register
7 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
1 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Cadence
2 2 (8.33%) Ceridian