Programme Manager Contracts in the South East

Programme Manager
England > South East

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the South East is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 129 172
Rank change year-on-year -38 +43 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 39 92 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.70% 1.55% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 1.65% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 66 71
10th Percentile £463 - £433
25th Percentile £525 £563 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £663 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% -
75th Percentile £738 £774 £744
90th Percentile £765 £800 £825
England median daily rate £675 £700 £675
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +10.66%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,190 5,585 7,536
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.29% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,115 3,889 5,104
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £615 £603 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 475 239 334
10th Percentile £12.80 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.06 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +114.29% -15.15%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £59.71
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the South East

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in the South East

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the South East

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in the South East

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Thames Valley -34 24 £550 -14.73% 3
Berkshire -22 18 £545 -16.15% 1
East Sussex +10 5 £650 +13.04%
Oxfordshire +9 3 £700 -6.67% 1
Hampshire +8 3 £725 -3.33% 2
Buckinghamshire -2 3 £625 +8.70% 1
Surrey +1 2 £775 +5.08%
Kent - 2 £556 - 1
Programme Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 South East region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 15 (38.46%) Finance
2 14 (35.90%) Programme Management
3 12 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (28.21%) Social Skills
5 10 (25.64%) Telecoms
6 8 (20.51%) Project Management
7 7 (17.95%) Agile
8 6 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
9 5 (12.82%) Project Delivery
10 4 (10.26%) Change Management
10 4 (10.26%) Migration
10 4 (10.26%) Business Case
10 4 (10.26%) Decision-Making
10 4 (10.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (7.69%) Target Operating Model
11 3 (7.69%) Re-Platforming
11 3 (7.69%) Dependency Management
11 3 (7.69%) Programme Governance
11 3 (7.69%) Digital Enablement
11 3 (7.69%) Customer Experience
11 3 (7.69%) Oracle
11 3 (7.69%) PRINCE2
11 3 (7.69%) WAN
11 3 (7.69%) Degree
11 3 (7.69%) Resource Management
11 3 (7.69%) Matrix Management
11 3 (7.69%) Budget Management
11 3 (7.69%) OCI
12 2 (5.13%) Data Migration

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) OCI
2 2 (5.13%) AWS
3 1 (2.56%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) GCP
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) WAN
2 2 (5.13%) Wireless
3 1 (2.56%) 3G
3 1 (2.56%) 4G
3 1 (2.56%) 5G
3 1 (2.56%) LAN
3 1 (2.56%) Network Security
3 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
General
1 15 (38.46%) Finance
2 11 (28.21%) Social Skills
3 10 (25.64%) Telecoms
4 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Legal
5 2 (5.13%) Local Government
5 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.56%) FMCG
2 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.56%) NHS
2 1 (2.56%) PACS
2 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) Programme Management
2 12 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (20.51%) Project Management
4 7 (17.95%) Agile
5 6 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
6 5 (12.82%) Project Delivery
7 4 (10.26%) Business Case
7 4 (10.26%) Change Management
7 4 (10.26%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (10.26%) Migration
8 3 (7.69%) Customer Experience
8 3 (7.69%) Dependency Management
8 3 (7.69%) Digital Enablement
8 3 (7.69%) Matrix Management
8 3 (7.69%) PRINCE2
8 3 (7.69%) Programme Governance
8 3 (7.69%) Re-Platforming
8 3 (7.69%) Resource Management
8 3 (7.69%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) ACCA
2 1 (2.56%) APMP
2 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) IFRS
1 1 (2.56%) P3O
1 1 (2.56%) PMO
1 1 (2.56%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) Oracle
2 1 (2.56%) Google
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft