Programme Director Contracts in the UK excluding London

Programme Director
UK > UK excluding London

The median Programme Director daily rate in the UK excluding London is £780 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 387 432 507
Rank change year-on-year +45 +75 -94
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 16 25 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.077% 0.10% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.11% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 12
10th Percentile £669 £736 £731
25th Percentile £719 £800 £797
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £780 £840 £875
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -4.00% +8.53%
75th Percentile £875 £909 £1,150
90th Percentile £1,000 £1,115 -
UK median daily rate £900 £875 £1,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% +28.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,132 22,540 29,612
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.26% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,680 15,813 20,744
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,158 1,481
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.21
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Programme Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in the UK excluding London

Programme Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Director in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Programme Director in the UK excluding London

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Director in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Director in the UK excluding London

Programme Director
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Director within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands +32 6 £850 +6.25% 1
South East +11 5 £750 -9.64%
North of England +28 3 £900 +4.35% 3
West Midlands +25 3 £850 +6.25% 1
East Midlands - 3 - -
North West +16 2 £1,000 +14.29% 3
Scotland +34 1 - -
Yorkshire +21 1 £900 +5.88%
South West - 1 - -
Programme Director
UK

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Programme Director 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 UK excluding London region featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Programme Management
2 5 (31.25%) Business Case
3 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) Supplier Management
3 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (18.75%) Migration
4 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
4 3 (18.75%) Quality Management
4 3 (18.75%) Project Management
4 3 (18.75%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (18.75%) 5G
4 3 (18.75%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 2 (12.50%) Budgeting
5 2 (12.50%) Risk Register
5 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Change Control
5 2 (12.50%) Business Transformation
5 2 (12.50%) IoT
5 2 (12.50%) NHS
5 2 (12.50%) Internet
5 2 (12.50%) ERP
5 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 2 (12.50%) Wireless

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (6.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) 5G
2 2 (12.50%) Internet
2 2 (12.50%) Wireless
3 1 (6.25%) 3G
3 1 (6.25%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 2 (12.50%) Legal
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) IoT
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 2 (12.50%) NHS
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.25%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Business Case
1 5 (31.25%) Programme Management
2 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (25.00%) Supplier Management
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) Programme Delivery
3 3 (18.75%) Project Management
3 3 (18.75%) Quality Management
3 3 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 2 (12.50%) Budgeting
4 2 (12.50%) Change Control
4 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) ERP
4 2 (12.50%) Performance Management
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Register
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle