Programme Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 122 106
Rank change year-on-year +7 -16 +12
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 404 481 731
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.97% 2.05% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.29% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 364 600
10th Percentile £205 £205 £269
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £573 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.31% +9.19% -
75th Percentile £725 £678 £650
90th Percentile £788 £797 £750
UK median daily rate £585 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -2.50% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 9
10th Percentile - £30.00 £18.71
25th Percentile £12.75 £30.89 £26.25
Median hourly rate £14.75 £39.55 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.71% +27.58% +12.27%
75th Percentile £35.00 £65.72 £33.15
90th Percentile £45.13 £80.00 £34.55
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £39.55 £46.00
% change year-on-year -10.24% -14.02% +26.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
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 Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South West 0 112 £610 +1.67% 28
South East -23 101 £400 -20.00% 45
North of England +54 82 £648 +29.50% 54
North West +38 59 £650 +36.84% 35
Midlands +46 49 £675 +15.38% 33
Scotland +31 38 £523 -7.11% 11
West Midlands +23 34 £700 +12.00% 24
Yorkshire +26 21 £563 -8.16% 17
East of England +1 19 £341 -45.48% 28
East Midlands +35 15 £400 -24.53% 8
Northern Ireland +6 5 - - 7
North East +13 3 £525 +101.92% 2
Wales +11 1 £1,000 +81.82% 8
Programme Management
UK

Programme Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (5.45%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.97%) Confluence
3 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.50%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 19 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.22%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.24%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.25%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.25%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.25%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.50%) Primavera
2 2 (0.50%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.25%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.25%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 28 (6.93%) Azure
2 16 (3.96%) Power Platform
3 15 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (2.97%) AWS
5 7 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.24%) SaaS
7 4 (0.99%) PaaS
8 3 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.74%) IaaS
9 2 (0.50%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.50%) GCP
9 2 (0.50%) Serverless
9 2 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.25%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.25%) Azure Event Grid
10 1 (0.25%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.25%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.25%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.21%) Firewall
1 17 (4.21%) VPN
2 15 (3.71%) LAN
3 14 (3.47%) WAN
4 13 (3.22%) Network Security
5 12 (2.97%) Internet
6 10 (2.48%) WLAN
7 9 (2.23%) Cisco ISE
7 9 (2.23%) DNS
7 9 (2.23%) MPLS
7 9 (2.23%) PBX
7 9 (2.23%) VoIP
8 8 (1.98%) 4G
9 7 (1.73%) 3G
9 7 (1.73%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (1.49%) Wireless
11 5 (1.24%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (1.24%) DHCP
11 5 (1.24%) FTP
11 5 (1.24%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.97%) Electronic Patient Records
2 9 (2.23%) Power BI
3 7 (1.73%) Metadata
4 6 (1.49%) Ingres
5 5 (1.24%) Tableau
6 4 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.99%) MS Access
6 4 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.74%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.74%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.25%) IDMS
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (0.25%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (6.44%) JIRA
2 4 (0.99%) ERwin
3 2 (0.50%) Git
3 2 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.25%) GitLab
4 1 (0.25%) GoCD
4 1 (0.25%) NUnit
4 1 (0.25%) Postman
4 1 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 222 (54.95%) Finance
2 203 (50.25%) Public Sector
3 163 (40.35%) Telecoms
4 152 (37.62%) Manufacturing
5 149 (36.88%) Marketing
6 147 (36.39%) Electronics
7 110 (27.23%) Social Skills
8 47 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
9 26 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.72%) Retail
12 10 (2.48%) Local Government
13 9 (2.23%) Legal
14 8 (1.98%) Banking
14 8 (1.98%) Military
15 5 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.99%) Billing
17 3 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
18 2 (0.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 72 (17.82%) Project Manager
2 46 (11.39%) Architect
3 43 (10.64%) Lead
3 43 (10.64%) Programme Manager
4 30 (7.43%) Consultant
5 27 (6.68%) Support Engineer
6 26 (6.44%) Analyst
7 22 (5.45%) Change Manager
7 22 (5.45%) Senior
8 18 (4.46%) Desktop Engineer
8 18 (4.46%) Desktop Support
8 18 (4.46%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 17 (4.21%) Developer
10 13 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (2.97%) Full Stack Developer
11 12 (2.97%) Release Manager
12 11 (2.72%) Senior Manager
12 11 (2.72%) Technical Architect
13 10 (2.48%) Enterprise Architect
13 10 (2.48%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.71%) AngularJS
2 12 (2.97%) React
2 12 (2.97%) Spring
3 9 (2.23%) Web Services
4 4 (0.99%) CSS
5 3 (0.74%) .NET
5 3 (0.74%) XML
6 2 (0.50%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.50%) GraphQL
6 2 (0.50%) HTML
7 1 (0.25%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.25%) COM
7 1 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.25%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.25%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.25%) MDX
7 1 (0.25%) Playwright
7 1 (0.25%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.25%) Swagger
7 1 (0.25%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.88%) NHS
2 19 (4.70%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.21%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.48%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (1.98%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (1.98%) LIMS
5 8 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.73%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.49%) e-Health
8 5 (1.24%) PMI
8 5 (1.24%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.99%) Wiki
10 2 (0.50%) CCTV
10 2 (0.50%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.50%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.50%) Replication
10 2 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.91%) Windows
2 19 (4.70%) Windows 10
3 11 (2.72%) Linux
4 8 (1.98%) Unix
5 5 (1.24%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.74%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (38.86%) Business Intelligence
2 147 (36.39%) Digital Marketing
3 97 (24.01%) Project Management
4 94 (23.27%) Agile
5 82 (20.30%) Stakeholder Management
6 74 (18.32%) Change Management
7 54 (13.37%) Project Delivery
8 47 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (8.42%) Programme Delivery
11 31 (7.67%) Decision-Making
12 30 (7.43%) Business Case
12 30 (7.43%) Risk Management
13 28 (6.93%) DevOps
13 28 (6.93%) Roadmaps
14 27 (6.68%) Mentoring
14 27 (6.68%) PRINCE2
15 25 (6.19%) ITIL
15 25 (6.19%) Waterfall
16 24 (5.94%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.46%) Python
2 14 (3.47%) C
3 13 (3.22%) Java
4 12 (2.97%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.23%) SQL
6 6 (1.49%) C#
7 3 (0.74%) Perl
7 3 (0.74%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.50%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.25%) Bash
9 1 (0.25%) Bicep
9 1 (0.25%) C++
9 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.25%) Rust
9 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 118 (29.21%) Security Cleared
2 74 (18.32%) SC Cleared
3 49 (12.13%) DV Cleared
4 46 (11.39%) Degree
5 13 (3.22%) CISSP
6 12 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.48%) CCIE
8 9 (2.23%) CCIE Data Center
8 9 (2.23%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.98%) CISM
9 8 (1.98%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.98%) PMP
10 6 (1.49%) CCNP
11 5 (1.24%) CESG Certified Professional
11 5 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.99%) CLAS
13 2 (0.50%) APMG
13 2 (0.50%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.50%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.16%) PMO
2 22 (5.45%) QA
3 11 (2.72%) NIST
4 9 (2.23%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.98%) HL7
6 7 (1.73%) NIST 800
7 6 (1.49%) GDPR
7 6 (1.49%) SLA
8 5 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.24%) JSP 440
8 5 (1.24%) RMADS
9 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.25%) GRC
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.25%) NCSC
11 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.23%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.74%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.50%) Docker
3 2 (0.50%) Firmware
3 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.25%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (1.24%) Terraform
2 3 (0.74%) IBM BigFix
2 3 (0.74%) Tivoli
3 2 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.50%) Ansible
3 2 (0.50%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (0.50%) Nessus
3 2 (0.50%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.25%) Grafana
4 1 (0.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.25%) Puppet
4 1 (0.25%) SCOM
4 1 (0.25%) VxRail
Vendors
1 163 (40.35%) SAP
2 43 (10.64%) Microsoft
3 14 (3.47%) Cisco
3 14 (3.47%) Oracle
4 9 (2.23%) Palo Alto
5 8 (1.98%) Sparx
6 7 (1.73%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.24%) Infoblox
7 5 (1.24%) Pega
7 5 (1.24%) Symantec
7 5 (1.24%) VMware
7 5 (1.24%) Zscaler
8 4 (0.99%) Alteryx
8 4 (0.99%) Computacenter
8 4 (0.99%) Dell
8 4 (0.99%) Remedy
8 4 (0.99%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.99%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.74%) Cadence
9 3 (0.74%) Guidewire