Programme Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £655 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 213 215
Rank change year-on-year -50 +2 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 134 267 376
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.66% 1.16% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 1.23% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 198 293
10th Percentile £513 £513 £338
25th Percentile £573 £563 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £655 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% +8.33% +6.76%
75th Percentile £775 £788 £738
90th Percentile £840 £900 £800
UK median daily rate £700 £700 £650
% change year-on-year - +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile £42.35 £35.25 £15.36
25th Percentile - £43.13 £26.39
Median hourly rate £44.74 £57.50 £35.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.19% +61.79% -24.74%
75th Percentile - £73.13 £38.59
90th Percentile £71.90 £81.75 £39.58
UK median hourly rate £44.74 £71.00 £38.03
% change year-on-year -36.99% +86.69% -19.46%

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 18,765 21,693 29,110
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 94.29% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,441 15,152 20,402
10th Percentile £213 £225 £204
25th Percentile £363 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,107 1,452
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
North of England +14 37 £625 +1.01% 13
South East -48 28 £625 -10.71% 9
North West +18 26 £600 -1.03% 8
Midlands +21 24 £725 +7.81% 15
Scotland +27 21 £650 +8.33% 2
West Midlands +27 20 £738 +4.42% 14
South West -11 12 £700 +7.69% 13
Yorkshire +3 11 £613 -2.00% 4
East of England -14 9 £669 -0.93% 3
Wales +21 4 £775 - 2
East Midlands +8 4 £620 +7.83% 1
North East - 2 £625 - 1
Programme Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 UK excluding London region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 50 (37.31%) Finance
2 45 (33.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (30.60%) Programme Management
4 36 (26.87%) Social Skills
5 33 (24.63%) Project Management
6 19 (14.18%) Public Sector
7 18 (13.43%) PRINCE2
7 18 (13.43%) Agile
8 15 (11.19%) Migration
8 15 (11.19%) Project Delivery
9 14 (10.45%) Telecoms
9 14 (10.45%) Change Management
10 13 (9.70%) Service Management
10 13 (9.70%) ERP
10 13 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (8.96%) Programme Delivery
11 12 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (8.96%) PMO
11 12 (8.96%) Oracle
11 12 (8.96%) Security Cleared
12 10 (7.46%) Programme Governance
12 10 (7.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
12 10 (7.46%) Roadmaps
13 9 (6.72%) Decision-Making
13 9 (6.72%) Degree
13 9 (6.72%) ITSM
14 8 (5.97%) Data Centre
14 8 (5.97%) Waterfall
15 7 (5.22%) Business Case

Programme Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.75%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.99%) Azure
1 4 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.49%) OCI
3 2 (1.49%) SaaS
4 1 (0.75%) AWS
4 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (0.75%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.75%) 3G
1 1 (0.75%) 4G
1 1 (0.75%) 5G
1 1 (0.75%) IP Telephony
1 1 (0.75%) LAN
1 1 (0.75%) Network Security
1 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.75%) WAN
1 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.73%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (3.73%) JIRA
General
1 50 (37.31%) Finance
2 36 (26.87%) Social Skills
3 19 (14.18%) Public Sector
4 14 (10.45%) Telecoms
5 10 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.22%) Banking
6 7 (5.22%) Law
6 7 (5.22%) Retail
7 6 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.99%) Legal
9 3 (2.24%) Digital Healthcare
9 3 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.49%) Billing
10 2 (1.49%) Local Government
11 1 (0.75%) Games
11 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.75%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.48%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.97%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.22%) NHS
3 6 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.24%) FMCG
4 3 (2.24%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.49%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.75%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.75%) e-Health
6 1 (0.75%) Life Science
6 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.75%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.75%) PACS
6 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (33.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 41 (30.60%) Programme Management
3 33 (24.63%) Project Management
4 18 (13.43%) Agile
4 18 (13.43%) PRINCE2
5 15 (11.19%) Migration
5 15 (11.19%) Project Delivery
6 14 (10.45%) Change Management
7 13 (9.70%) ERP
7 13 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (9.70%) Service Management
8 12 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (8.96%) Programme Delivery
9 10 (7.46%) Programme Governance
9 10 (7.46%) Roadmaps
9 10 (7.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (6.72%) Decision-Making
10 9 (6.72%) ITSM
11 8 (5.97%) Waterfall
12 7 (5.22%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (8.96%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.72%) Degree
3 6 (4.48%) DV Cleared
3 6 (4.48%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.24%) PMP
4 3 (2.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.49%) APMG
5 2 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.75%) APMP
6 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.75%) PgMP
6 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.96%) PMO
2 3 (2.24%) QA
3 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.75%) NCSC
3 1 (0.75%) NIST
3 1 (0.75%) P3O
3 1 (0.75%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 12 (8.96%) Oracle
2 5 (3.73%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.99%) Cadence
3 4 (2.99%) SAP
4 2 (1.49%) Ceridian
5 1 (0.75%) Cisco
5 1 (0.75%) Salesforce