Programme Delivery Manager Contracts

Programme Delivery Manager
UK

The median Programme Delivery Manager daily rate in the UK is £555 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 661 791
Rank change year-on-year +89 +130 -107
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Delivery Manager 13 32 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.055% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.058% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 36
10th Percentile £496 £615 £440
25th Percentile £503 £655 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £700 £656
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +6.67% +9.38%
75th Percentile £759 £728 £738
90th Percentile £825 £864 £837
UK excluding London median daily rate £543 £620 £501
% change year-on-year -12.50% +23.88% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Programme Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Delivery Manager in the UK

Programme Delivery Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Delivery Manager.

Daily rate trend for Programme Delivery Manager in the UK

Programme Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Delivery Manager in the UK

Programme Delivery Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Delivery Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Delivery Manager in the UK

Programme Delivery Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +83 11 £585 -14.91% 1
London +72 8 £650 -8.77%
Work from Home +121 7 £588 -12.96%
UK excluding London +68 3 £543 -12.50% 1
South East +21 2 £500 -
North of England +25 1 £585 -
North West +23 1 £585 -

Programme Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Programme Delivery 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 featuring Programme Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Agile
1 7 (53.85%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Scrum
3 3 (23.08%) Programme Management
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Target Operating Model
4 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) PgMP
4 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (15.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) PMP
4 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
4 2 (15.38%) Product Management
4 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Change Control
5 1 (7.69%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
5 1 (7.69%) DevOps
5 1 (7.69%) Coaching
5 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) SaaS

Programme Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (7.69%) SaaS
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Automotive
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile
1 7 (53.85%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Programme Management
3 3 (23.08%) Scrum
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Target Operating Model
4 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 2 (15.38%) Product Management
4 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
4 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 2 (15.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) Change Control
5 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) PgMP
1 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
1 2 (15.38%) PMP
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
1 1 (7.69%) Splunk