Senior Programme Manager Contracts

Senior Programme Manager
UK

The median Senior Programme Manager daily rate in the UK is £800 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 651 795
Rank change year-on-year +88 +144 -133
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Programme Manager 23 47 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.081% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.085% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 36 45
10th Percentile £568 £531 £535
25th Percentile £656 £656 £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £750 £700
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £950 £939 £781
90th Percentile £975 £1,125 £890
UK excluding London median daily rate £688 £775 £700
% change year-on-year -11.29% +10.71% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Median hourly rate £44.74 £62.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.84% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.74 - -

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 39,893 55,060 83,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,957 38,445 58,715
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 2,673 1,534 2,047
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%

Senior Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Programme Manager in the UK

Senior Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Programme Manager in the UK

Senior Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Programme Manager over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Programme Manager in the UK

Senior Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Programme Manager in the UK

Senior Programme Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Programme Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +87 22 £800 +6.67% 8
London +77 15 £800 +10.34% 4
Work from Home +108 14 £825 +17.86% 1
UK excluding London +58 7 £688 -11.29% 4
North of England - 5 £650 - 1
North West - 5 £650 -
Midlands +28 3 £675 - 2
West Midlands +16 3 £675 -10.00% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £600 - 1
North East - 1 £600 -

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior Programme Manager in the job title.

1 9 (39.13%) Agile
2 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 7 (30.43%) Finance
3 7 (30.43%) Project Management
4 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
4 5 (21.74%) Programme Governance
5 4 (17.39%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (13.04%) Line Management
6 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
6 3 (13.04%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (13.04%) Waterfall
6 3 (13.04%) Scrum
6 3 (13.04%) Logistics
6 3 (13.04%) NHS
6 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Identification
6 3 (13.04%) Risk Register
6 3 (13.04%) Conflict Management
6 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
6 3 (13.04%) Digital Healthcare
7 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
7 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
7 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (8.70%) Change Management
7 2 (8.70%) Identity Management
7 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
7 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
7 2 (8.70%) Coaching

Senior Programme 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Endur
1 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) AWS
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Digital Healthcare
5 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.35%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) NHS
2 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.35%) Mobile Banking
2 1 (4.35%) Online Banking
2 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Agile
2 7 (30.43%) Project Management
3 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
3 5 (21.74%) Programme Governance
4 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (17.39%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (13.04%) Conflict Management
5 3 (13.04%) Line Management
5 3 (13.04%) Logistics
5 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
5 3 (13.04%) Risk Register
5 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.04%) Scrum
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Identification
5 3 (13.04%) Waterfall
6 2 (8.70%) Change Management
6 2 (8.70%) Coaching
6 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.70%) Identity Management
6 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) CAPM
2 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.35%) PMP
2 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) PMO
1 1 (4.35%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Ansible
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Cadence
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco
2 1 (4.35%) Dell
2 1 (4.35%) OpenLink
2 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
2 1 (4.35%) SAP