Technical Programme Manager Contract Job Trends

Technical Programme Manager
UK

The median Technical Programme Manager daily rate in the UK is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 544 547 611
Rank change year-on-year +3 +64 +209
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Programme Manager 20 11 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.060% 0.030% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.032% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 13
10th Percentile £525 £545 £501
25th Percentile £570 £575 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £806 £688 £675
90th Percentile £900 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £713 £675 £569
% change year-on-year +5.56% +18.68% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48.75 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £60.63 - -
90th Percentile £63.25 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 30,429 34,622 44,656
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.90% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,240 20,894 30,502
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,674 1,380 1,518
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.02 £14.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.94%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.56 £40.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -38.60% -9.60% +93.74%

Technical Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Programme Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Technical Programme Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Programme Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Programme Manager job vacancies in the UK

Technical Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Programme Manager over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Programme Manager in the UK

Technical Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Programme Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Programme Manager job vacancies in the UK

Technical Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Programme Manager over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Programme Manager in the UK

Technical Programme Manager
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Programme Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 22 October 2025. 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 +14 20 £650 -3.70% 13
London +25 15 £600 -11.11% 6
UK excluding London -18 6 £713 +5.56% 9
Work from Home +30 3 £900 - 5
Midlands -29 2 £581 - 1
East of England - 2 £850 -
South East +11 1 £750 +11.11% 4
West Midlands -23 1 £487 -
North West - 1 £625 -
East Midlands - 1 £675 - 1
North of England - 1 £625 - 4

Technical Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Technical Programme Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Technical Programme Manager in the job title.

1 9 (45.00%) Programme Management
1 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 8 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (35.00%) Project Governance
4 6 (30.00%) Agile
4 6 (30.00%) Migration
4 6 (30.00%) Windows
5 5 (25.00%) Azure
5 5 (25.00%) Budgeting
5 5 (25.00%) Citrix
5 5 (25.00%) IT Governance
5 5 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
5 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 5 (25.00%) Use Case
5 5 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (20.00%) DevOps
6 4 (20.00%) Project Management
6 4 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (20.00%) Scrum
7 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
7 3 (15.00%) Kanban
7 3 (15.00%) PMO
7 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (15.00%) Programme Delivery
7 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
8 2 (10.00%) AI
8 2 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking

Technical Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Banking
5 2 (10.00%) Legal
5 2 (10.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Programme Management
1 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 8 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (35.00%) Project Governance
4 6 (30.00%) Agile
4 6 (30.00%) Migration
5 5 (25.00%) Budgeting
5 5 (25.00%) IT Governance
5 5 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
5 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 5 (25.00%) Use Case
6 4 (20.00%) DevOps
6 4 (20.00%) Project Management
6 4 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (20.00%) Scrum
7 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) Kanban
7 3 (15.00%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
1 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) PMO
2 1 (5.00%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (5.00%) SAP