Technical Programme Manager Contract Job Trends

Technical Programme Manager
UK

The median Technical Programme Manager daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 545 540 610
Rank change year-on-year -5 +70 +184
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Programme Manager 25 11 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.070% 0.030% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.032% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 5 14
10th Percentile £512 £545 £382
25th Percentile £532 £575 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -20.63%
75th Percentile £788 £688 £669
90th Percentile £900 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £675 £513
% change year-on-year -7.41% +31.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48.75 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £56.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 32,290 34,016 43,872
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.86% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,492 20,527 29,813
10th Percentile £278 £300 £294
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,873 1,272 1,545
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.11 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.45 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +58.28%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +85.26%

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 15 November 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
Top 12 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 15 November 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 -16 25 £625 -7.41% 4
London +10 13 £625 -7.41% 2
UK excluding London -24 13 £625 -7.41% 2
North of England - 4 £532 -
East of England - 4 £738 - 1
North West - 4 £532 -
Work from Home +11 3 £719 -
Midlands -30 2 £581 -
South West - 2 £775 - 1
South East +2 1 £750 +11.11%
West Midlands -29 1 £487 -
East Midlands - 1 £675 -

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 14 (56.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (48.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (32.00%) Azure
3 8 (32.00%) Programme Management
3 8 (32.00%) Project Management
4 7 (28.00%) Agile
4 7 (28.00%) Project Governance
4 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
5 6 (24.00%) Windows
6 5 (20.00%) Budgeting
6 5 (20.00%) Change Management
6 5 (20.00%) Citrix
6 5 (20.00%) Culture Change
6 5 (20.00%) IT Governance
6 5 (20.00%) Migration
6 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 5 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
6 5 (20.00%) Use Case
6 5 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (20.00%) Waterfall
7 4 (16.00%) AI
7 4 (16.00%) Analytical Thinking
7 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (12.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (12.00%) Confluence
8 3 (12.00%) Contract Negotiation
8 3 (12.00%) Degree
8 3 (12.00%) Digital Transformation Programme

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 3 (12.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.00%) SaaS
4 1 (4.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (56.00%) Finance
3 8 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (16.00%) Banking
6 3 (12.00%) Retail
7 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (8.00%) Legal
8 1 (4.00%) Back Office
8 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
8 1 (4.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (48.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (32.00%) Programme Management
3 8 (32.00%) Project Management
4 7 (28.00%) Agile
4 7 (28.00%) Project Governance
4 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
5 5 (20.00%) Budgeting
5 5 (20.00%) Change Management
5 5 (20.00%) Culture Change
5 5 (20.00%) IT Governance
5 5 (20.00%) Migration
5 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 5 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
5 5 (20.00%) Use Case
5 5 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 4 (16.00%) AI
6 4 (16.00%) Analytical Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
1 3 (12.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (12.00%) PMP
2 2 (8.00%) APMP
2 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Citrix
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (12.00%) Snow
3 3 (12.00%) Workday
4 2 (8.00%) Atlassian
5 1 (4.00%) Monzo
5 1 (4.00%) Oracle