Technical Programme Manager Contract Job Trends

Technical Programme Manager
UK

The median Technical Programme Manager daily rate in the UK is £735, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 516 580
Rank change year-on-year -43 +64 +170
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Programme Manager 27 10 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.073% 0.031% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.034% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 5 15
10th Percentile £525 £480 £414
25th Percentile £574 £525 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £735 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -4.00% -21.88%
75th Percentile £788 £688 £800
90th Percentile £888 £770 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 £675 £569
% change year-on-year +11.11% +18.68% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 33,604 29,846 39,976
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.67% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,305 18,264 26,748
10th Percentile £300 £293 £281
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,949 929 1,593
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.52 £14.18
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £19.05
Median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% -26.97% +36.92%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.52 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.21% -29.96% +68.54%

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 5 January 2026.

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 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 5 January 2026. 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 -37 27 £735 +22.50% 1
UK excluding London -51 15 £750 +11.11% 1
London +7 13 £625 +13.64%
South West - 5 £750 - 1
East of England -12 4 £738 -7.81%
North West - 4 £532 -
North of England - 4 £532 -
Work from Home -8 2 £719 +10.62% 1
South East -22 1 £750 +11.11%
East Midlands -24 1 £675 +35.00%
Midlands -39 1 £675 +35.00%

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

For the 6 months to 5 January 2026, 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 19 (70.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (40.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (37.04%) Project Management
4 8 (29.63%) Agile
4 8 (29.63%) Azure
4 8 (29.63%) Programme Management
4 8 (29.63%) Project Delivery
4 8 (29.63%) Waterfall
5 7 (25.93%) Analytical Thinking
5 7 (25.93%) Project Governance
5 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
6 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (22.22%) Quality Management
6 6 (22.22%) Windows
7 5 (18.52%) APMP
7 5 (18.52%) Atlassian
7 5 (18.52%) Budgeting
7 5 (18.52%) Change Management
7 5 (18.52%) Citrix
7 5 (18.52%) Confluence
7 5 (18.52%) Critical Thinking
7 5 (18.52%) Culture Change
7 5 (18.52%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (18.52%) Degree
7 5 (18.52%) Epics
7 5 (18.52%) IT Governance
7 5 (18.52%) JIRA
7 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (18.52%) Migration
7 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2

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 5 (18.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.41%) SaaS
4 1 (3.70%) AWS
4 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) JIRA
General
1 19 (70.37%) Social Skills
2 15 (55.56%) Finance
3 10 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (18.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (18.52%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (14.81%) Banking
6 3 (11.11%) Retail
7 2 (7.41%) Back Office
7 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (7.41%) Retail Banking
8 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
8 1 (3.70%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (40.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (37.04%) Project Management
4 8 (29.63%) Agile
4 8 (29.63%) Programme Management
4 8 (29.63%) Project Delivery
4 8 (29.63%) Waterfall
5 7 (25.93%) Analytical Thinking
5 7 (25.93%) Project Governance
5 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
6 6 (22.22%) Quality Management
7 5 (18.52%) Change Management
7 5 (18.52%) IT Governance
7 5 (18.52%) Migration
7 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
7 5 (18.52%) Requirements Management
7 5 (18.52%) Resource Allocation
7 5 (18.52%) Resource Management
7 5 (18.52%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 5 (18.52%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) APMP
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
1 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
1 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Atlassian
1 5 (18.52%) Citrix
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 3 (11.11%) Snow
3 3 (11.11%) Workday
4 1 (3.70%) Monzo
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Zopa