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 17 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 562 616
Rank change year-on-year +25 +54 +206
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Programme Manager 22 11 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.029% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.031% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 12
10th Percentile £521 £569 £501
25th Percentile £586 £592 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £725 £640
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +13.28% +6.67%
75th Percentile £767 £816 £709
90th Percentile £900 £850 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £713 £588 £571
% change year-on-year +21.28% +2.84% +2.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48.75 - -
Median hourly rate £58.75 - -
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
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 29,996 35,551 46,729
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.96% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,952 21,923 31,999
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,570 1,683 1,490
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.88
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -2.01% +68.77%
75th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +5.88% +93.18%

Technical Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Programme Manager 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 17 September 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 17 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Programme Manager 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 17 September 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 +43 21 £650 -10.34% 3
London +33 12 £600 -25.00% 2
UK excluding London +4 10 £713 +21.28% 1
Work from Home +11 4 - -
North of England -10 4 £625 +6.38%
North West - 3 £625 -
Midlands -13 2 £581 -
East of England - 2 £850 -
South East - 2 £750 - 1
Yorkshire -11 1 - -
West Midlands -13 1 £487 -
East Midlands - 1 £675 -

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

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Technical 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 Technical Programme Manager in the job title.

1 14 (63.64%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Programme Management
3 9 (40.91%) Agile
3 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
4 8 (36.36%) Migration
4 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (36.36%) Risk Management
5 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (22.73%) Validation
6 5 (22.73%) Project Management
6 5 (22.73%) Scrum
6 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
6 5 (22.73%) Project Governance
6 5 (22.73%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 4 (18.18%) PMO
7 4 (18.18%) DevOps
7 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (18.18%) Data Centre
7 4 (18.18%) Windows
8 3 (13.64%) SAP
8 3 (13.64%) Citrix
8 3 (13.64%) Retail
8 3 (13.64%) Azure
8 3 (13.64%) Kanban
8 3 (13.64%) Data Cleansing
8 3 (13.64%) IT Governance
8 3 (13.64%) Use Case
8 3 (13.64%) Fintech
8 3 (13.64%) Programme Delivery
8 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Transformation

Technical 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Datadog
2 1 (4.55%) IaaS
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
2 1 (4.55%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 14 (63.64%) Finance
2 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (13.64%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Retail
5 2 (9.09%) Banking
6 1 (4.55%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) CMDB
2 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Programme Management
2 9 (40.91%) Agile
3 8 (36.36%) Migration
3 8 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (22.73%) Project Governance
5 5 (22.73%) Project Management
5 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
5 5 (22.73%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (22.73%) Scrum
5 5 (22.73%) Validation
6 4 (18.18%) DevOps
7 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (13.64%) Fintech
7 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Transformation
7 3 (13.64%) Programme Delivery
7 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
7 3 (13.64%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (13.64%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) PMO
2 1 (4.55%) GRC
2 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Citrix
1 3 (13.64%) SAP
2 1 (4.55%) AlgoSec
2 1 (4.55%) Dell
2 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds
2 1 (4.55%) VMware