Programme Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Programme Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Programme Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 163 136
Rank change year-on-year +31 -27 -9
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 239 387 865
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.59% 1.54% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 1.72% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 292 735
10th Percentile £390 £300 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £730 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £836 £775
UK median daily rate £585 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -2.50% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 9
10th Percentile - £31.00 £30.09
25th Percentile £12.75 £39.55 £35.42
Median hourly rate £19.87 £64.00 £50.61
Median % change year-on-year -68.95% +26.46% +76.16%
75th Percentile £35.00 £80.00 £51.00
90th Percentile £45.13 - £59.30
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £39.55 £46.00
% change year-on-year -10.24% -14.02% +26.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Programme Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,268 22,513 39,948
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.01% 89.73% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,896 15,904 28,997
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 519 530
10th Percentile £15.03 £18.63 £13.73
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Programme Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Programme Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Programme Management.

Programme Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Programme Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Programme Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Programme Management.

Programme Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Programme Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Programme Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Programme Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.51%) Confluence
3 2 (0.84%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.42%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.42%) CMS
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 1 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (6.69%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.26%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 29 (12.13%) Azure
2 15 (6.28%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (4.18%) AWS
4 7 (2.93%) PaaS
5 5 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.67%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (1.67%) IaaS
6 4 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.67%) SaaS
6 4 (1.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (1.26%) GCP
7 3 (1.26%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.26%) Serverless
8 2 (0.84%) Azure App Service
8 2 (0.84%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 2 (0.84%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (0.84%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.84%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.42%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.35%) 4G
2 7 (2.93%) 3G
2 7 (2.93%) VPN
3 5 (2.09%) LAN
3 5 (2.09%) Network Security
3 5 (2.09%) WAN
4 4 (1.67%) SNA
5 3 (1.26%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (1.26%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (1.26%) MPLS
5 3 (1.26%) PBX
5 3 (1.26%) VoIP
5 3 (1.26%) WLAN
6 2 (0.84%) FTP
6 2 (0.84%) SAN
6 2 (0.84%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.42%) DNS
7 1 (0.42%) HTTP
7 1 (0.42%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.86%) Metadata
2 8 (3.35%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.51%) Ingres
4 5 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.26%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.26%) Power BI
6 2 (0.84%) Big Data
7 1 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.42%) GIS
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.42%) MySQL
7 1 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
7 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.42%) Sisense
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (4.60%) ERwin
1 11 (4.60%) JIRA
2 6 (2.51%) Git
3 5 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.67%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.26%) NUnit
5 3 (1.26%) Postman
5 3 (1.26%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.42%) RStudio
General
1 135 (56.49%) Finance
2 112 (46.86%) Public Sector
3 104 (43.51%) Telecoms
4 102 (42.68%) Marketing
5 97 (40.59%) Electronics
5 97 (40.59%) Manufacturing
6 66 (27.62%) Social Skills
7 42 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (5.44%) Banking
8 13 (5.44%) Retail
9 11 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.93%) Legal
11 6 (2.51%) Local Government
11 6 (2.51%) Military
12 5 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.26%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.84%) Advertising
14 2 (0.84%) Games
Job Titles
1 43 (17.99%) Project Manager
2 33 (13.81%) Architect
2 33 (13.81%) Programme Manager
3 28 (11.72%) Lead
4 15 (6.28%) Senior
5 13 (5.44%) Change Manager
5 13 (5.44%) Data Architect
5 13 (5.44%) Technical Manager
6 12 (5.02%) Analyst
7 11 (4.60%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (4.60%) Enterprise Architect
7 11 (4.60%) Enterprise Data Architect
8 10 (4.18%) Security Manager
8 10 (4.18%) Senior Manager
9 9 (3.77%) DBA
9 9 (3.77%) Technical Architect
10 8 (3.35%) Consultant
10 8 (3.35%) Developer
10 8 (3.35%) Support Engineer
11 7 (2.93%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.35%) .NET
2 7 (2.93%) AngularJS
3 5 (2.09%) GraphQL
4 4 (1.67%) RESTful
4 4 (1.67%) Web Services
5 3 (1.26%) Playwright
6 2 (0.84%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.84%) CSS
6 2 (0.84%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.84%) Hugging Face
6 2 (0.84%) LangChain
6 2 (0.84%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.84%) Swagger
6 2 (0.84%) YAML
7 1 (0.42%) ADO
7 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.42%) MDX
7 1 (0.42%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.42%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.86%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (4.60%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.60%) Wiki
3 8 (3.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.93%) NHS
5 6 (2.51%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.09%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.09%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.26%) FMCG
7 3 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.26%) Social Media
7 3 (1.26%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.84%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.84%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.84%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.84%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.84%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.42%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.42%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.42%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.60%) Linux
2 9 (3.77%) Windows
3 4 (1.67%) Windows 7
4 3 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (41.00%) Business Intelligence
2 96 (40.17%) Digital Marketing
3 68 (28.45%) Project Management
4 64 (26.78%) Agile
5 42 (17.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 40 (16.74%) Project Delivery
7 34 (14.23%) Change Management
7 34 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (13.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (10.88%) Risk Management
10 25 (10.46%) Waterfall
11 24 (10.04%) PRINCE2
12 22 (9.21%) DevOps
12 22 (9.21%) Roadmaps
13 20 (8.37%) Business Case
13 20 (8.37%) Decision-Making
14 17 (7.11%) Data Management
15 15 (6.28%) Data Governance
16 14 (5.86%) Data Protection
16 14 (5.86%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.95%) SQL
2 10 (4.18%) Python
3 8 (3.35%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.93%) C#
5 6 (2.51%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.26%) Java
6 3 (1.26%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.26%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.42%) Bash
7 1 (0.42%) Bicep
7 1 (0.42%) C
7 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.42%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.42%) Perl
7 1 (0.42%) R
7 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (20.92%) Security Cleared
2 32 (13.39%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.21%) DV Cleared
4 21 (8.79%) Degree
5 14 (5.86%) PMI Certification
5 14 (5.86%) PMP
6 10 (4.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (2.51%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.67%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.26%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.26%) CCIE
9 3 (1.26%) CCIE Data Center
9 3 (1.26%) CCNP
9 3 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.26%) CISSP
9 3 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.42%) MCSE
11 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.28%) PMO
2 11 (4.60%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.60%) GDPR
3 6 (2.51%) SLA
4 5 (2.09%) QA
5 4 (1.67%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.42%) GRC
6 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.42%) NCSC
6 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (2.51%) Active Directory
1 6 (2.51%) Docker
2 3 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.84%) Firmware
4 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.77%) Terraform
2 2 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.42%) Ansible
3 1 (0.42%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (0.42%) Grafana
3 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 108 (45.19%) SAP
2 26 (10.88%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.02%) Sparx
4 7 (2.93%) Cisco
5 6 (2.51%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.09%) Pega
6 5 (2.09%) VMware
7 4 (1.67%) Computacenter
8 3 (1.26%) Dell
9 2 (0.84%) Actian
9 2 (0.84%) ForeScout
9 2 (0.84%) Guidewire
9 2 (0.84%) Oracle
9 2 (0.84%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.84%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.42%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (0.42%) Instagram
10 1 (0.42%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.42%) YouTube
10 1 (0.42%) Zscaler