Programme Management Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Programme Management (Program Management)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Programme Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 75 90
Rank change year-on-year -4 +15 -7
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 17 37 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.45% 2.16% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 2.49% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 16
10th Percentile £586 £253 £400
25th Percentile £597 £463 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -10.20% +30.60%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £800
90th Percentile - £749 £888
South East median daily rate £650 £625 £531
% change year-on-year +4.00% +17.65% -4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £72.33
South East median hourly rate - - £72.33
% change year-on-year - - +54.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Programme Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,076 1,488 1,609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 91.50% 86.97% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 666 773 1,016
10th Percentile £333 £325 £300
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £664 £696 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 75 60
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.93 £18.40
25th Percentile £17.30 £47.56 £48.40
Median hourly rate £32.31 £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.55% +2.67% +97.08%
75th Percentile £62.24 £72.04 £72.08
90th Percentile £87.25 £87.46 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £22.29 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -61.14% +9.24% +61.54%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in Berkshire

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Programme Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in Berkshire over the 6 months to 9 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in Berkshire

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Programme Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Management within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Reading +16 16 £650 +4.00% 7
Programme Management
South East

Programme Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
General
1 16 (94.12%) Finance
2 13 (76.47%) Telecoms
3 12 (70.59%) Electronics
3 12 (70.59%) Manufacturing
3 12 (70.59%) Marketing
3 12 (70.59%) Public Sector
4 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Active Directory Architect
1 10 (58.82%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle Project Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (5.88%) Administrator
3 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support
3 1 (5.88%) IT Support
3 1 (5.88%) Lead
3 1 (5.88%) Programme Manager
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Agile
1 13 (76.47%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (70.59%) Digital Marketing
3 10 (58.82%) Identity Access Management
3 10 (58.82%) Test Automation
4 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
4 4 (23.53%) Project Management
5 3 (17.65%) Project Governance
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (17.65%) Waterfall
6 2 (11.76%) CRM
6 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
7 1 (5.88%) Cost Management
7 1 (5.88%) ERP
7 1 (5.88%) Expense Management
7 1 (5.88%) GTM Strategy
7 1 (5.88%) Migration
7 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
7 1 (5.88%) Software Delivery
7 1 (5.88%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 11 (64.71%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.88%) PMP
4 1 (5.88%) SAP Certification
System Software
1 10 (58.82%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) SAP
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft