Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Programme Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £738, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 97 112
Rank change year-on-year +3 +15 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 21 11 11
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.42% 0.75% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 0.83% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 5
10th Percentile £524 £594 £532
25th Percentile £600 £613 £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year +13.46% +8.33% -9.43%
75th Percentile £791 £791 £638
90th Percentile £871 £800 £750
South East median daily rate £738 £650 £638
% change year-on-year +13.46% +1.96% -8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £63.10 £41.19 -
25th Percentile £65.88 £41.47 -
Median hourly rate £71.00 £41.94 -
Median % change year-on-year +69.29% - -
75th Percentile £84.50 £42.41 -
90th Percentile £92.30 £42.69 -
South East median hourly rate £71.00 £41.94 -
% change year-on-year +69.29% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,350 1,326 1,609
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 90.27% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 913 755 985
10th Percentile £304 £261 £210
25th Percentile £413 £405 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £608
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +0.95% +0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 33 72
10th Percentile £14.75 £20.70 £24.26
25th Percentile £19.00 £42.50 £48.40
Median hourly rate £47.48 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -19.53% -3.98% +83.43%
75th Percentile £93.75 £63.43 £67.75
90th Percentile £97.50 £65.62 £76.06
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £54.44
% change year-on-year -40.82% -21.94% +51.23%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Programme Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Programme Manager job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in Berkshire

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Manager in Berkshire

Programme Manager
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 Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 22 December 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 +21 13 £725 +11.54% 1
Bracknell -6 4 - -
Windsor - 1 £750 -
Wokingham - 1 £850 -
Programme Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 8 (38.10%) Agile
1 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (28.57%) ITSM
3 6 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 5 (23.81%) ERP
4 5 (23.81%) Migration
4 5 (23.81%) Oracle
4 5 (23.81%) PMP
4 5 (23.81%) Waterfall
5 4 (19.05%) Budget Management
5 4 (19.05%) Contingency Planning
5 4 (19.05%) Contract Negotiation
5 4 (19.05%) Cost Management
5 4 (19.05%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (19.05%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (19.05%) PMI Certification
5 4 (19.05%) Project Management
5 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
5 4 (19.05%) Service Management
6 3 (14.29%) APMP
6 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
6 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (14.29%) ITIL
6 3 (14.29%) MAPM
6 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 3 (14.29%) Technology Enablement
7 2 (9.52%) Azure
7 2 (9.52%) Budgeting
7 2 (9.52%) Business Transformation

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (9.52%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (9.52%) Primavera
2 2 (9.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) 5G
1 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) DTS
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Legal
3 3 (14.29%) Retail
4 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.76%) Advertising
5 1 (4.76%) General Ledger
5 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) PMI
2 2 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Agile
1 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (28.57%) ITSM
3 6 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 5 (23.81%) ERP
4 5 (23.81%) Migration
4 5 (23.81%) Waterfall
5 4 (19.05%) Budget Management
5 4 (19.05%) Contingency Planning
5 4 (19.05%) Contract Negotiation
5 4 (19.05%) Cost Management
5 4 (19.05%) Project Management
5 4 (19.05%) Service Management
6 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
6 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (14.29%) ITIL
6 3 (14.29%) Technology Enablement
7 2 (9.52%) Programme Management
7 2 (9.52%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) PMP
2 4 (19.05%) PMI Certification
2 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) APMP
3 3 (14.29%) MAPM
3 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) PMO
2 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Oracle
2 2 (9.52%) Remedy
2 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.76%) Workday