Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Programme Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Birmingham is £506, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
5 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 61 66
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 8 8 5
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.09% 1.10% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 1.16% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 5
10th Percentile £455 £510 £575
25th Percentile £467 £525 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £750 £675
Median % change year-on-year -32.53% +11.11% -15.63%
75th Percentile £641 £775 £813
90th Percentile £725 £858 £820
West Midlands median daily rate £825 £688 £688
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -1.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 659 690 704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.42% 94.91% 93.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 459 486
10th Percentile £225 £190 £256
25th Percentile £363 £354 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% -2.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £726 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 21
10th Percentile - £17.33 £14.54
25th Percentile £12.62 £23.78 £15.50
Median hourly rate £17.85 £30.45 £31.04
Median % change year-on-year -41.40% -1.90% +63.37%
75th Percentile £25.38 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £31.13 £56.45 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £23.71 £22.50
% change year-on-year +5.44% +5.38% +26.98%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Programme Manager job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in Birmingham

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 5 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 Birmingham region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Business Case
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) AI
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (12.50%) Conflict Management
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Heroku
3 1 (12.50%) Objectives and Key Results
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) QA
3 1 (12.50%) SaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) Use Case
3 1 (12.50%) Validation

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Heroku
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Business Case
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) AI
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (12.50%) Conflict Management
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Use Case
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
4 Programme Manager jobs in the West Midlands