Workforce Management Program Manager Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Program Manager - Workforce Management
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Program Manager - Workforce Management daily rate in Birmingham is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
24 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Workforce Management Program Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.23% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 785 471 702
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 89.89% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 345 498
10th Percentile £313 £181 £250
25th Percentile £408 £363 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +8.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £674 £700 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -0.51% +2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 39
10th Percentile £13.82 £12.62 £12.95
25th Percentile £17.15 £12.97 £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £14.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -50.88% +42.50%
75th Percentile £26.37 £27.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £30.68 £68.58
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £18.13 £22.00
% change year-on-year +38.72% -17.59% +17.76%

Workforce Management Program Manager Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, Workforce Management Program 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 Workforce Management Program Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) WFM
1 2 (100.00%) Workforce Optimisation

Workforce Management Program 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) WFM
1 2 (100.00%) Workforce Optimisation