Programme Delivery Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Programme Delivery
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Programme Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 63 66
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +29
Contract jobs citing Programme Delivery 8 7 11
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.01% 0.90% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.08% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 6
10th Percentile - £598 £394
25th Percentile £308 £603 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £327 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -47.72% +25.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £440 £663 £628
90th Percentile £589 £678 £734
South West median daily rate £444 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -34.19% +12.50% -4.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £92.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Programme Delivery 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 695 651 910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 88.09% 84.11% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 348 570
10th Percentile £230 £225 £300
25th Percentile £385 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £530
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -10.38% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £650
90th Percentile £746 £750 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 90 122
10th Percentile £15.12 £35.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £50.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Programme Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Programme Delivery job vacancy trend in Bristol

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Programme Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Programme Delivery

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery in Bristol over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Delivery in Bristol

Programme Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Programme Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Programme Delivery

Programme Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (12.50%) Billing
5 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Governance Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Facilities Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Finance Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Finance Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Manager
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Finance Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior PMO
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Transformation Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Software Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (75.00%) Change Control
3 5 (62.50%) Project Delivery
3 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (50.00%) Agile
5 3 (37.50%) Programme Management
5 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
6 2 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (25.00%) Epics
6 2 (25.00%) Performance Management
6 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (25.00%) Resource Management
6 2 (25.00%) Scrum
6 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
6 2 (25.00%) Use Case
6 2 (25.00%) Validation
6 2 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO