Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Programme Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Bristol is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 68 75
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 4 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.51% 0.71% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.74% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £559 £597 £383
25th Percentile £666 £602 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £631 £588
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% +7.45% -4.08%
75th Percentile £775 £664 £600
90th Percentile - £671 £713
South West median daily rate £750 £613 £625
% change year-on-year +22.45% -2.00% -1.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 721 808 1,007
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 95.62% 96.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 423 655
10th Percentile £243 £213 £304
25th Percentile £384 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £748 £700 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £501 £538
% change year-on-year +2.30% -6.79% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 142 129
10th Percentile £12.88 £17.50 £30.65
25th Percentile £18.87 £50.31 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.26 £57.33
% change year-on-year -62.61% +17.32% -4.45%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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 Bristol.

Programme Manager job vacancy trend in Bristol

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in Bristol over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in Bristol

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 19 October 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 Bristol region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) APMP
2 1 (25.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Programme Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) APMP
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce