Programme Manager Contracts in Cardiff

Programme Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Cardiff is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.25% - 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% - 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £458 - -
25th Percentile £469 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £544 - -
90th Percentile £563 - -
South Wales median daily rate £500 £775 -
% change year-on-year -35.48% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 154 197 325
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.25% 92.92% 96.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 160 259
10th Percentile £184 £199 £185
25th Percentile £257 £377 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +8.89% -
75th Percentile £492 £550 £550
90th Percentile £619 £620 £626
South Wales median daily rate £400 £460 £460
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £12.21 £11.32 £13.00
25th Percentile £13.79 £11.75 £13.81
Median hourly rate £20.51 £13.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.89% -21.75% -7.99%
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.00 £22.34
90th Percentile £38.75 £39.45 £24.38
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings that featured Programme Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in Cardiff

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in Cardiff

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Programme Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Process Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Billing
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Billing
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (50.00%) Process Management
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management