Programme Delivery Contract Job Trends in Central London

Programme Delivery
London > Central London

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 126 142
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 +28
Contract jobs citing Programme Delivery 11 3 11
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.58% 0.13% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.14% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 7
10th Percentile £506 £495 £529
25th Percentile £591 £558 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £631 £675 £820
Median % change year-on-year -6.48% -17.68% +26.15%
75th Percentile £686 £806 £975
90th Percentile £762 £878 £1,000
London median daily rate £660 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +5.60% - +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,787 2,144 2,832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.90% 92.10% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,207 1,368 1,966
10th Percentile £325 £363 £358
25th Percentile £424 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £589
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.34% +2.39%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £774 £788 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 29 17
10th Percentile £17.79 £18.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £25.40 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -34.52%
75th Percentile £36.00 £61.25 £46.75
90th Percentile £60.95 £117.10 £59.30
London median hourly rate £30.00 £36.65 £38.71
% change year-on-year -18.14% -5.32% +7.53%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Programme Delivery job vacancy trend in Central London

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Programme Delivery

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery in Central London over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Delivery in Central London

Programme Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Programme Delivery

Programme Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Delivery within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +14 10 £631 -6.48% 3
Programme Delivery
London

Programme Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (9.09%) GCP
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
4 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
4 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Legal
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
5 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Lead
1 3 (27.27%) Programme Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Implementation Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Lead Data Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Migration Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Programme Office Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Senior
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Programme Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Programme Office Manager
2 1 (9.09%) SOX Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Governance
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Scrum
5 1 (9.09%) Business Case
5 1 (9.09%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (9.09%) Cutover Planning
5 1 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (9.09%) Data Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (9.09%) Emotional Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (9.09%) Information Governance
5 1 (9.09%) Patch Management
5 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) PMI Certification
1 3 (27.27%) PMP
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) GRC
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
1 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe
2 1 (9.09%) Databricks
2 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
2 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
2 1 (9.09%) SAP