Programme Management Contracts in Central London

Programme Management (Program Management)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Programme Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Programme Management over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 98 122
Rank change year-on-year -10 +24 +32
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 28 34 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.36% 1.48% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 1.62% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 32
10th Percentile £425 £400 £363
25th Percentile £617 £466 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £631 £691
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -8.68% +10.60%
75th Percentile £804 £731 £781
90th Percentile £863 £825 £840
London median daily rate £631 £600 £628
% change year-on-year +5.21% -4.38% +4.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £42.88 - -
25th Percentile £44.89 £146.25 -
Median hourly rate £49.50 £147.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -66.44% - -
75th Percentile £50.75 £148.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £49.50 £51.25 £42.68
% change year-on-year -3.41% +20.08% -30.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Programme Management 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 1,928 2,098 3,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.82% 91.50% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,274 1,446 2,229
10th Percentile £326 £363 £325
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £774 £788 £825
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 19
10th Percentile £22.08 £15.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.43 £15.93
Median hourly rate £30.04 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.24% -22.86% -19.06%
75th Percentile £50.75 £65.63 £47.41
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £56.75
London median hourly rate £29.50 £35.25 £40.77
% change year-on-year -16.31% -13.54% +13.25%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in Central London

Programme Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Management in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Programme Management in Central London

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in Central London over the 6 months to 5 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in Central London

Programme Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Management in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Management in Central London

Programme Management
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 Management within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 August 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 -12 20 £725 +14.85% 26
West End of London - 3 - -
Programme Management
London

Programme Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) SAP ERP
2 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (7.14%) AWS
2 2 (7.14%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) GCP
3 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 17 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 15 (53.57%) Finance
3 7 (25.00%) Banking
4 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Retail
6 2 (7.14%) Local Government
6 2 (7.14%) Marketing
7 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.57%) Legal
7 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Programme Manager
2 5 (17.86%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Business Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Business Operations Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Operations Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Technical Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Transformation Manager
4 2 (7.14%) ERP Manager
4 2 (7.14%) HR Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Implementation Project Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Project Implementation Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Senior
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Programme Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Programme Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Transformation Programme Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (10.71%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) Mobile Banking
2 2 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (7.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (39.29%) Project Management
3 9 (32.14%) Agile
4 8 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
6 5 (17.86%) Change Management
6 5 (17.86%) Data Analysis
6 5 (17.86%) Fintech
6 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2
6 5 (17.86%) Project Delivery
6 5 (17.86%) Resource Allocation
7 4 (14.29%) People Management
7 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 4 (14.29%) Scrum
7 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (14.29%) Storytelling
8 3 (10.71%) CRM
8 3 (10.71%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) Python
1 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Degree
2 5 (17.86%) PMP
3 4 (14.29%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) PMO
2 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) GRC
2 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.57%) NIST
2 1 (3.57%) SEPA
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) SAP
2 2 (7.14%) Databricks