Senior Programme Manager Contracts in Central London

Senior Programme Manager
London > Central London

The median Senior Programme Manager daily rate in Central London is £825, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 - 172
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Programme Manager 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.15% - 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £730
25th Percentile £763 - £738
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 - £775
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.71%
75th Percentile £888 - £813
90th Percentile - - £820
London median daily rate £738 £800 £700
% change year-on-year -7.81% +14.29% -5.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,853 2,328 3,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 95.37% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 1,660 2,513
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 31 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.04%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £40.00 £86.65
London median hourly rate £34.33 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +24.82% -21.43% -

Senior Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Programme Manager in Central London

Senior Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Programme Manager in Central London

Senior Programme Manager
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 Senior Programme Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 - 1 - -
Senior Programme Manager
London

Senior Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior 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 Central London region featuring Senior Programme Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) PMP
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (33.33%) PMO
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce

Senior Programme Manager Skill Set
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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP