Programme Management Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Programme Management (Program Management)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Programme Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 53 43
Rank change year-on-year -10 -10 +17
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 10 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 1.56% 0.88% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 0.98% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 6
10th Percentile £231 - £459
25th Percentile £352 £493 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.56% +3.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £638 £574 £536
90th Percentile - £641 £543
North West median daily rate £525 £515 £650
% change year-on-year +1.94% -20.77% +44.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £23.86 - -
25th Percentile £33.59 - -
Median hourly rate £41.00 - £33.00
75th Percentile £43.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £41.00 £37.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.81% +12.12% -51.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 562 407 361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 87.95% 89.85% 91.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 239 239
10th Percentile £268 £312 £265
25th Percentile £356 £363 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £550
90th Percentile £686 £650 £588
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 23 24
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £14.60
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.00 £17.14
Median hourly rate £22.85 £24.18 £21.84
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +10.71% +40.90%
75th Percentile £40.00 £33.75 £35.19
90th Percentile £71.65 £84.30 £42.63
North West median hourly rate £33.00 £30.95 £38.75
% change year-on-year +6.62% -20.13% +46.06%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Programme Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Programme Management job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Programme Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in Cheshire

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Programme Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in Cheshire

Programme Management
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
Chester - 3 £625 - 4
Crewe - 3 - -
Knutsford -22 2 £354 -32.57%
Macclesfield - 1 - -
Warrington - 1 £115 - 2
Programme Management
North West

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 3 (30.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Smartsheet
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
3 4 (40.00%) Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Automotive
4 3 (30.00%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Investment Banking
5 2 (20.00%) Electronics
5 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (20.00%) Marketing
5 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Senior
1 3 (30.00%) Senior PMO
2 1 (10.00%) Installation Technician
2 1 (10.00%) IT Support
2 1 (10.00%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (10.00%) IT Technician
2 1 (10.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
1 6 (60.00%) Portfolio Management
2 5 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 5 (50.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (30.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (30.00%) Change Control
4 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (30.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (30.00%) Product Planning
4 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (30.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (30.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Change Management
5 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
1 3 (30.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (30.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) PMO
2 3 (30.00%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
1 1 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Planview
2 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Apple
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow