IT Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

IT Programme Manager
Central London > City of London

The median IT Programme Manager daily rate in the City of London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 114 126
Rank change year-on-year -7 +12 +52
Contract jobs requiring an IT Programme Manager 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.11% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £565 - -
25th Percentile £569 £663 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £644 £688 £725
90th Percentile £655 - -
Central London median daily rate £600 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,775 1,731 2,248
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 93.01% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 1,046 1,614
10th Percentile £349 £354 £340
25th Percentile £429 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £564
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.00% -2.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £536 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.74% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 22
10th Percentile £20.02 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.77 £26.63 £19.18
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +60.42% -5.88%
75th Percentile £42.65 £80.38 £40.00
90th Percentile £52.80 £112.00 £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
% change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +6.55%

IT Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Programme Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

IT Programme Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

IT Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Programme Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Programme Manager job vacancies in the City of London

IT Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Programme Manager within the City of London region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. 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
Moorgate - 1 £625 -
IT Programme Manager
Central London

IT Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, IT Programme Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring IT Programme Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) AVEVA
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Twin
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (50.00%) Smart Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Validation

IT Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Twin
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (50.00%) Smart Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) AVEVA