Programme Delivery Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Programme Delivery
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 108 122 142
Rank change year-on-year +14 +20 +23
Contract jobs citing Programme Delivery 10 3 10
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.58% 0.14% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.16% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 6
10th Percentile £506 £495 £505
25th Percentile £591 £558 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £631 £675 £735
Median % change year-on-year -6.48% -8.16% +13.08%
75th Percentile £686 £806 £955
90th Percentile £762 £878 £1,000
Central London median daily rate £631 £675 £820
% change year-on-year -6.48% -17.68% +26.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,622 1,935 2,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.41% 91.97% 89.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,089 1,205 1,825
10th Percentile £325 £365 £363
25th Percentile £424 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £763 £792 £808
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £589
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.34% +2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 16
10th Percentile £16.96 £15.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.09 £21.63 £16.31
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% +13.60% -26.90%
75th Percentile £39.88 £97.38 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -34.52%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Programme Delivery job vacancy trend in the City of London

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Programme Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Programme Delivery

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Programme Delivery in the City of London

Programme Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Programme Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Programme Delivery

Programme Delivery
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (10.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Lead
1 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Project Implementation Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SOX Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) CRM
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security
5 1 (10.00%) Operations Management
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (20.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) CISM
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) GRC
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
1 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Adobe
2 1 (10.00%) Databricks
2 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (10.00%) SAP