Programme Director Contracts in the City of London

Programme Director
Central London > City of London

The median Programme Director daily rate in the City of London is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 117 167
Rank change year-on-year -2 +50 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 3 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% 0.37% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.39% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 3
10th Percentile £813 £890 £940
25th Percentile £831 £907 £963
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £950 £1,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £956 £1,031 £1,075
90th Percentile £968 £1,085 £1,120
Central London median daily rate £900 £950 £1,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,634 2,075 3,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.10% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,474 2,351
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -5.41%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -5.41%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Programme Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in the City of London

Programme Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Director in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Programme Director in the City of London

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Programme Director 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 City of London region featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Basel II
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) SDLC
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Basel II