Programme Director Contract Job Trends 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 19 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 106 121
Rank change year-on-year -16 +15 +55
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 2 9 7
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.10% 0.49% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.53% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £731 £863
25th Percentile - £809 £904
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £913 £939
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% -2.84% +10.49%
75th Percentile - £975 £1,050
90th Percentile - - £1,088
Central London median daily rate £950 £913 £939
% change year-on-year +4.11% -2.84% +10.49%

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 1,833 1,697 2,225
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 93.09% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,257 1,032 1,593
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £431 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +0.88% -3.39%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £794
Central London median daily rate £546 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.45% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 21
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.97 £28.94 £18.93
Median hourly rate £40.50 £43.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.81% +79.17% -28.89%
75th Percentile £49.83 £112.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £134.65 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.40% +34.62% -10.34%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Programme Director job vacancy trend in the City of London

Programme Director
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 19 February 2026, Programme Director 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 Programme Director in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) FinOps
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust

Programme Director 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) FinOps
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GRC