Programme Manager Contracts in the City of London

Programme Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the City of London is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 104 122
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 22 23 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.25% 1.05% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 1.10% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 35
10th Percentile £621 £481 £605
25th Percentile £663 £630 £691
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £725 £800
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -9.38% +18.52%
75th Percentile £825 £788 £850
90th Percentile £855 £831 £930
Central London median daily rate £750 £700 £788
% change year-on-year +7.14% -11.11% +16.67%

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 2,084 3,467
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.07% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,026 1,480 2,358
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £561 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% -6.46% +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% -6.67%
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% -6.67%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the City of London

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in the City of London

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the City of London

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in the City of London

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 Programme Manager within the City of London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
London Bridge -1 1 - -
Programme Manager
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Programme Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 15 (68.18%) Finance
2 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (36.36%) Programme Management
4 7 (31.82%) Agile
4 7 (31.82%) Project Management
5 5 (22.73%) PMO
5 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
6 4 (18.18%) Budget Management
6 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (18.18%) Degree
7 3 (13.64%) Project Planning
7 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (13.64%) Change Control
7 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
7 3 (13.64%) DevOps
7 3 (13.64%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (13.64%) Fintech
7 3 (13.64%) Regulatory Change
8 2 (9.09%) Technology Transformation
8 2 (9.09%) Customer Experience
8 2 (9.09%) Roadmaps
8 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
8 2 (9.09%) Programme Governance
8 2 (9.09%) Workday
8 2 (9.09%) Programme Delivery
8 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Identification
8 2 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
8 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
8 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery

Programme Manager 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Asana
1 1 (4.55%) SaaS
1 1 (4.55%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 15 (68.18%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
3 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Mobile Banking
1 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.55%) CSOC
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (36.36%) Programme Management
3 7 (31.82%) Agile
3 7 (31.82%) Project Management
4 4 (18.18%) Budget Management
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.64%) Change Control
5 3 (13.64%) DevOps
5 3 (13.64%) Fintech
5 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
5 3 (13.64%) Project Planning
5 3 (13.64%) Regulatory Change
5 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.64%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (9.09%) Analytics
6 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (9.09%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (9.09%) Programme Governance
6 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Identification
6 2 (9.09%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (4.55%) CISA
3 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.55%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) PMO
2 2 (9.09%) QA
3 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.55%) COBIT
3 1 (4.55%) COSO
3 1 (4.55%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Workday