Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Programme Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the East Midlands is £537, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 51 56
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 15 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.70% 1.18% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% 1.29% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 2
10th Percentile £458 £275 £570
25th Percentile £476 £388 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £613 £675
Median % change year-on-year -12.33% -9.26% +12.50%
75th Percentile £621 £738 £725
90th Percentile £713 £760 £740
England median daily rate £675 £675 £665
% change year-on-year - +1.50% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 812 543 692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 91.88% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 333 489
10th Percentile £180 £228 £200
25th Percentile £352 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £525 £530 £563
90th Percentile £625 £635 £686
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 24 47
10th Percentile £16.17 £15.10 £12.70
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.46
Median hourly rate £20.92 £22.05 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +10.23% +18.10%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £26.97
90th Percentile £25.29 £33.15 £59.60
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Programme Manager job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the East Midlands

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 December 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
Northamptonshire -8 8 £505 -30.34% 3
Nottinghamshire -5 7 £675 -
Programme Manager
England

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, 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 East Midlands region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 8 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (40.00%) Budgeting
3 6 (40.00%) Programme Management
4 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 5 (33.33%) Business Transformation
4 5 (33.33%) Change Management
4 5 (33.33%) ERP
4 5 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
4 5 (33.33%) Programme Governance
4 5 (33.33%) SAP
4 5 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
5 4 (26.67%) SAP ERP
5 4 (26.67%) User Experience
6 3 (20.00%) AWS
6 3 (20.00%) Azure
6 3 (20.00%) Bash
6 3 (20.00%) Citrix
6 3 (20.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (20.00%) Entra ID
6 3 (20.00%) Escalation Management
6 3 (20.00%) GCP
6 3 (20.00%) GDPR
6 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (20.00%) Mac OS
6 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (26.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) AWS
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
1 3 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (20.00%) GCP
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (13.33%) Google Sheets
2 2 (13.33%) Google Workspace
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 14 (93.33%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (40.00%) Budgeting
3 6 (40.00%) Programme Management
4 5 (33.33%) Business Transformation
4 5 (33.33%) Change Management
4 5 (33.33%) ERP
4 5 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
4 5 (33.33%) Programme Governance
5 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
5 4 (26.67%) User Experience
6 3 (20.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (20.00%) Escalation Management
6 3 (20.00%) Project Management
6 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (20.00%) Thought Leadership
6 3 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Bash
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) GDPR
1 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) SAP
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (20.00%) Citrix
3 3 (20.00%) VMware
4 2 (13.33%) Google