Programme Management Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Programme Management (Program Management)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Programme Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 66 57
Rank change year-on-year -7 -9 +60
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 32 20 45
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.00% 1.77% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.10% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 36
10th Percentile £198 £259 £331
25th Percentile £525 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £480 £575
Median % change year-on-year +30.21% -16.52% -0.17%
75th Percentile £772 £536 £600
90th Percentile £878 £573 £613
England median daily rate £550 £550 £595
% change year-on-year - -7.56% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 1
10th Percentile £16.82 - -
25th Percentile £19.54 £20.26 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.50 £89.44
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -77.08% +5.22%
75th Percentile £24.38 £24.83 -
90th Percentile £24.49 £27.29 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £35.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -31.93% -39.13% +49.16%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Programme Management 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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,351 951 1,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.44% 84.23% 87.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 407 783
10th Percentile £198 £242 £225
25th Percentile £363 £340 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £681 £690 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 186 350
10th Percentile £14.04 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £20.75 £35.00 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year -40.71% +63.09% -8.68%
75th Percentile £63.88 £67.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £82.25 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Programme Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Programme Management job vacancy trend in the East of England

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Programme Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in the East of England

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Programme Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Management within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Hertfordshire -14 11 £625 +21.95% 6
Cambridgeshire 0 10 £850 +109.88% 7
Suffolk - 4 £115 - 4
Bedfordshire -7 3 £215 - 8
Essex -3 2 - - 3
Norfolk -20 2 - - 2
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (3.13%) Primavera
1 1 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (6.25%) OCI
1 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 23 (71.88%) Finance
2 21 (65.63%) Public Sector
3 20 (62.50%) Electronics
3 20 (62.50%) Manufacturing
3 20 (62.50%) Marketing
3 20 (62.50%) Telecoms
4 16 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (15.63%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (9.38%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (9.38%) Retail
7 2 (6.25%) Digital Health
7 2 (6.25%) Health Technology
7 2 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (3.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) IT Engineer
1 6 (18.75%) Migration Engineer
1 6 (18.75%) Windows Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Programme Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Support Technician
3 4 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Technical Programme Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Lead
4 3 (9.38%) Migration Technician
5 2 (6.25%) Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Installation Technician
5 2 (6.25%) IT Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) IT Support
5 2 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Support
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
1 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (6.25%) NHS
2 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.13%) FMCG
2 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Windows 10
2 2 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (68.75%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (62.50%) Digital Marketing
3 12 (37.50%) Workflow
4 11 (34.38%) Logistics
4 11 (34.38%) Migration
5 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (25.00%) Workflow Management
6 7 (21.88%) AI
7 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 4 (12.50%) Generative AI
9 4 (12.50%) Programme Governance
9 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
9 4 (12.50%) Technology Transformation
10 3 (9.38%) Agile
10 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (9.38%) ERP
10 3 (9.38%) Risk Management
11 2 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 16 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 16 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.38%) Degree
3 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.13%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.13%) PMP
4 1 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (65.63%) SAP
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow