Programme Management Contracts in Edinburgh

Programme Management (Program Management)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Programme Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Programme Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 65 83
Rank change year-on-year +14 +18 -5
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 18 10 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.84% 1.17% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 1.37% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 10
10th Percentile £200 £138 £296
25th Percentile £311 £216 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £486 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.97% -7.38% -
75th Percentile £675 £534 £600
90th Percentile - £536 £726
Scotland median daily rate £512 £524 £588
% change year-on-year -2.24% -10.85% +24.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 609 732 1,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 96.06% 85.61% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 434 776
10th Percentile £244 £214 £228
25th Percentile £403 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% - -0.63%
75th Percentile £538 £557 £538
90th Percentile £600 £656 £613
Scotland median daily rate £463 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -0.54% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 33 6
10th Percentile - £13.30 £11.83
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £14.30
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.17 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year +14.76% -1.64% -33.93%
75th Percentile £27.45 £60.75 £21.57
90th Percentile £50.06 - £37.71
Scotland median hourly rate £19.97 £19.34 £14.50
% change year-on-year +3.28% +33.34% -61.26%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in Edinburgh

Programme Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Management in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Programme Management in Edinburgh

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in Edinburgh

Programme Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Management in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Management in Edinburgh

Programme Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (5.56%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) GCC
General
1 10 (55.56%) Finance
2 9 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Electronics
4 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 3 (16.67%) Marketing
4 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Programme Manager
1 4 (22.22%) Senior
1 4 (22.22%) Senior Manager
2 3 (16.67%) RF Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Administrator
3 2 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Release Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Release Train Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.56%) IT Administrator
4 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Programme Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.56%) CMDB
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (27.78%) Agile
2 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (22.22%) Time Management
4 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 3 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
4 3 (16.67%) ITIL
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 3 (16.67%) Schematic Capture
4 3 (16.67%) Service Management
5 2 (11.11%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 2 (11.11%) Business Development
5 2 (11.11%) Change Management
5 2 (11.11%) ERP
5 2 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow