Programme Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Programme Delivery Manager
UK > England

The median Programme Delivery Manager daily rate in England is £658, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 498 554
Rank change year-on-year -24 +56 +172
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Delivery Manager 11 6 9
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.035% 0.021% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.022% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 4
10th Percentile £505 £615 £508
25th Percentile £594 £678 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £658 £725 £658
Median % change year-on-year -9.31% +10.27% +5.20%
75th Percentile £673 £741 £818
90th Percentile - £746 £867
UK median daily rate £658 £725 £790
% change year-on-year -9.31% -8.23% +26.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,706 26,921 34,873
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.92% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,309 16,785 23,966
10th Percentile £291 £300 £288
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,763 853 1,358
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.68 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.90 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Programme Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Programme Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in England

Programme Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in England

Programme Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery Manager in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Delivery Manager in England

Programme Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in England

Programme Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Delivery Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
London -10 6 £665 -8.28% 1
North of England -48 2 £513 - 1
West Midlands - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - -
North West -26 1 £450 -
Yorkshire - 1 £575 - 1
East of England - 1 - -
Programme Delivery Manager
UK

Programme Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Programme Delivery 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 England region featuring Programme Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Change Management
3 3 (27.27%) Data Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) IT Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Building Information Modelling
4 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
4 2 (18.18%) ISO 19650
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) SAP
4 2 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
5 1 (9.09%) Analytics
5 1 (9.09%) AWS
5 1 (9.09%) Azure
5 1 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (9.09%) Confluence
5 1 (9.09%) Contract Management
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Identification
5 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
5 1 (9.09%) ERP
5 1 (9.09%) GCP

Programme Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
1 3 (27.27%) Retail
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Change Management
3 3 (27.27%) Data Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) IT Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
3 3 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Building Information Modelling
4 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
5 1 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Resource Management
5 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
1 2 (18.18%) ISO 19650
2 1 (9.09%) PMO
2 1 (9.09%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft