Programme Delivery Contracts in England

Programme Delivery
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Programme Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Programme Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 387 406
Rank change year-on-year +29 +19 +56
Contract jobs citing Programme Delivery 127 156 260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.42% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.48% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 102 170
10th Percentile £412 £401 £413
25th Percentile £500 £475 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £610 £646
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -5.50% +17.36%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £784
90th Percentile £750 £800 £931
UK median daily rate £600 £585 £625
% change year-on-year +2.56% -6.40% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £28.12 £36.20
25th Percentile £56.25 £36.83 £50.21
Median hourly rate £57.50 £57.33 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.30% -6.78% -6.46%
75th Percentile £58.75 - £68.13
90th Percentile - £57.41 £69.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £57.33 £61.50
% change year-on-year +0.30% -6.78% -6.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Programme Delivery 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Programme Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Delivery in England

Programme Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Delivery in England.

Daily rate trend for Programme Delivery in England

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Delivery in England

Programme Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Delivery in England.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Delivery in England

Programme Delivery
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +33 65 £638 +4.51% 52
North of England -2 17 £550 -15.38% 15
South East +38 14 £500 -5.66% 18
Midlands +32 13 £500 +8.70% 13
South West +39 11 £409 -13.89% 14
North West -7 11 £535 -17.69% 12
East Midlands +14 7 £414 -10.00% 3
West Midlands - 6 £574 - 11
Yorkshire +10 5 £588 - 3
East of England +31 3 £725 - 3
North East - 1 - -
Programme Delivery
UK

Programme Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (6.30%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.15%) Confluence
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (6.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.15%) Teamcenter
3 2 (1.57%) Maximo
3 2 (1.57%) SAP PLM
3 2 (1.57%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.79%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.79%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.79%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.79%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.79%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.79%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.79%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.79%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.79%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.79%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.79%) Shopify
4 1 (0.79%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.51%) Power Platform
2 6 (4.72%) Azure
3 5 (3.94%) SaaS
4 4 (3.15%) GCP
5 3 (2.36%) AWS
5 3 (2.36%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (2.36%) Veeva
6 2 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.57%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.57%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.79%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.79%) Commercetools
7 1 (0.79%) Contentful
7 1 (0.79%) Figma
7 1 (0.79%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.79%) Intranet
1 1 (0.79%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) Power BI
2 3 (2.36%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.57%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.57%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 14 (11.02%) JIRA
2 2 (1.57%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.57%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.79%) LSMW
General
1 47 (37.01%) Social Skills
2 44 (34.65%) Finance
3 17 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.24%) Public Sector
5 12 (9.45%) Marketing
6 11 (8.66%) Retail
7 9 (7.09%) Local Government
8 7 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (5.51%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.94%) Legal
10 4 (3.15%) Banking
11 3 (2.36%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.57%) Military
13 1 (0.79%) Back Office
13 1 (0.79%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 25 (19.69%) Programme Manager
2 20 (15.75%) Project Manager
3 16 (12.60%) Lead
4 12 (9.45%) Senior
5 9 (7.09%) Analyst
5 9 (7.09%) Architect
6 7 (5.51%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (4.72%) Programme Delivery Manager
7 6 (4.72%) Senior Manager
7 6 (4.72%) Tester
8 5 (3.94%) Consultant
8 5 (3.94%) Data Analyst
8 5 (3.94%) Programme Director
8 5 (3.94%) SAP Analyst
8 5 (3.94%) SAP Data Analyst
8 5 (3.94%) Technical Manager
9 4 (3.15%) Business Change Consultant
9 4 (3.15%) Business Consultant
9 4 (3.15%) SAP Architect
9 4 (3.15%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.94%) Middleware
2 2 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.57%) SOAP
2 2 (1.57%) XML
3 1 (0.79%) FHIR
3 1 (0.79%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.79%) Next.js
3 1 (0.79%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.79%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.79%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (3.94%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.94%) PMI
2 5 (3.94%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.15%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.36%) IoT
4 3 (2.36%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.36%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.57%) LIMS
5 2 (1.57%) NHS
5 2 (1.57%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.79%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.79%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.79%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (40.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 49 (38.58%) Agile
3 41 (32.28%) Project Delivery
3 41 (32.28%) Project Management
4 30 (23.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (22.83%) PRINCE2
6 26 (20.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 25 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (18.11%) Budget Management
9 20 (15.75%) Programme Management
10 17 (13.39%) Change Management
11 15 (11.81%) Risk Management
12 14 (11.02%) Waterfall
13 13 (10.24%) Migration
14 11 (8.66%) ERP
15 10 (7.87%) Scrum
16 9 (7.09%) Analytics
16 9 (7.09%) Project Planning
16 9 (7.09%) Service Delivery
16 9 (7.09%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (13.39%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.02%) PMI Certification
3 12 (9.45%) PMP
3 12 (9.45%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.94%) Degree
4 5 (3.94%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.57%) APMP
5 2 (1.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.79%) MBA
6 1 (0.79%) PgMP
6 1 (0.79%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.96%) PMO
2 8 (6.30%) Accessibility
2 8 (6.30%) QA
3 2 (1.57%) GDPR
3 2 (1.57%) GxP
4 1 (0.79%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.79%) HL7
4 1 (0.79%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.79%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.79%) MiFID
4 1 (0.79%) P3O
4 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 22 (17.32%) SAP
2 7 (5.51%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.94%) Ariba
3 5 (3.94%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.15%) Concur
4 4 (3.15%) Oracle
4 4 (3.15%) Siemens
5 3 (2.36%) Databricks
5 3 (2.36%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.57%) Adobe
6 2 (1.57%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.57%) Forcepoint
6 2 (1.57%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.79%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.79%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.79%) Google
7 1 (0.79%) LabWare
7 1 (0.79%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.79%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.79%) Salesforce