Programme Director Contracts in England

Programme Director
UK > England

The median Programme Director daily rate in England is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 501 578
Rank change year-on-year +52 +77 +152
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 36 41 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.12% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 28 56
10th Percentile £679 £713 £675
25th Percentile £806 £779 £775
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £900 £875
Median % change year-on-year - +2.86% -10.26%
75th Percentile £963 £991 £981
90th Percentile £1,090 £1,153 £1,150
UK median daily rate £875 £900 £875
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -11.39%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Programme Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
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 Director 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 +34 21 £900 -4.17% 6
North of England +21 5 £900 - 1
Midlands +20 4 £825 -2.94% 2
Yorkshire +11 4 £950 +5.56% 1
West Midlands +14 3 £825 -2.94% 2
South West +47 2 £535 -
South East +43 2 £850 +13.33% 2
North West +16 1 £850 -15.00%
East Midlands +8 1 - -
Programme Director
UK

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Programme Director contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 17 (47.22%) Finance
2 11 (30.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
4 9 (25.00%) Banking
5 7 (19.44%) Programme Management
5 7 (19.44%) Project Management
5 7 (19.44%) Change Management
5 7 (19.44%) Agile
6 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
7 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
7 5 (13.89%) ERP
7 5 (13.89%) Migration
7 5 (13.89%) Project Delivery
7 5 (13.89%) Programme Delivery
8 4 (11.11%) Budget Management
8 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
8 4 (11.11%) Oracle
8 4 (11.11%) PRINCE2
8 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (8.33%) Project Planning
9 3 (8.33%) Roadmaps
9 3 (8.33%) Coaching
9 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
9 3 (8.33%) PMO
10 2 (5.56%) IT Strategy
10 2 (5.56%) Data Centre

Programme Director Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) Azure
1 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Big Data
1 2 (5.56%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.78%) Power BI
General
1 17 (47.22%) Finance
2 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 9 (25.00%) Banking
4 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.78%) Automotive
6 1 (2.78%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.78%) Games
6 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Legal
6 1 (2.78%) Military
6 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Data Centre
1 2 (5.56%) NHS
1 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.78%) Credit Risk
2 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (19.44%) Agile
2 7 (19.44%) Change Management
2 7 (19.44%) Programme Management
2 7 (19.44%) Project Management
3 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (13.89%) ERP
4 5 (13.89%) Migration
4 5 (13.89%) Programme Delivery
4 5 (13.89%) Project Delivery
5 4 (11.11%) Budget Management
5 4 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 3 (8.33%) Coaching
6 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (8.33%) Project Planning
6 3 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (8.33%) Roadmaps
7 2 (5.56%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.56%) Degree
4 1 (2.78%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) MAPM
4 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.78%) PMP
4 1 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) PMO
2 2 (5.56%) QA
3 1 (2.78%) Basel II
3 1 (2.78%) ITGC
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Oracle
2 2 (5.56%) Cloudera
2 2 (5.56%) NEC
3 1 (2.78%) Cognizant
3 1 (2.78%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.78%) SAP