Programme Management Contract Job Trends in England

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Programme Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 117 123
Rank change year-on-year -56 +6 +45
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 505 647 736
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 2.25% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 2.54% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 374 558
10th Percentile £170 £266 £300
25th Percentile £439 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £579
Median % change year-on-year - -4.97% +0.65%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £706
90th Percentile £794 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 16 15
10th Percentile £18.04 £20.26 £24.91
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.94 £26.25
Median hourly rate £23.83 £35.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.93% -39.13% +49.16%
75th Percentile £35.60 £49.31 £76.05
90th Percentile £57.88 £72.50 £85.58
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.67 £57.50
% change year-on-year -13.90% -51.88% +54.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,831 25,521 32,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.70% 88.62% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,689 15,759 22,371
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 840 1,378
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Programme Management job vacancy trend in England

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in England

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management in England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in England

Programme Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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 -23 204 £551 +2.04% 36
South West -32 71 £550 +3.77% 11
South East -66 67 £575 -8.00% 31
North of England -27 62 £519 +2.67% 20
Midlands -39 59 £537 +7.40% 11
East of England -10 32 £625 +30.21% 4
East Midlands +1 30 £429 -12.05% 6
North West -32 29 £525 - 4
West Midlands -53 29 £600 +17.07% 5
Yorkshire -31 21 £537 -2.36% 12
North East -6 12 £175 -53.33% 4
Programme Management
UK

Programme Management
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 30 (5.94%) Confluence
2 15 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.59%) CMS
5 2 (0.40%) Apache
5 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Service Bus
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 38 (7.52%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (6.73%) Microsoft Project
3 30 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 21 (4.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.79%) Trello
6 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Blender
7 1 (0.20%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.20%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 16 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.79%) Primavera
4 3 (0.59%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.40%) CA PPM
5 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.20%) Maximo
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 44 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (7.13%) Azure
3 34 (6.73%) AWS
4 22 (4.36%) Power Platform
5 14 (2.77%) GCP
5 14 (2.77%) Smartsheet
6 12 (2.38%) SaaS
7 10 (1.98%) Google Workspace
8 8 (1.58%) Slack
9 7 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.19%) Google Sheets
10 6 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (0.99%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.99%) Figma
11 5 (0.99%) GitHub
11 5 (0.99%) Miro
11 5 (0.99%) OCI
12 4 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.15%) Wireless
2 6 (1.19%) 5G
3 5 (0.99%) Broadband
3 5 (0.99%) VPN
4 4 (0.79%) Kerberos
4 4 (0.79%) Network Security
4 4 (0.79%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.59%) BGP
5 3 (0.59%) DNS
5 3 (0.59%) Firewall
5 3 (0.59%) Internet
5 3 (0.59%) Junos
5 3 (0.59%) OSPF
6 2 (0.40%) DHCP
6 2 (0.40%) LAN
6 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.40%) VLAN
6 2 (0.40%) WAN
7 1 (0.20%) DKIM
7 1 (0.20%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.76%) Power BI
2 5 (0.99%) Electronic Patient Records
2 5 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (0.79%) MySQL
4 3 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.59%) Tableau
5 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.40%) Power Query
6 1 (0.20%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.20%) Looker
6 1 (0.20%) Metadata
6 1 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.20%) QlikView
6 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 67 (13.27%) JIRA
2 4 (0.79%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.59%) JUnit
3 3 (0.59%) Storybook
4 2 (0.40%) Clang
4 2 (0.40%) GCC
5 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.20%) GitLab
5 1 (0.20%) GoCD
5 1 (0.20%) Postman
5 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 323 (63.96%) Finance
2 223 (44.16%) Social Skills
3 213 (42.18%) Public Sector
4 193 (38.22%) Manufacturing
5 192 (38.02%) Marketing
6 190 (37.62%) Telecoms
7 183 (36.24%) Electronics
8 53 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
9 29 (5.74%) Banking
10 27 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.97%) Legal
13 15 (2.97%) Retail
14 13 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.58%) Automotive
16 7 (1.39%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.19%) Front Office
17 6 (1.19%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 75 (14.85%) Programme Manager
2 63 (12.48%) Project Manager
3 43 (8.51%) Senior
4 39 (7.72%) IT Support
5 37 (7.33%) Lead
6 33 (6.53%) Analyst
7 31 (6.14%) Desktop Support
8 28 (5.54%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 28 (5.54%) 2nd Line Support
8 28 (5.54%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 26 (5.15%) Senior Manager
10 24 (4.75%) Architect
11 23 (4.55%) Technical Manager
12 20 (3.96%) IT Engineer
12 20 (3.96%) Migration Engineer
13 16 (3.17%) Windows Engineer
14 15 (2.97%) Support Engineer
14 15 (2.97%) Support Technician
15 14 (2.77%) Consultant
16 13 (2.57%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.58%) SailPoint
3 7 (1.39%) OAuth
4 6 (1.19%) REST
5 5 (0.99%) .NET
5 5 (0.99%) CSS
5 5 (0.99%) HTML
5 5 (0.99%) React
5 5 (0.99%) SAML
6 4 (0.79%) RESTful
6 4 (0.79%) XML
7 3 (0.59%) JSON
7 3 (0.59%) PySpark
7 3 (0.59%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.59%) SOAP
7 3 (0.59%) Spring
7 3 (0.59%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.59%) TensorFlow
7 3 (0.59%) Vitest
7 3 (0.59%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.94%) Data Centre
2 19 (3.76%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.56%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (2.97%) NHS
6 14 (2.77%) PMI
7 11 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.18%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.39%) CMDB
9 6 (1.19%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.19%) Life Science
9 6 (1.19%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.79%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.79%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.59%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.75%) Mac OS
2 23 (4.55%) Android
2 23 (4.55%) Windows
3 17 (3.37%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.79%) Linux
5 3 (0.59%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.20%) VMS
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (40.40%) Business Intelligence
2 186 (36.83%) Digital Marketing
3 144 (28.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 129 (25.54%) Agile
5 105 (20.79%) Project Management
6 96 (19.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 84 (16.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 75 (14.85%) Migration
9 74 (14.65%) Risk Management
10 65 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
11 62 (12.28%) Decision-Making
12 60 (11.88%) Change Management
13 59 (11.68%) Project Delivery
14 49 (9.70%) PRINCE2
15 45 (8.91%) Workflow
16 42 (8.32%) Roadmaps
17 40 (7.92%) Waterfall
18 35 (6.93%) AI
18 35 (6.93%) Project Governance
19 33 (6.53%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 20 (3.96%) Python
1 20 (3.96%) SQL
2 15 (2.97%) Java
3 13 (2.57%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.39%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.79%) C
5 4 (0.79%) C++
5 4 (0.79%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.59%) BeanShell
6 3 (0.59%) Korn
7 2 (0.40%) Bash
7 2 (0.40%) C#
7 2 (0.40%) Go
8 1 (0.20%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.20%) PHP
8 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.20%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 168 (33.27%) Security Cleared
2 132 (26.14%) SC Cleared
3 63 (12.48%) Degree
4 44 (8.71%) PMI Certification
5 40 (7.92%) PMP
6 27 (5.35%) DV Cleared
7 19 (3.76%) CISSP
8 14 (2.77%) CISM
8 14 (2.77%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.78%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.39%) CESG Certified Professional
11 7 (1.39%) PhD
12 5 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (0.99%) PgMP
13 4 (0.79%) OCP
13 4 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.59%) CBAP
14 3 (0.59%) JNCIA
14 3 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (13.66%) PMO
2 25 (4.95%) QA
3 12 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.98%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.78%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.78%) GDPR
6 8 (1.58%) NCSC
7 7 (1.39%) P3O
7 7 (1.39%) RMADS
8 6 (1.19%) JSP 440
9 5 (0.99%) NIST
10 4 (0.79%) GMP
10 4 (0.79%) SLA
11 3 (0.59%) WCAG
12 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.40%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.40%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.40%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.59%) Docker
3 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.59%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.59%) vRealize
3 2 (0.40%) SCCM
4 1 (0.20%) Ansible
4 1 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.20%) FreeIPA
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.20%) SCOM
4 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 201 (39.80%) SAP
2 62 (12.28%) Microsoft
3 34 (6.73%) Cisco
4 25 (4.95%) Apple
5 23 (4.55%) Dell
5 23 (4.55%) HP
6 22 (4.36%) Oracle
7 18 (3.56%) Google
8 16 (3.17%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.18%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.39%) BiZZdesign
11 6 (1.19%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.19%) Planview
12 5 (0.99%) GoldenSource
12 5 (0.99%) Remedy
13 4 (0.79%) Centrify
13 4 (0.79%) VMware
14 3 (0.59%) Guidewire
14 3 (0.59%) Juniper
14 3 (0.59%) Samsung