Programme Management Contracts in England

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Programme Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Programme Management over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 138 128
Rank change year-on-year +16 -10 +4
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 686 907 1,507
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.89% 1.89% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 2.10% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 682 1,182
10th Percentile £278 £300 £363
25th Percentile £438 £482 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £725 £700 £675
90th Percentile £825 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £593 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -1.25% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 19
10th Percentile £12.75 £24.95 £25.28
25th Percentile £18.56 £33.32 £31.08
Median hourly rate £35.25 £42.68 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.41% +1.62% +15.07%
75th Percentile £48.75 £56.81 £51.00
90th Percentile £68.98 £80.00 £62.95
UK median hourly rate £35.25 £41.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year -15.06% -1.19% +15.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Programme Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,359 43,239 64,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.26% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,563 30,348 45,861
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,528 1,759
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.02 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.77 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% +47.08% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in England

Programme Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Management in England

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in England

Programme Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Management in England

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 +28 307 £608 -2.80% 91
South West -1 105 £625 +2.04% 22
South East -32 98 £400 -20.00% 63
North of England +42 72 £625 +19.05% 46
North West +38 50 £650 +30.00% 29
Midlands +33 49 £675 +20.54% 32
West Midlands +17 34 £700 +19.66% 18
Yorkshire +25 20 £550 -10.20% 14
East of England +5 18 £341 -45.48% 17
East Midlands +29 15 £400 -24.53% 13
North East +9 3 £525 +33.76% 3
Programme Management
UK

Programme Management
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 32 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.90%) Confluence
3 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.15%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 28 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.62%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.90%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.29%) InDesign
7 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.15%) FileZilla
8 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.29%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.29%) Shopify
4 2 (0.29%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.15%) Primavera
5 1 (0.15%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.15%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 73 (10.64%) Azure
2 29 (4.23%) Power Platform
3 27 (3.94%) AWS
4 25 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (2.04%) PaaS
7 11 (1.60%) SaaS
8 10 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (0.87%) Entra ID
9 6 (0.87%) IaaS
9 6 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
10 5 (0.73%) GCP
10 5 (0.73%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.44%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.44%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.44%) MailChimp
12 3 (0.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.77%) VPN
2 16 (2.33%) Firewall
2 16 (2.33%) LAN
2 16 (2.33%) WAN
3 15 (2.19%) Internet
4 13 (1.90%) Network Security
5 11 (1.60%) VoIP
6 10 (1.46%) Cisco ISE
6 10 (1.46%) PBX
7 9 (1.31%) DNS
7 9 (1.31%) MPLS
7 9 (1.31%) WLAN
8 8 (1.17%) SD-WAN
9 7 (1.02%) 3G
9 7 (1.02%) 4G
9 7 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (1.02%) FTP
9 7 (1.02%) Wireless
10 6 (0.87%) SAN
11 5 (0.73%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.66%) Metadata
2 22 (3.21%) Power BI
3 21 (3.06%) Data Vault
3 21 (3.06%) NoSQL
4 15 (2.19%) Metadata Repository
4 15 (2.19%) SQL Server
5 14 (2.04%) Electronic Patient Records
6 7 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.87%) Ingres
7 6 (0.87%) Pentaho
7 6 (0.87%) Qlik Sense
7 6 (0.87%) QlikView
7 6 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.87%) Tableau
8 5 (0.73%) GIS
9 4 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.58%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.58%) MS Access
10 3 (0.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 43 (6.27%) JIRA
2 7 (1.02%) ERwin
2 7 (1.02%) JMeter
2 7 (1.02%) Selenium
3 4 (0.58%) Cypress.io
3 4 (0.58%) Git
3 4 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.44%) NUnit
4 3 (0.44%) Postman
4 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.15%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) GoCD
6 1 (0.15%) RStudio
6 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 383 (55.83%) Finance
2 307 (44.75%) Public Sector
3 271 (39.50%) Marketing
4 269 (39.21%) Telecoms
5 259 (37.76%) Manufacturing
6 249 (36.30%) Electronics
7 203 (29.59%) Social Skills
8 91 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
9 46 (6.71%) Influencing Skills
10 44 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (4.37%) Legal
12 26 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (3.79%) Retail
13 25 (3.64%) Local Government
14 22 (3.21%) Banking
15 12 (1.75%) Military
16 9 (1.31%) Billing
16 9 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (1.02%) Advertising
17 7 (1.02%) German Language
Job Titles
1 128 (18.66%) Project Manager
2 94 (13.70%) Programme Manager
3 69 (10.06%) Architect
4 60 (8.75%) Lead
5 41 (5.98%) Analyst
6 39 (5.69%) Consultant
7 38 (5.54%) Senior
8 31 (4.52%) Data Architect
9 26 (3.79%) Support Engineer
10 20 (2.92%) Developer
11 19 (2.77%) Senior Manager
11 19 (2.77%) Technical Manager
12 18 (2.62%) Change Manager
12 18 (2.62%) Delivery Manager
13 16 (2.33%) Chief Architect
13 16 (2.33%) Chief Data Architect
13 16 (2.33%) IT Manager
14 15 (2.19%) Enterprise Architect
14 15 (2.19%) Security Manager
15 14 (2.04%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.33%) AngularJS
2 11 (1.60%) React
2 11 (1.60%) Spring
3 10 (1.46%) Web Services
4 9 (1.31%) .NET
4 9 (1.31%) ADO
5 6 (0.87%) LDAP
6 3 (0.44%) CSS
6 3 (0.44%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.44%) Playwright
6 3 (0.44%) RESTful
7 2 (0.29%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.29%) HTML
7 2 (0.29%) Hugging Face
7 2 (0.29%) JSON
7 2 (0.29%) LangChain
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.29%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.29%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.29%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.71%) NHS
2 33 (4.81%) Management Information System
3 24 (3.50%) Data Centre
4 21 (3.06%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.06%) Reference Data
5 14 (2.04%) Product Ownership
6 12 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (1.17%) LIMS
8 8 (1.17%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (1.02%) PMI
9 7 (1.02%) Wiki
10 6 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.87%) Replication
11 4 (0.58%) e-Health
11 4 (0.58%) FMCG
12 3 (0.44%) PACS
12 3 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (7.29%) Windows
2 28 (4.08%) Linux
3 15 (2.19%) Windows 10
4 11 (1.60%) Unix
5 7 (1.02%) Windows 7
6 6 (0.87%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.29%) Android
7 2 (0.29%) VMS
8 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (38.63%) Business Intelligence
2 249 (36.30%) Digital Marketing
3 186 (27.11%) Project Management
4 180 (26.24%) Agile
5 127 (18.51%) Stakeholder Management
6 112 (16.33%) Project Delivery
7 104 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
8 103 (15.01%) Change Management
9 81 (11.81%) PRINCE2
10 61 (8.89%) Decision-Making
10 61 (8.89%) Risk Management
11 57 (8.31%) Programme Delivery
12 55 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (7.29%) Business Case
14 48 (7.00%) Waterfall
15 44 (6.41%) DevOps
16 43 (6.27%) Data Modelling
16 43 (6.27%) Migration
17 40 (5.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 38 (5.54%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 33 (4.81%) SQL
2 28 (4.08%) Python
3 14 (2.04%) Java
3 14 (2.04%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.90%) C
5 12 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.60%) C#
7 7 (1.02%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.29%) Bash
11 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.15%) Bicep
11 1 (0.15%) C++
11 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.15%) Korn
11 1 (0.15%) R
11 1 (0.15%) Rust
11 1 (0.15%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 179 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 107 (15.60%) SC Cleared
3 78 (11.37%) Degree
4 76 (11.08%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.96%) PMI Certification
6 32 (4.66%) PMP
7 26 (3.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 14 (2.04%) CISSP
9 12 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.60%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.46%) CCIE
12 9 (1.31%) CCIE Data Center
13 7 (1.02%) PgMP
14 6 (0.87%) CCNP
14 6 (0.87%) CISM
15 5 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.73%) CESG Certified Professional
16 4 (0.58%) CLAS
16 4 (0.58%) ISTQB
17 3 (0.44%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (9.18%) PMO
2 32 (4.66%) QA
3 14 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.90%) SLA
5 11 (1.60%) NIST
6 8 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.17%) HL7
7 7 (1.02%) GDPR
7 7 (1.02%) NIST 800
8 6 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.73%) JSP 440
9 5 (0.73%) RMADS
10 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.29%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.15%) NCSC
11 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (2.77%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.17%) NFS
3 7 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.87%) Docker
5 5 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.58%) HDFS
7 3 (0.44%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.44%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.73%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.58%) Puppet
4 3 (0.44%) IBM BigFix
4 3 (0.44%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.44%) Terraform
4 3 (0.44%) Tivoli
5 2 (0.29%) Ansible
5 2 (0.29%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.29%) Nessus
5 2 (0.29%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.15%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.15%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) MOM
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.15%) SCOM
6 1 (0.15%) systemd
6 1 (0.15%) VxRail
Vendors
1 289 (42.13%) SAP
2 95 (13.85%) Microsoft
3 23 (3.35%) Oracle
4 18 (2.62%) Sparx
5 17 (2.48%) ServiceNow
6 15 (2.19%) Cisco
7 11 (1.60%) VMware
8 10 (1.46%) Cadence
8 10 (1.46%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.31%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.17%) Dell
11 7 (1.02%) Atlassian
11 7 (1.02%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.87%) Informatica
13 5 (0.73%) Infoblox
13 5 (0.73%) Pega
13 5 (0.73%) Symantec
13 5 (0.73%) Zscaler
14 4 (0.58%) Concur
14 4 (0.58%) Veeam