Programme Management Contracts in England

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Programme Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Programme Management over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 125 141
Rank change year-on-year -37 +16 -12
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 410 683 902
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.72% 1.88% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 2.18% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 481 679
10th Percentile £355 £280 £300
25th Percentile £493 £438 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £825
UK median daily rate £600 £595 £600
% change year-on-year +0.84% -0.83% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 19
10th Percentile £24.26 £12.75 £29.00
25th Percentile £28.60 £18.56 £35.40
Median hourly rate £46.29 £35.25 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year +31.31% -19.63% +4.43%
75th Percentile £55.00 £48.75 £59.88
90th Percentile £68.00 £68.98 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £43.08 £35.25 £42.68
% change year-on-year +22.20% -17.41% +1.62%

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 21,762 31,336 43,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 86.24% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,222 20,550 30,257
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £412 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 920 2,253 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.95 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

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 23 May 2025.

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 23 May 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 23 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 -20 180 £625 +2.88% 369
South East +26 73 £650 +62.50% 143
South West -8 52 £565 -9.60% 68
North of England -15 41 £530 -15.20% 105
Midlands +6 36 £575 -14.81% 75
West Midlands +3 24 £600 -14.29% 41
North West -20 22 £525 -19.23% 53
Yorkshire +10 15 £525 -4.55% 36
East of England +25 12 £550 +61.41% 45
East Midlands +8 12 £481 +20.31% 32
North East +1 4 £565 +7.62% 16
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 12 (2.93%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.71%) Confluence
2 7 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (0.49%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.24%) Camunda
4 1 (0.24%) CMS
4 1 (0.24%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.24%) SAS
4 1 (0.24%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.24%) ThingWorx
4 1 (0.24%) WinCC
Applications
1 24 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.93%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.24%) InVision
6 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.24%) Simulink
6 1 (0.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (3.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.46%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.49%) Primavera
4 2 (0.49%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.49%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.49%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.49%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.24%) Finacle
5 1 (0.24%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.24%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.24%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.24%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 47 (11.46%) Azure
2 24 (5.85%) AWS
3 16 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (3.90%) GCP
4 13 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (2.93%) SaaS
6 10 (2.44%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.95%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (0.98%) Entra ID
8 4 (0.98%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.73%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.73%) Yammer
10 2 (0.49%) Cohesity
10 2 (0.49%) Google Docs
10 2 (0.49%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (0.49%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.95%) Firewall
2 6 (1.46%) DNS
3 5 (1.22%) DHCP
4 4 (0.98%) VPN
5 3 (0.73%) LAN
5 3 (0.73%) SAN
5 3 (0.73%) Skype
6 2 (0.49%) Broadband
6 2 (0.49%) IMAP
6 2 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.49%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.49%) MPLS
6 2 (0.49%) Network Security
6 2 (0.49%) SMTP
6 2 (0.49%) WAN
6 2 (0.49%) Wireless
7 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.12%) PostgreSQL
1 21 (5.12%) Relational Database
2 10 (2.44%) Power BI
3 7 (1.71%) Big Data
4 5 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.22%) Tableau
5 4 (0.98%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.49%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.49%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.49%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.49%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.24%) Metadata
7 1 (0.24%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 25 (6.10%) Jenkins
2 21 (5.12%) Gradle
2 21 (5.12%) JUnit
2 21 (5.12%) Liquibase
2 21 (5.12%) Mockito
3 18 (4.39%) JIRA
4 14 (3.41%) GitLab
5 6 (1.46%) Selenium
6 5 (1.22%) Git
7 3 (0.73%) MSI
8 2 (0.49%) NUnit
9 1 (0.24%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.24%) Postman
9 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 273 (66.59%) Finance
2 169 (41.22%) Public Sector
3 168 (40.98%) Manufacturing
4 165 (40.24%) Telecoms
5 164 (40.00%) Marketing
6 160 (39.02%) Social Skills
7 155 (37.80%) Electronics
8 49 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
9 23 (5.61%) Banking
9 23 (5.61%) Legal
10 22 (5.37%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (5.12%) Retail
12 13 (3.17%) Local Government
13 12 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.22%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.22%) Law
16 4 (0.98%) Brand Awareness
16 4 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 69 (16.83%) Programme Manager
2 49 (11.95%) Project Manager
3 46 (11.22%) Lead
4 33 (8.05%) Architect
4 33 (8.05%) Senior
5 29 (7.07%) Developer
6 24 (5.85%) Delivery Manager
7 21 (5.12%) Active Directory Architect
7 21 (5.12%) Analyst
8 19 (4.63%) Support Engineer
9 17 (4.15%) Technical Manager
10 13 (3.17%) SAP Manager
11 12 (2.93%) IT Manager
11 12 (2.93%) Software Engineer
12 11 (2.68%) Azure Developer
12 11 (2.68%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (2.68%) C# Developer
12 11 (2.68%) Java Developer
12 11 (2.68%) React Developer
12 11 (2.68%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.37%) OpenAPI
1 22 (5.37%) React
1 22 (5.37%) Swagger
2 21 (5.12%) Kafka
2 21 (5.12%) Spring
2 21 (5.12%) Spring Boot
3 16 (3.90%) .NET
4 8 (1.95%) CSS
4 8 (1.95%) HTML
5 6 (1.46%) .NET Core
6 5 (1.22%) SailPoint
7 4 (0.98%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.98%) Web Services
8 3 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.49%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.49%) Middleware
9 2 (0.49%) Playwright
9 2 (0.49%) PySpark
9 2 (0.49%) pytest
9 2 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.63%) Onboarding
2 18 (4.39%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.39%) NHS
3 17 (4.15%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.44%) Operational Technology
4 10 (2.44%) PMI
5 8 (1.95%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.46%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (1.22%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.98%) Social Media
9 3 (0.73%) Fixed Income
9 3 (0.73%) FMCG
9 3 (0.73%) FPGA
9 3 (0.73%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 51 (12.44%) Windows
2 14 (3.41%) Windows 10
3 9 (2.20%) Linux
4 3 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.49%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.49%) Windows 8
5 2 (0.49%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.24%) Android
6 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (41.95%) Business Intelligence
2 155 (37.80%) Digital Marketing
3 132 (32.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 128 (31.22%) Agile
5 113 (27.56%) Project Management
6 70 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (13.66%) Project Delivery
8 52 (12.68%) DevOps
9 48 (11.71%) Change Management
9 48 (11.71%) Decision-Making
10 47 (11.46%) Risk Management
11 46 (11.22%) PRINCE2
12 45 (10.98%) CI/CD
13 41 (10.00%) Migration
14 39 (9.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 37 (9.02%) TDD
15 37 (9.02%) Test Automation
16 33 (8.05%) Budget Management
16 33 (8.05%) Business Case
17 32 (7.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 38 (9.27%) SQL
2 36 (8.78%) PowerShell
3 23 (5.61%) TypeScript
4 22 (5.37%) Java
5 16 (3.90%) C#
6 13 (3.17%) Python
7 10 (2.44%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.71%) C++
9 6 (1.46%) Bash
10 4 (0.98%) C
11 3 (0.73%) Groovy
12 2 (0.49%) SystemVerilog
12 2 (0.49%) VB
13 1 (0.24%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.24%) Bicep
13 1 (0.24%) JCL
13 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.24%) Natural
13 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 113 (27.56%) Security Cleared
2 76 (18.54%) SC Cleared
3 62 (15.12%) Degree
4 40 (9.76%) DV Cleared
5 35 (8.54%) PMI Certification
6 32 (7.80%) PMP
7 11 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.68%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.71%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.22%) CISSP
10 4 (0.98%) ACCA
10 4 (0.98%) CIMA
11 3 (0.73%) Dell Certification
11 3 (0.73%) MRICS
11 3 (0.73%) PhD
11 3 (0.73%) RIBA
12 2 (0.49%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (0.49%) CISA
12 2 (0.49%) CLAS
12 2 (0.49%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (11.46%) PMO
2 9 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.20%) NIST
3 8 (1.95%) GDPR
4 7 (1.71%) QA
4 7 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.46%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.22%) GRC
6 5 (1.22%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.73%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.73%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.73%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.49%) IFRS
8 2 (0.49%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.49%) P3O
8 2 (0.49%) RMADS
9 1 (0.24%) COSO
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
9 1 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 34 (8.29%) Active Directory
2 27 (6.59%) Docker
3 3 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.73%) vSphere
4 2 (0.49%) Firmware
4 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.49%) XenApp
5 1 (0.24%) NFS
5 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (2.68%) Terraform
2 7 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.46%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.73%) Ansible
5 2 (0.49%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (0.49%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.24%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.24%) Grafana
6 1 (0.24%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.24%) Puppet
6 1 (0.24%) SCCM
6 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.24%) vRealize
6 1 (0.24%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.24%) VxRail
Vendors
1 189 (46.10%) SAP
2 50 (12.20%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.17%) Google
4 12 (2.93%) Oracle
5 10 (2.44%) HP
6 8 (1.95%) Databricks
7 7 (1.71%) Dell
7 7 (1.71%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.71%) VMware
8 6 (1.46%) Cisco
8 6 (1.46%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.46%) Splunk
9 5 (1.22%) Citrix
9 5 (1.22%) NEC
10 4 (0.98%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.73%) Adobe
11 3 (0.73%) Workday
12 2 (0.49%) ConnectWise
12 2 (0.49%) ESET
12 2 (0.49%) Xerox