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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 143 126
Rank change year-on-year +28 -17 +5
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 717 922 1,528
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.96% 1.87% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 2.08% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 697 1,198
10th Percentile £280 £295 £369
25th Percentile £438 £475 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £725 £700 £675
90th Percentile £825 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £588 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 24
10th Percentile £12.75 £24.95 £22.85
25th Percentile £21.12 £30.46 £31.36
Median hourly rate £35.50 £41.71 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% -4.13% +19.18%
75th Percentile £53.13 £56.81 £54.88
90th Percentile £68.90 £80.00 £69.35
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £39.55 £46.00
% change year-on-year -10.24% -14.02% +26.03%

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 31,610 44,349 64,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.47% 90.16% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,692 31,129 45,727
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £764 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,241 1,561 1,760
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +49.36% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +30 315 £610 -2.40% 134
South West +4 110 £610 +1.67% 28
South East -31 100 £400 -20.00% 47
North of England +47 81 £650 +23.81% 55
North West +45 58 £650 +36.84% 35
Midlands +43 48 £675 +15.38% 31
West Midlands +24 33 £700 +12.00% 21
Yorkshire +26 21 £563 -8.16% 18
East of England -1 18 £341 -45.48% 26
East Midlands +35 15 £400 -24.53% 9
North East +12 3 £525 +33.76% 2
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 36 (5.02%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.95%) Confluence
3 12 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.14%) CMS
6 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.14%) SAS
6 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 30 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.65%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.81%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.28%) InDesign
7 2 (0.28%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.14%) FileZilla
8 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.28%) Loan IQ
3 2 (0.28%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.28%) Shopify
3 2 (0.28%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.14%) Primavera
4 1 (0.14%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.14%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 74 (10.32%) Azure
2 32 (4.46%) AWS
3 30 (4.18%) Power Platform
4 28 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (2.23%) PaaS
7 11 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.39%) IaaS
9 9 (1.26%) SaaS
10 8 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.84%) Entra ID
11 6 (0.84%) GCP
11 6 (0.84%) SuccessFactors
12 5 (0.70%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 3 (0.42%) Azure Cognitive Services
14 3 (0.42%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.42%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.65%) VPN
2 18 (2.51%) Firewall
3 16 (2.23%) LAN
3 16 (2.23%) WAN
4 15 (2.09%) Internet
5 14 (1.95%) Network Security
6 11 (1.53%) VoIP
7 10 (1.39%) Cisco ISE
7 10 (1.39%) PBX
8 9 (1.26%) DNS
8 9 (1.26%) MPLS
8 9 (1.26%) WLAN
9 8 (1.12%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.98%) 3G
10 7 (0.98%) 4G
10 7 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (0.98%) FTP
10 7 (0.98%) Wireless
11 6 (0.84%) SAN
12 5 (0.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.30%) Metadata
2 23 (3.21%) Power BI
3 21 (2.93%) Data Vault
3 21 (2.93%) NoSQL
4 16 (2.23%) SQL Server
5 15 (2.09%) Metadata Repository
6 14 (1.95%) Electronic Patient Records
7 7 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.98%) Tableau
8 6 (0.84%) Ingres
8 6 (0.84%) Pentaho
8 6 (0.84%) Qlik Sense
8 6 (0.84%) QlikView
8 6 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.70%) GIS
10 4 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (0.56%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.56%) MS Access
11 3 (0.42%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 45 (6.28%) JIRA
2 11 (1.53%) ERwin
3 8 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.98%) JMeter
4 7 (0.98%) Selenium
5 4 (0.56%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.56%) Git
6 3 (0.42%) NUnit
6 3 (0.42%) Postman
6 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.14%) GitLab
8 1 (0.14%) GoCD
8 1 (0.14%) RStudio
8 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 412 (57.46%) Finance
2 336 (46.86%) Public Sector
3 301 (41.98%) Marketing
4 299 (41.70%) Telecoms
5 289 (40.31%) Manufacturing
6 279 (38.91%) Electronics
7 212 (29.57%) Social Skills
8 96 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
9 49 (6.83%) Influencing Skills
10 45 (6.28%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (4.18%) Legal
11 30 (4.18%) Retail
12 27 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (3.07%) Banking
13 22 (3.07%) Local Government
14 12 (1.67%) Military
15 9 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (0.98%) Advertising
16 7 (0.98%) Billing
16 7 (0.98%) German Language
Job Titles
1 128 (17.85%) Project Manager
2 97 (13.53%) Programme Manager
3 80 (11.16%) Architect
4 64 (8.93%) Lead
5 42 (5.86%) Analyst
6 40 (5.58%) Consultant
6 40 (5.58%) Senior
7 37 (5.16%) Data Architect
8 30 (4.18%) Support Engineer
9 24 (3.35%) Change Manager
10 22 (3.07%) Senior Manager
11 20 (2.79%) Developer
11 20 (2.79%) Technical Manager
12 19 (2.65%) Enterprise Architect
13 17 (2.37%) IT Manager
14 16 (2.23%) Chief Architect
14 16 (2.23%) Desktop Engineer
14 16 (2.23%) Desktop Support
14 16 (2.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 16 (2.23%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.23%) AngularJS
2 13 (1.81%) Web Services
3 11 (1.53%) React
3 11 (1.53%) Spring
4 9 (1.26%) .NET
4 9 (1.26%) ADO
5 6 (0.84%) LDAP
6 4 (0.56%) RESTful
7 3 (0.42%) CSS
7 3 (0.42%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.42%) Hugging Face
7 3 (0.42%) LangChain
7 3 (0.42%) Playwright
7 3 (0.42%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.28%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.28%) HTML
8 2 (0.28%) JSON
8 2 (0.28%) MDX
8 2 (0.28%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.28%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.83%) NHS
2 36 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 24 (3.35%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.21%) Data Centre
5 21 (2.93%) Reference Data
6 15 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.95%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.53%) Wiki
10 8 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.12%) LIMS
10 8 (1.12%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
11 7 (0.98%) PMI
11 7 (0.98%) Social Media
12 6 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.84%) Replication
12 6 (0.84%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.56%) e-Health
13 4 (0.56%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 54 (7.53%) Windows
2 28 (3.91%) Linux
3 19 (2.65%) Windows 10
4 11 (1.53%) Unix
5 7 (0.98%) Windows 7
6 6 (0.84%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.28%) Android
8 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (41.14%) Business Intelligence
2 279 (38.91%) Digital Marketing
3 191 (26.64%) Project Management
4 180 (25.10%) Agile
5 127 (17.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 113 (15.76%) Project Delivery
7 110 (15.34%) Change Management
7 110 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
8 77 (10.74%) PRINCE2
9 63 (8.79%) Decision-Making
9 63 (8.79%) Risk Management
10 59 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 58 (8.09%) Programme Delivery
12 52 (7.25%) Business Case
13 50 (6.97%) Waterfall
14 46 (6.42%) Data Modelling
15 42 (5.86%) DevOps
15 42 (5.86%) Migration
16 40 (5.58%) Mentoring
16 40 (5.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 35 (4.88%) SQL
2 29 (4.04%) Python
3 17 (2.37%) PowerShell
4 14 (1.95%) Java
5 13 (1.81%) C
6 12 (1.67%) JavaScript
7 11 (1.53%) C#
8 7 (0.98%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.28%) Bash
11 2 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.28%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.14%) Bicep
12 1 (0.14%) C++
12 1 (0.14%) Korn
12 1 (0.14%) R
12 1 (0.14%) Rust
12 1 (0.14%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 182 (25.38%) Security Cleared
2 110 (15.34%) SC Cleared
3 81 (11.30%) Degree
4 75 (10.46%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.74%) PMI Certification
5 34 (4.74%) PMP
6 25 (3.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 14 (1.95%) CISSP
8 12 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.53%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.39%) CCIE
11 9 (1.26%) CCIE Data Center
12 7 (0.98%) PgMP
13 6 (0.84%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.84%) CCNP
13 6 (0.84%) CISM
13 6 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.70%) CESG Certified Professional
15 4 (0.56%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.79%) PMO
2 32 (4.46%) QA
3 18 (2.51%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.81%) GDPR
5 11 (1.53%) NIST
6 10 (1.39%) SLA
7 8 (1.12%) HL7
8 7 (0.98%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.98%) NIST 800
9 6 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.70%) JSP 440
10 5 (0.70%) RMADS
11 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.28%) GRC
11 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.14%) Dodd-Frank
12 1 (0.14%) EMIR
12 1 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.14%) MiFID
12 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (3.21%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.12%) NFS
3 7 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.84%) Docker
5 4 (0.56%) HDFS
6 3 (0.42%) Firmware
6 3 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.42%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.98%) Terraform
3 4 (0.56%) Puppet
4 3 (0.42%) IBM BigFix
4 3 (0.42%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.42%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.42%) Tivoli
5 2 (0.28%) Ansible
5 2 (0.28%) CA Service Virtualization
5 2 (0.28%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.28%) Nessus
5 2 (0.28%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.14%) Grafana
6 1 (0.14%) MOM
6 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.14%) SCOM
6 1 (0.14%) systemd
6 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 316 (44.07%) SAP
2 100 (13.95%) Microsoft
3 25 (3.49%) Sparx
4 22 (3.07%) Oracle
5 15 (2.09%) Cisco
6 14 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.53%) VMware
8 10 (1.39%) Dell
8 10 (1.39%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.39%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.12%) CheckPoint
10 7 (0.98%) Atlassian
10 7 (0.98%) Cadence
11 6 (0.84%) Informatica
11 6 (0.84%) Isilon
12 5 (0.70%) Infoblox
12 5 (0.70%) Pega
12 5 (0.70%) Symantec
12 5 (0.70%) Zscaler
13 4 (0.56%) Concur