Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in Essex

Programme Manager
East of England > Essex

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Essex is £535, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.80% - 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% - 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £518 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 - £525
75th Percentile £553 - £544
90th Percentile - - £548
East of England median daily rate £750 £720 £600
% change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% -7.69%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 101 89 212
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 96.74% 93.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 46 124
10th Percentile £185 £181 £191
25th Percentile £250 £243 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £318 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.84% -29.28% -
75th Percentile £500 £450 £550
90th Percentile £529 £578 £600
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 37
10th Percentile £12.75 £30.50 £12.57
25th Percentile £15.32 £31.25 £14.17
Median hourly rate £22.04 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.19% - +60.49%
75th Percentile £48.75 £33.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £63.38 £34.50 £75.00
East of England median hourly rate £23.83 £51.25 £39.91
% change year-on-year -53.51% +28.41% +90.06%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Programme Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Programme Manager job vacancy trend in Essex

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Essex

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Essex

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the Essex region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. 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
Basildon - 1 £535 - 1
Programme Manager
East of England

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, Programme Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Essex region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Cadence
2 1 (50.00%) Community of Practice
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) PgMP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) Post-Merger Integration
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CMDB
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Community of Practice
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Post-Merger Integration
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PgMP
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cadence