Programme Management Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Programme Management (Program Management)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Programme Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 61 56
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +16
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 13 18 27
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.86% 2.20% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 2.36% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 15
10th Percentile £375 £443 £405
25th Percentile £388 £459 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £514 £570
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% -9.78% +26.67%
75th Percentile £488 £590 £596
90th Percentile £575 £637 £661
Scotland median daily rate £450 £527 £490
% change year-on-year -14.57% +7.50% +8.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 572 763 856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 81.83% 93.39% 91.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 487 540
10th Percentile £306 £313 £313
25th Percentile £377 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £494
Median % change year-on-year - -8.86% +3.95%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £653 £606 £688
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 39
10th Percentile £16.11 £16.75 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.88 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.25 £23.17 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.85% +28.69% +44.00%
75th Percentile £46.61 £67.56 £47.35
90th Percentile £54.00 £77.63 £65.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% +18.18%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Programme Management job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in Glasgow over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in Glasgow

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) ClickUp
2 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Relational Database
2 2 (15.38%) Big Data
3 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Banking
4 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Data Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Programme Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Transformation Manager
4 2 (15.38%) PMO Manager
4 2 (15.38%) PMO Project Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Transformation Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Big Data Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Business Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Data Modeller
5 1 (7.69%) Finance Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Finance Systems Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Junior
5 1 (7.69%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Portfolio Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Portfolio Office Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) CMDB
1 4 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 3 (23.08%) Virtual Team
3 2 (15.38%) PMI
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (38.46%) Project Delivery
2 5 (38.46%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Business Analysis
3 4 (30.77%) Change Control
3 4 (30.77%) Data Architecture
3 4 (30.77%) Data Lineage
3 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
3 4 (30.77%) Data Visualisation
3 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) ITSM
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Service Management
3 4 (30.77%) Visualisation
3 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
4 3 (23.08%) Asset Management
4 3 (23.08%) Data Management
4 3 (23.08%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (7.69%) P3O
2 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) ServiceNow