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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 71 58
Rank change year-on-year -4 -13 +1
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 19 13 10
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.56% 1.74% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 1.95% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 7
10th Percentile £386 £417 £405
25th Percentile £431 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £514 £537 £638
90th Percentile £609 £569 £753
Scotland median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.00 - £16.92
75th Percentile £17.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.00 £27.40 £16.92
% change year-on-year -37.96% +61.94% -1.69%

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 1,029 665 623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.55% 89.26% 89.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 411 419
10th Percentile £276 £300 £278
25th Percentile £363 £381 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £440
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +3.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £552 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £613 £673
Scotland median daily rate £470 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +1.08% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 21 12
10th Percentile £13.43 £15.09 £15.39
25th Percentile £13.84 £16.84 £18.11
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.00 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +94.44% -8.12% +35.10%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.21 £26.76
90th Percentile £77.50 £57.50 £41.70
Scotland median hourly rate £16.75 £20.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year -16.25% +0.31% +5.32%

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 15 October 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
1 1 (5.26%) Serverless
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
5 3 (15.79%) Banking
6 1 (5.26%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Programme Manager
1 5 (26.32%) Project Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Administrator
2 4 (21.05%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Project Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Coordinator
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Transformation Manager
4 1 (5.26%) ERP Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Transformation Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) IVR
1 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (31.58%) Agile
3 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (26.32%) Risk Management
3 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (26.32%) Waterfall
4 4 (21.05%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
4 4 (21.05%) Process Improvement
4 4 (21.05%) Programme Delivery
4 4 (21.05%) System Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Competitor Analysis
6 2 (10.53%) Customer Engagement
6 2 (10.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (10.53%) Due Diligence
6 2 (10.53%) Programme Governance
6 2 (10.53%) Project Management
6 2 (10.53%) Strategic Management
6 2 (10.53%) Supplier Management
7 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) HND
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.26%) Workday