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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 68 58
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 +7
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 23 13 15
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 2.55% 1.72% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.02% 1.85% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 11
10th Percentile £415 £455 £405
25th Percentile £425 £479 £549
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £533 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% -7.35% +13.02%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £649
90th Percentile £604 £665 £850
Scotland median daily rate £475 £525 £524
% change year-on-year -9.52% +0.24% -6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.00 - -
75th Percentile £17.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.00 £27.40 -
% change year-on-year -37.96% - -

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 762 701 717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.57% 92.85% 90.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 441 476
10th Percentile £299 £300 £273
25th Percentile £363 £385 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £467 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% +3.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £569
90th Percentile £675 £605 £621
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £465
% change year-on-year - -0.54% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 33
10th Percentile £13.49 £16.31 £11.68
25th Percentile £14.26 £16.84 £16.00
Median hourly rate £18.17 £19.90 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -51.39% +184.80%
75th Percentile £64.82 £26.21 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.07 £72.50
Scotland median hourly rate £19.33 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -3.35% +2.56% +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 17 June 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 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) ClickUp
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
2 1 (4.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 1 (4.35%) Serverless
2 1 (4.35%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
1 1 (4.35%) Tableau
General
1 13 (56.52%) Finance
2 8 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Banking
3 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Project Manager
2 8 (34.78%) Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Business Analyst
4 6 (26.09%) Project Analyst
5 4 (17.39%) Administrator
5 4 (17.39%) Programme Manager
5 4 (17.39%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (13.04%) Transformation Manager
7 2 (8.70%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (8.70%) PMO Manager
7 2 (8.70%) PMO Project Manager
7 2 (8.70%) Transformation Project Manager
8 1 (4.35%) Data Analyst
8 1 (4.35%) ERP Manager
8 1 (4.35%) Finance Systems Manager
8 1 (4.35%) Junior Project Manager
8 1 (4.35%) PMO Analyst
8 1 (4.35%) Portfolio Manager
8 1 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (4.35%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.70%) CMDB
3 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.35%) IVR
3 1 (4.35%) PMI
3 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Project Management
2 6 (26.09%) Agile
2 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
4 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (17.39%) Data Analysis
4 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
4 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
4 4 (17.39%) System Testing
4 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
5 3 (13.04%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (13.04%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.70%) Business Analysis
6 2 (8.70%) Competitor Analysis
6 2 (8.70%) ERP
6 2 (8.70%) ITSM
6 2 (8.70%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) HND
2 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) P3O
2 1 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle
3 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.35%) Workday