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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 72 56
Rank change year-on-year +12 -16 +14
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 16 13 20
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 2.11% 1.68% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 1.79% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 13
10th Percentile £378 £444 £417
25th Percentile £419 £479 £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £562 £575
Median % change year-on-year -19.89% -2.31% +13.02%
75th Percentile £578 £686 £688
90th Percentile £636 £719 £819
Scotland median daily rate £450 £512 £525
% change year-on-year -12.11% -2.48% -6.67%

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 630 726 781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 83.00% 93.68% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 451 505
10th Percentile £306 £300 £275
25th Percentile £375 £389 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -2.21% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £626
Scotland median daily rate £459 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -0.81% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 37
10th Percentile £15.85 £15.42 £12.03
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £31.55 £19.59 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.03% -37.81% +127.03%
75th Percentile £77.50 £25.15 £53.75
90th Percentile - £73.19 £67.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.90 £19.50
% change year-on-year +0.50% +2.05% +21.88%

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 18 May 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 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) ClickUp
2 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
3 1 (6.25%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
General
1 11 (68.75%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
2 8 (50.00%) Project Manager
3 7 (43.75%) Business Analyst
4 6 (37.50%) Project Analyst
5 3 (18.75%) Programme Manager
5 3 (18.75%) Transformation Manager
6 2 (12.50%) Data Analyst
6 2 (12.50%) PMO Manager
6 2 (12.50%) PMO Project Manager
6 2 (12.50%) Transformation Project Manager
7 1 (6.25%) Data Business Analyst
7 1 (6.25%) ERP Manager
7 1 (6.25%) Finance Manager
7 1 (6.25%) Finance Systems Manager
7 1 (6.25%) Junior
7 1 (6.25%) Junior Project Manager
7 1 (6.25%) PMO Analyst
7 1 (6.25%) Portfolio Manager
7 1 (6.25%) Portfolio Office Manager
7 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Product Ownership
2 2 (12.50%) CMDB
3 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.25%) PMI
3 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Project Management
2 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (31.25%) Project Delivery
3 3 (18.75%) Agile
3 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
3 3 (18.75%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (18.75%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) ERP
4 2 (12.50%) ITSM
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.25%) Data Modelling
5 1 (6.25%) ITIL
5 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2
5 1 (6.25%) Project Planning
5 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.25%) Validation
5 1 (6.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
1 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) PMO
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (6.25%) P3O
2 1 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) Workday