Programme Management Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Programme Management (Program Management)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Programme Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 33 88
Rank change year-on-year -36 +55 +10
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 22 45 9
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.67% 4.97% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 5.87% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 34 2
10th Percentile £155 £508 £666
25th Percentile £303 £553 £672
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £638 £688
Median % change year-on-year -25.49% -7.27% +61.76%
75th Percentile £644 £734 £697
90th Percentile £723 £788 £699
South East median daily rate £575 £625 £438
% change year-on-year -8.00% +42.86% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £23.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £27.50 £72.33
% change year-on-year -20.00% -61.98% -0.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,090 767 1,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 82.89% 84.66% 87.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 734 533 617
10th Percentile £312 £356 £313
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £649
90th Percentile £725 £698 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 46 73
10th Percentile £16.17 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £28.13 £22.75
Median hourly rate £20.71 £45.00 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -53.98% -12.49% +18.21%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £49.63 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £22.27 £47.51 £54.39
% change year-on-year -53.14% -12.64% +45.03%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Programme Management job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in Hampshire over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in Hampshire

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Programme Management
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Management within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Basingstoke -29 7 £500 -23.08%
Portsmouth -5 4 £160 -68.78%
Southampton +3 2 £250 -51.64%
Havant -9 1 £363 -53.23%
Farnborough -10 1 £675 -3.57%
Hook - 1 £500 -
Andover - 1 £158 - 1
Programme Management
South East

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 5 (22.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) AWS
1 4 (18.18%) OpenShift
2 3 (13.64%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (9.09%) Apple Pay
3 2 (9.09%) Google Pay
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 17 (77.27%) Finance
2 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
3 10 (45.45%) Public Sector
4 6 (27.27%) Electronics
4 6 (27.27%) Manufacturing
4 6 (27.27%) Marketing
4 6 (27.27%) Telecoms
5 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Migration Manager
2 3 (13.64%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 3 (13.64%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (13.64%) Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Desktop Support
2 3 (13.64%) IT Support
2 3 (13.64%) PMO Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Programme Manager
2 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 2 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Migration Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) PMO Support Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Project Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Project Support Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) PMO Coordinator
4 1 (4.55%) Presales Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Project Support Administrator
4 1 (4.55%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.09%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (4.55%) NHS
3 1 (4.55%) PMI
3 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Migration
2 10 (45.45%) Agile
3 6 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (27.27%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (27.27%) Project Delivery
3 6 (27.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 5 (22.73%) Document Management
4 5 (22.73%) PRINCE2
4 5 (22.73%) Project Management
4 5 (22.73%) Waterfall
4 5 (22.73%) Workflow
4 5 (22.73%) Workflow Management
5 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (18.18%) Release Train
6 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (13.64%) Dependency Management
6 3 (13.64%) Fintech
6 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
6 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) Security Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) DV Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
4 4 (18.18%) OCP
4 4 (18.18%) Oracle Certification
4 4 (18.18%) PMI Certification
5 3 (13.64%) Degree
5 3 (13.64%) PgMP
5 3 (13.64%) PMP
6 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (36.36%) PMO
2 4 (18.18%) P3O
3 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.55%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) SAP
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.64%) Google
3 3 (13.64%) Samsung
4 2 (9.09%) Salesforce