Programme Management Contract Job Trends in Kent

Programme Management (Program Management)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent 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 21 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 +16
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 1 11 12
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.70% 7.80% 6.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 8.94% 7.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 11
10th Percentile - £208 -
25th Percentile £613 £212 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £238 £205
Median % change year-on-year +163.16% +15.85% -
75th Percentile £638 £472 -
90th Percentile - £601 -
South East median daily rate £575 £625 £438
% change year-on-year -8.00% +42.86% -7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 118 123 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 82.52% 87.23% 82.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 57 126
10th Percentile £179 £185 £205
25th Percentile £320 £310 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.39% +2.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £575 £623 £565
90th Percentile £638 £688 £647
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 12
10th Percentile £16.36 £19.40 £20.08
25th Percentile £18.41 £44.49 £33.50
Median hourly rate £20.40 £54.00 £54.25
Median % change year-on-year -62.22% -0.46% +46.11%
75th Percentile £28.61 £57.54 £58.44
90th Percentile £39.00 £69.64 £66.44
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 Kent

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

Programme Management job vacancy trend in Kent

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft