IT Programme Manager Contracts in London

IT Programme Manager
England > London

The median IT Programme Manager daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 380 438
Rank change year-on-year +25 +58 +132
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IT Programme Manager 4 3 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.030% 0.018% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.020% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 13
10th Percentile £488 £680 £571
25th Percentile £525 £688 £750
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 £800
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -12.50% +12.28%
75th Percentile £706 £788 £852
90th Percentile £733 £825 -
England median daily rate £725 £700 £800
% change year-on-year +3.57% -12.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £78.00
25th Percentile - - £78.75
Median hourly rate - - £82.50
75th Percentile - - £86.25
90th Percentile - - £87.00
England median hourly rate £71.00 - £82.50

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,417 15,261 21,564
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 94.00% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,364 10,555 15,793
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 196 233
10th Percentile £17.04 £17.69 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.29 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% -11.24% +8.48%
75th Percentile £49.94 £53.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -42.84% +0.32% +68.69%

IT Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured IT Programme Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Programme Manager in London

IT Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Programme Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Programme Manager job vacancies in London

IT Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Programme Manager in London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Programme Manager in London

IT Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Programme Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Programme Manager job vacancies in London

IT Programme Manager
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Programme Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London - 1 £625 -
IT Programme Manager
England

IT Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, IT Programme Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring IT Programme Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Confluence
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
3 1 (25.00%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (25.00%) PMO
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Housing Association
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management

IT Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO