Programme Director Contracts in London

Programme Director
England > London

The median Programme Director daily rate in London is £875, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 July 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
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 360 422
Rank change year-on-year +11 +62 +156
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 23 25 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 33
10th Percentile £769 £725 £740
25th Percentile £814 £769 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £900 £900
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -
75th Percentile £963 £988 £1,000
90th Percentile £1,088 £1,040 £1,150
England median daily rate £733 £819 £875
% change year-on-year -10.53% -6.43% -

All Contract 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.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,716 15,652 23,327
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 94.26% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,606 11,145 17,079
10th Percentile £331 £340 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 233 259
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.54
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.00 £23.88
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.29 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -7.09% -18.09% +15.47%
75th Percentile £50.25 £52.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £71.25 £82.30
England median hourly rate £26.30 £43.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -38.84% -1.96% +70.79%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in London

Programme Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Director in London.

Daily rate trend for Programme Director in London

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Director in London over the 6 months to 26 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Director in London

Programme Director
Contract 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 Programme Director within the London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Central London +1 4 - -
Programme Director
England

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 26 July 2025, Programme Director 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 Programme Director in the job title.

1 11 (47.83%) Finance
2 9 (39.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 5 (21.74%) Agile
3 5 (21.74%) ERP
3 5 (21.74%) Change Management
4 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
4 4 (17.39%) Project Management
4 4 (17.39%) Oracle
4 4 (17.39%) Banking
4 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
4 4 (17.39%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (17.39%) Contract Management
5 3 (13.04%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (13.04%) Business Case
5 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Target Operating Model
5 3 (13.04%) Retail
5 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
6 2 (8.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (8.70%) Facilities Management
6 2 (8.70%) Fintech
6 2 (8.70%) Programme Governance
6 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
6 2 (8.70%) Workday HCM
6 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.70%) SaaS

Programme Director 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Workday HCM
2 1 (4.35%) SAP CO
2 1 (4.35%) SAP FI
2 1 (4.35%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) SaaS
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
General
1 11 (47.83%) Finance
2 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
4 4 (17.39%) Banking
5 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Retail
6 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
7 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
7 1 (4.35%) Military
7 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.35%) Credit Risk
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (21.74%) Agile
2 5 (21.74%) Change Management
2 5 (21.74%) ERP
3 4 (17.39%) Contract Management
3 4 (17.39%) Project Management
3 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
4 3 (13.04%) Business Case
4 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
4 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (13.04%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (13.04%) Target Operating Model
5 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.70%) Customer Experience
5 2 (8.70%) Facilities Management
5 2 (8.70%) Fintech
5 2 (8.70%) IT Strategy
5 2 (8.70%) Migration
5 2 (8.70%) Programme Governance
5 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) MAPM
3 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (4.35%) Basel II
2 1 (4.35%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle
2 2 (8.70%) Adaptive Insights
2 2 (8.70%) Workday
3 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.35%) SAP