Programme Management Contract Job Trends in London

Programme Management (Program Management)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Programme Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 188 174
Rank change year-on-year -19 -14 +10
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 255 194 249
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.27% 1.44% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.56% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 103 146
10th Percentile £415 £386 £284
25th Percentile £511 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £584
Median % change year-on-year - +7.07% -10.19%
75th Percentile £737 £750 £738
90th Percentile £875 £825 £894
England median daily rate £600 £600 £555
% change year-on-year - +8.11% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 11
10th Percentile £26.00 £29.88 £34.25
25th Percentile £31.72 £42.09 £36.53
Median hourly rate £42.81 £49.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +4.21% +21.73%
75th Percentile £54.00 £61.56 £72.88
90th Percentile £56.63 £86.25 £88.75
England median hourly rate £88.00 £46.25 £35.25
% change year-on-year +90.27% +31.21% -10.87%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,870 12,469 14,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.09% 92.49% 88.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,708 8,292 9,981
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 258 190
10th Percentile £17.16 £16.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.68 £24.77 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -14.89% -11.88%
75th Percentile £56.25 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Programme Management job vacancy trend in London

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in London over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in London

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management in London over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in London

Programme Management
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 Management within the London region over the 6 months to 24 August 2026. 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 -7 39 £600 -14.29% 22
West London -10 8 £680 - 8
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 7 (2.75%) Confluence
2 5 (1.96%) CMS
2 5 (1.96%) IIS
3 4 (1.57%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.39%) nginx
4 1 (0.39%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (8.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (7.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.78%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.39%) Notion
Business Applications
1 13 (5.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.57%) Magento
3 3 (1.18%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.78%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.78%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.78%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.39%) Finacle
5 1 (0.39%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.39%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.39%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.39%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.39%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.59%) Azure
2 19 (7.45%) SaaS
3 15 (5.88%) AWS
4 8 (3.14%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.14%) Smartsheet
5 7 (2.75%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.18%) GCP
7 3 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.18%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.78%) Google Drive
8 2 (0.78%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.78%) OCI
8 2 (0.78%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.39%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.39%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.39%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.96%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.57%) Network Security
3 3 (1.18%) LAN
3 3 (1.18%) WAN
4 2 (0.78%) IPv4
4 2 (0.78%) IPv6
5 1 (0.39%) DNS
5 1 (0.39%) HTTP
5 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.75%) Power BI
2 3 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.18%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 24 (9.41%) JIRA
2 4 (1.57%) Git
2 4 (1.57%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.57%) Subversion
General
1 125 (49.02%) Finance
2 108 (42.35%) Social Skills
3 42 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (14.51%) Retail
5 26 (10.20%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (9.80%) Marketing
7 21 (8.24%) Influencing Skills
7 21 (8.24%) Public Sector
8 18 (7.06%) Banking
9 16 (6.27%) Legal
10 12 (4.71%) Manufacturing
11 8 (3.14%) Front Office
11 8 (3.14%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (3.14%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (2.35%) Advertising
13 6 (2.35%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.57%) Law
14 4 (1.57%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 71 (27.84%) Project Manager
2 52 (20.39%) Programme Manager
3 40 (15.69%) Lead
4 39 (15.29%) Senior
5 26 (10.20%) Senior Manager
6 22 (8.63%) Technical Manager
7 14 (5.49%) Senior Project Manager
8 12 (4.71%) SAP Manager
8 12 (4.71%) Transformation Manager
9 10 (3.92%) Sales Manager
9 10 (3.92%) Technical Project Manager
10 9 (3.53%) Analyst
10 9 (3.53%) PMO Lead
10 9 (3.53%) Senior Programme Manager
10 9 (3.53%) Senior Technical Manager
11 8 (3.14%) B2B Sales Manager
11 8 (3.14%) PMO Manager
12 7 (2.75%) Architect
12 7 (2.75%) Delivery Manager
12 7 (2.75%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.35%) Middleware
2 5 (1.96%) REST
3 4 (1.57%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.57%) VML
4 3 (1.18%) XML
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.78%) Terraform
6 1 (0.39%) ADO
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.39%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 10 (3.92%) PMI
3 9 (3.53%) Operational Technology
4 8 (3.14%) FMCG
4 8 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.14%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.96%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.57%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.18%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.18%) CMDB
7 3 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.78%) Animation
8 2 (0.78%) CCTV
8 2 (0.78%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.78%) Life Science
8 2 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.14%) Windows
2 1 (0.39%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (0.39%) Linux
2 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.39%) Solaris
2 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (53.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 84 (32.94%) Project Management
3 80 (31.37%) Agile
4 63 (24.71%) PRINCE2
5 59 (23.14%) Change Management
6 56 (21.96%) Roadmaps
7 51 (20.00%) Decision-Making
7 51 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 49 (19.22%) Programme Delivery
9 47 (18.43%) Project Delivery
10 46 (18.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 43 (16.86%) Risk Management
12 41 (16.08%) Programme Governance
13 39 (15.29%) Migration
14 33 (12.94%) Matrix Organization
14 33 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
14 33 (12.94%) Technology Transformation
15 32 (12.55%) AI
16 24 (9.41%) Business Case
17 23 (9.02%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.18%) SQL
2 2 (0.78%) Python
3 1 (0.39%) ABAP
3 1 (0.39%) Bicep
3 1 (0.39%) Korn
3 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 54 (21.18%) PMP
2 40 (15.69%) Degree
2 40 (15.69%) PMI Certification
3 27 (10.59%) Security Cleared
4 20 (7.84%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.75%) CISM
5 7 (2.75%) CISSP
6 5 (1.96%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.96%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.18%) APMP
7 3 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.78%) MBA
8 2 (0.78%) PgMP
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.39%) CISA
9 1 (0.39%) GIAC
9 1 (0.39%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (21.57%) PMO
2 19 (7.45%) QA
3 12 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.92%) Data Quality
5 8 (3.14%) GRC
6 7 (2.75%) GDPR
7 6 (2.35%) HIPAA
7 6 (2.35%) SLA
8 5 (1.96%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.57%) NIST
10 3 (1.18%) MiFID
10 3 (1.18%) P3O
10 3 (1.18%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.78%) GMP
12 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.39%) EMIR
12 1 (0.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.39%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.78%) Ansible
2 1 (0.39%) MOM
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 33 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.16%) SAP
3 10 (3.92%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.35%) Google
4 6 (2.35%) Oracle
5 5 (1.96%) Databricks
6 4 (1.57%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.57%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.18%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.18%) Charles River
8 2 (0.78%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.78%) FIS
8 2 (0.78%) IBM
8 2 (0.78%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.78%) Siebel
8 2 (0.78%) SimCorp
8 2 (0.78%) Temenos
8 2 (0.78%) VMware
8 2 (0.78%) Workday
8 2 (0.78%) Wrike