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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 184 163
Rank change year-on-year -29 -21 +14
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 257 191 249
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.28% 1.40% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.51% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 101 154
10th Percentile £415 £363 £311
25th Percentile £508 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £737 £750 £756
90th Percentile £875 £825 £896
England median daily rate £581 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -7.06% +8.70% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 11
10th Percentile £26.00 £39.43 £34.25
25th Percentile £31.72 £43.75 £36.53
Median hourly rate £42.81 £49.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +4.21% +11.29%
75th Percentile £54.00 £65.00 £72.88
90th Percentile £56.63 £86.25 £88.75
England median hourly rate £88.00 £47.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year +85.26% +33.80% -10.24%

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 17,940 12,624 14,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.05% 92.32% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,801 8,441 10,113
10th Percentile £363 £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 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 251 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.15% -14.20%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.75 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.00 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.19%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -11 40 £600 -14.29% 38
West London -13 7 £680 - 2
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 (2.72%) Confluence
2 5 (1.95%) CMS
2 5 (1.95%) IIS
2 5 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) nginx
3 1 (0.39%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (9.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (8.17%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (7.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (6.23%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.39%) Notion
Business Applications
1 13 (5.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.56%) Magento
3 3 (1.17%) 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 CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP EWM
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 (10.51%) Azure
2 19 (7.39%) SaaS
3 15 (5.84%) AWS
4 9 (3.50%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.11%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.11%) Smartsheet
6 6 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.17%) GCP
7 3 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.17%) 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%) Figma
9 1 (0.39%) Meta Ads
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.95%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.56%) LAN
2 4 (1.56%) Network Security
2 4 (1.56%) WAN
3 2 (0.78%) IPv4
3 2 (0.78%) IPv6
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.39%) HTTP
4 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.50%) Power BI
2 3 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.17%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.39%) QlikView
3 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (10.89%) JIRA
2 4 (1.56%) Git
2 4 (1.56%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.56%) Subversion
General
1 122 (47.47%) Finance
2 109 (42.41%) Social Skills
3 44 (17.12%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (14.79%) Retail
5 28 (10.89%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (10.51%) Marketing
7 19 (7.39%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (7.39%) Public Sector
8 18 (7.00%) Banking
9 16 (6.23%) Legal
10 12 (4.67%) Manufacturing
11 9 (3.50%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (3.11%) Front Office
12 8 (3.11%) Telecoms
13 6 (2.33%) Advertising
13 6 (2.33%) Investment Banking
13 6 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.95%) Law
15 4 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 69 (26.85%) Project Manager
2 51 (19.84%) Programme Manager
3 41 (15.95%) Lead
4 39 (15.18%) Senior
5 24 (9.34%) Senior Manager
6 22 (8.56%) Technical Manager
7 13 (5.06%) Senior Project Manager
8 11 (4.28%) SAP Manager
8 11 (4.28%) Transformation Manager
9 10 (3.89%) Analyst
9 10 (3.89%) PMO Lead
9 10 (3.89%) Sales Manager
9 10 (3.89%) Technical Project Manager
10 9 (3.50%) Senior Technical Manager
11 8 (3.11%) B2B Sales Manager
11 8 (3.11%) Senior Programme Manager
12 7 (2.72%) Architect
12 7 (2.72%) Delivery Manager
12 7 (2.72%) Digital Programme Manager
12 7 (2.72%) Portfolio Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.33%) Middleware
2 5 (1.95%) REST
3 4 (1.56%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.56%) VML
4 3 (1.17%) XML
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.39%) ADO
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.39%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.84%) Onboarding
2 10 (3.89%) PMI
3 9 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.50%) Operational Technology
4 8 (3.11%) FMCG
4 8 (3.11%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.72%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.95%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (1.17%) CCTV
8 3 (1.17%) CMDB
8 3 (1.17%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.78%) Animation
9 2 (0.78%) CBDC
9 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.78%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.78%) Life Science
9 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.11%) 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
1 135 (52.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 83 (32.30%) Project Management
3 79 (30.74%) Agile
4 60 (23.35%) Change Management
5 58 (22.57%) PRINCE2
6 55 (21.40%) Roadmaps
7 52 (20.23%) Decision-Making
8 51 (19.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 46 (17.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (17.90%) Programme Delivery
10 44 (17.12%) Project Delivery
11 42 (16.34%) Risk Management
12 40 (15.56%) Migration
13 37 (14.40%) Programme Governance
14 32 (12.45%) Matrix Organization
14 32 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
15 31 (12.06%) AI
16 30 (11.67%) Technology Transformation
17 23 (8.95%) DevOps
18 22 (8.56%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.17%) 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 52 (20.23%) PMP
2 40 (15.56%) Degree
2 40 (15.56%) PMI Certification
3 24 (9.34%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.61%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.72%) CISM
5 7 (2.72%) CISSP
6 5 (1.95%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.95%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.17%) APMP
7 3 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.78%) MBA
8 2 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.39%) GCIH
9 1 (0.39%) GIAC
9 1 (0.39%) GSEC
9 1 (0.39%) ISSAP
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (19.84%) PMO
2 19 (7.39%) QA
3 11 (4.28%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.72%) GDPR
5 7 (2.72%) GRC
5 7 (2.72%) SLA
6 6 (2.33%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.95%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.56%) NIST
9 3 (1.17%) MiFID
9 3 (1.17%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.78%) GMP
10 2 (0.78%) P3O
11 1 (0.39%) AIFMD
11 1 (0.39%) EMIR
11 1 (0.39%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.39%) PMBOK
System Software
1 3 (1.17%) 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
1 2 (0.78%) Terraform
2 1 (0.39%) MOM
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 34 (13.23%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.06%) SAP
3 8 (3.11%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.33%) Google
4 6 (2.33%) Oracle
5 5 (1.95%) Databricks
5 5 (1.95%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.56%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.17%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.17%) Charles River
7 3 (1.17%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.78%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.78%) FIS
8 2 (0.78%) IBM
8 2 (0.78%) Planview
8 2 (0.78%) Siebel
8 2 (0.78%) Temenos
8 2 (0.78%) VMware
8 2 (0.78%) Workday
8 2 (0.78%) Wrike