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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 184 171
Rank change year-on-year -24 -13 +11
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 254 190 244
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.26% 1.40% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.52% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 99 151
10th Percentile £415 £381 £338
25th Percentile £513 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £750
90th Percentile £875 £825 £900
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
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 £45.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +95.56% +26.76% -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 17,904 12,525 14,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.14% 92.35% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,758 8,336 10,048
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 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.40% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 255 197
10th Percentile £16.95 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 0 38 £600 -14.29% 36
West London -12 8 £680 - 4
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 (2.76%) Confluence
2 5 (1.97%) CMS
2 5 (1.97%) IIS
3 4 (1.57%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.39%) nginx
4 1 (0.39%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (9.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (7.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (7.09%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.39%) Notion
Business Applications
1 13 (5.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.57%) Magento
3 3 (1.18%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.79%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.79%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.79%) 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 (10.63%) Azure
2 19 (7.48%) SaaS
3 15 (5.91%) AWS
4 8 (3.15%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.15%) Smartsheet
5 7 (2.76%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.18%) GCP
7 3 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.18%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.79%) Google Drive
8 2 (0.79%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.79%) OCI
8 2 (0.79%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.39%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.39%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.39%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.97%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.57%) Network Security
3 3 (1.18%) LAN
3 3 (1.18%) WAN
4 2 (0.79%) IPv4
4 2 (0.79%) IPv6
5 1 (0.39%) DNS
5 1 (0.39%) HTTP
5 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.76%) 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 26 (10.24%) JIRA
2 4 (1.57%) Git
2 4 (1.57%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.57%) Subversion
General
1 123 (48.43%) Finance
2 108 (42.52%) Social Skills
3 42 (16.54%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (14.57%) Retail
5 26 (10.24%) Marketing
5 26 (10.24%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (7.48%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (7.09%) Banking
7 18 (7.09%) Public Sector
8 16 (6.30%) Legal
9 13 (5.12%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.15%) Front Office
10 8 (3.15%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (3.15%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.36%) Advertising
11 6 (2.36%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.97%) Law
13 4 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 70 (27.56%) Project Manager
2 54 (21.26%) Programme Manager
3 39 (15.35%) Lead
3 39 (15.35%) Senior
4 24 (9.45%) Senior Manager
5 22 (8.66%) Technical Manager
6 13 (5.12%) Senior Project Manager
7 12 (4.72%) SAP Manager
7 12 (4.72%) Transformation Manager
8 10 (3.94%) Analyst
8 10 (3.94%) Sales Manager
8 10 (3.94%) Technical Project Manager
9 9 (3.54%) PMO Lead
9 9 (3.54%) Senior Technical Manager
10 8 (3.15%) B2B Sales Manager
10 8 (3.15%) Digital Programme Manager
10 8 (3.15%) Senior Programme Manager
11 7 (2.76%) Architect
11 7 (2.76%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (2.76%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.36%) Middleware
2 5 (1.97%) REST
3 4 (1.57%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.57%) VML
4 3 (1.18%) XML
5 2 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.39%) ADO
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.39%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.51%) Onboarding
2 10 (3.94%) PMI
3 9 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.54%) Operational Technology
4 8 (3.15%) FMCG
4 8 (3.15%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.76%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.97%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (1.18%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.18%) CMDB
8 3 (1.18%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.79%) Animation
9 2 (0.79%) CBDC
9 2 (0.79%) CCTV
9 2 (0.79%) Life Science
9 2 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.15%) 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
1 133 (52.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 82 (32.28%) Project Management
3 78 (30.71%) Agile
4 59 (23.23%) Change Management
4 59 (23.23%) PRINCE2
5 56 (22.05%) Roadmaps
6 50 (19.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 48 (18.90%) Decision-Making
8 47 (18.50%) Programme Delivery
9 45 (17.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (17.72%) Project Delivery
10 43 (16.93%) Risk Management
11 40 (15.75%) Migration
12 39 (15.35%) Programme Governance
13 33 (12.99%) Matrix Organization
14 32 (12.60%) AI
14 32 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (12.60%) Technology Transformation
15 23 (9.06%) DevOps
16 21 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.18%) SQL
2 2 (0.79%) 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 (20.47%) PMP
2 39 (15.35%) Degree
2 39 (15.35%) PMI Certification
3 24 (9.45%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.69%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.76%) CISM
5 7 (2.76%) CISSP
6 5 (1.97%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.97%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.18%) APMP
7 3 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.79%) MBA
8 2 (0.79%) PgMP
8 2 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.39%) GCIH
9 1 (0.39%) GIAC
9 1 (0.39%) GSEC
9 1 (0.39%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (19.69%) PMO
2 18 (7.09%) QA
3 11 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.94%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.76%) GDPR
5 7 (2.76%) GRC
5 7 (2.76%) SLA
6 6 (2.36%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.97%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.57%) NIST
9 3 (1.18%) MiFID
9 3 (1.18%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.79%) GMP
10 2 (0.79%) P3O
11 1 (0.39%) AIFMD
11 1 (0.39%) EMIR
11 1 (0.39%) NCSC
11 1 (0.39%) PMBOK
System Software
1 3 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) 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 (0.79%) Ansible
1 2 (0.79%) Terraform
2 1 (0.39%) MOM
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 33 (12.99%) Microsoft
2 32 (12.60%) SAP
3 11 (4.33%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.36%) Google
4 6 (2.36%) Oracle
5 5 (1.97%) Databricks
5 5 (1.97%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.57%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.18%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.18%) Charles River
7 3 (1.18%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.79%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.79%) FIS
8 2 (0.79%) IBM
8 2 (0.79%) Siebel
8 2 (0.79%) SimCorp
8 2 (0.79%) Temenos
8 2 (0.79%) VMware
8 2 (0.79%) Wrike
8 2 (0.79%) Xactly