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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 184 171
Rank change year-on-year -31 -13 +13
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 264 199 251
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.31% 1.49% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.61% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 110 137
10th Percentile £416 £390 £277
25th Percentile £513 £465 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £625 £580
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +7.76% -9.73%
75th Percentile £727 £750 £738
90th Percentile £875 £825 £893
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 9
10th Percentile £27.05 £31.00 £36.14
25th Percentile £31.38 £42.64 £44.08
Median hourly rate £33.12 £49.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.09% +4.21% +14.46%
75th Percentile £53.50 £75.63 £76.25
90th Percentile £56.20 £86.25 £100.75
England median hourly rate £55.25 £45.00 £35.90
% change year-on-year +22.78% +25.35% -11.41%

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 17,900 12,362 14,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.84% 92.61% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,695 8,173 9,697
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 255 180
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.09 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.71%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -5 42 £563 -16.67% 44
West London -11 11 £680 - 12
South London -14 4 £650 +20.09% 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 9 (3.41%) Confluence
2 6 (2.27%) CMS
3 5 (1.89%) IIS
4 4 (1.52%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.38%) nginx
5 1 (0.38%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (7.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (6.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (5.68%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.76%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.38%) Notion
Business Applications
1 12 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.52%) Magento
3 3 (1.14%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.76%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.76%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.38%) Finacle
5 1 (0.38%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.38%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.38%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.38%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.38%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.38%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.38%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 28 (10.61%) Azure
2 17 (6.44%) AWS
3 16 (6.06%) SaaS
4 9 (3.41%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.27%) Smartsheet
8 4 (1.52%) GCP
9 3 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.14%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.76%) Google Drive
10 2 (0.76%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.76%) OCI
10 2 (0.76%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.38%) Anthropic Claude
11 1 (0.38%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.38%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.38%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.89%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.52%) Network Security
3 3 (1.14%) LAN
3 3 (1.14%) WAN
4 2 (0.76%) IPv4
4 2 (0.76%) IPv6
5 1 (0.38%) DNS
5 1 (0.38%) HTTP
5 1 (0.38%) Internet
5 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.03%) Power BI
2 3 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.14%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 23 (8.71%) JIRA
2 4 (1.52%) Git
2 4 (1.52%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.52%) Subversion
General
1 123 (46.59%) Finance
2 113 (42.80%) Social Skills
3 42 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (12.88%) Retail
5 26 (9.85%) Influencing Skills
5 26 (9.85%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (9.09%) Marketing
7 22 (8.33%) Banking
7 22 (8.33%) Public Sector
8 18 (6.82%) Legal
9 15 (5.68%) Manufacturing
10 9 (3.41%) Front Office
10 9 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.03%) Investment Banking
11 8 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (3.03%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.27%) Advertising
13 4 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.52%) Law
13 4 (1.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 71 (26.89%) Project Manager
2 52 (19.70%) Programme Manager
3 46 (17.42%) Lead
4 38 (14.39%) Senior
5 28 (10.61%) Senior Manager
6 20 (7.58%) Technical Manager
7 16 (6.06%) Senior Project Manager
8 12 (4.55%) Transformation Manager
9 11 (4.17%) SAP Manager
10 10 (3.79%) Analyst
11 9 (3.41%) Technical Project Manager
12 8 (3.03%) Digital Programme Manager
12 8 (3.03%) PMO Lead
12 8 (3.03%) PMO Manager
12 8 (3.03%) Sales Manager
12 8 (3.03%) Senior Programme Manager
12 8 (3.03%) Senior Technical Manager
13 7 (2.65%) Architect
13 7 (2.65%) IT Manager
13 7 (2.65%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.89%) Middleware
1 5 (1.89%) REST
2 4 (1.52%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.52%) VML
3 3 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.14%) XML
4 2 (0.76%) ADO
4 2 (0.76%) Terraform
5 1 (0.38%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.38%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.30%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.55%) Operational Technology
3 10 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.41%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.03%) PMI
6 7 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.65%) FMCG
6 7 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.52%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.52%) Industry 4.0
8 4 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (1.14%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.14%) CMDB
9 3 (1.14%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.14%) Derivative
9 3 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.76%) Animation
10 2 (0.76%) CCTV
10 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.03%) Windows
2 1 (0.38%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (0.38%) Linux
2 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.38%) Solaris
2 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (53.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 88 (33.33%) Project Management
3 81 (30.68%) Agile
4 67 (25.38%) PRINCE2
5 61 (23.11%) Roadmaps
6 58 (21.97%) Decision-Making
7 54 (20.45%) Change Management
7 54 (20.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 50 (18.94%) Programme Delivery
9 48 (18.18%) Project Delivery
10 45 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 43 (16.29%) Programme Governance
11 43 (16.29%) Risk Management
12 37 (14.02%) Migration
13 36 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (12.88%) Technology Transformation
15 32 (12.12%) AI
15 32 (12.12%) Matrix Organization
16 26 (9.85%) Business Case
16 26 (9.85%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.14%) SQL
2 2 (0.76%) Python
3 1 (0.38%) ABAP
3 1 (0.38%) Bicep
3 1 (0.38%) Korn
3 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 56 (21.21%) PMP
2 41 (15.53%) Degree
2 41 (15.53%) PMI Certification
3 30 (11.36%) Security Cleared
4 23 (8.71%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.65%) CISM
5 7 (2.65%) CISSP
6 6 (2.27%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 5 (1.89%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.14%) PgMP
9 3 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.76%) APMP
10 2 (0.76%) MBA
11 1 (0.38%) CISA
11 1 (0.38%) GIAC
11 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.38%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (21.21%) PMO
2 17 (6.44%) QA
3 12 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.03%) GDPR
4 8 (3.03%) GRC
5 6 (2.27%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.89%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.52%) NIST
8 3 (1.14%) MiFID
8 3 (1.14%) P3O
8 3 (1.14%) SLA
8 3 (1.14%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.76%) GMP
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.38%) EMIR
10 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.38%) Docker
3 1 (0.38%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.76%) Ansible
2 1 (0.38%) MOM
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 38 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.85%) SAP
3 9 (3.41%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.65%) Oracle
5 6 (2.27%) Google
6 5 (1.89%) Databricks
7 4 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.52%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.14%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.14%) Charles River
9 2 (0.76%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.76%) FIS
9 2 (0.76%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.76%) Siebel
9 2 (0.76%) SimCorp
9 2 (0.76%) Temenos
9 2 (0.76%) VMware
9 2 (0.76%) Workday
9 2 (0.76%) Wrike
9 2 (0.76%) Xactly