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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 171 147
Rank change year-on-year -24 -24 +37
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 211 200 301
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.33% 1.49% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.64% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 106 200
10th Percentile £333 £248 £384
25th Percentile £463 £373 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £574 £609
Median % change year-on-year -4.14% -5.75% -2.60%
75th Percentile £675 £709 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £875
England median daily rate £550 £563 £595
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.46% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 5
10th Percentile £32.00 £28.60 £25.72
25th Percentile £33.75 £29.43 £26.24
Median hourly rate £41.26 £35.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.87% -20.45% +6.02%
75th Percentile £45.75 £43.09 £61.25
90th Percentile £67.03 £53.21 £78.50
England median hourly rate £23.91 £33.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year -28.08% -46.80% +73.61%

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 14,350 12,188 16,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.29% 90.83% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,627 7,901 11,629
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 159 347
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.69 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.40 £25.25 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +21.67% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.99 £54.50 £50.13
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.47 £72.20
England median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £34.77
% change year-on-year -18.57% +0.68% -0.67%

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 28 February 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 28 February 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 28 February 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 +12 32 £650 -3.70% 1
South London -17 2 £516 -
West London -24 2 - - 1
East London +2 1 - -
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 12 (5.69%) Confluence
2 6 (2.84%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.47%) Apache
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 18 (8.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (8.06%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.95%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.95%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.47%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.00%) Azure
2 13 (6.16%) AWS
2 13 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.21%) Power Platform
3 11 (5.21%) SaaS
4 6 (2.84%) GCP
4 6 (2.84%) Smartsheet
5 4 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.42%) OCI
6 3 (1.42%) Slack
7 2 (0.95%) Asana
7 2 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.95%) GitHub
7 2 (0.95%) Google Ads
7 2 (0.95%) Lucidchart
7 2 (0.95%) Miro
7 2 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.47%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.32%) Wireless
2 6 (2.84%) Broadband
3 4 (1.90%) Network Security
3 4 (1.90%) WAN
4 3 (1.42%) 5G
4 3 (1.42%) Internet
4 3 (1.42%) LAN
4 3 (1.42%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.95%) DNS
6 1 (0.47%) InfiniBand
6 1 (0.47%) NGN
6 1 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.47%) VLAN
6 1 (0.47%) VPN
6 1 (0.47%) WebEx
6 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.74%) Power BI
2 2 (0.95%) Power Query
2 2 (0.95%) QlikView
3 1 (0.47%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.47%) MySQL
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.47%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (15.17%) JIRA
General
1 119 (56.40%) Finance
2 94 (44.55%) Social Skills
3 64 (30.33%) Public Sector
4 56 (26.54%) Marketing
5 48 (22.75%) Manufacturing
6 45 (21.33%) Telecoms
7 43 (20.38%) Electronics
8 26 (12.32%) Retail
9 21 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (8.53%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (5.21%) Banking
12 10 (4.74%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (2.37%) Publishing
15 4 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (1.42%) Advertising
16 3 (1.42%) Front Office
16 3 (1.42%) Legal
17 2 (0.95%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.95%) Military
Job Titles
1 45 (21.33%) Project Manager
2 43 (20.38%) Programme Manager
3 29 (13.74%) Senior
4 27 (12.80%) Technical Manager
5 24 (11.37%) Lead
6 21 (9.95%) Senior Manager
7 13 (6.16%) Analyst
7 13 (6.16%) Technical Project Manager
8 11 (5.21%) Senior Project Manager
9 7 (3.32%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 7 (3.32%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (3.32%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.32%) Coordinator
9 7 (3.32%) Desktop Support
9 7 (3.32%) IT Support
9 7 (3.32%) Lead Project Manager
9 7 (3.32%) PMO Specialist
9 7 (3.32%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 6 (2.84%) PMO Coordinator
10 6 (2.84%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.90%) ADO
2 4 (1.90%) REST
2 4 (1.90%) SailPoint
3 3 (1.42%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.42%) SOAP
3 3 (1.42%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.95%) .NET
4 2 (0.95%) JSON
4 2 (0.95%) Middleware
4 2 (0.95%) OAuth
4 2 (0.95%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.95%) PySpark
4 2 (0.95%) Web Services
4 2 (0.95%) XML
4 2 (0.95%) XSD
4 2 (0.95%) XSLT
5 1 (0.47%) CSS
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.53%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.69%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.74%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.79%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.32%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.37%) NHS
6 5 (2.37%) PMI
7 4 (1.90%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.90%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.42%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.42%) LIMS
8 3 (1.42%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.95%) CCTV
9 2 (0.95%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.95%) Social Media
9 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.32%) Android
1 7 (3.32%) Mac OS
2 3 (1.42%) Windows
3 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (39.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 69 (32.70%) Agile
3 56 (26.54%) Project Management
4 55 (26.07%) Business Intelligence
5 47 (22.27%) Digital Marketing
6 38 (18.01%) Decision-Making
6 38 (18.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 36 (17.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (17.06%) PRINCE2
8 35 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (16.59%) Risk Management
9 31 (14.69%) Project Delivery
10 25 (11.85%) Analytics
11 23 (10.90%) Change Management
12 22 (10.43%) AI
12 22 (10.43%) Roadmaps
13 20 (9.48%) Scrum
14 19 (9.00%) Migration
15 16 (7.58%) Budgeting
15 16 (7.58%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.64%) Python
2 9 (4.27%) SQL
3 6 (2.84%) Java
3 6 (2.84%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.42%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.95%) BeanShell
5 2 (0.95%) Go
6 1 (0.47%) Korn
6 1 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 32 (15.17%) PMP
1 32 (15.17%) Security Cleared
2 30 (14.22%) PMI Certification
3 28 (13.27%) SC Cleared
4 27 (12.80%) Degree
5 11 (5.21%) APMP
6 5 (2.37%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.95%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.95%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.95%) CBAP
7 2 (0.95%) CCIE
7 2 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.95%) CISSP
7 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.95%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.95%) CSPO
7 2 (0.95%) GPEN
7 2 (0.95%) OSCE
7 2 (0.95%) OSCP
7 2 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.64%) PMO
2 25 (11.85%) QA
3 5 (2.37%) GDPR
4 4 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.90%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.90%) NIST
5 2 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.95%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.95%) SLA
6 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.47%) ECSS
6 1 (0.47%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.47%) GMP
6 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.47%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.95%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.95%) vRealize
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (24.17%) SAP
2 24 (11.37%) Microsoft
3 15 (7.11%) Cisco
4 8 (3.79%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.32%) Apple
5 7 (3.32%) Dell
5 7 (3.32%) HP
5 7 (3.32%) Oracle
6 5 (2.37%) GoldenSource
7 4 (1.90%) Planview
8 3 (1.42%) Databricks
8 3 (1.42%) Google
8 3 (1.42%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.42%) VMware
9 2 (0.95%) Ericsson
9 2 (0.95%) Foundry
9 2 (0.95%) Instagram
9 2 (0.95%) Okta
9 2 (0.95%) Workday
9 2 (0.95%) Zuora