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

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 184 169
Rank change year-on-year -28 -15 +14
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 262 197 253
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.30% 1.47% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.59% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 108 141
10th Percentile £416 £389 £281
25th Percentile £518 £469 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £625 £580
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +7.76% -7.57%
75th Percentile £733 £750 £738
90th Percentile £875 £825 £888
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 9
10th Percentile £26.00 £31.00 £36.14
25th Percentile £31.72 £42.64 £44.08
Median hourly rate £42.81 £49.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +4.21% +21.73%
75th Percentile £54.00 £75.63 £76.25
90th Percentile £56.63 £86.25 £100.75
England median hourly rate £85.00 £46.25 £35.90
% change year-on-year +83.78% +28.83% -9.23%

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 17,989 12,382 14,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.01% 92.46% 89.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,764 8,195 9,826
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 £660 £675 £681
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 289 255 186
10th Percentile £17.21 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.02 £25.00 £22.28
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -10.49% -10.63%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.63 £55.00
90th Percentile £86.40 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -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 7 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 7 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 7 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 40 £600 -14.29% 29
West London -7 11 £680 - 21
South London -11 3 £650 - 5
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 (2.67%) Confluence
2 6 (2.29%) CMS
3 5 (1.91%) IIS
4 4 (1.53%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.38%) nginx
5 1 (0.38%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (8.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (6.87%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (6.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (6.11%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.76%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.38%) Notion
Business Applications
1 13 (4.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.53%) Magento
3 3 (1.15%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.76%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.76%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.38%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.38%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.38%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
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 MDG-F
5 1 (0.38%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (0.38%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.38%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.38%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 28 (10.69%) Azure
2 16 (6.11%) AWS
2 16 (6.11%) SaaS
3 8 (3.05%) Entra ID
4 7 (2.67%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.29%) Smartsheet
6 3 (1.15%) GCP
6 3 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.15%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.76%) Google Drive
7 2 (0.76%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.76%) OCI
7 2 (0.76%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.38%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.38%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.38%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.38%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.38%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.91%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.53%) Network Security
3 3 (1.15%) LAN
3 3 (1.15%) 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 7 (2.67%) Power BI
2 3 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.15%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 23 (8.78%) JIRA
2 4 (1.53%) Git
2 4 (1.53%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.53%) Subversion
General
1 125 (47.71%) Finance
2 114 (43.51%) Social Skills
3 43 (16.41%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (13.36%) Retail
5 26 (9.92%) Influencing Skills
5 26 (9.92%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (9.16%) Marketing
7 22 (8.40%) Public Sector
8 20 (7.63%) Banking
9 18 (6.87%) Legal
10 12 (4.58%) Manufacturing
11 8 (3.05%) Front Office
11 8 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.05%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.67%) Investment Banking
13 6 (2.29%) Advertising
14 4 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.53%) Law
14 4 (1.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 69 (26.34%) Project Manager
2 54 (20.61%) Programme Manager
3 45 (17.18%) Lead
4 41 (15.65%) Senior
5 28 (10.69%) Senior Manager
6 22 (8.40%) Technical Manager
7 16 (6.11%) Senior Project Manager
8 12 (4.58%) SAP Manager
8 12 (4.58%) Transformation Manager
9 10 (3.82%) Analyst
10 9 (3.44%) Senior Programme Manager
10 9 (3.44%) Senior Technical Manager
10 9 (3.44%) Technical Project Manager
11 8 (3.05%) Digital Programme Manager
11 8 (3.05%) PMO Lead
11 8 (3.05%) PMO Manager
11 8 (3.05%) Sales Manager
11 8 (3.05%) Technical Programme Manager
12 7 (2.67%) Architect
13 6 (2.29%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.29%) Middleware
2 5 (1.91%) REST
3 4 (1.53%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.53%) VML
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.15%) XML
5 2 (0.76%) ADO
5 2 (0.76%) Terraform
6 1 (0.38%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.38%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.34%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.44%) Operational Technology
3 8 (3.05%) FMCG
3 8 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.05%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.05%) PMI
3 8 (3.05%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.53%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.53%) Fixed Income
5 4 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.15%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.15%) CMDB
6 3 (1.15%) Derivative
6 3 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.76%) Animation
7 2 (0.76%) CCTV
7 2 (0.76%) Life Science
7 2 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.05%) 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
1 141 (53.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 86 (32.82%) Project Management
3 82 (31.30%) Agile
4 66 (25.19%) PRINCE2
5 56 (21.37%) Decision-Making
5 56 (21.37%) Roadmaps
6 55 (20.99%) Change Management
7 52 (19.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 51 (19.47%) Programme Delivery
9 49 (18.70%) Project Delivery
10 45 (17.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 43 (16.41%) Programme Governance
11 43 (16.41%) Risk Management
12 39 (14.89%) Migration
13 36 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (12.98%) Technology Transformation
15 33 (12.60%) AI
16 32 (12.21%) Matrix Organization
17 26 (9.92%) Business Case
18 23 (8.78%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.15%) 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 54 (20.61%) PMP
2 41 (15.65%) Degree
3 39 (14.89%) PMI Certification
4 29 (11.07%) Security Cleared
5 22 (8.40%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.67%) CISM
6 7 (2.67%) CISSP
7 6 (2.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.91%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.15%) PgMP
10 3 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.76%) APMP
11 2 (0.76%) MBA
12 1 (0.38%) CISA
12 1 (0.38%) GIAC
12 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.38%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (21.37%) PMO
2 17 (6.49%) QA
3 12 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.44%) Data Quality
5 8 (3.05%) GDPR
5 8 (3.05%) GRC
6 6 (2.29%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.91%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.91%) SLA
8 4 (1.53%) NIST
9 3 (1.15%) MiFID
9 3 (1.15%) P3O
9 3 (1.15%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.76%) GMP
11 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.38%) EMIR
11 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (1.53%) 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 35 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.69%) SAP
3 9 (3.44%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.29%) Google
4 6 (2.29%) Oracle
5 5 (1.91%) Databricks
6 4 (1.53%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.53%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.15%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.15%) Charles River
8 2 (0.76%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.76%) FIS
8 2 (0.76%) IBM
8 2 (0.76%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.76%) Siebel
8 2 (0.76%) SimCorp
8 2 (0.76%) Temenos
8 2 (0.76%) VMware
8 2 (0.76%) Workday
8 2 (0.76%) Wrike