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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 174 154
Rank change year-on-year -47 -20 +22
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 215 186 295
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.12% 1.45% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.57% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 99 190
10th Percentile £415 £420 £367
25th Percentile £483 £513 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +6.12% -2.00%
75th Percentile £725 £763 £773
90th Percentile £873 £865 £925
England median daily rate £550 £625 £595
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.04% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 11
10th Percentile £32.19 £28.84 £34.25
25th Percentile £34.80 £38.90 £38.88
Median hourly rate £46.87 £49.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +4.21% +11.29%
75th Percentile £54.00 £58.44 £72.88
90th Percentile £56.63 £84.13 £88.75
England median hourly rate £88.00 £49.50 £35.25
% change year-on-year +77.78% +40.43% -20.66%

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 17,060 11,834 15,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.37% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,363 7,912 11,103
10th Percentile £360 £335 £340
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 221 302
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.54
25th Percentile £25.17 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +13.33% -25.93%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £68.68
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -6 40 £550 -13.89% 7
West London -14 6 £680 - 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 7 (3.26%) Confluence
1 7 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.33%) IIS
3 4 (1.86%) CMS
4 1 (0.47%) nginx
4 1 (0.47%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (9.30%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (8.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.93%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.93%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.47%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.47%) Magento
3 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.47%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.47%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG-F
3 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG-S
3 1 (0.47%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.47%) SimCorp Dimension
3 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (10.23%) Azure
2 16 (7.44%) SaaS
3 10 (4.65%) AWS
4 9 (4.19%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.19%) Smartsheet
5 7 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.33%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.93%) GCP
8 2 (0.93%) Google Ads
8 2 (0.93%) Google Drive
8 2 (0.93%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.93%) OCI
8 2 (0.93%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.47%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.47%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.47%) Meta Ads
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.33%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.86%) LAN
2 4 (1.86%) WAN
3 3 (1.40%) Network Security
4 1 (0.47%) Broadband
4 1 (0.47%) DNS
4 1 (0.47%) HTTP
4 1 (0.47%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.47%) Internet
4 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.19%) Power BI
2 3 (1.40%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.47%) QlikView
4 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (13.02%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Git
2 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 103 (47.91%) Finance
2 96 (44.65%) Social Skills
3 35 (16.28%) Retail
4 31 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (13.02%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (12.56%) Marketing
7 22 (10.23%) Public Sector
8 13 (6.05%) Banking
8 13 (6.05%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (4.65%) Legal
9 10 (4.65%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.72%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (3.26%) Advertising
12 6 (2.79%) Electronics
12 6 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.79%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.33%) Front Office
14 4 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.86%) Law
15 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 58 (26.98%) Project Manager
2 44 (20.47%) Programme Manager
3 35 (16.28%) Lead
4 32 (14.88%) Senior
5 28 (13.02%) Technical Manager
6 19 (8.84%) Senior Manager
7 12 (5.58%) Technical Project Manager
8 11 (5.12%) PMO Lead
9 10 (4.65%) Analyst
9 10 (4.65%) Sales Manager
9 10 (4.65%) SAP Manager
9 10 (4.65%) Senior Project Manager
9 10 (4.65%) Senior Technical Manager
10 8 (3.72%) B2B Sales Manager
10 8 (3.72%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (3.72%) PMO Manager
10 8 (3.72%) Senior Programme Manager
10 8 (3.72%) Technical Programme Manager
11 7 (3.26%) Finance Manager
11 7 (3.26%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.33%) REST
2 4 (1.86%) Middleware
3 3 (1.40%) ADO
3 3 (1.40%) XML
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.47%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.47%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.47%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.47%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.12%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (4.19%) PMI
3 8 (3.72%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.72%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.26%) FMCG
5 6 (2.79%) Operational Technology
6 5 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.33%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.86%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (1.40%) CCTV
9 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.93%) Animation
9 2 (0.93%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.93%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.47%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.47%) CBDC
10 1 (0.47%) Hackathon
10 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.47%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.26%) Windows
2 1 (0.47%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (0.47%) Linux
2 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.47%) Solaris
2 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (49.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 63 (29.30%) Agile
3 58 (26.98%) Project Management
4 49 (22.79%) Change Management
5 44 (20.47%) Decision-Making
6 43 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 43 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 42 (19.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (17.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 35 (16.28%) Programme Delivery
9 35 (16.28%) Project Delivery
10 33 (15.35%) Migration
11 31 (14.42%) Programme Governance
12 30 (13.95%) Risk Management
13 26 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (10.70%) AI
14 23 (10.70%) Matrix Organization
15 21 (9.77%) DevOps
16 20 (9.30%) Budget Management
17 17 (7.91%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.86%) SQL
2 2 (0.93%) Python
3 1 (0.47%) ABAP
3 1 (0.47%) Bicep
3 1 (0.47%) Korn
3 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (20.00%) PMP
2 33 (15.35%) PMI Certification
3 24 (11.16%) Degree
4 21 (9.77%) Security Cleared
5 17 (7.91%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.79%) APMP
6 6 (2.79%) CISM
6 6 (2.79%) CISSP
7 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.40%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.47%) CISA
8 1 (0.47%) GCIH
8 1 (0.47%) GIAC
8 1 (0.47%) GSEC
8 1 (0.47%) ISSAP
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.47%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (20.47%) PMO
2 21 (9.77%) QA
3 10 (4.65%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (3.72%) SLA
6 7 (3.26%) GDPR
6 7 (3.26%) GRC
7 6 (2.79%) HIPAA
7 6 (2.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (2.33%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.86%) NIST
10 3 (1.40%) MiFID
10 3 (1.40%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.47%) AIFMD
11 1 (0.47%) EMIR
11 1 (0.47%) P3O
11 1 (0.47%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.47%) Docker
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Ansible
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (13.02%) SAP
2 19 (8.84%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.79%) Oracle
4 5 (2.33%) Google
4 5 (2.33%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.33%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.86%) Databricks
6 3 (1.40%) Cisco
6 3 (1.40%) Rapid7
6 3 (1.40%) Zscaler
7 2 (0.93%) IBM
7 2 (0.93%) Planview
7 2 (0.93%) VMware
7 2 (0.93%) Workday
7 2 (0.93%) Wrike
7 2 (0.93%) Xactly
8 1 (0.47%) FactSet
8 1 (0.47%) FNZ
8 1 (0.47%) iManage
8 1 (0.47%) Talend