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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 195 142
Rank change year-on-year -10 -53 +35
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 211 165 324
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.25% 1.31% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.43% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 92 208
10th Percentile £372 £278 £370
25th Percentile £463 £425 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £561 £610
Median % change year-on-year -1.65% -7.99% -2.40%
75th Percentile £714 £719 £738
90th Percentile £813 £874 £875
England median daily rate £550 £570 £575
% change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 9
10th Percentile £31.50 £28.60 £26.07
25th Percentile £33.75 £30.44 £34.25
Median hourly rate £41.26 £35.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.87% -20.45% +18.34%
75th Percentile £44.75 £49.54 £61.25
90th Percentile £48.00 £51.75 £73.35
England median hourly rate £39.25 £33.50 £45.75
% change year-on-year +17.16% -26.78% +19.30%

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 15,109 11,547 15,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.66% 91.42% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,127 7,832 11,395
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £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 235 169 335
10th Percentile £18.14 £19.16 £15.97
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%
75th Percentile £57.25 £51.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.50 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.66 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.24% -1.05% -12.00%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -2 37 £613 -5.95% 20
West London -18 2 - -
South London -16 1 £600 -
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 13 (6.16%) 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
4 1 (0.47%) CMS
4 1 (0.47%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 21 (9.95%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (9.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.95%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.95%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG-F
3 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.95%) Azure
2 12 (5.69%) SaaS
3 11 (5.21%) Power Platform
4 10 (4.74%) AWS
5 9 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.79%) Smartsheet
7 7 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.37%) GCP
9 3 (1.42%) OCI
9 3 (1.42%) Slack
10 2 (0.95%) Asana
10 2 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.95%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.95%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.95%) Miro
10 2 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.47%) GitHub
11 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.84%) Broadband
2 4 (1.90%) Network Security
2 4 (1.90%) WAN
2 4 (1.90%) Wireless
3 3 (1.42%) 5G
3 3 (1.42%) Internet
3 3 (1.42%) LAN
3 3 (1.42%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.95%) DNS
5 1 (0.47%) InfiniBand
5 1 (0.47%) NGN
5 1 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.47%) VLAN
5 1 (0.47%) VPN
5 1 (0.47%) WebEx
5 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.74%) Power BI
2 2 (0.95%) QlikView
3 1 (0.47%) MySQL
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.47%) Power Query
3 1 (0.47%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.47%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (17.54%) JIRA
General
1 118 (55.92%) Finance
2 94 (44.55%) Social Skills
3 53 (25.12%) Public Sector
4 48 (22.75%) Marketing
5 37 (17.54%) Manufacturing
6 35 (16.59%) Telecoms
7 33 (15.64%) Electronics
8 29 (13.74%) Retail
9 24 (11.37%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (8.53%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (5.69%) Banking
11 12 (5.69%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.37%) Publishing
14 4 (1.90%) Front Office
15 3 (1.42%) Advertising
15 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
15 3 (1.42%) Legal
15 3 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.95%) Law
Job Titles
1 46 (21.80%) Programme Manager
2 45 (21.33%) Project Manager
3 36 (17.06%) Senior
4 27 (12.80%) Technical Manager
5 24 (11.37%) Senior Manager
6 22 (10.43%) Lead
7 13 (6.16%) Analyst
8 10 (4.74%) Senior Project Manager
8 10 (4.74%) Technical Project Manager
9 9 (4.27%) Delivery Manager
10 7 (3.32%) Business Analyst
10 7 (3.32%) Coordinator
10 7 (3.32%) Infrastructure Manager
10 7 (3.32%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.32%) Lead Project Manager
10 7 (3.32%) Senior Technical Manager
11 6 (2.84%) PMO Lead
11 6 (2.84%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 6 (2.84%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (2.84%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.37%) Middleware
1 5 (2.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.90%) ADO
2 4 (1.90%) REST
3 3 (1.42%) SOAP
3 3 (1.42%) XML
4 2 (0.95%) JSON
4 2 (0.95%) OAuth
4 2 (0.95%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.95%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.95%) Web Services
4 2 (0.95%) XSD
4 2 (0.95%) XSLT
5 1 (0.47%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.47%) CSS
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) NumPy
5 1 (0.47%) OpenID
5 1 (0.47%) Pandas
5 1 (0.47%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.58%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.21%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.27%) PMI
4 8 (3.79%) Product Ownership
5 7 (3.32%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.32%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.37%) NHS
7 4 (1.90%) FMCG
7 4 (1.90%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.42%) AI Agents
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%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.95%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.95%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.90%) Android
1 4 (1.90%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.95%) Windows
3 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (44.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 70 (33.18%) Agile
3 60 (28.44%) Project Management
4 45 (21.33%) Business Intelligence
5 44 (20.85%) Decision-Making
6 43 (20.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (17.06%) Digital Marketing
7 36 (17.06%) PRINCE2
8 35 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (16.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 33 (15.64%) Risk Management
10 30 (14.22%) Change Management
11 28 (13.27%) Migration
11 28 (13.27%) Project Delivery
12 25 (11.85%) Roadmaps
13 24 (11.37%) Analytics
14 20 (9.48%) AI
15 19 (9.00%) Change Control
15 19 (9.00%) Programme Governance
16 17 (8.06%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.21%) Python
2 8 (3.79%) 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 33 (15.64%) PMP
2 31 (14.69%) PMI Certification
3 29 (13.74%) Security Cleared
4 26 (12.32%) SC Cleared
5 22 (10.43%) Degree
6 11 (5.21%) APMP
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%) CCNP
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 34 (16.11%) PMO
2 25 (11.85%) QA
3 8 (3.79%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.84%) SLA
5 4 (1.90%) GDPR
6 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.95%) NIST
7 2 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.47%) ECSS
8 1 (0.47%) FISMA
8 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.95%) vRealize
2 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (21.80%) SAP
2 20 (9.48%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.21%) Cisco
4 7 (3.32%) Oracle
4 7 (3.32%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.37%) GoldenSource
6 4 (1.90%) Apple
6 4 (1.90%) Dell
6 4 (1.90%) HP
6 4 (1.90%) Planview
6 4 (1.90%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.42%) Databricks
7 3 (1.42%) Google
7 3 (1.42%) VMware
7 3 (1.42%) Workday
8 2 (0.95%) Ericsson
8 2 (0.95%) Instagram
8 2 (0.95%) Nokia
8 2 (0.95%) Okta
8 2 (0.95%) Zuora