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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 192 175
Rank change year-on-year -18 -17 -1
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 247 193 238
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.23% 1.41% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.52% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 102 153
10th Percentile £415 £365 £328
25th Percentile £505 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £631 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% +5.21% -4.76%
75th Percentile £737 £750 £763
90th Percentile £875 £825 £920
England median daily rate £580 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -7.20% +8.70% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 10
10th Percentile £32.00 £38.38 £34.18
25th Percentile £33.12 £46.20 £38.75
Median hourly rate £52.49 £49.50 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.04% -3.41% +20.08%
75th Percentile £54.50 £70.31 £74.56
90th Percentile £57.05 £86.25 £94.75
England median hourly rate £88.00 £47.25 £35.25
% change year-on-year +86.24% +34.04% -15.06%

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 17,889 12,658 14,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.21% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,794 8,473 10,216
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £658 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 250 195
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.15
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.54 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £29.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -16.90% -12.93%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.31 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 3 August 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 42 £600 -14.29% 29
West London -13 7 £680 - 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 5 (2.02%) CMS
1 5 (2.02%) IIS
1 5 (2.02%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.62%) Confluence
3 1 (0.40%) nginx
3 1 (0.40%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (8.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (7.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.40%) Notion
Business Applications
1 13 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.62%) Magento
3 3 (1.21%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.81%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.81%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.81%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.40%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.40%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.40%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.40%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.40%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.40%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (0.40%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (0.40%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.40%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.40%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.93%) Azure
2 19 (7.69%) SaaS
3 15 (6.07%) AWS
4 9 (3.64%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.24%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.24%) Smartsheet
6 6 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.21%) GCP
7 3 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.21%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.81%) Google Drive
8 2 (0.81%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.81%) OCI
8 2 (0.81%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.40%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.40%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.40%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.40%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.02%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.62%) LAN
2 4 (1.62%) Network Security
2 4 (1.62%) WAN
3 1 (0.40%) Broadband
3 1 (0.40%) DNS
3 1 (0.40%) HTTP
3 1 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.64%) Power BI
2 3 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.21%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.40%) QlikView
3 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (10.12%) JIRA
2 4 (1.62%) Git
2 4 (1.62%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.62%) Subversion
General
1 116 (46.96%) Finance
2 105 (42.51%) Social Skills
3 38 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (14.98%) Retail
5 28 (11.34%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (10.93%) Marketing
7 18 (7.29%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (7.29%) Public Sector
8 17 (6.88%) Banking
9 12 (4.86%) Legal
10 11 (4.45%) Manufacturing
11 9 (3.64%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (2.43%) Advertising
12 6 (2.43%) Front Office
12 6 (2.43%) Investment Banking
12 6 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.02%) Law
13 5 (2.02%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 66 (26.72%) Project Manager
2 50 (20.24%) Programme Manager
3 41 (16.60%) Lead
4 37 (14.98%) Senior
5 23 (9.31%) Technical Manager
6 21 (8.50%) Senior Manager
7 11 (4.45%) SAP Manager
7 11 (4.45%) Senior Project Manager
7 11 (4.45%) Technical Project Manager
8 10 (4.05%) Analyst
8 10 (4.05%) PMO Lead
8 10 (4.05%) Sales Manager
9 9 (3.64%) Senior Programme Manager
9 9 (3.64%) Transformation Manager
10 8 (3.24%) B2B Sales Manager
10 8 (3.24%) Senior Technical Manager
11 7 (2.83%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (2.83%) Digital Programme Manager
11 7 (2.83%) PMO Manager
11 7 (2.83%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.43%) Middleware
2 5 (2.02%) REST
3 4 (1.62%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.62%) VML
4 3 (1.21%) XML
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.40%) ADO
6 1 (0.40%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.40%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.48%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.05%) PMI
2 10 (4.05%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.24%) FMCG
4 8 (3.24%) Operational Technology
5 7 (2.83%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.62%) CCTV
6 4 (1.62%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.21%) CMDB
7 3 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.21%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.21%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.81%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.81%) Animation
8 2 (0.81%) CBDC
8 2 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.81%) Life Science
8 2 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.24%) Windows
2 1 (0.40%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (0.40%) Linux
2 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.40%) Solaris
2 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (51.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 78 (31.58%) Project Management
3 75 (30.36%) Agile
4 57 (23.08%) Change Management
5 56 (22.67%) PRINCE2
5 56 (22.67%) Roadmaps
6 49 (19.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 48 (19.43%) Decision-Making
8 46 (18.62%) Programme Delivery
9 45 (18.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (16.19%) Risk Management
11 39 (15.79%) Migration
11 39 (15.79%) Project Delivery
12 37 (14.98%) Programme Governance
13 31 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
14 29 (11.74%) AI
14 29 (11.74%) Matrix Organization
14 29 (11.74%) Technology Transformation
15 24 (9.72%) DevOps
16 22 (8.91%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.21%) SQL
2 2 (0.81%) Python
3 1 (0.40%) ABAP
3 1 (0.40%) Bicep
3 1 (0.40%) Korn
3 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 49 (19.84%) PMP
2 38 (15.38%) PMI Certification
3 35 (14.17%) Degree
4 22 (8.91%) Security Cleared
5 16 (6.48%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.83%) CISM
6 7 (2.83%) CISSP
7 4 (1.62%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.81%) APMP
9 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.40%) CISA
10 1 (0.40%) GCIH
10 1 (0.40%) GIAC
10 1 (0.40%) GSEC
10 1 (0.40%) ISSAP
10 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (20.24%) PMO
2 20 (8.10%) QA
3 11 (4.45%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.24%) SLA
5 7 (2.83%) GDPR
5 7 (2.83%) GRC
6 6 (2.43%) HIPAA
7 5 (2.02%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.62%) NIST
9 3 (1.21%) MiFID
9 3 (1.21%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.81%) GMP
10 2 (0.81%) P3O
11 1 (0.40%) AIFMD
11 1 (0.40%) EMIR
11 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.40%) PMBOK
11 1 (0.40%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.40%) Docker
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.81%) Ansible
1 2 (0.81%) Terraform
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 30 (12.15%) SAP
2 29 (11.74%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.24%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.43%) Google
4 6 (2.43%) Oracle
5 5 (2.02%) Databricks
5 5 (2.02%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.62%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.21%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.21%) Charles River
7 3 (1.21%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.81%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.81%) IBM
8 2 (0.81%) Planview
8 2 (0.81%) Siebel
8 2 (0.81%) Temenos
8 2 (0.81%) VMware
8 2 (0.81%) Workday
8 2 (0.81%) Wrike
8 2 (0.81%) Xactly