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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 179 161
Rank change year-on-year -44 -18 +16
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 220 190 286
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.13% 1.43% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.55% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 101 185
10th Percentile £415 £425 £348
25th Percentile £500 £513 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +6.12% -2.00%
75th Percentile £737 £750 £775
90th Percentile £875 £863 £925
England median daily rate £550 £625 £586
% change year-on-year -12.00% +6.61% -2.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 11
10th Percentile £32.00 £28.84 £34.25
25th Percentile £33.12 £38.90 £38.88
Median hourly rate £52.49 £49.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.04% +4.21% +11.29%
75th Percentile £54.50 £58.44 £72.88
90th Percentile £57.05 £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 17,258 12,248 15,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.84% 92.20% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,469 8,175 11,086
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.84% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 229 294
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.87 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% +8.33% -27.31%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -3.62%

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 6 July 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 37 £538 -15.85% 23
West London -17 6 £680 - 2
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 (3.18%) Confluence
1 7 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.27%) IIS
3 4 (1.82%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) nginx
4 1 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (9.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (8.18%) Microsoft Project
3 14 (6.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (5.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.91%) Magento
2 2 (0.91%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.91%) SAP MDG
2 2 (0.91%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.45%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.45%) Finacle
3 1 (0.45%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.45%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.45%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.45%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.45%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG-F
3 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG-S
3 1 (0.45%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.45%) SimCorp Dimension
3 1 (0.45%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.09%) Azure
2 17 (7.73%) SaaS
3 11 (5.00%) AWS
4 9 (4.09%) Smartsheet
5 8 (3.64%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.73%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.91%) GCP
9 2 (0.91%) Google Drive
9 2 (0.91%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.91%) OCI
9 2 (0.91%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.45%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.45%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.45%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.45%) Meta Ads
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.27%) HTTPS
2 3 (1.36%) LAN
2 3 (1.36%) Network Security
2 3 (1.36%) WAN
3 1 (0.45%) Broadband
3 1 (0.45%) HTTP
3 1 (0.45%) InfiniBand
3 1 (0.45%) Internet
3 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.64%) Power BI
2 3 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.36%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.45%) QlikView
3 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (12.73%) JIRA
2 2 (0.91%) Git
2 2 (0.91%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.91%) Subversion
General
1 106 (48.18%) Finance
2 100 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 35 (15.91%) Retail
4 34 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (11.82%) Marketing
5 26 (11.82%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (7.73%) Public Sector
7 14 (6.36%) Banking
7 14 (6.36%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (4.55%) Legal
8 10 (4.55%) Manufacturing
9 9 (4.09%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.73%) Advertising
11 6 (2.73%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.27%) Electronics
12 5 (2.27%) Front Office
13 4 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.82%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.82%) Law
Job Titles
1 60 (27.27%) Project Manager
2 45 (20.45%) Programme Manager
3 35 (15.91%) Senior
4 33 (15.00%) Lead
5 26 (11.82%) Technical Manager
6 21 (9.55%) Senior Manager
7 12 (5.45%) Senior Project Manager
8 11 (5.00%) PMO Lead
8 11 (5.00%) SAP Manager
8 11 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
9 10 (4.55%) Sales Manager
9 10 (4.55%) Senior Technical Manager
10 9 (4.09%) Analyst
11 8 (3.64%) B2B Sales Manager
11 8 (3.64%) PMO Manager
11 8 (3.64%) Senior Programme Manager
11 8 (3.64%) Technical Programme Manager
12 7 (3.18%) Delivery Manager
12 7 (3.18%) Finance Manager
12 7 (3.18%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.73%) Middleware
2 5 (2.27%) REST
3 3 (1.36%) XML
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.91%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.91%) VML
5 1 (0.45%) ADO
5 1 (0.45%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.45%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.91%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.09%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (4.09%) PMI
2 9 (4.09%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.18%) FMCG
4 6 (2.73%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.73%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.82%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.36%) CCTV
7 3 (1.36%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.91%) Animation
8 2 (0.91%) Life Science
9 1 (0.45%) CBDC
9 1 (0.45%) Hackathon
9 1 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.45%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.18%) Windows
2 1 (0.45%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (0.45%) Linux
2 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.45%) Solaris
2 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 66 (30.00%) Agile
3 59 (26.82%) Project Management
4 50 (22.73%) Change Management
5 45 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 45 (20.45%) PRINCE2
6 44 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 44 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 42 (19.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 35 (15.91%) Programme Delivery
9 34 (15.45%) Migration
9 34 (15.45%) Project Delivery
10 32 (14.55%) Risk Management
11 30 (13.64%) Programme Governance
12 26 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (10.91%) Matrix Organization
14 22 (10.00%) AI
15 20 (9.09%) Budget Management
15 20 (9.09%) DevOps
16 17 (7.73%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.36%) SQL
2 2 (0.91%) Python
3 1 (0.45%) ABAP
3 1 (0.45%) Bicep
3 1 (0.45%) Korn
3 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 44 (20.00%) PMP
2 34 (15.45%) PMI Certification
3 28 (12.73%) Degree
4 18 (8.18%) Security Cleared
5 14 (6.36%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.73%) CISM
6 6 (2.73%) CISSP
7 3 (1.36%) APMP
7 3 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.36%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.91%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.45%) CISA
9 1 (0.45%) GCIH
9 1 (0.45%) GIAC
9 1 (0.45%) GSEC
9 1 (0.45%) ISSAP
9 1 (0.45%) RIBA
9 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (20.45%) PMO
2 21 (9.55%) QA
3 10 (4.55%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.64%) SLA
5 7 (3.18%) GDPR
5 7 (3.18%) GRC
6 6 (2.73%) HIPAA
7 5 (2.27%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.36%) MiFID
8 3 (1.36%) NIST
8 3 (1.36%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.45%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.45%) EMIR
9 1 (0.45%) GMP
9 1 (0.45%) P3O
9 1 (0.45%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (0.91%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.45%) Docker
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Ansible
1 1 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (14.09%) SAP
2 19 (8.64%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.18%) Oracle
4 5 (2.27%) Google
4 5 (2.27%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.27%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.36%) Cisco
5 3 (1.36%) Databricks
5 3 (1.36%) Rapid7
5 3 (1.36%) Zscaler
6 2 (0.91%) IBM
6 2 (0.91%) Planview
6 2 (0.91%) Temenos
6 2 (0.91%) Workday
6 2 (0.91%) Wrike
6 2 (0.91%) Xactly
7 1 (0.45%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.45%) FIS
7 1 (0.45%) FNZ
7 1 (0.45%) iManage