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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 187 165
Rank change year-on-year -30 -22 +16
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 263 195 254
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.31% 1.46% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.58% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 110 135
10th Percentile £425 £300 £248
25th Percentile £516 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £620 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.82% +7.83% -8.00%
75th Percentile £725 £750 £738
90th Percentile £856 £828 £925
England median daily rate £585 £598 £575
% change year-on-year -2.09% +3.91% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 7
10th Percentile £26.00 £36.56 £35.48
25th Percentile £31.31 £47.13 £40.44
Median hourly rate £42.75 £57.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.34% +20.53% +21.73%
75th Percentile £54.00 £86.25 £66.88
90th Percentile £56.63 £92.52 £105.25
England median hourly rate £52.75 £37.02 £35.90
% change year-on-year +42.48% +3.12% -15.89%

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 17,861 12,373 14,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.73% 92.58% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,722 8,170 9,513
10th Percentile £358 £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 £663 £669 £675
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 317 241 181
10th Percentile £16.19 £17.08 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.15
Median hourly rate £32.63 £30.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -17.81% -2.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

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 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 28 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 28 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 -10 35 £525 -25.00% 49
West London -12 13 £680 - 12
South London -10 5 £650 +20.09% 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 (2.66%) CMS
1 7 (2.66%) Confluence
2 5 (1.90%) IIS
3 3 (1.14%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.38%) nginx
4 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (7.98%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (6.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (4.56%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.76%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.38%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (3.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.52%) Magento
3 2 (0.76%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.76%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.76%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.38%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.38%) Finacle
4 1 (0.38%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.38%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP MDG-S
4 1 (0.38%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.38%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.38%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.89%) Azure
2 17 (6.46%) AWS
3 13 (4.94%) SaaS
4 8 (3.04%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.04%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.52%) GCP
6 4 (1.52%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.14%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.76%) Google Drive
8 2 (0.76%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.76%) OCI
8 2 (0.76%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.76%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.38%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.38%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.38%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.90%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.52%) Network Security
3 3 (1.14%) LAN
3 3 (1.14%) 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 (2.66%) Power BI
2 3 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.76%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 18 (6.84%) JIRA
2 4 (1.52%) Git
2 4 (1.52%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.52%) Subversion
General
1 123 (46.77%) Finance
2 109 (41.44%) Social Skills
3 41 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.79%) Retail
5 30 (11.41%) Influencing Skills
6 24 (9.13%) Marketing
6 24 (9.13%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (8.37%) Banking
8 21 (7.98%) Public Sector
9 19 (7.22%) Manufacturing
10 18 (6.84%) Legal
11 10 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (3.04%) Front Office
12 8 (3.04%) Investment Banking
12 8 (3.04%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (3.04%) Telecoms
13 6 (2.28%) Advertising
14 4 (1.52%) Local Government
15 3 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 75 (28.52%) Project Manager
2 55 (20.91%) Programme Manager
3 44 (16.73%) Lead
4 36 (13.69%) Senior
5 26 (9.89%) Senior Manager
6 17 (6.46%) Senior Project Manager
6 17 (6.46%) Technical Manager
7 16 (6.08%) Transformation Manager
8 12 (4.56%) IT Manager
9 10 (3.80%) Analyst
9 10 (3.80%) Digital Programme Manager
9 10 (3.80%) Transformation Project Manager
10 9 (3.42%) IT Project Manager
10 9 (3.42%) Technical Project Manager
11 8 (3.04%) PMO Manager
11 8 (3.04%) SAP Manager
12 7 (2.66%) Agile Development Manager
12 7 (2.66%) Digital Development Manager
12 7 (2.66%) Software Development Programme Manager
12 7 (2.66%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.90%) REST
2 4 (1.52%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.52%) VML
3 3 (1.14%) Middleware
3 3 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.76%) ADO
4 2 (0.76%) Terraform
4 2 (0.76%) XML
5 1 (0.38%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.38%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.70%) Operational Technology
2 14 (5.32%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.56%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.80%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.04%) Industry 4.0
6 6 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.90%) FMCG
7 5 (1.90%) Marketing Technology
7 5 (1.90%) PMI
8 4 (1.52%) Derivative
8 4 (1.52%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.14%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.14%) CMDB
9 3 (1.14%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.14%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.76%) Life Science
10 2 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.04%) 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
1 145 (55.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 84 (31.94%) Project Management
3 77 (29.28%) Agile
4 68 (25.86%) PRINCE2
5 64 (24.33%) Roadmaps
6 57 (21.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 56 (21.29%) Decision-Making
8 52 (19.77%) Change Management
9 50 (19.01%) Programme Delivery
10 47 (17.87%) Project Delivery
11 46 (17.49%) Programme Governance
12 42 (15.97%) Risk Management
13 39 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (13.69%) Technology Transformation
15 34 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
16 32 (12.17%) Migration
17 30 (11.41%) AI
17 30 (11.41%) Cybersecurity
17 30 (11.41%) Matrix Organization
18 26 (9.89%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.14%) 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 57 (21.67%) PMP
2 42 (15.97%) Degree
3 40 (15.21%) PMI Certification
4 30 (11.41%) Security Cleared
5 22 (8.37%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.66%) CISM
6 7 (2.66%) CISSP
7 6 (2.28%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.90%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.14%) PgMP
10 3 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.76%) APMP
11 2 (0.76%) MBA
12 1 (0.38%) GCIH
12 1 (0.38%) GIAC
12 1 (0.38%) GSEC
12 1 (0.38%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (20.91%) PMO
2 17 (6.46%) QA
3 12 (4.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.04%) GDPR
4 8 (3.04%) GRC
5 6 (2.28%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.90%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.90%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.52%) NIST
8 3 (1.14%) MiFID
8 3 (1.14%) P3O
8 3 (1.14%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.76%) GMP
9 2 (0.76%) SLA
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.38%) EMIR
10 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (1.52%) 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 41 (15.59%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.75%) SAP
3 10 (3.80%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.66%) Oracle
5 6 (2.28%) Google
6 5 (1.90%) Databricks
7 4 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.52%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.14%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.14%) Charles River
9 2 (0.76%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.76%) FIS
9 2 (0.76%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.76%) Siebel
9 2 (0.76%) SimCorp
9 2 (0.76%) Temenos
9 2 (0.76%) VMware
9 2 (0.76%) Wrike
9 2 (0.76%) Xactly
10 1 (0.38%) CrowdStrike