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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 168 179
Rank change year-on-year -29 +11 +40
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 184 238 281
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.32% 1.52% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.70% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 127 204
10th Percentile £300 £248 £348
25th Percentile £454 £425 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £563 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -10.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £743 £731 £738
90th Percentile £812 £875 £850
England median daily rate £552 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 5
10th Percentile £29.56 £32.87 £25.73
25th Percentile £33.75 £36.80 £26.25
Median hourly rate £50.75 £44.08 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.13% +6.22% -5.68%
75th Percentile £70.31 £76.25 £43.86
90th Percentile £92.52 £119.75 £71.54
England median hourly rate £25.00 £36.80 £46.64
% change year-on-year -32.07% -21.10% +6.00%

All Process and 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 12,857 13,965 18,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.44% 89.14% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,458 8,984 13,161
10th Percentile £331 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 163 244
10th Percentile £17.93 £17.30 £18.52
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £46.81 £56.00 £62.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.60 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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 -4 19 £700 +3.70% 41
West London -10 2 - - 3
South London - 2 £541 - 3
East London - 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 8 (4.35%) Confluence
2 2 (1.09%) CMS
2 2 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) Apache
3 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.98%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.63%) Trello
6 2 (1.09%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (7.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.63%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.63%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.54%) Primavera
3 1 (0.54%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.54%) SAP R/3
3 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.78%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (8.15%) Azure
3 14 (7.61%) AWS
4 11 (5.98%) SaaS
5 9 (4.89%) Power Platform
6 8 (4.35%) GCP
7 6 (3.26%) Smartsheet
8 4 (2.17%) Slack
9 3 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.63%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.09%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.09%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.54%) Asana
11 1 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.54%) GitHub
11 1 (0.54%) PaaS
11 1 (0.54%) Serverless
11 1 (0.54%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.80%) Wireless
2 2 (1.09%) 5G
2 2 (1.09%) Broadband
2 2 (1.09%) Network Security
2 2 (1.09%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.54%) DNS
3 1 (0.54%) Internet
3 1 (0.54%) MPLS
3 1 (0.54%) NGN
3 1 (0.54%) VLAN
3 1 (0.54%) VPN
3 1 (0.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.35%) Power BI
2 3 (1.63%) Tableau
3 2 (1.09%) Power Query
4 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.54%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.54%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 25 (13.59%) JIRA
2 4 (2.17%) Clang
2 4 (2.17%) GCC
3 3 (1.63%) Git
4 2 (1.09%) Mercurial
4 2 (1.09%) Subversion
5 1 (0.54%) GitLab
5 1 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 110 (59.78%) Finance
2 78 (42.39%) Social Skills
3 64 (34.78%) Public Sector
4 56 (30.43%) Manufacturing
5 52 (28.26%) Marketing
6 49 (26.63%) Electronics
6 49 (26.63%) Telecoms
7 20 (10.87%) Banking
8 19 (10.33%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (7.07%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (4.89%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.72%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.72%) Legal
12 5 (2.72%) Retail
13 4 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.63%) Front Office
15 2 (1.09%) Investment Banking
15 2 (1.09%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (19.57%) Project Manager
2 33 (17.93%) Programme Manager
3 21 (11.41%) Lead
4 17 (9.24%) Senior
5 12 (6.52%) Technical Manager
6 11 (5.98%) Senior Manager
7 10 (5.43%) Analyst
8 7 (3.80%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 7 (3.80%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (3.80%) Desktop Support
8 7 (3.80%) IT Support
8 7 (3.80%) SAP Manager
8 7 (3.80%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 6 (3.26%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.26%) Coordinator
9 6 (3.26%) IT Manager
9 6 (3.26%) Security Manager
9 6 (3.26%) Senior Project Manager
10 5 (2.72%) Architect
10 5 (2.72%) PMO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.35%) SailPoint
2 6 (3.26%) REST
3 4 (2.17%) .NET
4 3 (1.63%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.63%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.09%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.09%) LDAP
5 2 (1.09%) Node.js
5 2 (1.09%) PySpark
6 1 (0.54%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.54%) NumPy
6 1 (0.54%) OAuth
6 1 (0.54%) OpenID
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.54%) Pandas
6 1 (0.54%) RESTful
6 1 (0.54%) SAML
6 1 (0.54%) Semantic Kernel
6 1 (0.54%) SOAP
6 1 (0.54%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.89%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.89%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (4.89%) PMI
3 6 (3.26%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.72%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.72%) Reinsurance
5 4 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.17%) Life Science
6 3 (1.63%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.63%) FMCG
6 3 (1.63%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.63%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.09%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.09%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.09%) Social Media
7 2 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.35%) Windows
2 7 (3.80%) Android
2 7 (3.80%) Mac OS
3 6 (3.26%) Linux
4 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (35.33%) Agile
2 60 (32.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 58 (31.52%) Business Intelligence
4 54 (29.35%) Project Management
5 50 (27.17%) Digital Marketing
6 35 (19.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 34 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (18.48%) Project Delivery
8 30 (16.30%) Risk Management
9 27 (14.67%) Change Management
9 27 (14.67%) Decision-Making
9 27 (14.67%) Roadmaps
10 23 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (9.78%) PRINCE2
12 17 (9.24%) Matrix Organization
13 15 (8.15%) AI
14 13 (7.07%) DevOps
14 13 (7.07%) Project Governance
14 13 (7.07%) Scrum
14 13 (7.07%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.70%) Python
2 11 (5.98%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.80%) SQL
4 6 (3.26%) C++
4 6 (3.26%) Java
5 4 (2.17%) Bash
5 4 (2.17%) C
6 3 (1.63%) BeanShell
6 3 (1.63%) Korn
7 2 (1.09%) C#
7 2 (1.09%) Go
7 2 (1.09%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.09%) PHP
8 1 (0.54%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 38 (20.65%) Security Cleared
2 34 (18.48%) Degree
3 33 (17.93%) SC Cleared
4 30 (16.30%) PMI Certification
5 26 (14.13%) PMP
6 9 (4.89%) Master's Degree
7 8 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.72%) CCNP
8 5 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.72%) CISSP
9 3 (1.63%) CCIE
9 3 (1.63%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.09%) CCNA
10 2 (1.09%) CISM
10 2 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.09%) PgMP
10 2 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.54%) CAPM
11 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (14.67%) PMO
2 11 (5.98%) QA
3 7 (3.80%) GDPR
4 5 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.72%) NIST
5 4 (2.17%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.17%) GMP
5 4 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.63%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.09%) Def Stans
7 2 (1.09%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.09%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.54%) Basel III
8 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.54%) ECSS
8 1 (0.54%) FISMA
8 1 (0.54%) SEPA
8 1 (0.54%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (2.72%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.72%) Docker
2 2 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.72%) Terraform
2 3 (1.63%) Ansible
2 3 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.09%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.09%) Puppet
3 2 (1.09%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.09%) vRealize
Vendors
1 63 (34.24%) SAP
2 25 (13.59%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.07%) Cisco
4 9 (4.89%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.35%) Apple
6 7 (3.80%) Dell
6 7 (3.80%) HP
7 5 (2.72%) Google
7 5 (2.72%) Oracle
8 4 (2.17%) VMware
9 3 (1.63%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.09%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (1.09%) Foundry
10 2 (1.09%) GoldenSource
10 2 (1.09%) Okta
10 2 (1.09%) Thycotic
11 1 (0.54%) Computacenter
11 1 (0.54%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.54%) UiPath
11 1 (0.54%) Zscaler