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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 162 152
Rank change year-on-year -29 -10 +39
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 206 221 303
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.38% 1.62% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.79% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 112 202
10th Percentile £359 £248 £378
25th Percentile £463 £356 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £610
Median % change year-on-year - -9.84% -0.81%
75th Percentile £688 £691 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £875
England median daily rate £550 £550 £595
% change year-on-year - -7.56% +2.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 5
10th Percentile £24.48 £28.60 £25.72
25th Percentile £33.75 £29.84 £26.24
Median hourly rate £41.26 £35.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.87% -20.45% +44.26%
75th Percentile £45.50 £45.86 £61.25
90th Percentile £62.01 £52.70 £78.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £35.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -31.93% -39.13% +82.54%

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 13,506 12,355 16,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.78% 90.53% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,992 7,845 11,870
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 153 346
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.80 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.81 £25.00 £19.28
Median hourly rate £34.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +23.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £56.25 £55.25 £51.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% - -

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 7 February 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 +1 30 £650 -2.80% 16
West London -19 3 - - 4
South London -8 2 £516 - 1
East London +1 1 - - 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 11 (5.34%) Confluence
2 5 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.49%) Apache
4 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 16 (7.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.31%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.97%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.97%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.97%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.97%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.19%) Azure
2 14 (6.80%) AWS
3 13 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.85%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.37%) SaaS
6 6 (2.91%) GCP
7 5 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.43%) Smartsheet
8 4 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.46%) OCI
10 2 (0.97%) Amazon Bedrock
10 2 (0.97%) Asana
10 2 (0.97%) Azure AI
10 2 (0.97%) GitHub
10 2 (0.97%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.97%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.97%) Miro
10 2 (0.97%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.97%) Slack
10 2 (0.97%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.40%) Wireless
2 6 (2.91%) Broadband
3 4 (1.94%) Network Security
4 3 (1.46%) 5G
4 3 (1.46%) Internet
4 3 (1.46%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.46%) WAN
5 2 (0.97%) DNS
5 2 (0.97%) LAN
6 1 (0.49%) InfiniBand
6 1 (0.49%) NGN
6 1 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.49%) VLAN
6 1 (0.49%) VPN
6 1 (0.49%) WebEx
6 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.88%) Power BI
2 2 (0.97%) Power Query
3 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.49%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.49%) MySQL
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.49%) QlikView
3 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (13.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 118 (57.28%) Finance
2 96 (46.60%) Social Skills
3 69 (33.50%) Public Sector
4 60 (29.13%) Marketing
5 54 (26.21%) Manufacturing
6 51 (24.76%) Telecoms
7 49 (23.79%) Electronics
8 22 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (10.68%) Retail
9 13 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (5.83%) Banking
11 10 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (2.43%) Publishing
14 3 (1.46%) Advertising
14 3 (1.46%) Front Office
14 3 (1.46%) Legal
15 2 (0.97%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.97%) Military
Job Titles
1 43 (20.87%) Programme Manager
2 42 (20.39%) Project Manager
3 27 (13.11%) Senior
4 25 (12.14%) Lead
4 25 (12.14%) Technical Manager
5 21 (10.19%) Senior Manager
6 13 (6.31%) Analyst
7 11 (5.34%) Senior Project Manager
7 11 (5.34%) Technical Project Manager
8 8 (3.88%) Business Analyst
8 8 (3.88%) Coordinator
9 7 (3.40%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 7 (3.40%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (3.40%) Desktop Support
9 7 (3.40%) IT Support
9 7 (3.40%) Lead Project Manager
9 7 (3.40%) PMO Specialist
9 7 (3.40%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 6 (2.91%) PMO Coordinator
10 6 (2.91%) PMO Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.91%) SailPoint
2 5 (2.43%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.94%) ADO
3 4 (1.94%) REST
4 3 (1.46%) .NET
4 3 (1.46%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.46%) SOAP
4 3 (1.46%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.97%) JSON
5 2 (0.97%) Middleware
5 2 (0.97%) OAuth
5 2 (0.97%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.97%) PySpark
5 2 (0.97%) Web Services
5 2 (0.97%) XML
5 2 (0.97%) XSD
5 2 (0.97%) XSLT
6 1 (0.49%) CSS
6 1 (0.49%) HTML
6 1 (0.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.77%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.31%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.37%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (4.37%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.91%) NHS
6 5 (2.43%) AI Agents
6 5 (2.43%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (2.43%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.43%) PMI
7 4 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.94%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.94%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.46%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.46%) LIMS
8 3 (1.46%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.46%) Social Media
8 3 (1.46%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.40%) Android
1 7 (3.40%) Mac OS
2 3 (1.46%) Windows
3 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (37.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 73 (35.44%) Agile
3 59 (28.64%) Business Intelligence
4 54 (26.21%) Project Management
5 53 (25.73%) Digital Marketing
6 39 (18.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (18.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 36 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (16.50%) PRINCE2
8 34 (16.50%) Risk Management
9 33 (16.02%) Decision-Making
10 31 (15.05%) Project Delivery
11 24 (11.65%) Analytics
11 24 (11.65%) Roadmaps
12 23 (11.17%) AI
12 23 (11.17%) Change Management
12 23 (11.17%) Scrum
13 17 (8.25%) Migration
14 16 (7.77%) DevOps
15 15 (7.28%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.28%) Python
2 10 (4.85%) SQL
3 7 (3.40%) Java
4 6 (2.91%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.46%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.46%) Korn
6 2 (0.97%) BeanShell
6 2 (0.97%) Go
7 1 (0.49%) PHP
Qualifications
1 34 (16.50%) Security Cleared
2 31 (15.05%) PMP
3 30 (14.56%) PMI Certification
4 29 (14.08%) SC Cleared
5 28 (13.59%) Degree
6 10 (4.85%) APMP
7 6 (2.91%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.46%) CBAP
8 3 (1.46%) CISSP
8 3 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.97%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.97%) CCIE
9 2 (0.97%) CCNP
9 2 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.97%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.97%) CSPO
9 2 (0.97%) GPEN
9 2 (0.97%) OSCE
9 2 (0.97%) OSCP
9 2 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.11%) PMO
2 24 (11.65%) QA
3 6 (2.91%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.43%) GDPR
5 4 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.94%) NIST
6 3 (1.46%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.97%) GMP
7 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.49%) ECSS
8 1 (0.49%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.49%) SLA
8 1 (0.49%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (1.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.97%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.97%) vRealize
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (26.70%) SAP
2 25 (12.14%) Microsoft
3 15 (7.28%) Cisco
4 7 (3.40%) Apple
4 7 (3.40%) Dell
4 7 (3.40%) HP
4 7 (3.40%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.91%) Oracle
6 5 (2.43%) GoldenSource
7 4 (1.94%) Google
8 3 (1.46%) Databricks
8 3 (1.46%) Foundry
8 3 (1.46%) VMware
9 2 (0.97%) Ericsson
9 2 (0.97%) Instagram
9 2 (0.97%) Nokia
9 2 (0.97%) Okta
9 2 (0.97%) Planview
9 2 (0.97%) Zuora
10 1 (0.49%) Fortinet