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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 184 141
Rank change year-on-year -32 -43 +34
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 223 171 304
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.18% 1.39% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.50% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 90 199
10th Percentile £413 £396 £386
25th Percentile £477 £515 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £608
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +7.00% -2.80%
75th Percentile £725 £769 £738
90th Percentile £854 £863 £905
England median daily rate £550 £625 £585
% change year-on-year -12.00% +6.84% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 11
10th Percentile £32.37 £28.84 £34.25
25th Percentile £36.49 £38.90 £38.88
Median hourly rate £41.26 £49.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.66% +4.21% +8.30%
75th Percentile £53.50 £58.44 £72.88
90th Percentile £56.20 £84.13 £88.75
England median hourly rate £88.00 £47.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year +86.24% +26.00% -14.50%

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 16,752 11,363 15,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.81% 92.32% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,163 7,612 11,136
10th Percentile £360 £345 £343
25th Percentile £433 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £516 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.77% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 204 315
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +13.33% -23.90%
75th Percentile £58.88 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.53 £37.50
% change year-on-year +70.72% -26.59% +5.63%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 14 June 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 46 £600 -6.25% 17
West London -19 4 £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 (3.14%) Confluence
2 5 (2.24%) IIS
2 5 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.35%) CMS
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle Service Bus
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.45%) nginx
5 1 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (8.97%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.90%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.90%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.45%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
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 MDG-F
3 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG-S
3 1 (0.45%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.45%) SimCorp Dimension
3 1 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (11.21%) Azure
2 16 (7.17%) SaaS
3 10 (4.48%) AWS
4 9 (4.04%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.04%) Smartsheet
5 7 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.24%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.35%) Google Ads
7 3 (1.35%) OCI
8 2 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.90%) GCP
8 2 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Control Tower
9 1 (0.45%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.45%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.45%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.45%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.24%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.79%) LAN
2 4 (1.79%) WAN
3 3 (1.35%) Network Security
4 2 (0.90%) Broadband
4 2 (0.90%) Internet
5 1 (0.45%) DNS
5 1 (0.45%) HTTP
5 1 (0.45%) InfiniBand
5 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.04%) Power BI
2 3 (1.35%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.45%) QlikView
4 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (12.56%) JIRA
General
1 111 (49.78%) Finance
2 101 (45.29%) Social Skills
3 37 (16.59%) Retail
4 30 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (13.45%) Organisational Skills
4 30 (13.45%) Public Sector
5 28 (12.56%) Marketing
6 14 (6.28%) Banking
7 11 (4.93%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (4.04%) Legal
9 9 (4.04%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.59%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (3.14%) Advertising
11 7 (3.14%) Electronics
12 6 (2.69%) Front Office
13 4 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.79%) Law
13 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 62 (27.80%) Project Manager
2 43 (19.28%) Programme Manager
3 39 (17.49%) Lead
4 29 (13.00%) Senior
5 28 (12.56%) Technical Manager
6 18 (8.07%) Senior Manager
7 13 (5.83%) Technical Project Manager
8 11 (4.93%) Analyst
8 11 (4.93%) PMO Lead
9 10 (4.48%) Sales Manager
9 10 (4.48%) Senior Project Manager
10 9 (4.04%) Delivery Manager
10 9 (4.04%) PMO Manager
10 9 (4.04%) SAP Manager
11 8 (3.59%) B2B Sales Manager
11 8 (3.59%) SC Cleared Project Manager
12 7 (3.14%) Lead Project Manager
12 7 (3.14%) Security Engineer
12 7 (3.14%) Senior Technical Manager
13 6 (2.69%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.14%) REST
2 5 (2.24%) Middleware
2 5 (2.24%) XML
3 4 (1.79%) ADO
4 3 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.90%) JSON
5 2 (0.90%) OAuth
5 2 (0.90%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.90%) SOAP
5 2 (0.90%) Web Services
5 2 (0.90%) XSD
5 2 (0.90%) XSLT
6 1 (0.45%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.45%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.45%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.93%) Data Centre
1 11 (4.93%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.48%) PMI
3 8 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.14%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.69%) FMCG
5 6 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.24%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.35%) CCTV
7 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.90%) Animation
8 2 (0.90%) LIMS
8 2 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.90%) NHS
8 2 (0.90%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.14%) 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
1 107 (47.98%) Stakeholder Management
2 68 (30.49%) Project Management
3 61 (27.35%) Agile
4 49 (21.97%) PRINCE2
5 44 (19.73%) Change Management
6 43 (19.28%) Decision-Making
7 41 (18.39%) Roadmaps
8 39 (17.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (17.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 35 (15.70%) Project Delivery
10 34 (15.25%) Migration
10 34 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (13.45%) Risk Management
12 29 (13.00%) Programme Delivery
12 29 (13.00%) Programme Governance
13 20 (8.97%) Budget Management
13 20 (8.97%) Matrix Organization
14 19 (8.52%) AI
14 19 (8.52%) Change Control
14 19 (8.52%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.24%) SQL
2 3 (1.35%) Python
3 1 (0.45%) ABAP
3 1 (0.45%) Bicep
3 1 (0.45%) Java
3 1 (0.45%) Korn
3 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 46 (20.63%) PMP
2 36 (16.14%) PMI Certification
3 26 (11.66%) Security Cleared
4 24 (10.76%) Degree
5 22 (9.87%) SC Cleared
6 11 (4.93%) APMP
7 5 (2.24%) CISM
7 5 (2.24%) CISSP
8 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.35%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.45%) CISA
9 1 (0.45%) GIAC
9 1 (0.45%) GSEC
9 1 (0.45%) ISSAP
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.45%) RIBA
9 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (19.73%) PMO
2 23 (10.31%) QA
3 9 (4.04%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.59%) SLA
5 7 (3.14%) GRC
6 6 (2.69%) GDPR
6 6 (2.69%) HIPAA
6 6 (2.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.24%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.35%) MiFID
8 3 (1.35%) NIST
9 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.45%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.45%) EMIR
10 1 (0.45%) P3O
10 1 (0.45%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.45%) Docker
1 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
1 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 28 (12.56%) SAP
2 20 (8.97%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.14%) Oracle
4 6 (2.69%) Databricks
4 6 (2.69%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.24%) Google
5 5 (2.24%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.35%) Cisco
6 3 (1.35%) Rapid7
6 3 (1.35%) Zscaler
7 2 (0.90%) IBM
7 2 (0.90%) Instagram
7 2 (0.90%) Planview
7 2 (0.90%) VMware
7 2 (0.90%) Workday
7 2 (0.90%) Wrike
7 2 (0.90%) Xactly
8 1 (0.45%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.45%) Qualys
8 1 (0.45%) SimCorp