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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 184 164
Rank change year-on-year -20 -20 +12
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 242 197 249
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.22% 1.44% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.56% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 103 166
10th Percentile £415 £367 £331
25th Percentile £500 £463 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £606
Median % change year-on-year - +3.09% -3.39%
75th Percentile £737 £750 £775
90th Percentile £875 £845 £925
England median daily rate £590 £625 £580
% change year-on-year -5.60% +7.76% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 10
10th Percentile £32.00 £39.43 £34.18
25th Percentile £33.12 £47.75 £38.75
Median hourly rate £52.49 £49.50 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.04% -3.41% +16.85%
75th Percentile £54.50 £65.00 £74.56
90th Percentile £57.05 £86.25 £94.75
England median hourly rate £88.00 £49.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year +77.78% +39.44% -16.82%

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 17,699 12,607 14,667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.97% 92.22% 88.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,693 8,437 10,407
10th Percentile £363 £326 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 241 219
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.19
25th Percentile £20.69 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -12.41% -20.35%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.38
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.63% -5.12%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -2 38 £600 -10.45% 10
West London -13 7 £680 - 4
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 5 (2.07%) CMS
1 5 (2.07%) IIS
1 5 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.65%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) nginx
3 1 (0.41%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (7.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (7.44%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.41%) Notion
Business Applications
1 14 (5.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.65%) Magento
3 3 (1.24%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.83%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.83%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.83%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.41%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.41%) Finacle
5 1 (0.41%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.41%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.41%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.41%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (0.41%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.41%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.41%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 26 (10.74%) Azure
2 18 (7.44%) SaaS
3 14 (5.79%) AWS
4 9 (3.72%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.31%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.31%) Smartsheet
6 6 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.24%) GCP
7 3 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.24%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.83%) Google Drive
8 2 (0.83%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.83%) OCI
8 2 (0.83%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.83%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.41%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.41%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.41%) Meta Ads
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.07%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.65%) LAN
2 4 (1.65%) Network Security
2 4 (1.65%) WAN
3 1 (0.41%) Broadband
3 1 (0.41%) HTTP
3 1 (0.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.72%) Power BI
2 3 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.24%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.41%) QlikView
3 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (10.33%) JIRA
2 4 (1.65%) Git
2 4 (1.65%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.65%) Subversion
General
1 114 (47.11%) Finance
2 103 (42.56%) Social Skills
3 38 (15.70%) Retail
4 36 (14.88%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (11.98%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (11.16%) Marketing
7 18 (7.44%) Public Sector
8 17 (7.02%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (6.20%) Banking
10 11 (4.55%) Legal
11 10 (4.13%) Manufacturing
12 9 (3.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (2.48%) Advertising
13 6 (2.48%) Front Office
13 6 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (2.07%) Investment Banking
14 5 (2.07%) Law
15 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.65%) Telecoms
16 3 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 67 (27.69%) Project Manager
2 50 (20.66%) Programme Manager
3 38 (15.70%) Lead
4 36 (14.88%) Senior
5 25 (10.33%) Technical Manager
6 20 (8.26%) Senior Manager
7 13 (5.37%) Technical Project Manager
8 12 (4.96%) SAP Manager
9 11 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
10 10 (4.13%) Analyst
10 10 (4.13%) PMO Lead
10 10 (4.13%) Sales Manager
10 10 (4.13%) Transformation Manager
11 9 (3.72%) Senior Technical Manager
12 8 (3.31%) B2B Sales Manager
12 8 (3.31%) Senior Programme Manager
13 7 (2.89%) Architect
13 7 (2.89%) Delivery Manager
13 7 (2.89%) Portfolio Manager
13 7 (2.89%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.48%) Middleware
2 5 (2.07%) REST
3 4 (1.65%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.65%) VML
4 3 (1.24%) XML
5 2 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.41%) ADO
6 1 (0.41%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.41%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.61%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.13%) PMI
2 10 (4.13%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.31%) FMCG
4 8 (3.31%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.48%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.65%) CCTV
6 4 (1.65%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.24%) CMDB
7 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.24%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.24%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.83%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.83%) Animation
8 2 (0.83%) CBDC
8 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.83%) Life Science
8 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.31%) Windows
2 1 (0.41%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (0.41%) Linux
2 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.41%) Solaris
2 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (51.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 74 (30.58%) Agile
3 71 (29.34%) Project Management
4 58 (23.97%) Change Management
5 55 (22.73%) Roadmaps
6 52 (21.49%) PRINCE2
7 47 (19.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 46 (19.01%) Decision-Making
8 46 (19.01%) Programme Delivery
9 45 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (16.53%) Project Delivery
11 38 (15.70%) Migration
12 37 (15.29%) Risk Management
13 35 (14.46%) Programme Governance
14 30 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
15 28 (11.57%) AI
15 28 (11.57%) Matrix Organization
16 27 (11.16%) Technology Transformation
17 24 (9.92%) DevOps
18 22 (9.09%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.24%) SQL
2 2 (0.83%) Python
3 1 (0.41%) ABAP
3 1 (0.41%) Bicep
3 1 (0.41%) Korn
3 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 46 (19.01%) PMP
2 35 (14.46%) PMI Certification
3 32 (13.22%) Degree
4 20 (8.26%) Security Cleared
5 16 (6.61%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.89%) CISM
6 7 (2.89%) CISSP
7 4 (1.65%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.24%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.83%) APMP
9 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.41%) CISA
10 1 (0.41%) GCIH
10 1 (0.41%) GIAC
10 1 (0.41%) GSEC
10 1 (0.41%) ISSAP
10 1 (0.41%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (19.42%) PMO
2 21 (8.68%) QA
3 11 (4.55%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.31%) SLA
5 7 (2.89%) GDPR
5 7 (2.89%) GRC
6 6 (2.48%) HIPAA
7 5 (2.07%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.65%) NIST
9 3 (1.24%) MiFID
9 3 (1.24%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.83%) GMP
11 1 (0.41%) AIFMD
11 1 (0.41%) EMIR
11 1 (0.41%) NCSC
11 1 (0.41%) P3O
11 1 (0.41%) PMBOK
11 1 (0.41%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (1.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.41%) Docker
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) Ansible
1 1 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (12.81%) SAP
2 26 (10.74%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.31%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.48%) Google
4 6 (2.48%) Oracle
5 5 (2.07%) Databricks
5 5 (2.07%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.65%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.24%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.24%) Charles River
7 3 (1.24%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.83%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.83%) IBM
8 2 (0.83%) Planview
8 2 (0.83%) Siebel
8 2 (0.83%) Temenos
8 2 (0.83%) Workday
8 2 (0.83%) Wrike
8 2 (0.83%) Xactly
9 1 (0.41%) CrowdStrike