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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 187 167
Rank change year-on-year -19 -20 +16
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 258 197 260
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.28% 1.46% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.58% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 107 148
10th Percentile £415 £388 £281
25th Percentile £513 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £625 £594
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +5.26% -7.23%
75th Percentile £734 £750 £738
90th Percentile £875 £825 £891
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 12
10th Percentile £26.00 £31.00 £34.45
25th Percentile £31.72 £42.64 £36.66
Median hourly rate £42.81 £49.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +4.21% +21.73%
75th Percentile £54.00 £75.63 £71.19
90th Percentile £56.63 £86.25 £87.50
England median hourly rate £88.00 £46.25 £36.15
% change year-on-year +90.27% +27.94% -8.60%

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 17,907 12,452 14,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.46% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,698 8,284 9,876
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
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 291 255 193
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.00 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.89 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -12.33% -8.75%
75th Percentile £56.63 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.75
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.63%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 36 £600 -12.73% 22
West London -11 10 £680 - 24
South London -17 2 £650 - 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 (2.71%) Confluence
2 5 (1.94%) CMS
2 5 (1.94%) IIS
3 4 (1.55%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.39%) nginx
4 1 (0.39%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (8.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (6.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (6.20%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.78%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.39%) Notion
Business Applications
1 13 (5.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.55%) Magento
3 3 (1.16%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.78%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.78%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.39%) Finacle
5 1 (0.39%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.39%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.39%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.39%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.39%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.47%) Azure
2 17 (6.59%) SaaS
3 15 (5.81%) AWS
4 8 (3.10%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.71%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.71%) Smartsheet
6 6 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.16%) GCP
7 3 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.16%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.78%) Google Drive
8 2 (0.78%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.78%) OCI
8 2 (0.78%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.39%) Asana
9 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.39%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.39%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.94%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.55%) Network Security
3 3 (1.16%) LAN
3 3 (1.16%) WAN
4 2 (0.78%) IPv4
4 2 (0.78%) IPv6
5 1 (0.39%) DNS
5 1 (0.39%) HTTP
5 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.71%) Power BI
2 3 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.16%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 23 (8.91%) JIRA
2 4 (1.55%) Git
2 4 (1.55%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.55%) Subversion
General
1 124 (48.06%) Finance
2 113 (43.80%) Social Skills
3 44 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (13.57%) Retail
5 26 (10.08%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (9.30%) Marketing
7 23 (8.91%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (8.14%) Public Sector
9 20 (7.75%) Banking
10 16 (6.20%) Legal
11 12 (4.65%) Manufacturing
12 8 (3.10%) Front Office
12 8 (3.10%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (3.10%) Telecoms
13 7 (2.71%) Investment Banking
14 6 (2.33%) Advertising
15 4 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.55%) Law
15 4 (1.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 71 (27.52%) Project Manager
2 52 (20.16%) Programme Manager
3 42 (16.28%) Lead
4 41 (15.89%) Senior
5 28 (10.85%) Senior Manager
6 22 (8.53%) Technical Manager
7 16 (6.20%) Senior Project Manager
8 12 (4.65%) SAP Manager
8 12 (4.65%) Transformation Manager
9 9 (3.49%) Analyst
9 9 (3.49%) Sales Manager
9 9 (3.49%) Senior Programme Manager
9 9 (3.49%) Senior Technical Manager
9 9 (3.49%) Technical Project Manager
10 8 (3.10%) PMO Lead
10 8 (3.10%) PMO Manager
10 8 (3.10%) Technical Programme Manager
11 7 (2.71%) Architect
11 7 (2.71%) B2B Sales Manager
11 7 (2.71%) Digital Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.33%) Middleware
2 5 (1.94%) REST
3 4 (1.55%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.55%) VML
4 3 (1.16%) XML
5 2 (0.78%) ADO
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.78%) Terraform
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.39%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.81%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.49%) Operational Technology
2 9 (3.49%) PMI
3 8 (3.10%) FMCG
3 8 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.10%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.71%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.55%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.55%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.55%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.16%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.16%) CMDB
7 3 (1.16%) Derivative
7 3 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.78%) Animation
8 2 (0.78%) CCTV
8 2 (0.78%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.10%) Windows
2 1 (0.39%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (0.39%) Linux
2 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.39%) Solaris
2 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (53.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 85 (32.95%) Project Management
3 81 (31.40%) Agile
4 64 (24.81%) PRINCE2
5 57 (22.09%) Change Management
6 56 (21.71%) Roadmaps
7 54 (20.93%) Decision-Making
8 51 (19.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 49 (18.99%) Programme Delivery
10 48 (18.60%) Project Delivery
11 46 (17.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 43 (16.67%) Risk Management
13 42 (16.28%) Programme Governance
14 38 (14.73%) Migration
15 36 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
16 34 (13.18%) Technology Transformation
17 33 (12.79%) AI
17 33 (12.79%) Matrix Organization
18 24 (9.30%) Business Case
19 23 (8.91%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.16%) SQL
2 2 (0.78%) Python
3 1 (0.39%) ABAP
3 1 (0.39%) Bicep
3 1 (0.39%) Korn
3 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 54 (20.93%) PMP
2 41 (15.89%) Degree
3 40 (15.50%) PMI Certification
4 28 (10.85%) Security Cleared
5 21 (8.14%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.71%) CISM
6 7 (2.71%) CISSP
7 5 (1.94%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.94%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.16%) PgMP
9 3 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.78%) APMP
10 2 (0.78%) MBA
11 1 (0.39%) GCIH
11 1 (0.39%) GIAC
11 1 (0.39%) GSEC
11 1 (0.39%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (21.32%) PMO
2 17 (6.59%) QA
3 12 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.49%) Data Quality
5 8 (3.10%) GRC
6 7 (2.71%) GDPR
7 6 (2.33%) HIPAA
7 6 (2.33%) SLA
8 5 (1.94%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.55%) NIST
10 3 (1.16%) MiFID
10 3 (1.16%) P3O
10 3 (1.16%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.78%) GMP
12 1 (0.39%) AIFMD
12 1 (0.39%) EMIR
12 1 (0.39%) NCSC
12 1 (0.39%) PMBOK
System Software
1 3 (1.16%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.39%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.78%) Ansible
2 1 (0.39%) MOM
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 34 (13.18%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.24%) SAP
3 10 (3.88%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.33%) Google
5 5 (1.94%) Databricks
5 5 (1.94%) Oracle
6 4 (1.55%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.55%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.16%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.16%) Charles River
8 2 (0.78%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.78%) FIS
8 2 (0.78%) IBM
8 2 (0.78%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.78%) Siebel
8 2 (0.78%) Temenos
8 2 (0.78%) VMware
8 2 (0.78%) Workday
8 2 (0.78%) Wrike
8 2 (0.78%) Xactly