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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 166 174
Rank change year-on-year -24 +8 +36
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 205 237 264
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.42% 1.57% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.75% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 123 186
10th Percentile £300 £248 £370
25th Percentile £463 £378 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £638
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -15.29% +2.82%
75th Percentile £725 £688 £747
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 6
10th Percentile £23.96 £32.15 £25.81
25th Percentile £33.75 - £26.24
Median hourly rate £44.50 £35.00 £35.68
Median % change year-on-year +27.14% -1.91% +32.15%
75th Percentile £51.25 £36.80 £56.90
90th Percentile £67.03 £41.17 £75.63
England median hourly rate £23.83 £35.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -31.93% -39.13% +64.17%

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 13,151 13,572 16,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.42% 90.07% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,661 8,737 12,135
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £794
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 164 237
10th Percentile £18.14 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.90 £80.75 £74.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

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 19 December 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 19 December 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 19 December 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 +2 22 £700 +2.75% 6
South London 0 2 £516 - 2
West London -20 2 - - 2
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 11 (5.37%) Confluence
2 3 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.98%) CMS
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.49%) Apache
4 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 16 (7.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.83%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.95%) Trello
6 2 (0.98%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (5.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.46%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.98%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.49%) Primavera
4 1 (0.49%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (8.29%) AWS
2 17 (8.29%) Azure
3 11 (5.37%) SaaS
4 9 (4.39%) GCP
5 8 (3.90%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.93%) Smartsheet
7 5 (2.44%) Slack
8 4 (1.95%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.46%) OCI
10 2 (0.98%) Asana
10 2 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.98%) GitHub
10 2 (0.98%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.98%) Miro
10 2 (0.98%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.98%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.49%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.41%) Wireless
2 5 (2.44%) Broadband
3 4 (1.95%) Network Security
4 3 (1.46%) 5G
4 3 (1.46%) Internet
5 2 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.98%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.49%) DNS
6 1 (0.49%) NGN
6 1 (0.49%) VLAN
6 1 (0.49%) VPN
6 1 (0.49%) WAN
6 1 (0.49%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.93%) Power BI
2 2 (0.98%) 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 35 (17.07%) JIRA
2 3 (1.46%) Clang
2 3 (1.46%) GCC
3 2 (0.98%) Git
3 2 (0.98%) Mercurial
3 2 (0.98%) Subversion
4 1 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 115 (56.10%) Finance
2 96 (46.83%) Social Skills
3 67 (32.68%) Public Sector
4 61 (29.76%) Marketing
5 60 (29.27%) Manufacturing
6 56 (27.32%) Telecoms
7 54 (26.34%) Electronics
8 25 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (7.32%) Banking
10 12 (5.85%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (4.88%) Retail
12 7 (3.41%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (2.93%) Front Office
14 5 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.95%) Legal
16 3 (1.46%) Financial Institution
16 3 (1.46%) Publishing
17 2 (0.98%) Advertising
17 2 (0.98%) Games
Job Titles
1 39 (19.02%) Programme Manager
2 35 (17.07%) Project Manager
3 21 (10.24%) Senior
4 17 (8.29%) Senior Manager
5 16 (7.80%) Lead
5 16 (7.80%) Technical Manager
6 11 (5.37%) Analyst
7 9 (4.39%) Business Analyst
8 7 (3.41%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 7 (3.41%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (3.41%) Coordinator
8 7 (3.41%) Desktop Support
8 7 (3.41%) IT Support
8 7 (3.41%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 7 (3.41%) Senior Project Manager
9 6 (2.93%) Architect
9 6 (2.93%) IT Manager
10 5 (2.44%) Data Manager
10 5 (2.44%) PMO Specialist
10 5 (2.44%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.41%) REST
1 7 (3.41%) SailPoint
2 6 (2.93%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.46%) .NET
3 3 (1.46%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.46%) SOAP
3 3 (1.46%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.98%) JSON
4 2 (0.98%) LDAP
4 2 (0.98%) Node.js
4 2 (0.98%) OAuth
4 2 (0.98%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.98%) PySpark
4 2 (0.98%) XML
4 2 (0.98%) XSD
4 2 (0.98%) XSLT
5 1 (0.49%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.49%) NumPy
5 1 (0.49%) OpenID
5 1 (0.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.34%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.37%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.39%) PMI
4 8 (3.90%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.41%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.93%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.95%) Life Science
8 4 (1.95%) NHS
8 4 (1.95%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.95%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.46%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.46%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.46%) Social Media
9 3 (1.46%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.98%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.98%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.41%) Android
1 7 (3.41%) Mac OS
1 7 (3.41%) Windows
2 5 (2.44%) Linux
3 1 (0.49%) VMS
3 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (37.56%) Agile
2 65 (31.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 61 (29.76%) Business Intelligence
4 56 (27.32%) Digital Marketing
4 56 (27.32%) Project Management
5 44 (21.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (20.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 32 (15.61%) Decision-Making
8 31 (15.12%) Risk Management
9 30 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (14.63%) Project Delivery
10 28 (13.66%) Change Management
11 23 (11.22%) AI
12 22 (10.73%) PRINCE2
12 22 (10.73%) Roadmaps
13 21 (10.24%) Analytics
14 18 (8.78%) Scrum
15 17 (8.29%) Matrix Organization
16 15 (7.32%) DevOps
17 14 (6.83%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.24%) Python
2 11 (5.37%) SQL
3 10 (4.88%) Java
3 10 (4.88%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.44%) C++
5 4 (1.95%) Go
6 3 (1.46%) Bash
6 3 (1.46%) BeanShell
6 3 (1.46%) C
6 3 (1.46%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.46%) Korn
6 3 (1.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 40 (19.51%) Security Cleared
2 34 (16.59%) Degree
2 34 (16.59%) SC Cleared
3 27 (13.17%) PMI Certification
4 23 (11.22%) PMP
5 7 (3.41%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.95%) CCNP
7 4 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.95%) CISSP
8 3 (1.46%) CBAP
8 3 (1.46%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.98%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.98%) CCNA
9 2 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.98%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.98%) GPEN
9 2 (0.98%) OSCE
9 2 (0.98%) OSCP
9 2 (0.98%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.61%) PMO
2 16 (7.80%) QA
3 7 (3.41%) GDPR
4 4 (1.95%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.95%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.95%) GMP
4 4 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.46%) NIST
6 2 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.98%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.98%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.49%) Basel III
7 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.49%) ECSS
7 1 (0.49%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.49%) FISMA
7 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.49%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.46%) Docker
3 2 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.46%) Terraform
2 2 (0.98%) Ansible
2 2 (0.98%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.98%) Puppet
2 2 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.98%) vCenter Server
2 2 (0.98%) vRealize
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 62 (30.24%) SAP
2 26 (12.68%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.34%) Cisco
4 10 (4.88%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.90%) Apple
6 7 (3.41%) Dell
6 7 (3.41%) Google
6 7 (3.41%) HP
7 6 (2.93%) Oracle
8 5 (2.44%) GoldenSource
9 4 (1.95%) VMware
10 2 (0.98%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (0.98%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.98%) Ericsson
10 2 (0.98%) Foundry
10 2 (0.98%) Nokia
10 2 (0.98%) Okta
10 2 (0.98%) Planview
10 2 (0.98%) Thycotic
10 2 (0.98%) Zuora