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 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 187 144
Rank change year-on-year -17 -43 +30
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 217 188 318
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.21% 1.50% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.62% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 99 206
10th Percentile £400 £391 £365
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £610
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% -3.28% -2.40%
75th Percentile £725 £750 £738
90th Percentile £838 £863 £913
England median daily rate £550 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 11
10th Percentile £32.37 £29.08 £33.50
25th Percentile £36.49 £35.00 £35.25
Median hourly rate £41.26 £49.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.66% +4.21% +29.99%
75th Percentile £45.25 £51.25 £59.38
90th Percentile £48.45 £63.25 £69.50
England median hourly rate £84.00 £39.04 £35.50
% change year-on-year +115.18% +9.96% -10.24%

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 15,818 11,593 15,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.37% 92.21% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,577 7,857 11,245
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £430 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £681
90th Percentile £758 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 176 315
10th Percentile £18.70 £16.50 £15.97
25th Percentile £23.66 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £34.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% +22.32% -28.21%
75th Percentile £58.57 £50.56 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.30
England median hourly rate £46.80 £29.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.55% -20.14% -2.14%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +5 44 £613 -3.92% 23
West London -26 4 £680 +13.33% 2
South London -20 1 £600 - 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 10 (4.61%) Confluence
2 5 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.38%) CMS
4 2 (0.92%) IIS
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle Service Bus
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.46%) nginx
5 1 (0.46%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (9.22%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (7.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (4.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.38%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.92%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.46%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.46%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.46%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.46%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.46%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (0.46%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.68%) Azure
2 18 (8.29%) SaaS
3 10 (4.61%) Smartsheet
4 9 (4.15%) AWS
4 9 (4.15%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.38%) GCP
6 3 (1.38%) Google Ads
6 3 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.38%) OCI
7 2 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.92%) Google Sheets
7 2 (0.92%) Lucidchart
7 2 (0.92%) Slack
7 2 (0.92%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.46%) Asana
8 1 (0.46%) GitHub
8 1 (0.46%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.46%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.46%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.38%) Broadband
1 3 (1.38%) LAN
1 3 (1.38%) Network Security
1 3 (1.38%) WAN
2 2 (0.92%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.92%) Internet
3 1 (0.46%) DNS
3 1 (0.46%) HTTP
3 1 (0.46%) InfiniBand
3 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.69%) Power BI
2 3 (1.38%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.46%) MySQL
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.46%) QlikView
3 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (15.67%) JIRA
General
1 116 (53.46%) Finance
2 100 (46.08%) Social Skills
3 37 (17.05%) Marketing
3 37 (17.05%) Public Sector
4 33 (15.21%) Retail
5 29 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (10.14%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (8.76%) Telecoms
8 17 (7.83%) Manufacturing
9 15 (6.91%) Electronics
10 11 (5.07%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.69%) Banking
12 6 (2.76%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (2.30%) Advertising
13 5 (2.30%) Legal
14 4 (1.84%) Front Office
14 4 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.38%) Publishing
15 3 (1.38%) Spanish Language
16 2 (0.92%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 51 (23.50%) Programme Manager
2 46 (21.20%) Project Manager
3 33 (15.21%) Lead
4 30 (13.82%) Senior
5 27 (12.44%) Technical Manager
6 19 (8.76%) Senior Manager
7 12 (5.53%) Analyst
8 9 (4.15%) Delivery Manager
8 9 (4.15%) Senior Project Manager
8 9 (4.15%) Technical Project Manager
9 8 (3.69%) B2B Sales Manager
9 8 (3.69%) PMO Lead
9 8 (3.69%) Sales Manager
9 8 (3.69%) SAP Manager
9 8 (3.69%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 8 (3.69%) Security Engineer
10 7 (3.23%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.23%) Lead Project Manager
10 7 (3.23%) PMO Manager
10 7 (3.23%) Senior Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.30%) Middleware
1 5 (2.30%) Oracle Fusion
1 5 (2.30%) XML
2 4 (1.84%) ADO
2 4 (1.84%) REST
3 2 (0.92%) JSON
3 2 (0.92%) OAuth
3 2 (0.92%) OAuth2
3 2 (0.92%) SOAP
3 2 (0.92%) Web Services
3 2 (0.92%) XSD
3 2 (0.92%) XSLT
4 1 (0.46%) .NET
4 1 (0.46%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.46%) CSS
4 1 (0.46%) HTML
4 1 (0.46%) OpenID
4 1 (0.46%) React
4 1 (0.46%) SAML
4 1 (0.46%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.53%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.07%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.61%) PMI
4 7 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.84%) NHS
7 4 (1.84%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.38%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.38%) FMCG
8 3 (1.38%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.92%) CCTV
9 2 (0.92%) LIMS
10 1 (0.46%) Animation
10 1 (0.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.46%) Life Science
10 1 (0.46%) Media Streaming
10 1 (0.46%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.38%) Windows
2 1 (0.46%) Solaris
2 1 (0.46%) VMS
2 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (43.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 69 (31.80%) Project Management
3 65 (29.95%) Agile
4 42 (19.35%) PRINCE2
5 41 (18.89%) Decision-Making
6 37 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (16.13%) Change Management
7 35 (16.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 32 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (13.82%) Roadmaps
10 29 (13.36%) Migration
10 29 (13.36%) Risk Management
11 28 (12.90%) Project Delivery
12 24 (11.06%) Analytics
13 23 (10.60%) AI
13 23 (10.60%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (10.60%) Programme Governance
14 21 (9.68%) Digital Marketing
14 21 (9.68%) Programme Delivery
15 20 (9.22%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.61%) SQL
2 9 (4.15%) Python
3 4 (1.84%) Java
4 2 (0.92%) Go
4 2 (0.92%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.46%) ABAP
5 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.46%) PHP
5 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (18.43%) PMP
2 32 (14.75%) PMI Certification
3 30 (13.82%) Security Cleared
4 26 (11.98%) SC Cleared
5 20 (9.22%) Degree
6 11 (5.07%) APMP
7 3 (1.38%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.92%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.92%) CBAP
8 2 (0.92%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.92%) CSPO
8 2 (0.92%) GPEN
8 2 (0.92%) OSCE
8 2 (0.92%) OSCP
9 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.46%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (17.05%) PMO
2 23 (10.60%) QA
3 8 (3.69%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.69%) SLA
4 3 (1.38%) GDPR
4 3 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.92%) GRC
5 2 (0.92%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.92%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.46%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.46%) Docker
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (17.05%) SAP
2 13 (5.99%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.15%) Oracle
4 7 (3.23%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.30%) Google
6 3 (1.38%) Cisco
6 3 (1.38%) Databricks
6 3 (1.38%) GoldenSource
6 3 (1.38%) Planview
6 3 (1.38%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.38%) Workday
7 2 (0.92%) Ericsson
7 2 (0.92%) IBM
7 2 (0.92%) Instagram
7 2 (0.92%) Nokia
7 2 (0.92%) VMware
7 2 (0.92%) Zuora
8 1 (0.46%) Avaya
8 1 (0.46%) Genesys
8 1 (0.46%) Red Hat