Programme Management Contracts in London

Programme Management (Program Management)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Programme Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Programme Management over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 161 175
Rank change year-on-year -17 +14 -2
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 190 288 385
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.43% 1.63% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.85% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 186 286
10th Percentile £425 £350 £413
25th Percentile £513 £462 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £613 £625
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% -2.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £700
90th Percentile £863 £925 £831
England median daily rate £625 £595 £600
% change year-on-year +5.04% -0.83% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 8
10th Percentile £28.84 £34.25 £31.48
25th Percentile £38.90 £38.88 £35.97
Median hourly rate £49.50 £47.50 £42.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% +11.29% -30.60%
75th Percentile £58.44 £72.88 £56.81
90th Percentile £84.13 £88.75 £66.00
England median hourly rate £49.50 £35.25 £44.43
% change year-on-year +40.43% -20.66% +11.39%

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 12,241 15,588 23,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.47% 90.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,173 11,098 16,857
10th Percentile £331 £340 £370
25th Percentile £425 £445 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -5.98% +1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £799 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 295 265
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.97 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.02 £23.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £82.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in London

Programme Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Management in London.

Daily rate trend for Programme Management in London

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in London

Programme Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Management in London.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Management in London

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management in London over the 6 months to 5 July 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 5 July 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 +6 30 £639 -1.73% 63
South London +4 6 £650 +18.18% 2
West London +6 2 - - 5
East London +12 1 - - 2
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.63%) Confluence
2 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.05%) CMS
3 2 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.53%) Camunda
Applications
1 9 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.53%) InVision
5 1 (0.53%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.53%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (4.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.63%) SAP ERP
3 3 (1.58%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.53%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.53%) Primavera
4 1 (0.53%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.53%) SAP R/3
4 1 (0.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (10.00%) Azure
2 10 (5.26%) AWS
3 9 (4.74%) GCP
4 7 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.68%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.68%) SaaS
5 6 (3.16%) SuccessFactors
6 5 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.63%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.05%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.05%) Google Docs
7 2 (1.05%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Apple Pay
8 1 (0.53%) Figma
8 1 (0.53%) Google Pay
8 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Einstein
8 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.58%) Firewall
2 2 (1.05%) DHCP
2 2 (1.05%) DNS
2 2 (1.05%) MPLS
2 2 (1.05%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.53%) Network Security
3 1 (0.53%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.79%) PostgreSQL
1 11 (5.79%) Relational Database
2 7 (3.68%) Power BI
3 5 (2.63%) Big Data
3 5 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.58%) Tableau
5 2 (1.05%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (5.79%) Gradle
1 11 (5.79%) Jenkins
1 11 (5.79%) JUnit
1 11 (5.79%) Liquibase
1 11 (5.79%) Mockito
2 10 (5.26%) JIRA
3 7 (3.68%) GitLab
4 3 (1.58%) Clang
4 3 (1.58%) GCC
4 3 (1.58%) Git
5 2 (1.05%) Mercurial
5 2 (1.05%) Subversion
6 1 (0.53%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.53%) MSI
General
1 112 (58.95%) Finance
2 73 (38.42%) Social Skills
3 52 (27.37%) Public Sector
4 51 (26.84%) Marketing
5 47 (24.74%) Manufacturing
6 46 (24.21%) Telecoms
7 44 (23.16%) Electronics
8 31 (16.32%) Analytical Skills
9 21 (11.05%) Banking
10 12 (6.32%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (5.26%) Legal
11 10 (5.26%) Local Government
12 9 (4.74%) Retail
13 5 (2.63%) Financial Institution
13 5 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (2.11%) Brand Awareness
14 4 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (1.58%) Billing
15 3 (1.58%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 44 (23.16%) Programme Manager
2 27 (14.21%) Project Manager
3 22 (11.58%) Lead
4 17 (8.95%) Senior
5 15 (7.89%) Delivery Manager
6 12 (6.32%) Technical Manager
7 11 (5.79%) Developer
7 11 (5.79%) SAP Manager
8 10 (5.26%) Analyst
9 6 (3.16%) Java Developer
9 6 (3.16%) React Developer
9 6 (3.16%) SAP Delivery Manager
9 6 (3.16%) SC Cleared Java Developer
9 6 (3.16%) Senior Manager
9 6 (3.16%) Transformation Manager
10 5 (2.63%) Business Manager
10 5 (2.63%) ERP Manager
10 5 (2.63%) Java Engineer
10 5 (2.63%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
10 5 (2.63%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.32%) React
2 11 (5.79%) Kafka
2 11 (5.79%) OpenAPI
2 11 (5.79%) Spring
2 11 (5.79%) Spring Boot
2 11 (5.79%) Swagger
3 4 (2.11%) .NET
3 4 (2.11%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.58%) REST
5 2 (1.05%) Node.js
6 1 (0.53%) CSS
6 1 (0.53%) EDI
6 1 (0.53%) HTML
6 1 (0.53%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.53%) OAuth
6 1 (0.53%) OpenID
6 1 (0.53%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.53%) SAML
6 1 (0.53%) Web Services
6 1 (0.53%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.84%) Onboarding
2 5 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.63%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (2.11%) Fixed Income
3 4 (2.11%) PMI
3 4 (2.11%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (1.58%) Derivative
4 3 (1.58%) FPGA
4 3 (1.58%) Reinsurance
4 3 (1.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 3 (1.58%) Verilog
4 3 (1.58%) VHDL
4 3 (1.58%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.05%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.05%) Equities
5 2 (1.05%) FMCG
5 2 (1.05%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.05%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.21%) Windows
2 5 (2.63%) Linux
3 3 (1.58%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.05%) Mac OS X
4 2 (1.05%) Windows 8
4 2 (1.05%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (33.68%) Project Management
2 61 (32.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 55 (28.95%) Agile
4 54 (28.42%) Business Intelligence
5 44 (23.16%) Digital Marketing
6 34 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (14.21%) PRINCE2
7 27 (14.21%) Project Delivery
8 26 (13.68%) Change Management
8 26 (13.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 23 (12.11%) Decision-Making
9 23 (12.11%) Risk Management
9 23 (12.11%) Roadmaps
10 21 (11.05%) DevOps
10 21 (11.05%) Migration
11 19 (10.00%) Budget Management
12 16 (8.42%) CI/CD
12 16 (8.42%) Programme Delivery
12 16 (8.42%) Resource Allocation
13 15 (7.89%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.05%) SQL
2 13 (6.84%) Java
3 11 (5.79%) TypeScript
4 8 (4.21%) PowerShell
4 8 (4.21%) Python
5 5 (2.63%) C++
6 4 (2.11%) C#
7 3 (1.58%) Bash
7 3 (1.58%) C
7 3 (1.58%) SystemVerilog
8 2 (1.05%) Go
8 2 (1.05%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.05%) PHP
9 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 38 (20.00%) Degree
2 35 (18.42%) Security Cleared
3 30 (15.79%) SC Cleared
4 29 (15.26%) PMI Certification
5 27 (14.21%) PMP
6 10 (5.26%) Master's Degree
7 7 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.58%) CCNP
8 3 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.58%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.58%) PhD
9 2 (1.05%) APMP
9 2 (1.05%) CCNA
9 2 (1.05%) CISSP
9 2 (1.05%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.53%) ACCA
10 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.53%) CCIE
10 1 (0.53%) CISM
10 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.95%) PMO
2 6 (3.16%) QA
3 5 (2.63%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.58%) GRC
4 3 (1.58%) NIST
5 2 (1.05%) Basel III
5 2 (1.05%) GDPR
5 2 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.53%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.53%) GxP
6 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.53%) IFRS
6 1 (0.53%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.53%) MiFID
6 1 (0.53%) SEPA
6 1 (0.53%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (8.95%) Docker
2 5 (2.63%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.58%) Firmware
4 2 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.05%) vSphere
4 2 (1.05%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (3.68%) Terraform
2 3 (1.58%) Ansible
3 2 (1.05%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.05%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.05%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (1.05%) Puppet
3 2 (1.05%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.53%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (34.74%) SAP
2 18 (9.47%) Microsoft
3 8 (4.21%) Google
4 6 (3.16%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.63%) Databricks
6 4 (2.11%) Oracle
6 4 (2.11%) VMware
7 3 (1.58%) Adobe
7 3 (1.58%) Cisco
7 3 (1.58%) HP
8 2 (1.05%) Autodesk
8 2 (1.05%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.05%) Citrix
8 2 (1.05%) Dell
8 2 (1.05%) McAfee
8 2 (1.05%) Sage
8 2 (1.05%) Sophos
8 2 (1.05%) Symantec
8 2 (1.05%) Toshiba
8 2 (1.05%) Webroot