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 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 185 130
Rank change year-on-year -20 -55 +55
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 212 168 327
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.24% 1.32% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.45% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 91 210
10th Percentile £394 £349 £370
25th Percentile £481 £450 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £613
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -6.12% -2.00%
75th Percentile £702 £744 £738
90th Percentile £823 £875 £875
England median daily rate £550 £570 £575
% change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 9
10th Percentile £31.50 £28.60 £26.07
25th Percentile £33.75 £33.00 £34.25
Median hourly rate £41.26 £43.08 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% -2.10% +18.34%
75th Percentile £44.75 £50.97 £61.25
90th Percentile £47.10 £51.25 £73.35
England median hourly rate £41.00 £35.00 £40.75
% change year-on-year +17.14% -14.11% +4.62%

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 15,294 11,605 15,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.42% 91.50% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,270 7,873 11,381
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £753 £806 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 169 333
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.18 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.20% -22.77%
75th Percentile £56.50 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £65.00 £67.80
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.71% -11.83%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -6 39 £600 -6.25% 20
West London -22 3 £680 +13.33%
South London -18 1 £600 -
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 13 (6.13%) Confluence
2 5 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.94%) CMS
3 2 (0.94%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.47%) Apache
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.47%) nginx
4 1 (0.47%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (8.96%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.94%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.94%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG-F
3 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.91%) Azure
2 12 (5.66%) SaaS
3 8 (3.77%) AWS
3 8 (3.77%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.77%) Smartsheet
4 7 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.36%) GCP
6 3 (1.42%) OCI
6 3 (1.42%) Slack
7 2 (0.94%) Asana
7 2 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.94%) Google Ads
7 2 (0.94%) Lucidchart
7 2 (0.94%) Miro
7 2 (0.94%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.47%) GitHub
8 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.83%) Broadband
2 4 (1.89%) Network Security
2 4 (1.89%) WAN
3 3 (1.42%) 5G
3 3 (1.42%) Internet
3 3 (1.42%) LAN
3 3 (1.42%) Wireless
4 2 (0.94%) DNS
4 2 (0.94%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.47%) HTTP
5 1 (0.47%) InfiniBand
5 1 (0.47%) NGN
5 1 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.47%) VLAN
5 1 (0.47%) VPN
5 1 (0.47%) WebEx
5 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.30%) Power BI
2 2 (0.94%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.47%) MySQL
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.47%) QlikView
3 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (16.51%) JIRA
General
1 115 (54.25%) Finance
2 94 (44.34%) Social Skills
3 50 (23.58%) Public Sector
4 47 (22.17%) Marketing
5 34 (16.04%) Manufacturing
6 32 (15.09%) Telecoms
7 30 (14.15%) Electronics
7 30 (14.15%) Retail
8 25 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (8.96%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (6.13%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (4.25%) Banking
12 6 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.36%) Publishing
14 4 (1.89%) Front Office
14 4 (1.89%) Legal
15 3 (1.42%) Advertising
15 3 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.94%) Law
16 2 (0.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (21.70%) Programme Manager
2 42 (19.81%) Project Manager
3 34 (16.04%) Senior
4 28 (13.21%) Technical Manager
5 25 (11.79%) Lead
6 23 (10.85%) Senior Manager
7 11 (5.19%) Analyst
8 10 (4.72%) Delivery Manager
8 10 (4.72%) Technical Project Manager
9 9 (4.25%) Senior Project Manager
10 7 (3.30%) Coordinator
10 7 (3.30%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.30%) Lead Project Manager
10 7 (3.30%) Security Engineer
10 7 (3.30%) Senior Technical Manager
11 6 (2.83%) PMO Lead
11 6 (2.83%) PMO Manager
11 6 (2.83%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 6 (2.83%) Technical Programme Manager
11 6 (2.83%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.36%) Middleware
1 5 (2.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.89%) ADO
2 4 (1.89%) XML
3 3 (1.42%) REST
3 3 (1.42%) SOAP
4 2 (0.94%) JSON
4 2 (0.94%) OAuth
4 2 (0.94%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.94%) Web Services
4 2 (0.94%) XSD
4 2 (0.94%) XSLT
5 1 (0.47%) .NET
5 1 (0.47%) CSS
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) NumPy
5 1 (0.47%) OpenID
5 1 (0.47%) Pandas
5 1 (0.47%) React
5 1 (0.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.08%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.19%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.25%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.77%) PMI
5 7 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.30%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.36%) NHS
7 4 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.89%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.42%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.42%) FMCG
8 3 (1.42%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.42%) LIMS
8 3 (1.42%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.94%) CCTV
9 2 (0.94%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.94%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.42%) Android
1 3 (1.42%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.47%) Solaris
2 1 (0.47%) VMS
2 1 (0.47%) Windows
2 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (45.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 68 (32.08%) Agile
3 61 (28.77%) Project Management
4 44 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (19.34%) Decision-Making
6 38 (17.92%) Business Intelligence
7 35 (16.51%) PRINCE2
8 34 (16.04%) Digital Marketing
8 34 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (15.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 32 (15.09%) Risk Management
11 31 (14.62%) Change Management
12 29 (13.68%) Roadmaps
13 28 (13.21%) Migration
14 25 (11.79%) Analytics
15 24 (11.32%) Project Delivery
16 21 (9.91%) AI
16 21 (9.91%) Programme Governance
17 17 (8.02%) Change Control
17 17 (8.02%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.66%) Python
2 10 (4.72%) SQL
3 5 (2.36%) Java
3 5 (2.36%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.42%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.94%) Go
6 1 (0.47%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.47%) PHP
6 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (15.57%) PMP
2 30 (14.15%) Security Cleared
3 29 (13.68%) PMI Certification
4 27 (12.74%) SC Cleared
5 21 (9.91%) Degree
6 11 (5.19%) APMP
7 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.94%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.94%) CBAP
7 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.94%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.94%) CSPO
7 2 (0.94%) GPEN
7 2 (0.94%) OSCE
7 2 (0.94%) OSCP
7 2 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.47%) CCIE
8 1 (0.47%) CCNP
8 1 (0.47%) CISM
8 1 (0.47%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.04%) PMO
2 26 (12.26%) QA
3 8 (3.77%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.83%) SLA
5 2 (0.94%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.94%) GDPR
6 1 (0.47%) ECSS
6 1 (0.47%) FISMA
6 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.47%) NIST
6 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.94%) vRealize
2 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (21.23%) SAP
2 19 (8.96%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.72%) Cisco
4 8 (3.77%) Oracle
5 7 (3.30%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.89%) VMware
7 3 (1.42%) Apple
7 3 (1.42%) Databricks
7 3 (1.42%) Dell
7 3 (1.42%) GoldenSource
7 3 (1.42%) Google
7 3 (1.42%) HP
7 3 (1.42%) Planview
7 3 (1.42%) Workday
8 2 (0.94%) Ericsson
8 2 (0.94%) IBM
8 2 (0.94%) Instagram
8 2 (0.94%) Nokia
8 2 (0.94%) Okta