Senior Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Programme Manager
England > London

The median Senior Programme Manager daily rate in London is £743, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 379 437
Rank change year-on-year +23 +58 +148
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Programme Manager 8 11 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.060% 0.068% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.073% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 11
10th Percentile £616 £578 £525
25th Percentile £675 £631 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £743 £725 £700
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £825 £894 £850
90th Percentile £856 £938 £875
England median daily rate £750 £800 £700
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -3.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,300 15,146 20,707
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 93.99% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,223 10,093 15,105
10th Percentile £331 £343 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £673 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 178 225
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.43 £18.23
25th Percentile £22.95 £23.80 £22.29
Median hourly rate £29.07 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% -6.67% +17.19%
75th Percentile £50.25 £57.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £65.46 £75.00 £77.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Senior Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Senior Programme Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Programme Manager in London

Senior Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Programme Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Programme Manager job vacancies in London

Senior Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Programme Manager in London over the 6 months to 22 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Programme Manager in London

Senior Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Programme Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Programme Manager job vacancies in London

Senior Programme Manager
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 Senior Programme Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 22 September 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 3 £780 +20.00%
Senior Programme Manager
England

Senior Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 22 September 2025, Senior Programme Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Senior Programme Manager in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Retail
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) PMP
4 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Change Control
4 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (25.00%) Data Lake
4 2 (25.00%) GDPR
4 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Business Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (25.00%) Business Case
5 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience

Senior Programme Manager Skill Set
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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Postman
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Retail
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Business Case
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Change Control
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (12.50%) CRM
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) PMP
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) SAP