Programme Manager Contracts in Manchester

Programme Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Manchester is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 84 101
Rank change year-on-year +14 +17 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 9 12 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.97% 0.79% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.82% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 12
10th Percentile £470 £478 £418
25th Percentile £649 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £600 £545
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +10.09% -5.22%
75th Percentile £750 £638 £706
90th Percentile £761 £670 £736
North West median daily rate £659 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +5.47% +4.17% +26.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £90.00 -
North West median hourly rate - £44.74 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +49.13% -15.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in Manchester

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in Manchester

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in Manchester

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Manchester region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (44.44%) Budget Management
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) JIRA
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Line Management
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Confluence
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Information Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Data Transformation
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Test Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (22.22%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (11.11%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Skype
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Mobile Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Budget Management
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Line Management
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Coaching
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (11.11%) Software Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) ISEB
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) SAP