Programme Delivery Contracts in the Midlands

Programme Delivery
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Programme Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Programme Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 130 143
Rank change year-on-year +32 +13 +39
Contract jobs citing Programme Delivery 13 3 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.68% 0.11% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.13% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 6
10th Percentile £412 - £234
25th Percentile £436 - £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £488
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -5.64% -15.22%
75th Percentile £578 - £688
90th Percentile £703 - £750
England median daily rate £600 £610 £646
% change year-on-year -1.64% -5.50% +17.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £57.33 £61.50
% change year-on-year +0.30% -6.78% -6.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Programme Delivery 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Programme Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Delivery in the Midlands

Programme Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Delivery in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Programme Delivery in the Midlands

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Programme Delivery in the Midlands

Programme Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Delivery in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Delivery in the Midlands

Programme Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Delivery within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
East Midlands +14 7 £414 -10.00% 2
West Midlands - 6 £574 - 9
Programme Delivery
England

Programme Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (23.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) JIRA
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Programme Manager
2 2 (15.38%) PMO Planner
2 2 (15.38%) Programme Planner
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Agile Coach
3 1 (7.69%) Applications Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Director
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Director
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) SDLC Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Transition Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Programme Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Transformation Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Agile Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
4 2 (15.38%) Change Control
4 2 (15.38%) Change Management
4 2 (15.38%) Coaching
4 2 (15.38%) Data Management
4 2 (15.38%) Dependency Management
4 2 (15.38%) Fintech
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
4 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
1 2 (15.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) PMO
2 2 (15.38%) QA
3 1 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (7.69%) MiFID
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle