Programme Management Contracts in the Midlands

Programme Management (Program Management)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 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 77 80 123
Rank change year-on-year +3 +43 -19
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 34 53 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.78% 1.92% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 2.34% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 41 36
10th Percentile £328 £356 £236
25th Percentile £480 £444 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £620 £555
Median % change year-on-year -9.27% +11.71% +3.26%
75th Percentile £638 £775 £685
90th Percentile £756 £1,025 £773
England median daily rate £575 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -1.71% -2.50% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
England median hourly rate £39.04 £35.50 £38.95
% change year-on-year +9.96% -8.86% -10.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 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 Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in the Midlands

Programme Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Management in the Midlands

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in the Midlands

Programme Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Management in the Midlands

Programme Management
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 Management 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
West Midlands 0 23 £600 -11.11% 19
East Midlands +5 11 £481 +21.68% 10
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
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 1 (2.94%) Confluence
1 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (14.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.88%) SAP BPC
2 2 (5.88%) SAP GRC
3 1 (2.94%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) AWS
1 2 (5.88%) Azure
1 2 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.94%) Smartsheet
2 1 (2.94%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (5.88%) SAP BW
2 2 (5.88%) SAP HANA
3 1 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 19 (55.88%) Finance
2 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 9 (26.47%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Retail
5 2 (5.88%) Banking
5 2 (5.88%) Electronics
5 2 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Law
5 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.88%) Marketing
5 2 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.94%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Project Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Programme Manager
3 5 (14.71%) IT Manager
4 4 (11.76%) Lead
5 3 (8.82%) IT Programme Manager
5 3 (8.82%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.88%) IT Director
6 2 (5.88%) PMO Lead
6 2 (5.88%) Programme Director
6 2 (5.88%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) SAP Security Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Security Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Security Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Security Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Senior
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) SailPoint
1 2 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.94%) ADO
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Operational Technology
2 2 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.94%) CCTV
3 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
1 2 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (41.18%) Project Management
3 8 (23.53%) Change Control
4 6 (17.65%) Agile
4 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
5 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (14.71%) Decision-Making
6 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (11.76%) Change Management
6 4 (11.76%) Data Analysis
6 4 (11.76%) ERP
6 4 (11.76%) Process Improvement
6 4 (11.76%) Project Planning
7 3 (8.82%) Business Case
7 3 (8.82%) Business Continuity
7 3 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (8.82%) Data Protection
7 3 (8.82%) PRINCE2
7 3 (8.82%) Project Governance
7 3 (8.82%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) AAT
3 1 (2.94%) ACCA
3 1 (2.94%) CIMA
3 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) PMO
2 3 (8.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (5.88%) GRC
4 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.94%) GAAP
4 1 (2.94%) GDPR
4 1 (2.94%) IFRS
4 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) SAP
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Oracle
3 2 (5.88%) Concur
3 2 (5.88%) NEC
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco
4 1 (2.94%) Citrix
4 1 (2.94%) Cognizant
4 1 (2.94%) Dell
4 1 (2.94%) HP
4 1 (2.94%) Nexthink
4 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow