Programme Manager Contracts in the North East

Programme Manager
England > North East

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the North East is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 34 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.63% 0.63% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £583 -
25th Percentile £625 £594 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile £675 £644 -
90th Percentile - £648 -
England median daily rate £675 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 301 288 358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.25% 91.14% 97.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 132 277
10th Percentile £200 £196 £231
25th Percentile £350 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £555 £590 £625
90th Percentile £626 £673 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 61 2
10th Percentile - £10.42 £32.98
25th Percentile £11.60 £11.50 £35.56
Median hourly rate £13.00 £13.99 £40.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -65.67% +139.71%
75th Percentile £22.74 £40.91 £45.56
90th Percentile £49.40 £50.00 £47.93
England median hourly rate £29.15 £37.18 £44.77
% change year-on-year -21.60% -16.94% +94.63%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the North East

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in the North East

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the North East region over the 6 months to 21 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
Tyne and Wear -6 1 - - 2
Durham - 1 £650 -
Programme Manager
England

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 21 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 North East region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Generation
2 1 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) PMI
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) NHS
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Generation
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO