Programme Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Programme Delivery Manager
England > North of England

The median Programme Delivery Manager daily rate in the North of England is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 170 190
Rank change year-on-year -11 +20 +63
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Delivery Manager 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.050% 0.024% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.026% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £449 - -
25th Percentile £470 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £585 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.39% +17.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £548 - -
90th Percentile £564 - -
England median daily rate £620 £655 £634
% change year-on-year -5.34% +3.35% +6.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,696 3,784 4,778
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 92.00% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,417 2,184 3,206
10th Percentile £250 £275 £263
25th Percentile £369 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £585 £600
90th Percentile £650 £670 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 241 204
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.17 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.44 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.45 £32.50 £24.66
Median % change year-on-year -30.94% +31.82% +16.02%
75th Percentile £49.28 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £76.30 £70.00 £63.22
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £44.75
% change year-on-year -45.54% +3.20% +71.00%

Programme Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Delivery Manager in the North of England

Programme Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Programme Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Programme Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Delivery Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 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
North West -15 1 £450 -23.08%
Yorkshire - 1 £575 -
Programme Delivery Manager
England

Programme Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Programme Delivery 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 of England region featuring Programme Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Identification
2 1 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Vendor Relationship Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills

Programme Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Identification
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vendor Relationship Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft