Programme Manager Contracts in the North of England

Programme Manager
England > North of England

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the North of England is £680, 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 134 150 175
Rank change year-on-year +16 +25 -28
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 32 35 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.97% 0.73% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.79% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 23 34
10th Percentile £378 £550 £428
25th Percentile £584 £572 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.73% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £750 £699 £756
90th Percentile £791 £734 £834
England median daily rate £675 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £44.74 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +49.13% -15.59%
England median hourly rate £35.00 £44.74 £62.00
% change year-on-year -21.77% -27.84% +63.03%

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 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the North of England

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in the North of England

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the North of England

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in the North of England

Programme 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 Manager within the North of England 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
North West +9 16 £659 +5.47% 3
Yorkshire +9 12 £663 +8.16% 2
North East +2 4 £750 +20.00%
Programme Manager
England

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

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 North of England region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 17 (53.13%) Finance
2 16 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (34.38%) Programme Management
3 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
4 8 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 7 (21.88%) Migration
5 7 (21.88%) PRINCE2
5 7 (21.88%) Budget Management
6 6 (18.75%) Change Management
6 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (15.63%) Data Protection
7 5 (15.63%) Agile
7 5 (15.63%) Project Management
7 5 (15.63%) Project Delivery
7 5 (15.63%) Programme Delivery
8 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
8 4 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
8 4 (12.50%) PMO
8 4 (12.50%) PMP
8 4 (12.50%) PMI Certification
8 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 4 (12.50%) Matrix Management
9 3 (9.38%) Degree
9 3 (9.38%) JIRA
9 3 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (9.38%) Banking
9 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (9.38%) Matrix Organization
9 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (9.38%) Digital Strategy

Programme 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 2 (6.25%) Confluence
1 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.25%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.13%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Big Data
1 2 (6.25%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.13%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
General
1 17 (53.13%) Finance
2 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Banking
4 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Digital Health
5 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Local Government
5 1 (3.13%) Marketing
5 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.25%) NHS
2 2 (6.25%) PMI
3 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.13%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (34.38%) Programme Management
3 8 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 7 (21.88%) Budget Management
4 7 (21.88%) Migration
4 7 (21.88%) PRINCE2
5 6 (18.75%) Change Management
5 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (15.63%) Agile
6 5 (15.63%) Data Protection
6 5 (15.63%) Programme Delivery
6 5 (15.63%) Project Delivery
6 5 (15.63%) Project Management
7 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 4 (12.50%) Matrix Management
7 4 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
8 3 (9.38%) Data Transformation
8 3 (9.38%) Digital Strategy
8 3 (9.38%) Matrix Organization
8 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 4 (12.50%) PMP
2 3 (9.38%) Degree
3 1 (3.13%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.13%) HL7
2 1 (3.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) AlgoSec
2 2 (6.25%) Cloudera
3 1 (3.13%) SAP