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 £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 170 160
Rank change year-on-year +23 -10 -38
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 35 46 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.75% 0.81% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.85% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 33 61
10th Percentile £550 £423 £300
25th Percentile £572 £525 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £613 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £699 £763 £688
90th Percentile £734 £835 £750
England median daily rate £700 £700 £675
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £15.36
25th Percentile - - £26.39
Median hourly rate £44.74 £30.00 £35.54
Median % change year-on-year +49.13% -15.59% -
75th Percentile £56.06 - £38.59
90th Percentile £76.42 - £39.58
England median hourly rate £44.74 £62.00 £38.03
% change year-on-year -27.84% +63.03% -19.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 4,355 5,423 6,874
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 95.37% 96.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,722 3,816 5,034
10th Percentile £263 £281 £200
25th Percentile £388 £411 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £556
90th Percentile £675 £680 £640
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 156 290
10th Percentile £11.06 £14.13 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.74 £30.65 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.33% +61.30% +6.15%
75th Percentile £46.18 £50.72 £34.05
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.35 £58.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%

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 10 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 10 May 2024. 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 +24 24 £625 +4.17% 7
Yorkshire +7 11 £613 -2.00% 5
North East - 2 £625 - 2
Programme Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 16 (45.71%) Finance
2 13 (37.14%) Programme Management
3 12 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (31.43%) Project Management
5 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
6 8 (22.86%) Programme Governance
6 8 (22.86%) PRINCE2
6 8 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (17.14%) Agile
7 6 (17.14%) NHS
7 6 (17.14%) Programme Delivery
8 5 (14.29%) Electronic Patient Records
8 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (14.29%) Waterfall
8 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
8 5 (14.29%) Change Management
9 4 (11.43%) ITSM
9 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
9 4 (11.43%) Cadence
9 4 (11.43%) Service Management
9 4 (11.43%) JIRA
9 4 (11.43%) Azure
9 4 (11.43%) Performance Management
9 4 (11.43%) Culture Change
9 4 (11.43%) Roadmaps
9 4 (11.43%) DevOps
9 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (11.43%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (8.57%) PMO
10 3 (8.57%) Conflict Management

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:

Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) Azure
1 4 (11.43%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
General
1 16 (45.71%) Finance
2 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
5 3 (8.57%) Digital Healthcare
6 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Retail
7 1 (2.86%) Games
7 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Legal
7 1 (2.86%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) NHS
2 2 (5.71%) FMCG
2 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) Programme Management
2 12 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (31.43%) Project Management
4 8 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (22.86%) PRINCE2
4 8 (22.86%) Programme Governance
5 6 (17.14%) Agile
5 6 (17.14%) Programme Delivery
6 5 (14.29%) Change Management
6 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (14.29%) Waterfall
7 4 (11.43%) Culture Change
7 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (11.43%) DevOps
7 4 (11.43%) ITSM
7 4 (11.43%) Performance Management
7 4 (11.43%) Roadmaps
7 4 (11.43%) Service Management
8 3 (8.57%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (8.57%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 2 (5.71%) Degree
2 1 (2.86%) PMP
2 1 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) PMO
2 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) Cadence
2 2 (5.71%) Ceridian
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.86%) SAP