Senior Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Senior Programme Manager
England > North of England

The median Senior Programme Manager daily rate in the North of England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 165 188
Rank change year-on-year -43 +23 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Programme Manager 1 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.022% 0.051% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.055% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 £625 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £375
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +73.33% -31.82%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £397
90th Percentile - - £474
England median daily rate £750 £688 £700
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% +0.54%

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 4,221 3,622 4,508
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 92.05% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,842 1,973 3,046
10th Percentile £213 £250 £263
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £554 £575 £594
90th Percentile £650 £650 £672
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 222 211
10th Percentile £15.47 £15.50 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.07 £18.03 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.60 £31.25 £28.30
Median % change year-on-year -5.28% +10.42% +41.50%
75th Percentile £51.50 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +43.38%

Senior Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Programme Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Senior Programme Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Programme Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 November 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
Yorkshire -40 1 £600 -7.69% 2
Senior Programme Manager
England

Senior Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, Senior Programme Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Senior Programme Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Concur
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery

Senior Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) Concur
1 1 (100.00%) SAP