Programme Director Contract Job Trends in the North West

Programme Director
England > North West

The median Programme Director daily rate in the North West is £835, 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 133 116 137
Rank change year-on-year -17 +21 +52
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 2 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.091% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.18% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £704 £810 £855
25th Percentile £746 £825 £881
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £835 £900 £950
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £916 £1,025 £1,063
90th Percentile £955 £1,070 £1,115
England median daily rate £800 £838 £825
% change year-on-year -4.48% +1.52% +3.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,028 2,221 2,603
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 93.71% 92.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,331 1,260 1,771
10th Percentile £268 £275 £276
25th Percentile £368 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.62%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 162 161
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.49 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £24.88 £37.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.75% +5.71% +46.17%
75th Percentile £47.84 £54.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.63 £71.44 £67.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £44.75
% change year-on-year -45.54% +3.20% +71.00%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in the North West

Programme Director
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Director job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Director job vacancies in the North West

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Director in the North West over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Director in the North West

Programme Director
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Director within the North West 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
Manchester -2 2 £835 -7.22% 3
Programme Director
England

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Programme Director 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 West region featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Migration

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Product Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft