Programme Management Contract Job Trends in the North West

Programme Management (Program Management)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Programme Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 91 81
Rank change year-on-year -32 -10 +42
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 29 32 58
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.15% 1.49% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.72% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 49
10th Percentile £170 £409 £363
25th Percentile £215 £457 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £650
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -20.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile £638 £628 £725
90th Percentile £824 £766 £738
England median daily rate £550 £550 £595
% change year-on-year - -7.56% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £26.03 - -
25th Percentile £39.00 - -
Median hourly rate £41.00 £37.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.81% +12.12% -51.54%
75th Percentile £43.00 - -
90th Percentile £61.45 - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £35.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -31.93% -39.13% +49.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Programme Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,225 1,864 2,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.15% 86.70% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,445 1,047 1,602
10th Percentile £213 £267 £302
25th Percentile £358 £390 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £560 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 102 159
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.00 £15.95
25th Percentile £21.06 £21.05 £18.00
Median hourly rate £33.75 £30.95 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.05% -22.63% +54.98%
75th Percentile £56.27 £51.91 £47.96
90th Percentile £69.61 £69.59 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +24.47%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Programme Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Programme Management job vacancy trend in the North West

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Programme Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in the North West over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in the North West

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Programme Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management in the North West over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in the North West

Programme Management
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 Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 December 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 -5 15 £475 -23.69% 8
Cheshire -14 10 £492 -4.56% 5
Merseyside -14 4 £875 +45.83% 4
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (20.69%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) CMS
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.45%) SAP ERP
1 1 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.45%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) Smartsheet
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (10.34%) Figma
3 3 (10.34%) Miro
3 3 (10.34%) Slack
4 2 (6.90%) AWS
5 1 (3.45%) Azure
5 1 (3.45%) GCP
5 1 (3.45%) Lucidchart
5 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Looker
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (34.48%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Artifactory
2 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 18 (62.07%) Finance
2 13 (44.83%) Public Sector
3 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
4 11 (37.93%) Manufacturing
4 11 (37.93%) Marketing
5 10 (34.48%) Electronics
5 10 (34.48%) Telecoms
6 4 (13.79%) Banking
7 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (10.34%) Automotive
7 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (10.34%) Investment Banking
8 1 (3.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) IT Support
2 5 (17.24%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 5 (17.24%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (17.24%) Desktop Support
2 5 (17.24%) Programme Manager
2 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 3 (10.34%) Operations Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Senior
3 3 (10.34%) Senior PMO
4 2 (6.90%) Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Integration Manager
4 2 (6.90%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.90%) IT Programme Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Data Centre Manager
5 1 (3.45%) ERP Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Software Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Support Technician
5 1 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.34%) PMI
3 2 (6.90%) EPoS
4 1 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.45%) Life Science
4 1 (3.45%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Mac OS
2 5 (17.24%) Android
3 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.45%) Windows
3 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Business Intelligence
1 11 (37.93%) Digital Marketing
2 10 (34.48%) Agile
2 10 (34.48%) Project Management
3 6 (20.69%) Customer Experience
3 6 (20.69%) Portfolio Management
3 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2
3 6 (20.69%) Waterfall
4 5 (17.24%) Change Management
4 5 (17.24%) Project Governance
4 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (17.24%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (13.79%) Change Control
5 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
6 3 (10.34%) Migration
6 3 (10.34%) Objectives and Key Results
6 3 (10.34%) Performance Management
6 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) C
1 2 (6.90%) C++
1 2 (6.90%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
3 6 (20.69%) PMI Certification
3 6 (20.69%) PMP
4 3 (10.34%) Degree
5 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.45%) BC Cleared
6 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) PMO
2 3 (10.34%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.34%) P3O
3 2 (6.90%) IEC 61508
3 2 (6.90%) ISO 26262
3 2 (6.90%) QA
3 2 (6.90%) WCAG
4 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.45%) IEC 62304
4 1 (3.45%) PMBOK
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) SCCM
1 1 (3.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) SAP
2 6 (20.69%) Apple
3 5 (17.24%) Cisco
3 5 (17.24%) Dell
3 5 (17.24%) HP
4 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
4 3 (10.34%) Planview
5 1 (3.45%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.45%) Zoho