Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in the North West

Programme Manager
England > North West

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the North West is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 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
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 105 120
Rank change year-on-year -8 +15 +42
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 21 13 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.98% 0.55% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.58% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 21
10th Percentile £422 £445 £313
25th Percentile £435 £500 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -10.64%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £619
90th Percentile £850 £718 £675
England median daily rate £700 £665 £675
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.48% -

All DemandTrendContract 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 1,983 2,256 2,579
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 95.11% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,329 1,772
10th Percentile £268 £275 £285
25th Percentile £368 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +3.09%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £656 £675 £673
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 181 155
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £15.85
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.44 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -28.16% +14.60% +32.47%
75th Percentile £47.12 £54.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.87 £70.90 £64.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £43.86
% change year-on-year -45.54% +5.29% +66.34%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the North West

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 4 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the North West

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the North West

Programme Manager
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 Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Cheshire -11 11 £450 -18.18%
Manchester -2 5 £440 -6.88% 1
Merseyside - 4 £875 - 1
Lancashire -4 1 - - 2
Programme Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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 West region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (38.10%) Programme Management
3 8 (38.10%) Risk Management
4 6 (28.57%) SAP
4 6 (28.57%) Agile
4 6 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 5 (23.81%) Service Design
5 5 (23.81%) Migration
5 5 (23.81%) GxP
5 5 (23.81%) Project Management
5 5 (23.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (23.81%) ITSM
5 5 (23.81%) Change Management
5 5 (23.81%) Service Management
6 4 (19.05%) JIRA
7 3 (14.29%) Banking
7 3 (14.29%) Confluence
7 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
7 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
7 3 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
7 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (9.52%) Budget Management
8 2 (9.52%) Strategic Thinking
8 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (9.52%) Public Sector

Programme Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.76%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) Slack
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) JIRA
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
3 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) EPoS
2 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (38.10%) Programme Management
2 8 (38.10%) Risk Management
3 6 (28.57%) Agile
4 5 (23.81%) Change Management
4 5 (23.81%) ITSM
4 5 (23.81%) Migration
4 5 (23.81%) Project Management
4 5 (23.81%) Service Design
4 5 (23.81%) Service Management
5 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
5 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
6 2 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (9.52%) Performance Management
6 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2
6 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (9.52%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (9.52%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
1 2 (9.52%) PMP
1 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) BC Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.76%) CESG Certified Professional
2 1 (4.76%) CISM
2 1 (4.76%) CISSP
2 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) GxP
1 5 (23.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (9.52%) QA
3 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.76%) NCSC
3 1 (4.76%) NIST
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) SAP
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.52%) AlgoSec
4 1 (4.76%) Ariba