Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Programme Manager
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Northampton is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 3.13% 0.88% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.32% 1.04% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £453 - -
25th Percentile £460 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £725 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.41% - -
75th Percentile £534 - -
90th Percentile £538 - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £490 £725 -
% change year-on-year -32.41% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 211 96 91
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 84.21% 96.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 82 73
10th Percentile £313 £308 £239
25th Percentile £358 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £400 £489
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -18.20% +13.72%
75th Percentile £475 £498 £530
90th Percentile £526 £575 £538
Northamptonshire median daily rate £413 £400 £481
% change year-on-year +3.13% -16.84% +8.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £25.18
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.09%
Northamptonshire median hourly rate - £24.20 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +38.29% -2.02%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Programme Manager job vacancy trend in Northampton

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Northampton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Northampton

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, 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 Northampton region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Budgeting
1 5 (71.43%) Business Transformation
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 3 (42.86%) Bash
3 3 (42.86%) Citrix
3 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 3 (42.86%) GCP
3 3 (42.86%) GDPR
3 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (42.86%) Mac OS
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
3 3 (42.86%) Programme Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) SCCM
3 3 (42.86%) Strategic Roadmap
3 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (42.86%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (42.86%) User Experience
3 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (42.86%) Windows

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
1 3 (42.86%) GCP
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Google Sheets
2 1 (14.29%) Google Workspace
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Mac OS
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Budgeting
1 5 (71.43%) Business Transformation
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Programme Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Strategic Roadmap
3 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (42.86%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (42.86%) User Experience
3 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
5 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Bash
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) GDPR
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Citrix
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Google