Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Programme Manager
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Northamptonshire is £458, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 35 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 12 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 4.08% 0.35% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.24% 0.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £447 £725 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% - -
75th Percentile £499 £775 -
90th Percentile £530 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £663 £675
% change year-on-year -28.30% -1.85% +8.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 283 265 192
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 93.31% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 190 145
10th Percentile £270 £334 £213
25th Percentile £350 £376 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £443 £489
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% -9.51% +6.02%
75th Percentile £450 £550 £544
90th Percentile £525 £600 £601
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £450 £478
% change year-on-year -8.89% -5.76% +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 5
10th Percentile - - £11.46
25th Percentile - £11.83 £11.83
Median hourly rate £21.39 £12.22 £14.52
Median % change year-on-year +75.04% -15.84% -58.51%
75th Percentile - £22.13 £18.75
90th Percentile £41.56 £42.03 £46.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £20.80 £20.00
% change year-on-year +2.86% +3.98% +13.90%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in Northamptonshire

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Northampton - 12 £458 - 1
Programme Manager
East Midlands

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 16 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Finance
2 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (58.33%) Business Transformation
3 6 (50.00%) Budgeting
4 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
4 5 (41.67%) Banking
5 4 (33.33%) Business Strategy
6 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (25.00%) Zero Trust
6 3 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
6 3 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
6 3 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (25.00%) Agile
6 3 (25.00%) User Experience
6 3 (25.00%) GDPR
6 3 (25.00%) GCP
6 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
6 3 (25.00%) Programme Governance
6 3 (25.00%) VMware
6 3 (25.00%) Windows
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
6 3 (25.00%) Citrix
6 3 (25.00%) Supplier Management
6 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 3 (25.00%) AWS
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (25.00%) GCP
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 9 (75.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Banking
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Business Transformation
1 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (50.00%) Budgeting
3 4 (33.33%) Business Strategy
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Programme Governance
4 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 3 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
4 3 (25.00%) User Experience
4 3 (25.00%) Zero Trust
5 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Project Management
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Bash
1 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) GDPR
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Citrix
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) VMware