Programme Manager Contracts in Reading

Programme Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Reading is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 May 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
31 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 85 68
Rank change year-on-year +31 -17 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 8 10 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.47% 0.85% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 0.92% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 13
10th Percentile £453 - £584
25th Percentile £515 £463 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £688
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -30.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £644 £488 £800
90th Percentile £650 - £860
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £475 £650
% change year-on-year +26.32% -26.92% -5.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 513 1,087 989
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 92.43% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 599 647
10th Percentile £335 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £502 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.38% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 59 24
10th Percentile £54.38 £40.60 £45.75
25th Percentile £67.19 £54.33 £60.73
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -6.67% +135.71%
75th Percentile - £87.46 £75.19
90th Percentile £73.60 £97.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.75 £61.00 £64.68
% change year-on-year +4.50% -5.68% +207.98%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in Reading

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in Reading

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in Reading over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 Reading region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 2 (25.00%) Logistics
2 2 (25.00%) SAP WM
2 2 (25.00%) SCADA
2 2 (25.00%) Virgin Media
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) System Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Snow
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Culture Change
3 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Local Government
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) SAP WM
General
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Local Government
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Logistics
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (12.50%) Culture Change
2 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Governance
2 1 (12.50%) System Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Thinking
2 1 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
2 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
2 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
1 2 (25.00%) Virgin Media
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Snow
3 Programme Manager jobs in Berkshire