Programme Management Contracts in Scotland

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Programme Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Programme Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 121 76
Rank change year-on-year +27 -45 +11
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 37 43 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.68% 1.51% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.63% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 30 89
10th Percentile £291 £260 £281
25th Percentile £460 £304 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £471 £510
Median % change year-on-year +10.88% -7.60% +14.61%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £575
90th Percentile £609 £708 £688
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £17.21 -
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £37.45 £45.00
% change year-on-year -2.52% -16.79% +23.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Programme Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,956 2,645 3,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.68% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,903 2,321
10th Percentile £230 £261 £244
25th Percentile £400 £407 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 55 49
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.78 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -46.30% -21.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £54.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in Scotland

Programme Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Programme Management in Scotland

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in Scotland

Programme Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Management in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Management in Scotland

Programme Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Glasgow +7 23 £573 +15.37% 7
Edinburgh +36 7 £523 +69.37% 6
South Lanarkshire -5 2 £375 -42.31% 1
Renfrewshire -1 1 £465 -
Stirling - 1 £525 -
Lanarkshire - 1 £500 - 6
West Lothian - 1 £188 -
Programme Management
UK

Programme Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 8 (21.62%) Confluence
2 4 (10.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
2 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (2.70%) Firewall
2 1 (2.70%) Internet
2 1 (2.70%) LAN
2 1 (2.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (29.73%) JIRA
General
1 20 (54.05%) Finance
2 17 (45.95%) Public Sector
3 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
4 6 (16.22%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (16.22%) Telecoms
5 5 (13.51%) Electronics
5 5 (13.51%) Manufacturing
5 5 (13.51%) Marketing
6 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (8.11%) Banking
8 2 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.70%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (24.32%) Programme Manager
2 6 (16.22%) Project Manager
3 4 (10.81%) Product Manager
3 4 (10.81%) Technical Manager
4 3 (8.11%) Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Senior
4 3 (8.11%) Senior Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Agile Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Coordinator
5 2 (5.41%) Data Analysis Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Digital Programme Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Implementation Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Implementation Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Life and Pensions Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Delivery Manager
5 2 (5.41%) SharePoint Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.41%) e-Health
2 2 (5.41%) Mainframe
2 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.70%) NHS
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Unix
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
1 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Project Management
2 17 (45.95%) Agile
3 10 (27.03%) Business Case
3 10 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (21.62%) Roadmaps
5 7 (18.92%) Change Management
6 6 (16.22%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (13.51%) Digital Marketing
7 5 (13.51%) Product Management
8 4 (10.81%) DevOps
8 4 (10.81%) Epics
8 4 (10.81%) Mentoring
8 4 (10.81%) Performance Metrics
8 4 (10.81%) PRINCE2
8 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (10.81%) Product Backlog
8 4 (10.81%) Service Design
8 4 (10.81%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (10.81%) User Research
8 4 (10.81%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) Perl
1 3 (8.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Degree
1 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.41%) APMG
4 2 (5.41%) CISA
4 2 (5.41%) CISM
4 2 (5.41%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (24.32%) PMO
2 2 (5.41%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.41%) GDPR
3 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.70%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Avamar
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) SAP
2 3 (8.11%) Atlassian
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.70%) Avaya
4 1 (2.70%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle