Programme Manager Contracts in Scotland

Programme Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Scotland is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 110 135
Rank change year-on-year +8 +25 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 17 16 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.03% 0.75% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 0.79% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 20
10th Percentile £176 £515 £507
25th Percentile £608 £535 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +60.00%
75th Percentile £713 £825 £606
90th Percentile £724 £868 £678
UK median daily rate £700 £684 £700
% change year-on-year +2.38% -2.32% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £82.50
Median hourly rate - - £85.00
75th Percentile - - £87.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £58.75 £44.74 £80.00
% change year-on-year +31.31% -44.08% +13.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,554 2,025 2,550
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 94.49% 95.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 1,242 1,774
10th Percentile £256 £200 £223
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +1.06%
75th Percentile £538 £557 £550
90th Percentile £600 £637 £634
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 128 45
10th Percentile £15.85 £12.30 £12.48
25th Percentile £16.84 £16.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.51 £19.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +5.41% -50.57%
75th Percentile £24.66 £58.13 £58.75
90th Percentile £43.65 £66.00 £67.88
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.33% -16.67% +83.67%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in Scotland

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in Scotland

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in Scotland

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in Scotland

Programme Manager
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 Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Edinburgh +11 10 £650 - 2
Glasgow -9 5 £645 -6.86%
Fife - 2 £70 -
Programme Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 Scotland region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 8 (47.06%) Public Sector
2 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (35.29%) Programme Management
4 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (29.41%) Programme Delivery
5 5 (29.41%) Banking
6 4 (23.53%) Financial Institution
6 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
7 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
7 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
7 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
7 3 (17.65%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (17.65%) Change Management
7 3 (17.65%) Data Security
7 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (17.65%) Project Planning
8 2 (11.76%) Military
8 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
8 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
8 2 (11.76%) Migration
8 2 (11.76%) Service Management
8 2 (11.76%) ERP
8 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
8 2 (11.76%) CCA
8 2 (11.76%) Resource Allocation
8 2 (11.76%) Identity Access Management

Programme Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) SaaS
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
General
1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 8 (47.06%) Public Sector
2 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Banking
4 4 (23.53%) Financial Institution
5 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
5 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 2 (11.76%) Military
6 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) PMI
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (35.29%) Programme Management
2 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (29.41%) Programme Delivery
4 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
5 3 (17.65%) Change Management
5 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (17.65%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (17.65%) Data Security
5 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
5 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
5 3 (17.65%) Project Planning
6 2 (11.76%) Application Security
6 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
6 2 (11.76%) Cloud Security
6 2 (11.76%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.76%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) CCA
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce