Programme Director Contracts in the South East

Programme Director
England > South East

The median Programme Director daily rate in the South East is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 200 211
Rank change year-on-year +51 +11 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 5 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.17% 0.071% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.077% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £668 £721 £763
25th Percentile £694 £723 £772
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £765 £800
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -4.38% +20.75%
75th Percentile £819 £780 £823
90th Percentile £853 - £1,003
England median daily rate £850 £900 £875
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.86% -11.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 2,701 5,190 5,331
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 92.15% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,812 3,078 3,698
10th Percentile £226 £234 £220
25th Percentile £375 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £625 £604
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £518 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 519 232
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.87 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.34 £22.16
Median hourly rate £33.05 £48.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.15% -4.00% +150.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £29.57 £37.63 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.42% -16.39% +88.21%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Programme Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in the South East

Programme Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Director in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Programme Director in the South East

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Director in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Director in the South East

Programme Director
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Director within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Hampshire - 3 £650 - 2
Thames Valley +27 2 £850 +11.11% 3
Berkshire - 1 - - 3
Oxfordshire - 1 £850 - 1
Programme Director
England

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 June 2025, Programme Director 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 South East region featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
1 2 (40.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (40.00%) WFM
1 2 (40.00%) PMO
1 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
1 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (40.00%) WFM
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) NEC