Programme Management Contracts in the South East

Programme Management (Program Management)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 81 101
Rank change year-on-year -6 +20 0
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 122 161 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.17% 2.72% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 3.03% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 117 145
10th Percentile £200 £200 £175
25th Percentile £205 £205 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year -27.17% +2.22% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £638
90th Percentile £713 £781 £725
England median daily rate £578 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -3.75% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £28.08 - -
25th Percentile £46.19 - -
Median hourly rate £65.58 - £26.98
75th Percentile £72.82 - -
90th Percentile £76.99 - -
England median hourly rate £37.50 £38.95 £42.00
% change year-on-year -3.72% -7.26% +15.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,803 5,308 7,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.43% 89.51% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,804 3,676 4,760
10th Percentile £230 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £404 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +1.77% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £615 £588
90th Percentile £694 £700 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £532
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.38% +9.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 216 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.23 £22.21 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +111.11% -15.89%
75th Percentile £62.35 £64.72 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £71.89 £62.15
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £23.96
% change year-on-year -6.17% +55.71% -0.19%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in the South East

Programme Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Management in the South East

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in the South East over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in the South East

Programme Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Management in the South East

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management in the South East over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in the South East

Programme Management
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 Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Thames Valley -16 49 £400 -33.33% 19
Berkshire -19 35 £400 -13.51% 9
Kent +5 20 £205 - 2
West Sussex +3 12 £525 +162.50% 3
Buckinghamshire +18 11 £625 -3.85% 7
Surrey +4 10 £570 -12.31% 6
East Sussex +4 6 £650 +154.90% 1
Hampshire -5 6 - - 12
Oxfordshire +8 3 £290 -58.57% 3
Sussex - 1 £410 -
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.64%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (1.64%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.82%) FileZilla
3 1 (0.82%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (4.92%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.46%) SaaS
4 1 (0.82%) Azure
4 1 (0.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.56%) Firewall
2 4 (3.28%) LAN
2 4 (3.28%) WAN
3 3 (2.46%) Internet
3 3 (2.46%) Network Security
3 3 (2.46%) VPN
3 3 (2.46%) Wireless
4 2 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (1.64%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (1.64%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.82%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.56%) Electronic Patient Records
2 6 (4.92%) Power BI
3 4 (3.28%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (3.28%) MS Access
3 4 (3.28%) Tableau
4 3 (2.46%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.82%) IDMS
5 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.82%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.46%) JIRA
General
1 83 (68.03%) Finance
2 64 (52.46%) Public Sector
3 57 (46.72%) Telecoms
4 51 (41.80%) Manufacturing
5 50 (40.98%) Electronics
5 50 (40.98%) Marketing
6 31 (25.41%) Social Skills
7 13 (10.66%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (7.38%) Legal
10 8 (6.56%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (4.92%) Local Government
12 4 (3.28%) Billing
12 4 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (3.28%) Retail
13 1 (0.82%) Automotive
13 1 (0.82%) Digital Economy
13 1 (0.82%) French Language
13 1 (0.82%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.82%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (18.85%) Support Engineer
2 22 (18.03%) Desktop Engineer
2 22 (18.03%) Desktop Support
2 22 (18.03%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 22 (18.03%) Project Manager
3 15 (12.30%) Programme Manager
4 14 (11.48%) Lead
5 11 (9.02%) Analyst
6 8 (6.56%) IT Trainer
6 8 (6.56%) LIMS Manager
6 8 (6.56%) LIMS Project Manager
6 8 (6.56%) Trainer
7 6 (4.92%) Project Leader
8 5 (4.10%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (4.10%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (4.10%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (4.10%) Microsoft 365 Trainer
8 5 (4.10%) Network Engineer
9 4 (3.28%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 4 (3.28%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.82%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 43 (35.25%) NHS
2 8 (6.56%) LIMS
3 7 (5.74%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.10%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.28%) e-Health
5 4 (3.28%) PMI
5 4 (3.28%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.46%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.64%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.82%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.82%) PACS
8 1 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (22.13%) Windows
2 19 (15.57%) Windows 10
3 7 (5.74%) Unix
4 4 (3.28%) Linux
5 2 (1.64%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.64%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (45.08%) Business Intelligence
2 50 (40.98%) Digital Marketing
3 32 (26.23%) Project Management
4 18 (14.75%) Project Delivery
4 18 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (13.11%) Decision-Making
6 15 (12.30%) Agile
7 12 (9.84%) Test Scripting
8 11 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (9.02%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (8.20%) PRINCE2
10 8 (6.56%) Business Case
10 8 (6.56%) Document Management
10 8 (6.56%) Migration
10 8 (6.56%) Validation
11 7 (5.74%) Change Management
11 7 (5.74%) Community of Practice
11 7 (5.74%) Programme Delivery
12 6 (4.92%) Portfolio Management
12 6 (4.92%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.10%) SQL
2 1 (0.82%) C#
2 1 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 22 (18.03%) Degree
2 18 (14.75%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.38%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.74%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.92%) PMI Certification
6 5 (4.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (3.28%) PMP
8 3 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.64%) CCNP
9 2 (1.64%) PgMP
10 1 (0.82%) APMP
10 1 (0.82%) CCIE
10 1 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.82%) ISEB
10 1 (0.82%) ISEB Practitioner
10 1 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.84%) PMO
2 8 (6.56%) HL7
3 5 (4.10%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.64%) QA
5 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.82%) COBIT
5 1 (0.82%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 4 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.46%) IBM BigFix
1 3 (2.46%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.64%) AirWatch
2 2 (1.64%) Nessus
Vendors
1 58 (47.54%) SAP
2 8 (6.56%) Oracle
2 8 (6.56%) Remedy
3 6 (4.92%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.92%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.28%) Alteryx
4 4 (3.28%) Cisco
4 4 (3.28%) HP
5 3 (2.46%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.46%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.64%) Apple
6 2 (1.64%) Guidewire
6 2 (1.64%) Juniper
6 2 (1.64%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.64%) ScienceLogic
7 1 (0.82%) VMware