Programme Manager Contracts in the South East

Programme Manager
England > South East

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the South East is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 169 135
Rank change year-on-year +31 -34 +38
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 21 36 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.70% 0.65% 1.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.70% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 63
10th Percentile £452 £463 -
25th Percentile £563 £513 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £744 £795
90th Percentile £730 £770 £830
England median daily rate £675 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +3.70%

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 2,767 5,141 5,491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.50% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,084 3,829
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 481 240
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £18.04
25th Percentile £20.06 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.16
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the South East

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in the South East

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the South East

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in the South East

Programme Manager
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 Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +34 13 £625 +8.70% 9
Berkshire +25 11 £625 +14.68% 4
Hampshire +25 2 £525 -27.59% 4
Oxfordshire +5 2 - - 1
West Sussex - 2 £663 - 12
Middlesex - 2 £675 -
Programme Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 South East region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
1 8 (38.10%) Programme Management
2 6 (28.57%) Agile
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Project Management
2 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 5 (23.81%) SAP
3 5 (23.81%) PRINCE2
4 4 (19.05%) Waterfall
4 4 (19.05%) Legal
4 4 (19.05%) Programme Governance
4 4 (19.05%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
5 3 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
5 3 (14.29%) SCADA
5 3 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (14.29%) Migration
5 3 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 3 (14.29%) Change Management
6 2 (9.52%) Degree
6 2 (9.52%) Project Planning
6 2 (9.52%) Logistics
6 2 (9.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) PMP
6 2 (9.52%) ERP
6 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (9.52%) SAP WM

Programme Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (9.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (9.52%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Legal
2 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Local Government
5 1 (4.76%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) SCADA
2 2 (9.52%) Life Science
2 2 (9.52%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.76%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (4.76%) IoT
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Programme Management
1 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (28.57%) Agile
2 6 (28.57%) Project Management
2 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 5 (23.81%) PRINCE2
4 4 (19.05%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (19.05%) Programme Governance
4 4 (19.05%) Waterfall
5 3 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 3 (14.29%) Change Management
5 3 (14.29%) Migration
5 3 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (9.52%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) ERP
6 2 (9.52%) Logistics
6 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
6 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.52%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
1 2 (9.52%) PMP
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.76%) PgMP
2 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.76%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) SAP
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.52%) Virgin Media
4 1 (4.76%) Capita
4 1 (4.76%) NEC
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle
4 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.76%) Sitecore
4 1 (4.76%) Snow