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 during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 122 176
Rank change year-on-year -48 +54 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 29 97 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.53% 1.70% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 1.80% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 73 61
10th Percentile £438 - £425
25th Percentile £463 £563 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £750 £800 £738
90th Percentile £795 £868 £800
England median daily rate £700 £700 £675
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +8.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,092 5,390 7,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 94.71% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,070 3,758 4,976
10th Percentile £213 £220 £201
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
75th Percentile £619 £605 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 483 243 323
10th Percentile £12.79 £16.57 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.44 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +137.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £41.13
90th Percentile £77.40 £75.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +3.00%

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 12 May 2024.

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 12 May 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 -49 19 £585 -7.51% 4
Berkshire -30 14 £475 -26.92% 1
Surrey +4 3 £725 -9.38%
Buckinghamshire -11 3 £625 +8.70% 1
Oxfordshire +6 2 £700 -6.67% 2
East Sussex +5 2 £340 -40.87%
Hampshire 0 2 £750 -6.25%
Kent +5 1 £500 -20.63% 2
Programme Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 10 (34.48%) Finance
2 10 (34.48%) Programme Management
3 9 (31.03%) Telecoms
4 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (17.24%) Change Management
5 5 (17.24%) Project Management
6 4 (13.79%) Agile
6 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (13.79%) Programme Delivery
6 4 (13.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (10.34%) Re-Platforming
7 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
7 3 (10.34%) Customer Experience
7 3 (10.34%) Matrix Management
7 3 (10.34%) Target Operating Model
7 3 (10.34%) Waterfall
7 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
8 2 (6.90%) ERP
8 2 (6.90%) Oracle
8 2 (6.90%) Legal
8 2 (6.90%) Migration
8 2 (6.90%) Supplier Management
8 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (6.90%) Resource Management
8 2 (6.90%) Degree
8 2 (6.90%) Data Migration
8 2 (6.90%) Customer Service
8 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) OCI
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
2 1 (3.45%) SaaS
2 1 (3.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) 3G
1 1 (3.45%) 4G
1 1 (3.45%) 5G
1 1 (3.45%) Network Security
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 10 (34.48%) Finance
3 9 (31.03%) Telecoms
4 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Legal
6 1 (3.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) FMCG
1 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.45%) NHS
1 1 (3.45%) PACS
1 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Programme Management
2 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (17.24%) Change Management
3 5 (17.24%) Project Management
4 4 (13.79%) Agile
4 4 (13.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (13.79%) Programme Delivery
5 3 (10.34%) Customer Experience
5 3 (10.34%) Matrix Management
5 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
5 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
5 3 (10.34%) Re-Platforming
5 3 (10.34%) Target Operating Model
5 3 (10.34%) Waterfall
6 2 (6.90%) Data Migration
6 2 (6.90%) Migration
6 2 (6.90%) Resource Management
6 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (6.90%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) APMP
2 1 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) P3O
1 1 (3.45%) PMO
1 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft