Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Programme Manager
Wales > South Wales

The median Programme Manager daily rate in South Wales is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 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
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 41 47
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.38% 0.30% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.33% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £800 £450
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +77.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £575 - £538
90th Percentile - - £575
Wales median daily rate £550 £800 £450
% change year-on-year -31.25% +77.78% -18.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 241 304 385
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 90.75% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 177 293
10th Percentile £187 £136 £182
25th Percentile £265 £200 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £412 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.98% -8.44% -10.00%
75th Percentile £489 £550 £600
90th Percentile £649 £621 £650
Wales median daily rate £393 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -7.65% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 43 26
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.48 £16.98
25th Percentile £13.08 £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £18.65 £25.60 £23.92
Median % change year-on-year -27.15% +7.05% +26.17%
75th Percentile £20.75 £49.38 £41.56
90th Percentile £24.45 £53.75 £53.35
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £27.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -24.07% +20.00% +36.36%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in South Wales

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in South Wales

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Cardiff +1 1 £550 -31.25% 1
Programme Manager
Wales

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 14 September 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 Wales region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC