Programme Management Contract Job Trends in the South West

Programme Management (Program Management)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Programme Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 36 41
Rank change year-on-year -29 +5 +14
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 69 113 131
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.89% 5.49% 4.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 6.27% 5.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 68 118
10th Percentile £390 £421 £311
25th Percentile £472 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £595
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -10.92% -0.83%
75th Percentile £675 £642 £647
90th Percentile £688 £779 £706
England median daily rate £550 £550 £595
% change year-on-year - -7.56% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 0
10th Percentile £22.98 £32.92 -
25th Percentile £23.16 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -65.71% - -
75th Percentile £26.81 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £76.25 £85.50 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £35.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -31.93% -39.13% +49.16%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Programme Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,981 1,802 2,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.03% 87.52% 85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,106 1,660
10th Percentile £263 £265 £294
25th Percentile £413 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £734 £720
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 116 274
10th Percentile £15.60 £18.36 £20.33
25th Percentile £20.40 £44.69 £45.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.22 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Programme Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Programme Management job vacancy trend in the South West

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Programme Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in the South West over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in the South West

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Programme Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management in the South West over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in the South West

Programme Management
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 December 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
Wiltshire +7 36 £625 - 2
Bristol -30 15 £450 -15.89% 5
Cornwall -2 6 £158 -
Gloucestershire -5 6 £525 +42.37% 14
Dorset -1 2 - - 2
Devon +9 1 - - 5
Somerset -22 1 - - 3
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.45%) Apache
3 1 (1.45%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.45%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.14%) Azure
2 4 (5.80%) AWS
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.90%) GCP
4 2 (2.90%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.90%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.80%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.90%) DHCP
2 2 (2.90%) LAN
3 1 (1.45%) DNS
3 1 (1.45%) VLAN
3 1 (1.45%) VPN
3 1 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.90%) Power BI
3 1 (1.45%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) GitLab
2 1 (1.45%) GoCD
2 1 (1.45%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 52 (75.36%) Finance
2 49 (71.01%) Public Sector
2 49 (71.01%) Telecoms
3 47 (68.12%) Manufacturing
4 46 (66.67%) Electronics
4 46 (66.67%) Marketing
5 23 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 8 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (7.25%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (7.25%) Legal
8 4 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.90%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.45%) Billing
11 1 (1.45%) Law
11 1 (1.45%) Local Government
11 1 (1.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (13.04%) IT Engineer
1 9 (13.04%) Migration Engineer
2 7 (10.14%) Consultant
2 7 (10.14%) IT Support
3 6 (8.70%) IT Support Engineer
3 6 (8.70%) ITIL Manager
3 6 (8.70%) Project Manager
3 6 (8.70%) Security Consultant
3 6 (8.70%) Support Engineer
4 5 (7.25%) Availability Manager
4 5 (7.25%) Incident Manager
4 5 (7.25%) ITIL Incident Manager
5 4 (5.80%) Architect
5 4 (5.80%) Implementation Specialist
6 3 (4.35%) Analyst
6 3 (4.35%) Communications Engineer
6 3 (4.35%) Migration Technician
6 3 (4.35%) Security Architect
6 3 (4.35%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.35%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.90%) .NET
3 1 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.45%) FHIR
3 1 (1.45%) NumPy
3 1 (1.45%) ODBC
3 1 (1.45%) Pandas
3 1 (1.45%) PySpark
3 1 (1.45%) React
3 1 (1.45%) Web Services
3 1 (1.45%) XML
3 1 (1.45%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.25%) CMDB
2 3 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.90%) NHS
4 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.45%) CCTV
4 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.45%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.45%) Robotics
4 1 (1.45%) STB
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.04%) Windows
2 3 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.90%) Linux
3 2 (2.90%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (69.57%) Business Intelligence
2 46 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
3 17 (24.64%) Risk Management
3 17 (24.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 14 (20.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (20.29%) Migration
5 13 (18.84%) ITIL
5 13 (18.84%) Workflow
6 12 (17.39%) Service Management
6 12 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (14.49%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
7 10 (14.49%) Workflow Management
8 7 (10.14%) Agile
8 7 (10.14%) Programme Delivery
8 7 (10.14%) Project Management
9 6 (8.70%) Change Control
9 6 (8.70%) Change Management
9 6 (8.70%) Cloud Security
9 6 (8.70%) Configuration Management
9 6 (8.70%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.45%) C#
1 1 (1.45%) Java
1 1 (1.45%) PL/SQL
1 1 (1.45%) Python
1 1 (1.45%) SQL
1 1 (1.45%) Tcl
1 1 (1.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 53 (76.81%) Security Cleared
2 39 (56.52%) SC Cleared
3 14 (20.29%) DV Cleared
4 5 (7.25%) CESG Certified Professional
4 5 (7.25%) CISSP
4 5 (7.25%) Degree
5 3 (4.35%) CISM
5 3 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (2.90%) CLAS
7 1 (1.45%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.14%) PMO
2 6 (8.70%) NCSC
3 5 (7.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.25%) JSP 440
3 5 (7.25%) RMADS
4 2 (2.90%) NIST
5 1 (1.45%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.45%) DICOM
5 1 (1.45%) HL7
5 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.90%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.45%) Docker
2 1 (1.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Ansible
1 1 (1.45%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (1.45%) FreeIPA
1 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.45%) SCCM
1 1 (1.45%) SCOM
1 1 (1.45%) vRealize
Vendors
1 48 (69.57%) SAP
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.25%) Remedy
4 4 (5.80%) Oracle
5 3 (4.35%) Cisco
6 2 (2.90%) VMware
7 1 (1.45%) Citrix
7 1 (1.45%) Google
7 1 (1.45%) NetApp
7 1 (1.45%) Siemens