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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 55 48
Rank change year-on-year -78 -7 -3
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 21 72 98
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.57% 3.64% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 4.03% 4.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 50 51
10th Percentile £393 £382 £413
25th Percentile £475 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £669 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year +21.59% +2.80% -10.08%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £688
90th Percentile £866 £719 £775
England median daily rate £589 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +2.39% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £23.50 £22.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.70 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.10% -12.87% -38.91%
75th Percentile - £32.45 £49.38
90th Percentile - £60.63 £75.25
England median hourly rate £55.25 £35.60 £35.90
% change year-on-year +55.20% -0.84% -19.20%

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 2,885 1,785 2,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 77.97% 90.29% 83.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,601 1,010 1,225
10th Percentile £340 £213 £304
25th Percentile £460 £368 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £622 £638
90th Percentile £733 £716 £725
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 479 270 209
10th Percentile £14.30 £15.25 £22.50
25th Percentile £24.38 £18.87 £48.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +146.52% -62.74% +12.50%
75th Percentile £69.38 £62.81 £72.50
90th Percentile £76.90 £68.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

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 10 October 2026.

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
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 10 October 2026. 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
Bristol -27 5 £638 +50.00% 18
Devon -9 4 £700 - 2
Wiltshire -47 4 £800 +28.00% 3
Dorset -10 2 £385 - 10
Somerset -27 2 £500 - 16
Cornwall -3 1 £775 +392.06% 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Google Workspace
1 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
1 1 (4.76%) SaaS
1 1 (4.76%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (4.76%) Metadata
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
1 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Local Government
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
3 2 (9.52%) Aviation
3 2 (9.52%) Financial Institution
3 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Military
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Programme Manager
1 5 (23.81%) Project Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Lead
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) Transformation Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Transformation Programme Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Associate Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Data Analytics Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Data Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Lead Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Supply Chain Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (9.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (4.76%) Learning Management System
2 1 (4.76%) NHS
2 1 (4.76%) PMI
2 1 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Project Management
2 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (23.81%) Agile
4 4 (19.05%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (19.05%) Project Delivery
5 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 3 (14.29%) Programme Governance
5 3 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (9.52%) AI
6 2 (9.52%) Analytics
6 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (9.52%) Data Governance
6 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
6 2 (9.52%) Defect Management
6 2 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (9.52%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (9.52%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (9.52%) TOGAF
6 2 (9.52%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 4 (19.05%) DV Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) CISM
3 2 (9.52%) CISSP
3 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.76%) PMP
4 1 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Google
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle