Technical Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in the South West

Technical Programme Manager
England > South West

The median Technical Programme Manager daily rate in the South West is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 - 152
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Programme Manager 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.091% - 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £733 - £501
25th Percentile £744 - £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £506
75th Percentile £794 - £514
90th Percentile £798 - £517
England median daily rate £625 £675 £588
% change year-on-year -7.41% +14.89% -25.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,970 2,235 2,995
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.46% 92.47% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,137 1,361 1,989
10th Percentile £221 £233 £263
25th Percentile £388 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £638 £634 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £710
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 178 309
10th Percentile £14.63 £12.79 £17.70
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.49 £40.85
Median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +15.06% -10.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.75 £82.68
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

Technical Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Programme Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Technical Programme Manager job vacancy trend in the South West

Technical Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Programme Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Programme Manager job vacancies in the South West

Technical Programme Manager
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 Technical Programme Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 November 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 - 2 £775 - 1
Technical Programme Manager
England

Technical Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, Technical Programme Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Technical Programme Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) APMP
1 2 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Epics
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall

Technical Programme Manager Skill Set
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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Epics
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) APMP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Atlassian