Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Programme Manager
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Programme Manager daily rate in South Yorkshire is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 39 48
Rank change year-on-year -49 +9 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 4 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.52% 1.79% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 2.06% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £508 - £448
25th Percentile £519 £519 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £594 £675
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -12.04% +38.46%
75th Percentile £581 £683 £713
90th Percentile £592 £697 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £600 £600 £573
% change year-on-year - +4.80% -13.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 691 291 402
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 86.87% 90.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 175 253
10th Percentile £315 £208 £350
25th Percentile £400 £369 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £538 £594 £612
90th Percentile £623 £675 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.47% -5.00% -0.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 7
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.79 £16.01
25th Percentile £16.68 £14.35 £19.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -19.58% +18.42%
75th Percentile £22.33 £20.38 £27.50
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.05 £38.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 £23.34 £21.31
% change year-on-year +27.16% +9.53% +0.28%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Programme Manager job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Sheffield -48 4 £563 +4.65% 1
Programme Manager
Yorkshire

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, 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 Yorkshire region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Identification
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Identity
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Situational Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Identification
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Situational Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NIST