Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Programme Manager
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Programme Manager daily rate in South Yorkshire is £468, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 43 -
Rank change year-on-year -54 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 5 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.50% 1.18% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 1.31% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £430 - -
25th Percentile £444 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 - -
75th Percentile £559 - -
90th Percentile £614 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £675 £638 £588
% change year-on-year +5.88% +8.51% -9.62%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 917 306 385
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 90.00% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 210 232
10th Percentile £336 £219 £250
25th Percentile £405 £388 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £540 £574 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £460 £463
% change year-on-year +5.98% -0.54% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 16
10th Percentile - £16.37 £10.90
25th Percentile - £18.10 £12.26
Median hourly rate - £18.21 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year - +37.60% -29.85%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £23.75
90th Percentile - £18.51 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £42.50 £21.24 £14.20
% change year-on-year +100.09% +49.55% -42.03%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager 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 27 March 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
Sheffield -49 5 £468 - 1
Programme Manager
Yorkshire

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 27 March 2026, 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 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Cutover Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Dependency Management
3 2 (40.00%) High Availability
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (40.00%) Release Management
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Case
4 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (20.00%) Emotional Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

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 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Cutover Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Dependency Management
3 2 (40.00%) High Availability
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (40.00%) Release Management
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Case
4 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (20.00%) Emotional Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft