Programme Director Contract Job Trends in Stafford

Programme Director
Staffordshire > Stafford

The median Programme Director daily rate in Stafford is £944, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stafford 5.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £944 - -
Staffordshire median daily rate £922 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Stafford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stafford. 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 Stafford with a recognized job title 17 7 20
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 87.50% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 11
10th Percentile £180 - -
25th Percentile £240 - £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £150 £200
Median % change year-on-year +123.33% -25.00% -70.37%
75th Percentile £430 - £300
90th Percentile £944 - £350
Staffordshire median daily rate £394 £250 £369
% change year-on-year +57.50% -32.22% -24.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 6
10th Percentile - £30.05 £26.13
25th Percentile - £31.63 £28.66
Median hourly rate - £35.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - -10.63% +72.04%
75th Percentile - £38.94 £49.38
90th Percentile - £41.53 £51.25
Staffordshire median hourly rate £20.00 £27.11 £27.25
% change year-on-year -26.23% -0.51% +21.60%

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford

For the 6 months to 5 June 2026, Programme Director 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 Stafford region featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford 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 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle