Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Programme Manager
South East > Surrey

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Surrey is £738, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 53 75
Rank change year-on-year +7 +22 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 3 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.86% 0.39% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.42% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £716 - £720
25th Percentile £722 £613 £775
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £625 £800
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% -21.88% +17.65%
75th Percentile £747 £638 £856
90th Percentile £749 - £875
South East median daily rate £750 £625 £700
% change year-on-year +20.00% -10.71% +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 333 480 759
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 93.57% 96.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 328 607
10th Percentile £204 £203 £195
25th Percentile £250 £275 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -7.77% +0.49%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £638
90th Percentile £626 £663 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 30 34
10th Percentile £19.69 £15.96 £24.14
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.44 £44.70
Median hourly rate £55.00 £49.00 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -20.49% +36.96%
75th Percentile £57.50 £74.22 £76.53
90th Percentile - £77.17 £78.10
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £52.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% +12.48% +113.20%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings that featured Programme Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in Surrey

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Surrey

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Surrey

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Redhill +13 1 £750 +20.00%
Programme Manager
South East

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, Programme Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) DSDM

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) DSDM
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) People Management
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Thinking