Programme Delivery Contracts in the Thames Valley

Programme Delivery
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Programme Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Programme Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 122 134
Rank change year-on-year +30 +12 +17
Contract jobs citing Programme Delivery 7 13 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.48% 0.49% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.57% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 14
10th Percentile £475 £336 £378
25th Percentile £513 £439 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £478 £564
Median % change year-on-year +15.18% -15.38% -2.29%
75th Percentile £820 £556 £666
90th Percentile - £588 £761
South East median daily rate £525 £515 £625
% change year-on-year +1.94% -17.60% +19.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Programme Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,353 2,277 2,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.86% 86.64% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 1,262 1,750
10th Percentile £300 £213 £313
25th Percentile £406 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £606
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +1.95% +0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 166 66
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.09 £16.88
25th Percentile £14.28 £19.25 £24.86
Median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £52.30
Median % change year-on-year -43.94% -13.96% +200.23%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.42 £69.05
90th Percentile £79.16 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £27.76 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.56% -5.00% +127.79%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Programme Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Delivery in the Thames Valley

Programme Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Delivery in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Programme Delivery in the Thames Valley

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Delivery in the Thames Valley

Programme Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Delivery within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Berkshire +27 5 £525 -4.98% 26
Buckinghamshire +12 2 £820 +76.34% 8
Programme Delivery
South East

Programme Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Operations Director
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Delivery Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Scrum
2 2 (28.57%) Service Design
3 1 (14.29%) Culture Change
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) APMP
2 1 (14.29%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) P3O