Programme Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

Programme Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 121 76
Rank change year-on-year +33 -45 +52
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 13 17 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.89% 0.64% 2.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.70% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 50
10th Percentile £436 £444 £546
25th Percentile £455 £463 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £666 £791
90th Percentile £660 £750 £800
South East median daily rate £600 £625 £700
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,358 2,445 2,694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 92.68% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,377 1,835
10th Percentile £290 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 191 82
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.85 £17.11
25th Percentile £15.13 £19.25 £21.16
Median hourly rate £32.05 £47.50 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.53% -4.04% +182.86%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £85.65 £78.97
South East median hourly rate £33.47 £48.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -30.28% -4.00% +143.90%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the Thames Valley

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in the Thames Valley

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the Thames Valley

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in the Thames Valley

Programme Manager
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 Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 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 +26 11 £600 +26.32% 17
Oxfordshire +2 2 - - 2
Programme Manager
South East

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 4 (30.77%) SAP
1 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (23.08%) Programme Management
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 2 (15.38%) Culture Change
3 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
3 2 (15.38%) SCADA
3 2 (15.38%) Life Science
3 2 (15.38%) Virgin Media
3 2 (15.38%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
3 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (15.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 2 (15.38%) SAP WM
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) ERP
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
3 2 (15.38%) Logistics

Programme Manager Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (15.38%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
1 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
1 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Life Science
1 2 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (15.38%) SCADA
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (23.08%) Migration
2 3 (23.08%) Programme Management
2 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
3 2 (15.38%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) Culture Change
3 2 (15.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (15.38%) ERP
3 2 (15.38%) Logistics
3 2 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
3 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
4 1 (7.69%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.69%) Systems Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) PgMP
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Virgin Media
4 1 (7.69%) Capita
4 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.69%) Snow