Technical Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Technical Programme Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Technical Programme Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 116 -
Rank change year-on-year -44 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Programme Manager 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.099% 0.059% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.065% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -
South East median daily rate £650 £750 -
% change year-on-year -13.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,776 1,536 1,967
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.71% 90.62% 91.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,664 982 1,110
10th Percentile £338 £251 £262
25th Percentile £431 £383 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +7.34% -0.10% +0.10%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £611
90th Percentile £713 £653 £676
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £505
% change year-on-year +5.00% -0.99% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 90 90
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.75 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.25 £15.91 £26.38
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.83 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +93.61% -55.70% +16.60%
75th Percentile £82.75 £60.63 £64.73
90th Percentile £101.03 £87.50 £94.13
South East median hourly rate £48.46 £25.15 £60.46
% change year-on-year +92.66% -58.40% +17.02%

Technical Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Programme Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Technical Programme Manager job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Technical Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Programme Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Programme Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Technical 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 Technical Programme Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 October 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
Oxfordshire - 2 - - 1
Berkshire - 1 £650 -
Technical Programme Manager
South East

Technical Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 7 October 2026, Technical 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 Thames Valley region featuring Technical Programme Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Bill of Materials
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) ENOVIA
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) OCI
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) PDM
2 1 (33.33%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Smartsheet
2 1 (33.33%) Teamcenter
2 1 (33.33%) V-Model

Technical Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (33.33%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) ENOVIA
1 1 (33.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) OCI
1 1 (33.33%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Automotive
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Bill of Materials
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PDM
2 1 (33.33%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) V-Model
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle