Programme Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Programme Delivery Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Programme Delivery Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 395 353 406
Rank change year-on-year -42 +53 +90
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Delivery Manager 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.022% 0.021% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.022% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.70%
UK median daily rate £665 £725 £525
% change year-on-year -8.28% +38.10% -16.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,535 13,499 18,107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.38% 92.35% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,172 8,023 11,756
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,650 757 1,273
10th Percentile £13.95 £15.22 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.24 £18.67
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% -31.23% +77.62%
75th Percentile £58.63 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.51 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +38.46%

Programme Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Programme Delivery Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Programme Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Programme Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Programme Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Programme Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Delivery Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
North of England -48 1 £575 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £575 - 1
East of England - 1 - -
Programme Delivery Manager
UK

Programme Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Programme Delivery 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 UK excluding London region featuring Programme Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Building Information Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 19650
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Identification
3 1 (25.00%) GCP
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) PMO
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation

Programme Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Building Information Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Identification
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 19650
2 1 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) SLA