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 £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 360 406
Rank change year-on-year -30 +46 +86
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Delivery Manager 5 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.029% 0.012% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.013% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £449 - -
25th Percentile £470 £713 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £725 £500
Median % change year-on-year -29.31% +45.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £548 £738 -
90th Percentile £564 - -
UK median daily rate £665 £725 £795
% change year-on-year -8.28% -8.81% +33.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 15,399 15,261 19,412
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.68% 92.18% 93.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,542 8,762 12,856
10th Percentile £208 £220 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,500 1,046 1,262
10th Percentile £13.75 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.08 £19.59 £18.26
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +87.37%
75th Percentile £51.02 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.99 £73.41 £77.45
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +60.48%

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 12 November 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
North of England -41 2 £513 -
Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
North West -20 1 £450 -
East of England - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £575 -
Programme Delivery Manager
UK

Programme Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 November 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 (80.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Building Information Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 19650
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Confluence
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Identification
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) PMO
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Building Information Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Vendor Relationship Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (40.00%) ISO 19650
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft