Programme Delivery Contracts in the UK excluding London

Programme Delivery
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 301 324
Rank change year-on-year +35 +23 +26
Contract jobs citing Programme Delivery 74 91 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.44% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.53% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 56 87
10th Percentile £409 £418 £400
25th Percentile £475 £465 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £605 £625
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.20% +19.62%
75th Percentile £681 £725 £775
90th Percentile £738 - £968
UK median daily rate £600 £610 £625
% change year-on-year -1.64% -2.40% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 4
10th Percentile - £40.93 £34.17
25th Percentile - - £45.15
Median hourly rate - £57.33 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year - +6.66% -
75th Percentile - - £55.00
90th Percentile - £57.43 -
UK median hourly rate - £57.33 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +4.24% -16.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,716 17,285 20,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 83.51% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,290 10,280 13,964
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.87%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 847 2,123 1,246
10th Percentile £13.83 £12.40 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.06 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% -1.35% +44.08%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Programme Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Delivery in the UK excluding London

Programme Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Delivery in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Programme Delivery in the UK excluding London

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Delivery in the UK excluding London

Programme Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Delivery in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Delivery in the UK excluding London

Programme Delivery
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 within the UK excluding London 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
South East +59 20 £525 +1.94% 117
North of England -17 12 £529 -18.65% 87
Scotland +9 11 £615 +23.00% 15
South West +38 10 £409 -22.10% 49
Midlands +21 9 £625 +35.87% 76
East of England +39 8 £690 - 56
North West -17 8 £529 -18.65% 44
East Midlands +13 6 £519 +12.77% 26
West Midlands +17 3 £725 +30.93% 45
Yorkshire +16 3 £388 -16.22% 33
Northern Ireland - 3 £750 - 6
North East - 1 - - 11
Wales - 1 £550 - 9
Programme Delivery
UK

Programme Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.76%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (5.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.70%) Maximo
3 1 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.46%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.05%) Datadog
2 3 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.70%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.35%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (1.35%) Firewall
1 1 (1.35%) IPsec
1 1 (1.35%) LAN
1 1 (1.35%) Network Security
1 1 (1.35%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.35%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.35%) VPN
1 1 (1.35%) WAN
1 1 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.46%) Power BI
2 2 (2.70%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (2.70%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.35%) Big Data
3 1 (1.35%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 12 (16.22%) JIRA
2 4 (5.41%) Jenkins
2 4 (5.41%) SoapUI
General
1 31 (41.89%) Social Skills
2 23 (31.08%) Finance
3 10 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.81%) Banking
5 6 (8.11%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (8.11%) Local Government
6 3 (4.05%) Financial Institution
6 3 (4.05%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.70%) Marketing
7 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.35%) Automotive
8 1 (1.35%) Billing
8 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.35%) Military
8 1 (1.35%) Retail
8 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (28.38%) Programme Manager
2 11 (14.86%) Lead
3 9 (12.16%) Senior
4 8 (10.81%) Analyst
4 8 (10.81%) Project Manager
4 8 (10.81%) Tester
5 5 (6.76%) Data Analyst
5 5 (6.76%) SAP Analyst
5 5 (6.76%) SAP Data Analyst
6 4 (5.41%) Architect
6 4 (5.41%) DV Cleared Project Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Programme Director
6 4 (5.41%) Senior Tester
7 3 (4.05%) Business Analyst
7 3 (4.05%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.05%) PMO Lead
7 3 (4.05%) Programme Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Technical Manager
8 2 (2.70%) Head of Engineering
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.41%) Middleware
1 4 (5.41%) SOAP
1 4 (5.41%) XML
2 1 (1.35%) ADO
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (6.76%) PMI
3 4 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.70%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.70%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.70%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.35%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.70%) Windows
2 1 (1.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (41.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 27 (36.49%) Agile
3 18 (24.32%) Risk Management
4 15 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (20.27%) Project Delivery
4 15 (20.27%) Project Management
5 12 (16.22%) Budget Management
5 12 (16.22%) Migration
5 12 (16.22%) PRINCE2
5 12 (16.22%) Programme Management
5 12 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (14.86%) Decision-Making
7 10 (13.51%) Change Management
7 10 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (13.51%) Data Migration
8 9 (12.16%) ERP
8 9 (12.16%) Waterfall
9 8 (10.81%) Service Delivery
9 8 (10.81%) Test Automation
9 8 (10.81%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (24.32%) Security Cleared
2 10 (13.51%) DV Cleared
3 9 (12.16%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.76%) PMI Certification
5 4 (5.41%) Degree
6 3 (4.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (2.70%) PMP
8 1 (1.35%) APMG
8 1 (1.35%) APMP
8 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.35%) CCNA
8 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.35%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.46%) PMO
2 4 (5.41%) QA
3 1 (1.35%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.35%) GDPR
3 1 (1.35%) MiFID
3 1 (1.35%) P3O
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) Grafana
2 1 (1.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 11 (14.86%) SAP
2 6 (8.11%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.76%) Ariba
4 4 (5.41%) Oracle
5 3 (4.05%) Splunk
6 2 (2.70%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.70%) Concur
6 2 (2.70%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.35%) Cisco
7 1 (1.35%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.35%) F5
7 1 (1.35%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.35%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.35%) Teradata