Programme Management Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Programme Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 152 90
Rank change year-on-year -120 -62 +25
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 216 257 387
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.77% 1.69% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 1.89% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 177 222
10th Percentile £366 £159 £269
25th Percentile £425 £425 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% -2.44%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £697
90th Percentile £775 £775 £786
UK median daily rate £575 £598 £570
% change year-on-year -3.77% +4.82% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 13
10th Percentile £21.30 £16.25 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £26.85 £12.75
Median hourly rate £84.00 £32.50 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +158.46% +35.47% -39.34%
75th Percentile £101.67 £36.31 £28.93
90th Percentile £104.00 £67.75 £36.60
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.78% +28.57% -11.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Programme Management 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 22,721 13,586 14,735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.90% 89.18% 82.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,030 8,166 8,538
10th Percentile £300 £235 £247
25th Percentile £409 £368 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £660 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,648 1,412 1,226
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.00 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.09 £16.95 £18.00
Median hourly rate £40.08 £22.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.13% -47.67% +6.17%
75th Percentile £67.50 £42.25 £66.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Programme Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Programme Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Programme Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Programme Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
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 Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
South East -34 62 £575 -3.97% 149
North of England -65 55 £495 -11.01% 133
Scotland -12 36 £450 -6.49% 65
Yorkshire -14 32 £495 -12.39% 46
Midlands -64 26 £575 -6.12% 62
North West -55 23 £499 -9.27% 76
South West -93 19 £669 +18.89% 72
East of England -27 17 £600 -7.69% 57
West Midlands -72 16 £525 -14.29% 42
East Midlands -10 10 £638 +15.59% 20
Northern Ireland -3 2 £775 +369.70% 46
Wales -13 2 £425 +153.73% 13
Programme Management
UK

Programme Management
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 15 (6.94%) Confluence
2 4 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) Apache
3 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.46%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 16 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.46%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 13 (6.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.46%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.46%) ENOVIA
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.46%) Primavera
2 1 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.46%) SAP BRIM
2 1 (0.46%) SAP Convergent Charging
2 1 (0.46%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.46%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.46%) SAP MDG-F
2 1 (0.46%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.46%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (6.94%) Azure
2 10 (4.63%) Power Platform
3 7 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.31%) SaaS
5 4 (1.85%) AWS
5 4 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.39%) ClickUp
6 3 (1.39%) GCP
6 3 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.39%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.93%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.93%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.93%) PaaS
8 1 (0.46%) Asana
8 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) Serverless
8 1 (0.46%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.39%) Firewall
1 3 (1.39%) Network Security
1 3 (1.39%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.93%) DHCP
2 2 (0.93%) DNS
2 2 (0.93%) VLAN
2 2 (0.93%) VPN
3 1 (0.46%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.24%) Power BI
2 3 (1.39%) Big Data
2 3 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.46%) Tableau
4 1 (0.46%) Trino
Development Applications
1 22 (10.19%) JIRA
2 2 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (0.93%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.46%) Git
General
1 117 (54.17%) Finance
2 71 (32.87%) Social Skills
3 38 (17.59%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (13.89%) Public Sector
5 25 (11.57%) Influencing Skills
6 17 (7.87%) Banking
7 16 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (6.02%) Aerospace
9 12 (5.56%) Legal
10 10 (4.63%) Local Government
10 10 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (4.63%) Retail
11 7 (3.24%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.31%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.85%) Billing
13 4 (1.85%) Law
14 3 (1.39%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.39%) Military
15 2 (0.93%) Automotive
15 2 (0.93%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (19.44%) Project Manager
2 39 (18.06%) Lead
3 36 (16.67%) Programme Manager
4 23 (10.65%) Senior
5 17 (7.87%) Senior Manager
6 15 (6.94%) Analyst
7 14 (6.48%) Technical Manager
8 13 (6.02%) Transformation Manager
9 12 (5.56%) Business Analyst
9 12 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (4.63%) Senior Project Manager
10 10 (4.63%) Transformation Programme Manager
11 7 (3.24%) IT Manager
11 7 (3.24%) SAP Manager
12 6 (2.78%) Project Analyst
12 6 (2.78%) Senior IT Manager
13 5 (2.31%) Administrator
13 5 (2.31%) Architect
13 5 (2.31%) IT Project Manager
13 5 (2.31%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.39%) RESTful
2 2 (0.93%) Middleware
2 2 (0.93%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.93%) REST
3 1 (0.46%) JSON
3 1 (0.46%) LDAP
3 1 (0.46%) OAuth
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.46%) React
3 1 (0.46%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.46%) Web Services
3 1 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 12 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.09%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (3.70%) NHS
5 6 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.85%) Digital Currency
7 4 (1.85%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.85%) PMI
8 3 (1.39%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.39%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.93%) CCTV
9 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.93%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.93%) Robotics
9 2 (0.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.46%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.93%) zOS
2 1 (0.46%) Linux
2 1 (0.46%) Unix
2 1 (0.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (43.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 81 (37.50%) Agile
3 58 (26.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 58 (26.85%) Project Management
4 55 (25.46%) Decision-Making
5 49 (22.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 40 (18.52%) PRINCE2
7 39 (18.06%) Change Management
8 35 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (15.74%) AI
9 34 (15.74%) Programme Governance
9 34 (15.74%) Risk Management
10 30 (13.89%) Project Delivery
11 28 (12.96%) Roadmaps
12 26 (12.04%) Business Case
13 25 (11.57%) Programme Delivery
13 25 (11.57%) Waterfall
14 23 (10.65%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 21 (9.72%) Process Improvement
16 20 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.85%) Java
2 2 (0.93%) SQL
3 1 (0.46%) BeanShell
3 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (17.59%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.04%) Degree
3 24 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 19 (8.80%) PMI Certification
5 17 (7.87%) PMP
6 9 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.24%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.85%) CISM
9 4 (1.85%) CISSP
9 4 (1.85%) HND
9 4 (1.85%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.39%) MBA
10 3 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.93%) PgMP
11 2 (0.93%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.46%) APMP
12 1 (0.46%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (19.91%) PMO
2 6 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.85%) QA
4 3 (1.39%) GDPR
4 3 (1.39%) NIST
5 2 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.93%) EMIR
5 2 (0.93%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.93%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.93%) NCSC
5 2 (0.93%) NIST 800
5 2 (0.93%) SLA
6 1 (0.46%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.46%) IFRS
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.46%) MiFID
6 1 (0.46%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Docker
2 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.93%) Ansible
1 2 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.46%) Control-M
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.80%) SAP
3 10 (4.63%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.78%) Atlassian
6 5 (2.31%) Oracle
7 3 (1.39%) IBM
8 2 (0.93%) Ariba
8 2 (0.93%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.93%) Google
8 2 (0.93%) Workday
9 1 (0.46%) Concur
9 1 (0.46%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.46%) Databricks
9 1 (0.46%) IFS
9 1 (0.46%) Infor
9 1 (0.46%) Qualys
9 1 (0.46%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.46%) Zoho
9 1 (0.46%) Zscaler