Senior Programme Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior Programme Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Programme Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £738, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 374 408
Rank change year-on-year +13 +34 +95
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Programme Manager 7 4 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.046% 0.022% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.024% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 15
10th Percentile £611 £692 £470
25th Percentile £628 £727 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £844 £700
Median % change year-on-year -12.59% +20.54% +1.82%
75th Percentile £844 £1,002 £794
90th Percentile £878 £1,061 £915
UK median daily rate £750 £669 £700
% change year-on-year +12.15% -4.46% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £44.74 -
UK median hourly rate - £44.74 -

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 13,770 16,993 21,221
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 92.01% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,432 10,367 14,371
10th Percentile £215 £220 £230
25th Percentile £363 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.83%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £684 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,208 1,773 1,162
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.48 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.71% +17.07% +76.80%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%

Senior Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Senior Programme Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Programme Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Programme 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 Senior Programme Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 August 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 -15 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 - -
South East - 2 £700 - 1
Midlands -11 1 £675 -20.00% 2
Scotland - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 £850 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £675 - 1
Senior Programme Manager
UK

Senior Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 August 2025, Senior Programme Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior Programme Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) PMO
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Enablement
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (14.29%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery

Senior Programme Manager Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) ITSM
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (14.29%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Remedy
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow