Workforce Management Program Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Program Manager - Workforce Management
UK > UK excluding London

The median Program Manager - Workforce Management daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Workforce Management Program Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £475 - £650

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 20,190 11,695 19,482
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.66% 92.53% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,993 7,633 12,080
10th Percentile £258 £213 £210
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,188 711 2,099
10th Percentile £14.40 £14.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.71 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% - -21.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £75.50 £71.98
UK median hourly rate £36.70 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.92% - -24.42%

Workforce Management Program Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Workforce Management Program Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Workforce Management Program Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Workforce Management Program Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Workforce Management Program Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Workforce Management Program 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 Workforce Management Program Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 March 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
Midlands - 2 £475 -
North West - 2 £475 -
West Midlands - 2 £475 -
North of England - 2 £475 -
Workforce Management Program Manager
UK

Workforce Management Program Manager Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, Workforce Management Program 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 Workforce Management Program Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) WFM
1 2 (100.00%) Workforce Optimisation

Workforce Management Program 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) WFM
1 2 (100.00%) Workforce Optimisation