IT Programme Manager Contracts

IT Programme Manager
UK

The median IT Programme Manager daily rate in the UK is £688 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 679 772
Rank change year-on-year +105 +93 -124
Contract jobs requiring an IT Programme Manager 20 37 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.062% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.066% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 30 62
10th Percentile £533 £524 £413
25th Percentile £612 £563 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £700 £631
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +10.89% +26.25%
75th Percentile £843 £800 £775
90th Percentile £850 £854 £909
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £675 £579
% change year-on-year -3.70% +16.68% +21.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £13.75
25th Percentile - £77.50 £22.38
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year - +107.79% -
75th Percentile - £82.50 £42.63
90th Percentile - - £44.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £23.25

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,181 56,479 84,762
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,164 39,476 59,482
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £491 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.87% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,646 1,570 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.49 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.18% +117.95% +2.55%

IT Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Programme Manager in the UK

IT Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Programme Manager.

Daily rate trend for IT Programme Manager in the UK

IT Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Programme Manager over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Programme Manager in the UK

IT Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Programme Manager.

Hourly rate trend for IT Programme Manager in the UK

IT Programme Manager
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Programme Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
England +108 20 £688 -5.17% 1
London +102 12 £700 -11.64% 1
Work from Home +112 9 £650 -3.70%
UK excluding London +57 7 £650 -3.70%
South East +20 4 £600 -25.00%
West Midlands +31 2 £625 +19.05%
Midlands +26 2 £625 +19.05%
North of England +30 1 £655 -1.14%
North West - 1 £655 -

IT Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, IT 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 featuring IT Programme Manager in the job title.

1 7 (35.00%) Project Management
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 5 (25.00%) Change Management
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (20.00%) Local Government
4 4 (20.00%) FMCG
4 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (20.00%) Budgeting
5 3 (15.00%) Budget Management
5 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (15.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (15.00%) Multithreading
5 3 (15.00%) Business Transformation
5 3 (15.00%) Performance Monitoring
5 3 (15.00%) SAP
5 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (15.00%) ERP
5 3 (15.00%) B2B
5 3 (15.00%) SLA
6 2 (10.00%) Banking
6 2 (10.00%) DevOps
6 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (10.00%) Azure
6 2 (10.00%) Civica
6 2 (10.00%) Degree
6 2 (10.00%) French Language

IT Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
1 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) SaaS
2 1 (5.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) WAN
1 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Local Government
2 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) French Language
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) FMCG
2 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Project Management
2 6 (30.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Change Management
3 5 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 4 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) B2B
5 3 (15.00%) Budget Management
5 3 (15.00%) Business Transformation
5 3 (15.00%) ERP
5 3 (15.00%) Multithreading
5 3 (15.00%) Performance Monitoring
5 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (10.00%) DevOps
6 2 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (10.00%) Programme Governance
6 2 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) SLA
2 1 (5.00%) FedRAMP
2 1 (5.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) P3O
2 1 (5.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Civica
3 1 (5.00%) Cadence
3 1 (5.00%) VMware