Programme Delivery Contracts

Programme Delivery
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 412 433
Rank change year-on-year +35 +21 +30
Contract jobs citing Programme Delivery 146 172 298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.39% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.46% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 111 197
10th Percentile £414 £359 £413
25th Percentile £500 £473 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -6.40% +8.70%
75th Percentile £697 £725 £750
90th Percentile £750 £800 £938
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £580 £621
% change year-on-year -9.48% -6.64% +22.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £28.12 £36.20
25th Percentile £56.25 £36.83 £50.21
Median hourly rate £57.50 £57.33 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.30% -6.78% -6.46%
75th Percentile £58.75 - £68.13
90th Percentile - £57.41 £69.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £57.33 £27.70
% change year-on-year +0.30% +106.97% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Programme Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Delivery in the UK

Programme Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Delivery in the UK

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Delivery in the UK

Programme Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Delivery in the UK

Programme Delivery
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +29 127 £600 -1.64% 106
UK excluding London +42 70 £525 -9.48% 63
London +33 65 £638 +4.51% 46
Work from Home +38 36 £588 +17.50% 46
North of England -2 17 £550 -15.38% 15
South East +38 14 £500 -5.66% 18
Midlands +32 13 £500 +8.70% 11
South West +39 11 £409 -13.89% 14
North West -7 11 £535 -17.69% 12
Scotland +15 10 £615 +23.00%
East Midlands +14 7 £414 -10.00% 2
West Midlands - 6 £574 - 9
Yorkshire +10 5 £588 - 3
East of England +31 3 £725 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3
Wales - 1 £550 - 1
North East - 1 - -

Programme Delivery
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 8 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.74%) Confluence
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (5.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.74%) Teamcenter
3 2 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.37%) Maximo
3 2 (1.37%) SAP PLM
3 2 (1.37%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.68%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.68%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.68%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.68%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.68%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.68%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.68%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.68%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.68%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.68%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.68%) Shopify
4 1 (0.68%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.79%) Power Platform
2 6 (4.11%) Azure
3 5 (3.42%) SaaS
4 4 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.74%) GCP
5 3 (2.05%) AWS
5 3 (2.05%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (2.05%) Veeva
6 2 (1.37%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.37%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.68%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.68%) Commercetools
7 1 (0.68%) Contentful
7 1 (0.68%) Figma
7 1 (0.68%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.68%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.68%) Intranet
1 1 (0.68%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.79%) Power BI
2 3 (2.05%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.37%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.37%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.68%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 17 (11.64%) JIRA
2 2 (1.37%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.37%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.68%) LSMW
General
1 54 (36.99%) Social Skills
2 52 (35.62%) Finance
3 17 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.90%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.22%) Banking
5 12 (8.22%) Marketing
5 12 (8.22%) Retail
6 9 (6.16%) Local Government
7 8 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.79%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (4.79%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.42%) Legal
10 3 (2.05%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.05%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.37%) Billing
11 2 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.37%) Military
12 1 (0.68%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 35 (23.97%) Programme Manager
2 22 (15.07%) Project Manager
3 21 (14.38%) Lead
4 13 (8.90%) Senior
5 10 (6.85%) Delivery Manager
6 9 (6.16%) Analyst
6 9 (6.16%) Architect
6 9 (6.16%) Programme Delivery Manager
7 7 (4.79%) Senior Manager
8 6 (4.11%) Technical Manager
8 6 (4.11%) Tester
9 5 (3.42%) Consultant
9 5 (3.42%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.42%) Programme Director
9 5 (3.42%) SAP Analyst
9 5 (3.42%) SAP Data Analyst
10 4 (2.74%) Business Change Consultant
10 4 (2.74%) SAP Architect
10 4 (2.74%) SAP Manager
10 4 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.42%) Middleware
2 2 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.37%) SOAP
2 2 (1.37%) XML
3 1 (0.68%) ADO
3 1 (0.68%) FHIR
3 1 (0.68%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.68%) Next.js
3 1 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.68%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.68%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (4.11%) PMI
3 5 (3.42%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.42%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.74%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.05%) IoT
5 3 (2.05%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.05%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.37%) LIMS
6 2 (1.37%) NHS
6 2 (1.37%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.68%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.68%) FMCG
7 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.68%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.68%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (39.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 52 (35.62%) Agile
3 45 (30.82%) Project Delivery
4 44 (30.14%) Project Management
5 31 (21.23%) PRINCE2
6 30 (20.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (19.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 24 (16.44%) Budget Management
9 23 (15.75%) Programme Management
10 21 (14.38%) Risk Management
11 19 (13.01%) Change Management
12 17 (11.64%) Migration
13 16 (10.96%) Waterfall
14 12 (8.22%) Decision-Making
14 12 (8.22%) ERP
15 11 (7.53%) Data Security
15 11 (7.53%) Project Planning
16 10 (6.85%) Analytics
16 10 (6.85%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (12.33%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.96%) PMI Certification
3 13 (8.90%) PMP
3 13 (8.90%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.79%) Degree
5 5 (3.42%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.37%) APMP
6 2 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.68%) MBA
7 1 (0.68%) PgMP
7 1 (0.68%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.70%) PMO
2 8 (5.48%) Accessibility
2 8 (5.48%) QA
3 2 (1.37%) GDPR
3 2 (1.37%) GxP
4 1 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.68%) HL7
4 1 (0.68%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.68%) MiFID
4 1 (0.68%) P3O
4 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 25 (17.12%) SAP
2 9 (6.16%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.11%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.42%) Ariba
4 5 (3.42%) Oracle
5 4 (2.74%) Concur
5 4 (2.74%) Databricks
5 4 (2.74%) Siemens
6 3 (2.05%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.05%) Proofpoint
7 2 (1.37%) Adobe
7 2 (1.37%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.37%) Forcepoint
7 2 (1.37%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.68%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.68%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.68%) Google
8 1 (0.68%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.68%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.68%) Splunk