Programme Director Contracts

Programme Director
UK

The median Programme Director daily rate in the UK is £900 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 608 775
Rank change year-on-year +77 +167 -124
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 40 79 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.094% 0.14% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.15% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 57 60
10th Percentile £708 £655 £714
25th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £875 £1,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% +28.62%
75th Percentile £975 £1,000 £1,150
90th Percentile £1,060 £1,150 £1,203
UK excluding London median daily rate £780 £800 £875
% change year-on-year -2.50% -8.57% +11.11%

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 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in the UK

Programme Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Director in the UK

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Director over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Director in the UK

Programme Director
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Director in the UK

Programme Director
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Director within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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 +74 37 £900 +2.86% 10
London +69 22 £928 +3.13% 9
UK excluding London +53 15 £780 -2.50% 4
Work from Home +96 14 £780 -6.59% 7
Midlands +25 6 £850 +6.25%
South East +28 4 £765 -6.13% 3
North of England +34 3 £900 -8.86% 1
West Midlands +22 3 £850 +6.25%
East Midlands - 3 - -
North West +21 2 £1,000 +1.27% 1
Scotland +40 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £900 -
South West - 1 - -

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Programme Director 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 Programme Director in the job title.

1 15 (37.50%) Finance
2 13 (32.50%) Programme Management
3 10 (25.00%) Business Case
4 9 (22.50%) Programme Delivery
5 7 (17.50%) Social Skills
5 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (17.50%) Project Management
6 6 (15.00%) Migration
6 6 (15.00%) Agile
6 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (15.00%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (12.50%) Data Centre
7 5 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
7 5 (12.50%) ERP
7 5 (12.50%) SAP
8 4 (10.00%) Risk Management
8 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (10.00%) Supplier Management
8 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
8 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
8 4 (10.00%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (7.50%) People Management
9 3 (7.50%) Project Delivery
9 3 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (7.50%) Degree
9 3 (7.50%) Business Transformation
9 3 (7.50%) Change Control

Programme Director 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (15.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (2.50%) AWS
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.50%) SaaS
2 1 (2.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) 5G
1 2 (5.00%) Internet
1 2 (5.00%) Wireless
2 1 (2.50%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) TestDirector
General
1 15 (37.50%) Finance
2 7 (17.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.50%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (7.50%) Retail
4 3 (7.50%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.00%) Banking
5 2 (5.00%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.50%) Law
6 1 (2.50%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.50%) NHS
3 2 (5.00%) FMCG
3 2 (5.00%) IoT
3 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Programme Management
2 10 (25.00%) Business Case
3 9 (22.50%) Programme Delivery
4 7 (17.50%) Project Management
4 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (15.00%) Agile
5 6 (15.00%) Migration
5 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (12.50%) ERP
6 5 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 4 (10.00%) Supplier Management
8 3 (7.50%) Business Transformation
8 3 (7.50%) Change Control
8 3 (7.50%) People Management
8 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.50%) Project Delivery
8 3 (7.50%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.50%) Degree
3 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.50%) PMP
4 1 (2.50%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (12.50%) SAP
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.50%) Oracle
3 1 (2.50%) BT