Programme Management Contract Job Trends

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Programme Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 181 136
Rank change year-on-year -85 -45 +12
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 483 469 731
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.95% 1.55% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.70% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 264 476
10th Percentile £363 £352 £289
25th Percentile £425 £473 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £583
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +7.30% -2.92%
75th Percentile £700 £701 £738
90th Percentile £850 £825 £831
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 25 22
10th Percentile £45.00 £26.85 £12.75
25th Percentile £73.22 £28.60 £22.50
Median hourly rate £88.00 £49.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% +40.43% -19.63%
75th Percentile - £65.25 £55.31
90th Percentile £98.50 £72.60 £75.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 £27.40 £23.99
% change year-on-year +221.17% +14.21% -46.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Programme Management 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 43,249 27,546 37,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.99% 91.07% 85.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,953 17,432 23,598
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -4.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,594 1,315 2,564
10th Percentile £14.81 £14.20 £12.74
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.44 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.95 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.71 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.66 £38.12
% change year-on-year +82.48% -35.31% +17.65%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Programme Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Programme Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Programme Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Programme Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Management within the UK over the 6 months to 26 June 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
England -81 425 £550 -12.00% 146
UK excluding London -102 234 £525 -12.50% 90
London -29 217 £600 -7.69% 86
Work from Home -49 155 £545 -14.51% 79
South East -38 88 £510 -21.54% 31
North of England -61 41 £500 -5.66% 15
Midlands -62 38 £550 -4.35% 13
Scotland -17 29 £450 -5.26% 7
Yorkshire -35 25 £507 -7.91% 10
South West -60 23 £525 -10.64% 5
East Midlands +1 19 £550 +12.82% 5
West Midlands -67 19 £470 -21.67% 8
North West -49 15 £484 -8.68% 4
East of England -29 10 £450 -32.08% 10
Northern Ireland +2 5 £700 +60.00% 4
Wales -15 1 £425 -10.53% 7
North East -32 1 £300 -53.85% 1

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.52%) Confluence
2 10 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.04%) IIS
4 4 (0.83%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.21%) nginx
5 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 34 (7.04%) Microsoft Project
2 22 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.83%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.83%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.62%) SAP MDG-F
4 2 (0.41%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (0.41%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.21%) ENOVIA
5 1 (0.21%) iTrent
5 1 (0.21%) Magento
5 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Convergent Charging
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.21%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 33 (6.83%) Azure
2 21 (4.35%) Google Workspace
3 20 (4.14%) SaaS
4 15 (3.11%) Power Platform
5 14 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (2.90%) Google Sheets
6 13 (2.69%) AWS
6 13 (2.69%) Smartsheet
7 12 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.24%) GCP
9 5 (1.04%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.83%) ClickUp
10 4 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.62%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.41%) ChatGPT
12 2 (0.41%) Google Drive
12 2 (0.41%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.41%) PaaS
12 2 (0.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.24%) Network Security
2 5 (1.04%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.83%) LAN
3 4 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (0.83%) WAN
4 3 (0.62%) InfiniBand
5 1 (0.21%) 2G
5 1 (0.21%) 3G
5 1 (0.21%) 4G
5 1 (0.21%) 5G
5 1 (0.21%) Broadband
5 1 (0.21%) DNS
5 1 (0.21%) Firewall
5 1 (0.21%) HTTP
5 1 (0.21%) Internet
5 1 (0.21%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.69%) Power BI
2 6 (1.24%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.62%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.62%) Tableau
5 1 (0.21%) Big Data
5 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.21%) QlikView
5 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 51 (10.56%) JIRA
2 28 (5.80%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (0.62%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.21%) Git
4 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 225 (46.58%) Finance
2 198 (40.99%) Social Skills
3 65 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (12.63%) Public Sector
5 54 (11.18%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (9.32%) Retail
7 43 (8.90%) Aerospace
8 34 (7.04%) Marketing
9 32 (6.63%) Influencing Skills
10 29 (6.00%) Banking
11 25 (5.18%) Legal
11 25 (5.18%) Manufacturing
12 17 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (3.11%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.07%) Electronics
14 10 (2.07%) Local Government
15 8 (1.66%) Law
15 8 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.45%) Advertising
16 7 (1.45%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 113 (23.40%) Project Manager
2 99 (20.50%) Programme Manager
3 60 (12.42%) Lead
4 54 (11.18%) Senior
5 42 (8.70%) Delivery Manager
6 38 (7.87%) Senior Manager
6 38 (7.87%) Technical Manager
7 34 (7.04%) Analyst
8 29 (6.00%) Product Manager
9 28 (5.80%) Product Delivery Manager
10 22 (4.55%) Business Analyst
10 22 (4.55%) Systems Manager
11 21 (4.35%) Systems Delivery Manager
12 20 (4.14%) Senior Project Manager
13 17 (3.52%) SAP Manager
14 16 (3.31%) IT Manager
14 16 (3.31%) Transformation Manager
15 14 (2.90%) PMO Lead
15 14 (2.90%) Technical Project Manager
16 12 (2.48%) Senior Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.24%) Middleware
2 5 (1.04%) REST
3 4 (0.83%) ADO
3 4 (0.83%) RESTful
4 3 (0.62%) React
4 3 (0.62%) XML
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.21%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.21%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.11%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.97%) Data Protection Act
3 23 (4.76%) Data Structures
4 20 (4.14%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.52%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.11%) NHS
7 14 (2.90%) Data Centre
8 13 (2.69%) PMI
9 11 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.86%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.66%) FMCG
12 6 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.24%) Learning Management System
13 5 (1.04%) CCTV
14 4 (0.83%) Marketing Technology
15 3 (0.62%) CMDB
15 3 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
15 3 (0.62%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 3 (0.62%) Taxonomies
15 3 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.48%) Windows
2 1 (0.21%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (0.21%) Linux
2 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.21%) Solaris
2 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (43.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 163 (33.75%) Agile
3 122 (25.26%) Project Management
3 122 (25.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 110 (22.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 105 (21.74%) PRINCE2
6 90 (18.63%) Change Management
7 76 (15.73%) Decision-Making
8 75 (15.53%) Migration
8 75 (15.53%) Roadmaps
9 68 (14.08%) Risk Management
10 63 (13.04%) Project Delivery
11 60 (12.42%) Programme Delivery
12 52 (10.77%) Change Control
13 51 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
14 50 (10.35%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 49 (10.14%) Programme Governance
16 48 (9.94%) AI
17 42 (8.70%) Matrix Organization
18 38 (7.87%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 18 (3.73%) SQL
2 3 (0.62%) Java
3 2 (0.41%) Python
4 1 (0.21%) ABAP
4 1 (0.21%) Bicep
4 1 (0.21%) Korn
4 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 94 (19.46%) Security Cleared
2 91 (18.84%) Degree
3 56 (11.59%) PMP
4 50 (10.35%) PMI Certification
5 42 (8.70%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.48%) CISM
6 12 (2.48%) CISSP
6 12 (2.48%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.86%) APMP
8 7 (1.45%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.83%) HND
11 3 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.62%) MBA
11 3 (0.62%) PgMP
11 3 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.21%) APMG
12 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.21%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (16.56%) PMO
2 23 (4.76%) QA
3 20 (4.14%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.07%) GDPR
5 10 (2.07%) SLA
6 8 (1.66%) GRC
7 6 (1.24%) HIPAA
7 6 (1.24%) NIST
7 6 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.04%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.83%) MiFID
9 4 (0.83%) NCSC
10 3 (0.62%) EMIR
10 3 (0.62%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.62%) P3O
10 3 (0.62%) RMADS
10 3 (0.62%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.21%) AIFMD
11 1 (0.21%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 4 (0.83%) Docker
2 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.62%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.21%) Ansible
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (9.94%) SAP
2 38 (7.87%) Microsoft
3 28 (5.80%) IBM
4 26 (5.38%) Google
5 13 (2.69%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.07%) Oracle
7 6 (1.24%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.04%) Workday
9 4 (0.83%) Cisco
9 4 (0.83%) Databricks
9 4 (0.83%) Rapid7
10 3 (0.62%) Ariba
10 3 (0.62%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.62%) VMware
10 3 (0.62%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.41%) Concur
11 2 (0.41%) Planview
11 2 (0.41%) Qualys
11 2 (0.41%) Tenable
11 2 (0.41%) Xactly