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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 193 144
Rank change year-on-year -67 -49 +5
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 498 493 678
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.51% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.67% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 278 442
10th Percentile £373 £291 £326
25th Percentile £431 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £625 £585
Median % change year-on-year -9.12% +6.84% -2.50%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £738
90th Percentile £856 £825 £848
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -14.33% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 21 23
10th Percentile £47.60 £26.85 £12.75
25th Percentile £83.00 £37.02 £16.46
Median hourly rate £88.00 £49.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% +41.43% -15.66%
75th Percentile - £65.25 £53.13
90th Percentile £99.51 £77.50 £74.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 £28.55 £16.92
% change year-on-year +208.23% +68.74% -57.22%

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 44,826 29,510 35,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.01% 90.34% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,774 18,532 22,551
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £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 2,642 1,578 2,152
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £13.25
25th Percentile £20.01 £17.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -36.33% -7.06%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.94 £62.76
90th Percentile £83.00 £69.13 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.34 £40.00
% change year-on-year +84.88% -39.15% -1.45%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -78 436 £580 -7.20% 207
London -29 238 £625 -1.96% 128
UK excluding London -95 229 £514 -14.33% 105
Work from Home -59 160 £545 -16.15% 68
South East -48 87 £550 -15.38% 34
North of England -56 47 £507 -6.20% 22
Scotland -7 32 £450 -4.00% 7
Midlands -65 29 £550 -4.35% 15
Yorkshire -32 28 £516 -6.23% 12
North West -46 18 £499 -5.85% 9
South West -73 18 £700 +12.00% 16
West Midlands -75 15 £450 -25.00% 9
East Midlands -7 14 £550 +15.79% 6
East of England -26 12 £500 +25.00% 7
Northern Ireland +4 4 £738 +68.57% 4
Wales -18 1 £425 +153.73% 3
North East -39 1 £300 -53.85% 2

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 19 (3.82%) Confluence
2 9 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.00%) CMS
3 5 (1.00%) IIS
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.20%) nginx
4 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 33 (6.63%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (5.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (4.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 26 (5.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.00%) SAP MDG
3 4 (0.80%) Magento
4 3 (0.60%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.60%) SAP MDG-F
4 3 (0.60%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.40%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (0.40%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.40%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.40%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.20%) Finacle
6 1 (0.20%) iTrent
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG-S
6 1 (0.20%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.20%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 39 (7.83%) Azure
2 23 (4.62%) SaaS
3 18 (3.61%) Power Platform
4 17 (3.41%) AWS
5 14 (2.81%) Google Workspace
6 12 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (2.41%) Smartsheet
7 9 (1.81%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.61%) Google Sheets
9 6 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.20%) GCP
10 4 (0.80%) ClickUp
10 4 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (0.80%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.40%) Google Drive
12 2 (0.40%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.61%) Network Security
2 5 (1.00%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.80%) LAN
3 4 (0.80%) WAN
4 3 (0.60%) Firewall
5 2 (0.40%) DHCP
5 2 (0.40%) DNS
5 2 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.40%) VLAN
5 2 (0.40%) VPN
6 1 (0.20%) 2G
6 1 (0.20%) 3G
6 1 (0.20%) 4G
6 1 (0.20%) 5G
6 1 (0.20%) Broadband
6 1 (0.20%) HTTP
6 1 (0.20%) Internet
6 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.20%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.01%) Power BI
2 5 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.60%) SAP HANA
3 3 (0.60%) Tableau
4 2 (0.40%) Big Data
4 2 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.20%) QlikView
5 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 49 (9.84%) JIRA
2 28 (5.62%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 4 (0.80%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.80%) Git
3 4 (0.80%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.80%) Subversion
General
1 232 (46.59%) Finance
2 188 (37.75%) Social Skills
3 69 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 48 (9.64%) Organisational Skills
6 47 (9.44%) Retail
7 43 (8.63%) Aerospace
8 35 (7.03%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (6.22%) Banking
10 30 (6.02%) Marketing
11 22 (4.42%) Legal
12 19 (3.82%) Manufacturing
13 16 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.21%) Local Government
14 11 (2.21%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.81%) Law
15 9 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.61%) Front Office
16 8 (1.61%) Investment Banking
17 6 (1.20%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 111 (22.29%) Project Manager
2 101 (20.28%) Programme Manager
3 60 (12.05%) Senior
4 59 (11.85%) Lead
5 43 (8.63%) Delivery Manager
6 38 (7.63%) Senior Manager
7 35 (7.03%) Technical Manager
8 32 (6.43%) Analyst
9 30 (6.02%) Product Manager
10 28 (5.62%) Product Delivery Manager
11 22 (4.42%) Systems Manager
12 21 (4.22%) Senior Project Manager
12 21 (4.22%) Systems Delivery Manager
13 20 (4.02%) Transformation Manager
14 18 (3.61%) Business Analyst
14 18 (3.61%) SAP Manager
15 15 (3.01%) IT Manager
16 14 (2.81%) PMO Lead
16 14 (2.81%) Transformation Programme Manager
17 13 (2.61%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.81%) Middleware
2 5 (1.00%) REST
2 5 (1.00%) RESTful
3 4 (0.80%) SailPoint
3 4 (0.80%) VML
4 3 (0.60%) React
4 3 (0.60%) XML
5 2 (0.40%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.20%) ADO
6 1 (0.20%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.24%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.62%) Data Structures
3 22 (4.42%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.82%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (3.21%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.61%) PMI
7 11 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.81%) Data Centre
8 9 (1.81%) FMCG
8 9 (1.81%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.61%) NHS
10 6 (1.20%) CCTV
10 6 (1.20%) Learning Management System
11 4 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.80%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.80%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.60%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.60%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.61%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (0.20%) Linux
2 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.20%) Solaris
2 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (44.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 173 (34.74%) Agile
3 128 (25.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 123 (24.70%) Project Management
5 117 (23.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 110 (22.09%) PRINCE2
7 94 (18.88%) Change Management
8 84 (16.87%) Decision-Making
8 84 (16.87%) Roadmaps
9 72 (14.46%) Migration
10 69 (13.86%) Programme Delivery
10 69 (13.86%) Risk Management
11 64 (12.85%) Project Delivery
12 61 (12.25%) Programme Governance
13 55 (11.04%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 54 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
15 52 (10.44%) Change Control
16 51 (10.24%) AI
17 46 (9.24%) Matrix Organization
18 40 (8.03%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.41%) SQL
2 4 (0.80%) Java
3 2 (0.40%) Python
4 1 (0.20%) ABAP
4 1 (0.20%) Bicep
4 1 (0.20%) Korn
4 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (18.07%) Degree
2 89 (17.87%) Security Cleared
3 54 (10.84%) PMP
4 48 (9.64%) PMI Certification
5 41 (8.23%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.41%) CISM
6 12 (2.41%) CISSP
7 11 (2.21%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (1.61%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.80%) HND
11 4 (0.80%) PgMP
12 3 (0.60%) APMP
12 3 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.60%) MBA
13 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.20%) RIBA
13 1 (0.20%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (16.87%) PMO
2 24 (4.82%) QA
3 21 (4.22%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.01%) GDPR
4 10 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.01%) SLA
5 8 (1.61%) GRC
5 8 (1.61%) NIST
6 6 (1.20%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.00%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.80%) MiFID
8 4 (0.80%) NCSC
9 3 (0.60%) EMIR
9 3 (0.60%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.40%) GMP
10 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.40%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.40%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.40%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (0.80%) Active Directory
1 4 (0.80%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.60%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.20%) Ansible
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (10.04%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.84%) SAP
3 28 (5.62%) IBM
4 20 (4.02%) Google
5 14 (2.81%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.01%) Oracle
7 8 (1.61%) Atlassian
7 8 (1.61%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.20%) Databricks
9 5 (1.00%) Workday
9 5 (1.00%) Zscaler
10 4 (0.80%) Charles River
10 4 (0.80%) Rapid7
11 3 (0.60%) Ariba
11 3 (0.60%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.40%) BT
12 2 (0.40%) Planview
12 2 (0.40%) Temenos
12 2 (0.40%) VMware
12 2 (0.40%) Zoho