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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 167 133
Rank change year-on-year -81 -34 +22
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 480 477 737
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.64% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.80% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 270 506
10th Percentile £363 £324 £281
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £593
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.27% -1.25%
75th Percentile £680 £700 £725
90th Percentile £838 £825 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £575 £583
% change year-on-year -8.70% -1.29% +1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 23 20
10th Percentile £23.16 £26.85 £12.75
25th Percentile £39.86 £28.60 £23.68
Median hourly rate £86.50 £49.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.75% +35.62% -14.48%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.00 £60.31
90th Percentile £92.75 £73.05 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 £27.98 £14.75
% change year-on-year +214.57% +89.66% -65.11%

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 41,434 26,510 36,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.66% 90.99% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,895 16,942 23,625
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,481 1,120 2,526
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.85 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.98% -23.38% -0.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £60.71
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -81 428 £550 -8.33% 241
UK excluding London -86 239 £525 -8.70% 120
London -35 210 £550 -13.73% 145
Work from Home -50 141 £525 -12.50% 105
South East -50 78 £450 -30.77% 26
Midlands -43 47 £550 -4.35% 5
North of England -72 41 £503 -5.05% 28
East Midlands -9 29 £550 +12.82% 1
South West -52 29 £525 -10.64% 19
Yorkshire -47 27 £516 -1.76% 13
Scotland -18 24 £450 -12.11% 12
West Midlands -63 18 £470 -21.67% 4
East of England -30 14 £450 -18.18% 14
North West -53 12 £484 -8.25% 14
Northern Ireland +3 5 £700 +60.00% 10
North East -28 2 £300 -46.90% 1
Wales -15 1 £425 -26.09% 7

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 (3.54%) Confluence
2 9 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.83%) CMS
4 3 (0.63%) IIS
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle Service Bus
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.21%) Apache
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.21%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 33 (6.88%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (3.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.83%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.63%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.63%) SAP MDG-F
4 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.42%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.21%) iTrent
5 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Convergent Charging
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.21%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 31 (6.46%) Azure
2 26 (5.42%) Google Workspace
3 21 (4.38%) Google Sheets
3 21 (4.38%) SaaS
4 18 (3.75%) Cloud Computing
5 17 (3.54%) Power Platform
6 13 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.29%) Smartsheet
8 9 (1.88%) AWS
9 5 (1.04%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.04%) GCP
10 4 (0.83%) ClickUp
10 4 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (0.83%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.63%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.42%) Asana
12 2 (0.42%) Lucidchart
12 2 (0.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.46%) Network Security
2 4 (0.83%) LAN
2 4 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (0.83%) WAN
3 3 (0.63%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.63%) InfiniBand
4 2 (0.42%) Broadband
4 2 (0.42%) DNS
4 2 (0.42%) Firewall
4 2 (0.42%) Internet
5 1 (0.21%) 2G
5 1 (0.21%) 3G
5 1 (0.21%) 4G
5 1 (0.21%) BGP
5 1 (0.21%) DHCP
5 1 (0.21%) Junos
5 1 (0.21%) OSPF
5 1 (0.21%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.21%) SMTP
5 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.13%) Power BI
2 5 (1.04%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.63%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.63%) Tableau
5 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.21%) Big Data
6 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.21%) Looker
6 1 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.21%) QlikView
6 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 56 (11.67%) JIRA
2 28 (5.83%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (0.63%) Bitbucket
General
1 238 (49.58%) Finance
2 198 (41.25%) Social Skills
3 83 (17.29%) Public Sector
4 58 (12.08%) Organisational Skills
5 56 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
6 53 (11.04%) Marketing
7 44 (9.17%) Retail
8 42 (8.75%) Aerospace
8 42 (8.75%) Manufacturing
9 36 (7.50%) Telecoms
10 28 (5.83%) Electronics
11 26 (5.42%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (5.21%) Banking
13 20 (4.17%) Legal
14 11 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.46%) Front Office
15 7 (1.46%) Local Government
16 6 (1.25%) Investment Banking
16 6 (1.25%) Law
16 6 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 99 (20.63%) Programme Manager
2 97 (20.21%) Project Manager
3 54 (11.25%) Lead
4 50 (10.42%) Senior
5 42 (8.75%) Delivery Manager
6 40 (8.33%) Analyst
7 38 (7.92%) Technical Manager
8 32 (6.67%) Senior Manager
9 29 (6.04%) Product Manager
10 28 (5.83%) Product Delivery Manager
11 24 (5.00%) Business Analyst
12 22 (4.58%) Systems Manager
13 21 (4.38%) Systems Delivery Manager
14 17 (3.54%) Senior Project Manager
15 15 (3.13%) SAP Manager
16 14 (2.92%) IT Manager
16 14 (2.92%) Technical Project Manager
16 14 (2.92%) Transformation Manager
17 12 (2.50%) Infrastructure Manager
17 12 (2.50%) PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.46%) Middleware
1 7 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.04%) REST
2 5 (1.04%) XML
3 4 (0.83%) ADO
3 4 (0.83%) RESTful
4 3 (0.63%) React
5 2 (0.42%) JSON
5 2 (0.42%) OAuth
5 2 (0.42%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.42%) SOAP
5 2 (0.42%) Web Services
5 2 (0.42%) XSD
5 2 (0.42%) XSLT
6 1 (0.21%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.38%) Product Ownership
2 25 (5.21%) Data Protection Act
3 23 (4.79%) Data Structures
4 21 (4.38%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.75%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.13%) NHS
6 15 (3.13%) PMI
7 14 (2.92%) Data Centre
8 9 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.46%) FMCG
9 7 (1.46%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.25%) Learning Management System
11 5 (1.04%) CCTV
12 4 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.63%) AI Agents
13 3 (0.63%) CMDB
13 3 (0.63%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.63%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.29%) Windows
2 2 (0.42%) Windows 10
2 2 (0.42%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.21%) Alpine Linux
3 1 (0.21%) Linux
3 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.21%) Solaris
3 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (39.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 150 (31.25%) Agile
3 122 (25.42%) Project Management
4 118 (24.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 102 (21.25%) PRINCE2
6 101 (21.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 89 (18.54%) Migration
8 77 (16.04%) Change Management
9 72 (15.00%) Decision-Making
9 72 (15.00%) Risk Management
10 62 (12.92%) Roadmaps
11 57 (11.88%) Change Control
12 55 (11.46%) Project Delivery
13 51 (10.63%) Problem-Solving
14 47 (9.79%) Programme Delivery
14 47 (9.79%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 44 (9.17%) Business Intelligence
16 43 (8.96%) Programme Governance
17 36 (7.50%) AI
17 36 (7.50%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 27 (5.63%) SQL
2 5 (1.04%) Python
3 4 (0.83%) Java
4 3 (0.63%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.21%) ABAP
5 1 (0.21%) Bicep
5 1 (0.21%) Go
5 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 112 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 91 (18.96%) Degree
3 60 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 48 (10.00%) PMP
5 45 (9.38%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.71%) APMP
7 12 (2.50%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.29%) CISSP
9 10 (2.08%) CISM
10 6 (1.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (1.04%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.63%) PgMP
14 2 (0.42%) CSPO
14 2 (0.42%) HND
14 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
15 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.21%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (15.83%) PMO
2 23 (4.79%) QA
3 19 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.88%) SLA
5 8 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.46%) GDPR
7 5 (1.04%) GRC
7 5 (1.04%) NIST
7 5 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.83%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.83%) JSP 440
8 4 (0.83%) NCSC
8 4 (0.83%) RMADS
9 3 (0.63%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.63%) MiFID
9 3 (0.63%) P3O
9 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.42%) EMIR
11 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.21%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 4 (0.83%) Docker
2 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.63%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.21%) Ansible
2 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.21%) SCCM
2 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 66 (13.75%) SAP
2 38 (7.92%) Microsoft
3 32 (6.67%) Google
4 28 (5.83%) IBM
5 14 (2.92%) Oracle
6 12 (2.50%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.46%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.25%) Workday
9 5 (1.04%) Cisco
9 5 (1.04%) Databricks
10 3 (0.63%) Ariba
10 3 (0.63%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.63%) Rapid7
10 3 (0.63%) Zoho
10 3 (0.63%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.42%) Concur
11 2 (0.42%) Instagram
11 2 (0.42%) Planview
11 2 (0.42%) Qualys
11 2 (0.42%) Tenable