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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 177 135
Rank change year-on-year -79 -42 +15
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 485 461 741
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.97% 1.56% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 1.71% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 264 500
10th Percentile £366 £341 £281
25th Percentile £425 £467 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £725
90th Percentile £844 £825 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -10.26% +1.74% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 23 20
10th Percentile £45.00 £26.85 £12.75
25th Percentile £74.13 £28.60 £22.14
Median hourly rate £88.00 £49.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% +35.62% -16.78%
75th Percentile - £65.13 £60.31
90th Percentile £98.84 £75.05 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 £27.40 £16.00
% change year-on-year +221.17% +71.25% -64.44%

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 42,464 26,928 37,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.77% 91.04% 85.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,499 17,092 23,693
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 2,543 1,207 2,592
10th Percentile £14.81 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.00 £37.09
Median % change year-on-year +62.81% -27.20% +5.97%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +17.29%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -81 427 £550 -12.00% 121
UK excluding London -98 230 £525 -10.26% 84
London -32 223 £575 -11.54% 64
Work from Home -43 147 £533 -14.80% 61
South East -50 79 £475 -26.92% 26
Midlands -52 43 £550 -4.35% 15
North of England -60 41 £500 -5.66% 14
Scotland -26 29 £475 -9.52% 8
Yorkshire -37 26 £507 -7.91% 10
East Midlands -10 24 £550 +12.82% 8
South West -53 23 £525 -7.89% 5
West Midlands -62 19 £470 -21.67% 7
North West -47 13 £484 -8.25% 4
East of England -29 10 £450 +12.50% 6
Northern Ireland +1 5 £700 +60.00% 5
North East -34 2 £300 -50.62%
Wales -17 1 £425 -10.53% 6

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 15 (3.09%) Confluence
2 9 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.03%) IIS
4 3 (0.62%) CMS
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle Service Bus
5 2 (0.41%) 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 32 (6.60%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (4.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.82%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.82%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.62%) SAP MDG-F
4 2 (0.41%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.21%) iTrent
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
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 MDG-S
5 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.21%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.21%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 35 (7.22%) Azure
2 25 (5.15%) Google Workspace
3 21 (4.33%) SaaS
4 19 (3.92%) Google Sheets
5 17 (3.51%) Cloud Computing
5 17 (3.51%) Power Platform
6 13 (2.68%) AWS
6 13 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (2.47%) Smartsheet
8 6 (1.24%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.24%) GCP
9 5 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (0.82%) ClickUp
11 3 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.62%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.62%) OCI
11 3 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.24%) Network Security
2 5 (1.03%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.82%) LAN
3 4 (0.82%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (0.82%) WAN
4 3 (0.62%) InfiniBand
5 2 (0.41%) Broadband
5 2 (0.41%) DNS
5 2 (0.41%) Internet
6 1 (0.21%) 2G
6 1 (0.21%) 3G
6 1 (0.21%) 5G
6 1 (0.21%) DHCP
6 1 (0.21%) DKIM
6 1 (0.21%) DMARC
6 1 (0.21%) Firewall
6 1 (0.21%) HTTP
6 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.21%) SMTP
6 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.09%) Power BI
2 6 (1.24%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.82%) 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 48 (9.90%) JIRA
2 28 (5.77%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (0.62%) Bitbucket
General
1 233 (48.04%) Finance
2 203 (41.86%) Social Skills
3 66 (13.61%) Public Sector
4 62 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (10.93%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (9.28%) Retail
7 43 (8.87%) Aerospace
8 38 (7.84%) Marketing
9 28 (5.77%) Banking
10 27 (5.57%) Manufacturing
11 25 (5.15%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (4.54%) Legal
13 20 (4.12%) Telecoms
14 16 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (2.68%) Electronics
16 8 (1.65%) Front Office
16 8 (1.65%) Local Government
16 8 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.44%) Advertising
17 7 (1.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 109 (22.47%) Project Manager
2 97 (20.00%) Programme Manager
3 62 (12.78%) Lead
4 51 (10.52%) Senior
5 43 (8.87%) Delivery Manager
6 39 (8.04%) Analyst
7 37 (7.63%) Technical Manager
8 34 (7.01%) Senior Manager
9 29 (5.98%) Product Manager
10 28 (5.77%) Product Delivery Manager
11 23 (4.74%) Business Analyst
12 22 (4.54%) Systems Manager
13 21 (4.33%) Systems Delivery Manager
14 19 (3.92%) Senior Project Manager
15 16 (3.30%) SAP Manager
16 14 (2.89%) IT Manager
16 14 (2.89%) PMO Lead
16 14 (2.89%) Technical Project Manager
16 14 (2.89%) Transformation Manager
17 12 (2.47%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.44%) Middleware
1 7 (1.44%) REST
2 5 (1.03%) XML
3 4 (0.82%) ADO
3 4 (0.82%) RESTful
4 3 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.62%) React
5 2 (0.41%) JSON
5 2 (0.41%) OAuth
5 2 (0.41%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.41%) SOAP
5 2 (0.41%) Web Services
5 2 (0.41%) XSD
5 2 (0.41%) XSLT
6 1 (0.21%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.28%) Product Ownership
2 25 (5.15%) Data Protection Act
3 23 (4.74%) Data Structures
4 21 (4.33%) Onboarding
5 20 (4.12%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.09%) NHS
6 15 (3.09%) PMI
7 14 (2.89%) Data Centre
8 10 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.65%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.44%) FMCG
11 6 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.24%) Learning Management System
12 5 (1.03%) CCTV
13 4 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.82%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.62%) AI Agents
14 3 (0.62%) CMDB
14 3 (0.62%) Public Cloud
14 3 (0.62%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.68%) Windows
2 2 (0.41%) 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
1 206 (42.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 156 (32.16%) Agile
3 125 (25.77%) Project Management
3 125 (25.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 106 (21.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 105 (21.65%) PRINCE2
6 85 (17.53%) Change Management
7 79 (16.29%) Migration
8 74 (15.26%) Decision-Making
9 72 (14.85%) Roadmaps
10 70 (14.43%) Risk Management
11 61 (12.58%) Project Delivery
12 57 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
13 52 (10.72%) Change Control
13 52 (10.72%) Programme Delivery
14 47 (9.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 45 (9.28%) Programme Governance
16 40 (8.25%) AI
17 38 (7.84%) Computer Science
17 38 (7.84%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 24 (4.95%) SQL
2 4 (0.82%) Java
3 3 (0.62%) Python
4 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.21%) ABAP
5 1 (0.21%) Bicep
5 1 (0.21%) Korn
5 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 92 (18.97%) Degree
3 56 (11.55%) PMP
4 52 (10.72%) PMI Certification
5 45 (9.28%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.68%) APMP
7 12 (2.47%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.27%) CISM
8 11 (2.27%) CISSP
9 7 (1.44%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.62%) HND
12 3 (0.62%) MBA
12 3 (0.62%) PgMP
12 3 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.21%) GIAC
14 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (15.88%) PMO
2 24 (4.95%) QA
3 19 (3.92%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.06%) GDPR
4 10 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.86%) SLA
6 8 (1.65%) GRC
7 7 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (1.24%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.03%) NIST
9 5 (1.03%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.82%) MiFID
10 4 (0.82%) NCSC
11 3 (0.62%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.62%) EMIR
11 3 (0.62%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.62%) P3O
11 3 (0.62%) RMADS
12 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (0.82%) Docker
2 2 (0.41%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.62%) 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 51 (10.52%) SAP
2 43 (8.87%) Microsoft
3 31 (6.39%) Google
4 28 (5.77%) IBM
5 13 (2.68%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.27%) Oracle
7 7 (1.44%) Databricks
7 7 (1.44%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.03%) Workday
9 4 (0.82%) Cisco
9 4 (0.82%) Rapid7
10 3 (0.62%) Ariba
10 3 (0.62%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.62%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.41%) Instagram
11 2 (0.41%) Planview
11 2 (0.41%) Tenable
11 2 (0.41%) Wrike
11 2 (0.41%) Xactly
11 2 (0.41%) Zoho