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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 183 140
Rank change year-on-year -76 -43 +11
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 494 486 709
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.49% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.65% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 276 461
10th Percentile £371 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £585
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +6.84% -2.50%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £738
90th Percentile £856 £825 £849
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 24 24
10th Percentile £47.60 £27.36 £12.75
25th Percentile £83.00 £30.40 £16.69
Median hourly rate £88.00 £49.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% +41.43% -21.22%
75th Percentile - £65.25 £50.94
90th Percentile £99.51 £73.83 £74.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 £28.55 £16.92
% change year-on-year +208.23% +68.74% -62.40%

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 44,805 29,397 36,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.38% 85.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,846 18,489 23,062
10th Percentile £325 £300 £303
25th Percentile £419 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
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 2,636 1,550 2,325
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.34 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.50 £51.65 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.75 £70.00 £73.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.33 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.96% -36.18% -4.70%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -79 431 £575 -8.00% 158
London -42 233 £613 -3.92% 90
UK excluding London -89 229 £525 -12.50% 85
Work from Home -46 162 £533 -18.08% 59
South East -42 86 £550 -15.38% 30
North of England -64 44 £507 -4.43% 16
Scotland -11 32 £450 -4.00% 4
Midlands -64 31 £550 -4.35% 15
Yorkshire -30 25 £516 -6.23% 14
South West -72 19 £700 +12.00% 8
North West -50 18 £499 -5.85% 3
East Midlands -7 17 £550 +14.29% 3
West Midlands -73 14 £438 -27.08% 12
East of England -21 12 £500 - 9
Northern Ireland 0 5 £700 +60.00% 4
Wales -14 1 £425 +153.73% 1
North East -38 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 20 (4.05%) Confluence
2 9 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.01%) IIS
4 4 (0.81%) CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.20%) nginx
5 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 34 (6.88%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (4.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 25 (5.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.01%) SAP MDG
3 4 (0.81%) Magento
4 3 (0.61%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.61%) SAP MDG-F
4 3 (0.61%) 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%) ENOVIA
6 1 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.20%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 37 (7.49%) Azure
2 23 (4.66%) SaaS
3 17 (3.44%) AWS
3 17 (3.44%) Google Workspace
3 17 (3.44%) Power Platform
4 12 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (2.43%) Smartsheet
5 10 (2.02%) Google Sheets
6 8 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (1.62%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.21%) GCP
8 4 (0.81%) ClickUp
8 4 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.40%) Asana
10 2 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.40%) Google Drive
10 2 (0.40%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.62%) Network Security
2 5 (1.01%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.61%) Firewall
3 3 (0.61%) LAN
3 3 (0.61%) WAN
4 2 (0.40%) DHCP
4 2 (0.40%) DNS
4 2 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.40%) VLAN
4 2 (0.40%) VPN
5 1 (0.20%) 2G
5 1 (0.20%) 3G
5 1 (0.20%) 4G
5 1 (0.20%) 5G
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) HTTP
5 1 (0.20%) Internet
5 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.20%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.83%) Power BI
2 5 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.61%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.61%) Tableau
5 2 (0.40%) Big Data
5 2 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.20%) QlikView
6 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 50 (10.12%) JIRA
2 28 (5.67%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.81%) Git
3 4 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.81%) Subversion
4 3 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (0.61%) Bitbucket
General
1 232 (46.96%) Finance
2 190 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 69 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
5 47 (9.51%) Public Sector
6 46 (9.31%) Retail
7 43 (8.70%) Aerospace
8 34 (6.88%) Influencing Skills
9 33 (6.68%) Banking
10 29 (5.87%) Marketing
11 21 (4.25%) Legal
12 20 (4.05%) Manufacturing
13 18 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.23%) Local Government
14 11 (2.23%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.62%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.62%) Law
17 7 (1.42%) Front Office
18 6 (1.21%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 110 (22.27%) Project Manager
2 100 (20.24%) Programme Manager
3 60 (12.15%) Lead
4 59 (11.94%) Senior
5 43 (8.70%) Delivery Manager
6 37 (7.49%) Senior Manager
7 34 (6.88%) Analyst
7 34 (6.88%) Technical Manager
8 30 (6.07%) Product Manager
9 28 (5.67%) Product Delivery Manager
10 22 (4.45%) Systems Manager
11 21 (4.25%) Senior Project Manager
11 21 (4.25%) Systems Delivery Manager
12 19 (3.85%) Business Analyst
13 18 (3.64%) Transformation Manager
14 17 (3.44%) SAP Manager
15 15 (3.04%) IT Manager
15 15 (3.04%) PMO Lead
16 12 (2.43%) Architect
16 12 (2.43%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.82%) Middleware
2 5 (1.01%) REST
3 4 (0.81%) RESTful
3 4 (0.81%) VML
4 3 (0.61%) React
4 3 (0.61%) SailPoint
4 3 (0.61%) 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 45 (9.11%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.66%) Data Structures
3 21 (4.25%) Data Protection Act
3 21 (4.25%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.24%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.83%) PMI
6 10 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.82%) FMCG
7 9 (1.82%) Operational Technology
8 8 (1.62%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.62%) NHS
9 6 (1.21%) Learning Management System
10 5 (1.01%) CCTV
11 4 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.81%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 4 (0.81%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.63%) 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
1 220 (44.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 171 (34.62%) Agile
3 130 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 122 (24.70%) Project Management
5 120 (24.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 109 (22.06%) PRINCE2
7 93 (18.83%) Change Management
8 82 (16.60%) Decision-Making
8 82 (16.60%) Roadmaps
9 72 (14.57%) Migration
10 69 (13.97%) Programme Delivery
10 69 (13.97%) Risk Management
11 64 (12.96%) Project Delivery
12 59 (11.94%) Programme Governance
13 55 (11.13%) Problem-Solving
14 52 (10.53%) Change Control
14 52 (10.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 49 (9.92%) AI
16 46 (9.31%) Matrix Organization
17 41 (8.30%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 14 (2.83%) SQL
2 3 (0.61%) 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 95 (19.23%) Degree
2 87 (17.61%) Security Cleared
3 51 (10.32%) PMP
4 47 (9.51%) PMI Certification
5 39 (7.89%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.43%) CISM
6 12 (2.43%) CISSP
7 11 (2.23%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.02%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 6 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.81%) APMP
12 4 (0.81%) HND
12 4 (0.81%) PgMP
13 3 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.61%) MBA
14 1 (0.20%) ISACA
14 1 (0.20%) SAFe Agilist
14 1 (0.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (17.00%) PMO
2 24 (4.86%) QA
3 20 (4.05%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.02%) GDPR
4 10 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.02%) SLA
5 8 (1.62%) GRC
5 8 (1.62%) NIST
6 6 (1.21%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.01%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.81%) MiFID
8 4 (0.81%) NCSC
9 3 (0.61%) EMIR
9 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.40%) GMP
10 2 (0.40%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.40%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.40%) P3O
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (0.81%) Docker
2 3 (0.61%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.61%) 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 49 (9.92%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.72%) SAP
3 28 (5.67%) IBM
4 23 (4.66%) Google
5 13 (2.63%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.02%) Oracle
7 8 (1.62%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.42%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.01%) Workday
9 5 (1.01%) Zscaler
10 4 (0.81%) Databricks
10 4 (0.81%) Rapid7
11 3 (0.61%) Ariba
12 2 (0.40%) BT
12 2 (0.40%) Charles River
12 2 (0.40%) Planview
12 2 (0.40%) Qualys
12 2 (0.40%) Temenos
12 2 (0.40%) VMware
12 2 (0.40%) Zoho