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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 182 137
Rank change year-on-year -85 -45 +11
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 480 468 730
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.54% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.69% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 264 474
10th Percentile £363 £352 £288
25th Percentile £425 £473 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £580
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +7.76% -3.33%
75th Percentile £700 £701 £738
90th Percentile £850 £825 £834
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 24 23
10th Percentile £45.00 £27.36 £12.75
25th Percentile £73.22 £30.40 £19.25
Median hourly rate £88.00 £49.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% +41.43% -20.20%
75th Percentile - £65.25 £53.13
90th Percentile £98.50 £73.83 £74.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 £28.55 £20.00
% change year-on-year +208.23% +42.79% -55.57%

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 43,335 27,616 36,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.01% 91.08% 85.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,981 17,460 23,548
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £414 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £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 2,593 1,327 2,546
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.72
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.44 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.95 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.77 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £24.83 £38.12
% change year-on-year +79.22% -34.86% +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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -87 421 £550 -12.00% 141
UK excluding London -101 233 £525 -12.50% 93
London -41 215 £600 -7.69% 78
Work from Home -48 156 £540 -16.92% 75
South East -38 89 £518 -20.38% 33
North of England -64 40 £500 -5.66% 16
Midlands -62 36 £550 -4.35% 14
Scotland -11 30 £450 -5.26% 7
Yorkshire -29 24 £507 -7.91% 10
South West -63 23 £525 -10.64% 4
East Midlands -3 19 £550 +12.82% 4
West Midlands -73 17 £470 -21.67% 10
North West -54 15 £484 -8.68% 6
East of England -27 10 £450 -32.08% 12
Northern Ireland 0 5 £700 +60.00% 4
Wales -16 1 £425 -10.53% 6
North East -37 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 17 (3.54%) Confluence
2 11 (2.29%) 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 33 (6.88%) Microsoft Project
2 23 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (4.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.83%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.83%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.63%) SAP MDG-F
4 2 (0.42%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (0.42%) 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%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
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%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 32 (6.67%) Azure
2 21 (4.38%) Google Workspace
3 20 (4.17%) SaaS
4 16 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 14 (2.92%) Google Sheets
6 13 (2.71%) AWS
6 13 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.71%) Smartsheet
7 12 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.25%) GCP
9 5 (1.04%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.83%) ClickUp
10 4 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.42%) Asana
12 2 (0.42%) Google Ads
12 2 (0.42%) Google Drive
12 2 (0.42%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.42%) PaaS
12 2 (0.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.46%) 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 (0.63%) InfiniBand
5 2 (0.42%) DNS
5 2 (0.42%) Firewall
6 1 (0.21%) 2G
6 1 (0.21%) 3G
6 1 (0.21%) 5G
6 1 (0.21%) DHCP
6 1 (0.21%) HTTP
6 1 (0.21%) Internet
6 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.21%) VLAN
6 1 (0.21%) VPN
6 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.92%) Power BI
2 4 (0.83%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.63%) SAP HANA
3 3 (0.63%) Tableau
4 1 (0.21%) Big Data
4 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.21%) QlikView
4 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 51 (10.63%) JIRA
2 28 (5.83%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (0.63%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.21%) Git
4 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 226 (47.08%) Finance
2 193 (40.21%) Social Skills
3 64 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (11.88%) Public Sector
5 50 (10.42%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (9.17%) Retail
7 43 (8.96%) Aerospace
8 34 (7.08%) Marketing
9 32 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (5.63%) Banking
11 25 (5.21%) Manufacturing
12 23 (4.79%) Legal
13 17 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (3.13%) Telecoms
15 10 (2.08%) Electronics
15 10 (2.08%) Local Government
16 8 (1.67%) Law
16 8 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.46%) Advertising
17 7 (1.46%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 109 (22.71%) Project Manager
2 99 (20.63%) Programme Manager
3 56 (11.67%) Lead
4 54 (11.25%) Senior
5 42 (8.75%) Delivery Manager
6 37 (7.71%) Technical Manager
7 36 (7.50%) Senior Manager
8 35 (7.29%) Analyst
9 29 (6.04%) Product Manager
10 28 (5.83%) Product Delivery Manager
11 22 (4.58%) Systems Manager
12 21 (4.38%) Business Analyst
12 21 (4.38%) Systems Delivery Manager
13 19 (3.96%) Senior Project Manager
14 17 (3.54%) SAP Manager
15 16 (3.33%) IT Manager
15 16 (3.33%) Transformation Manager
16 14 (2.92%) PMO Lead
17 13 (2.71%) Technical Project Manager
18 12 (2.50%) Senior Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.25%) Middleware
2 5 (1.04%) REST
3 4 (0.83%) RESTful
4 3 (0.63%) ADO
4 3 (0.63%) React
4 3 (0.63%) XML
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.21%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.21%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.21%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.96%) Product Ownership
2 24 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 23 (4.79%) Data Structures
4 21 (4.38%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.75%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.71%) NHS
6 13 (2.71%) PMI
7 12 (2.50%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.88%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.67%) FMCG
11 6 (1.25%) Learning Management System
12 5 (1.04%) CCTV
13 4 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.83%) Marketing Technology
14 3 (0.63%) CMDB
14 3 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 3 (0.63%) Taxonomies
14 3 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.50%) 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
1 209 (43.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 163 (33.96%) Agile
3 123 (25.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 118 (24.58%) Project Management
5 112 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 102 (21.25%) PRINCE2
7 89 (18.54%) Change Management
8 76 (15.83%) Decision-Making
9 75 (15.63%) Roadmaps
10 73 (15.21%) Migration
11 68 (14.17%) Risk Management
12 62 (12.92%) Project Delivery
13 61 (12.71%) Programme Delivery
14 52 (10.83%) Change Control
15 51 (10.63%) Programme Governance
16 50 (10.42%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 49 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
18 48 (10.00%) AI
19 41 (8.54%) Matrix Organization
20 38 (7.92%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 18 (3.75%) SQL
2 3 (0.63%) Java
3 2 (0.42%) 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 93 (19.38%) Security Cleared
2 89 (18.54%) Degree
3 53 (11.04%) PMP
4 48 (10.00%) PMI Certification
5 40 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.71%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.50%) CISM
7 12 (2.50%) CISSP
8 7 (1.46%) APMP
8 7 (1.46%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.83%) HND
11 3 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.63%) MBA
11 3 (0.63%) PgMP
11 3 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.21%) GIAC
12 1 (0.21%) GSEC
12 1 (0.21%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (16.88%) PMO
2 23 (4.79%) QA
3 20 (4.17%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.08%) GDPR
5 10 (2.08%) SLA
6 8 (1.67%) GRC
7 7 (1.46%) NIST
8 6 (1.25%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.04%) NCSC
9 5 (1.04%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.83%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.83%) MiFID
11 3 (0.63%) EMIR
11 3 (0.63%) P3O
11 3 (0.63%) RMADS
11 3 (0.63%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.21%) IFRS
12 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (0.83%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) 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 (0.63%) 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 49 (10.21%) SAP
2 39 (8.13%) Microsoft
3 28 (5.83%) IBM
4 26 (5.42%) Google
5 13 (2.71%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.08%) Oracle
7 6 (1.25%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.04%) Workday
9 4 (0.83%) Cisco
9 4 (0.83%) Databricks
9 4 (0.83%) Rapid7
10 3 (0.63%) Ariba
10 3 (0.63%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.63%) VMware
10 3 (0.63%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.42%) Concur
11 2 (0.42%) Planview
11 2 (0.42%) Qualys
11 2 (0.42%) Tenable
11 2 (0.42%) Xactly