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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 194 149
Rank change year-on-year -75 -45 -1
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 498 495 673
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.51% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.67% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 280 446
10th Percentile £375 £300 £302
25th Percentile £431 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £625 £578
Median % change year-on-year -8.56% +8.23% -3.75%
75th Percentile £709 £700 £738
90th Percentile £852 £825 £843
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -15.29% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 22 23
10th Percentile £47.60 £27.02 £12.75
25th Percentile £83.00 £35.96 £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 £63.13
90th Percentile £99.51 £76.28 £86.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 £32.08 £16.92
% change year-on-year +174.36% +89.57% -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 45,072 29,587 34,698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.43% 85.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,942 18,578 22,301
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% -4.55%
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 2,665 1,596 2,086
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £17.33 £17.31
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.80 £68.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £24.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +83.17% -40.00% -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 25 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 25 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Top 16 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 25 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 -77 437 £581 -7.06% 212
London -26 243 £625 -0.99% 125
UK excluding London -99 224 £508 -15.29% 120
Work from Home -60 163 £533 -14.80% 69
South East -48 87 £550 -15.38% 41
North of England -66 46 £510 -3.73% 24
Scotland -20 31 £450 -5.26% 8
Yorkshire -33 28 £516 -6.23% 11
Midlands -70 26 £475 -19.15% 14
North West -55 18 £499 -5.85% 12
South West -67 18 £700 +12.00% 12
West Midlands -72 15 £438 -27.08% 8
East of England -19 12 £500 +25.00% 11
East Midlands -13 11 £550 +53.63% 6
Northern Ireland +1 4 £738 +68.57% 8
Wales -17 1 £425 +153.73% 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 20 (4.02%) 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%) ENOVIA
6 1 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.20%) iTrent
6 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG-S
6 1 (0.20%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.20%) Temenos T24
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 12 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (2.41%) Smartsheet
6 11 (2.21%) Google Workspace
7 9 (1.81%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.20%) GCP
9 5 (1.00%) Google Sheets
10 4 (0.80%) ClickUp
10 4 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (0.80%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.40%) Asana
12 2 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.40%) Google Drive
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 50 (10.04%) JIRA
2 28 (5.62%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (1.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.00%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.80%) Git
4 4 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.80%) Subversion
General
1 231 (46.39%) Finance
2 184 (36.95%) Social Skills
3 69 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.64%) Organisational Skills
4 48 (9.64%) Public Sector
4 48 (9.64%) Retail
5 43 (8.63%) Aerospace
6 34 (6.83%) Influencing Skills
7 31 (6.22%) Banking
8 30 (6.02%) Marketing
9 21 (4.22%) Legal
10 19 (3.82%) Manufacturing
11 16 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.21%) Local Government
12 11 (2.21%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.81%) Law
13 9 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (1.61%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.41%) Front Office
16 6 (1.20%) Billing
Job Titles
1 113 (22.69%) Project Manager
2 99 (19.88%) Programme Manager
3 60 (12.05%) Lead
3 60 (12.05%) Senior
4 43 (8.63%) Delivery Manager
5 38 (7.63%) Senior Manager
6 37 (7.43%) Technical Manager
7 32 (6.43%) Analyst
8 30 (6.02%) Product Manager
9 28 (5.62%) Product Delivery Manager
10 22 (4.42%) Systems Manager
11 21 (4.22%) Senior Project Manager
11 21 (4.22%) Systems Delivery Manager
11 21 (4.22%) Transformation Manager
12 18 (3.61%) Business Analyst
12 18 (3.61%) SAP Manager
13 15 (3.01%) IT Manager
13 15 (3.01%) Technical Project Manager
13 15 (3.01%) Transformation Programme Manager
14 14 (2.81%) PMO Lead
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 24 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.62%) Data Structures
4 18 (3.61%) 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 5 (1.00%) CMDB
11 5 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.80%) Marketing Technology
12 4 (0.80%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
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
1 222 (44.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 177 (35.54%) Agile
3 125 (25.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 124 (24.90%) Project Management
5 117 (23.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 111 (22.29%) PRINCE2
7 91 (18.27%) Change Management
8 87 (17.47%) Roadmaps
9 84 (16.87%) Decision-Making
10 72 (14.46%) Programme Delivery
11 70 (14.06%) Migration
12 68 (13.65%) Risk Management
13 67 (13.45%) Project Delivery
14 60 (12.05%) Programme Governance
15 56 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
15 56 (11.24%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 52 (10.44%) AI
16 52 (10.44%) Change Control
17 47 (9.44%) Matrix Organization
18 41 (8.23%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.81%) 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 89 (17.87%) Security Cleared
2 87 (17.47%) Degree
3 55 (11.04%) PMP
4 48 (9.64%) PMI Certification
5 42 (8.43%) 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%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.61%) Master's Degree
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 83 (16.67%) PMO
2 24 (4.82%) QA
3 20 (4.02%) 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 17 (3.41%) Google
4 17 (3.41%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.01%) Oracle
6 9 (1.81%) 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%) Rapid7
11 3 (0.60%) Ariba
11 3 (0.60%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.60%) Charles River
12 2 (0.40%) BT
12 2 (0.40%) Qualys
12 2 (0.40%) Siebel
12 2 (0.40%) Temenos
12 2 (0.40%) VMware