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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 168 122
Rank change year-on-year -65 -46 +35
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 497 510 796
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.73% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.91% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 303 550
10th Percentile £353 £305 £270
25th Percentile £425 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% -2.50%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £725
90th Percentile £831 £775 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £565 £575
% change year-on-year -7.08% -1.74% +1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 26 19
10th Percentile £20.50 £20.26 £12.75
25th Percentile £23.16 £22.50 £21.12
Median hourly rate £84.00 £33.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.75% -5.63% -10.24%
75th Percentile £88.00 £51.23 £53.13
90th Percentile - £67.50 £68.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 £23.00 £14.75
% change year-on-year +282.61% +55.93% -62.71%

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 40,197 26,741 37,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.41% 90.94% 86.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,242 17,210 23,886
10th Percentile £320 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +2.30% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,094 2,440
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.44 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.87 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.13 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.52% -21.23% +0.69%
75th Percentile £67.25 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £27.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -28.95% +8.57%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 11 May 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 -83 442 £550 -4.35% 145
UK excluding London -94 245 £525 -7.08% 106
London -22 216 £550 -6.78% 61
Work from Home -39 141 £525 -8.70% 93
South East -48 88 £543 -13.20% 30
Midlands -50 49 £550 -2.22% 10
North of England -80 37 £516 -1.76% 20
East Midlands -13 31 £550 +14.29% 5
South West -61 25 £525 -7.08% 20
Yorkshire -45 23 £525 -4.55% 8
Scotland -13 22 £450 -9.82% 6
West Midlands -65 18 £470 -21.67% 5
East of England -26 17 £600 +9.09% 12
North West -53 12 £517 -1.52% 12
Northern Ireland +1 4 £650 +48.57% 7
Wales -13 3 £160 -76.30% 4
North East -25 2 £300 -41.75%

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 18 (3.62%) Confluence
2 13 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.80%) CMS
5 2 (0.40%) IIS
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Service Bus
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Apache
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.20%) nginx
6 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (7.04%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (4.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.80%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.60%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.60%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.60%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.20%) iTrent
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.20%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.20%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 35 (7.04%) Azure
2 28 (5.63%) Google Workspace
3 23 (4.63%) SaaS
4 22 (4.43%) Google Sheets
5 19 (3.82%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.62%) Cloud Computing
7 14 (2.82%) AWS
8 13 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (2.41%) Smartsheet
10 11 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (1.61%) GCP
12 4 (0.80%) ClickUp
12 4 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.60%) Asana
13 3 (0.60%) Google Ads
13 3 (0.60%) Lucidchart
13 3 (0.60%) OCI
13 3 (0.60%) PaaS
13 3 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.41%) Network Security
2 4 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (0.60%) Firewall
3 3 (0.60%) InfiniBand
3 3 (0.60%) LAN
3 3 (0.60%) Skype
3 3 (0.60%) WAN
4 2 (0.40%) BGP
4 2 (0.40%) Broadband
4 2 (0.40%) DNS
4 2 (0.40%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.40%) Internet
4 2 (0.40%) Junos
4 2 (0.40%) OSPF
4 2 (0.40%) VPN
5 1 (0.20%) 2G
5 1 (0.20%) 4G
5 1 (0.20%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.22%) Power BI
2 5 (1.01%) Electronic Patient Records
2 5 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.60%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.60%) Tableau
5 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.20%) Looker
6 1 (0.20%) MySQL
6 1 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.20%) QlikView
6 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 58 (11.67%) JIRA
2 28 (5.63%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (0.60%) Bitbucket
General
1 263 (52.92%) Finance
2 219 (44.06%) Social Skills
3 103 (20.72%) Public Sector
4 74 (14.89%) Marketing
5 58 (11.67%) Manufacturing
6 57 (11.47%) Telecoms
7 56 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
8 55 (11.07%) Organisational Skills
9 48 (9.66%) Electronics
10 40 (8.05%) Aerospace
10 40 (8.05%) Retail
11 24 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (3.62%) Banking
13 14 (2.82%) Legal
14 13 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.01%) Advertising
16 5 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.01%) Front Office
17 4 (0.80%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 109 (21.93%) Programme Manager
2 88 (17.71%) Project Manager
3 55 (11.07%) Lead
4 50 (10.06%) Senior
5 43 (8.65%) Delivery Manager
6 39 (7.85%) Analyst
7 36 (7.24%) Technical Manager
8 34 (6.84%) Senior Manager
9 29 (5.84%) Product Manager
10 28 (5.63%) Product Delivery Manager
11 23 (4.63%) Business Analyst
12 22 (4.43%) Systems Manager
13 21 (4.23%) Systems Delivery Manager
14 18 (3.62%) Senior Project Manager
15 16 (3.22%) IT Manager
16 14 (2.82%) SAP Manager
17 13 (2.62%) Architect
17 13 (2.62%) Transformation Manager
18 12 (2.41%) Infrastructure Manager
19 11 (2.21%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.21%) Middleware
3 5 (1.01%) XML
4 4 (0.80%) ADO
4 4 (0.80%) React
4 4 (0.80%) REST
4 4 (0.80%) RESTful
5 2 (0.40%) JSON
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.40%) OAuth
5 2 (0.40%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.40%) SOAP
5 2 (0.40%) Web Services
5 2 (0.40%) XSD
5 2 (0.40%) XSLT
6 1 (0.20%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.20%) MSMQ
6 1 (0.20%) OpenID
6 1 (0.20%) SAML
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.26%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.83%) Data Protection Act
2 24 (4.83%) Data Structures
3 22 (4.43%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.82%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.42%) NHS
6 16 (3.22%) PMI
7 15 (3.02%) Data Centre
8 10 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.21%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.80%) CCTV
10 4 (0.80%) FMCG
10 4 (0.80%) Hedge funds
10 4 (0.80%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.80%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.80%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.60%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.60%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.41%) Windows
2 7 (1.41%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.60%) Android
3 3 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.20%) Solaris
4 1 (0.20%) VMS
4 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (38.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 157 (31.59%) Agile
3 124 (24.95%) Project Management
4 111 (22.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 105 (21.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 102 (20.52%) PRINCE2
7 95 (19.11%) Migration
8 75 (15.09%) Change Management
9 72 (14.49%) Decision-Making
9 72 (14.49%) Risk Management
10 64 (12.88%) Business Intelligence
11 60 (12.07%) Roadmaps
12 59 (11.87%) Change Control
13 58 (11.67%) Project Delivery
14 56 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
15 55 (11.07%) Digital Marketing
16 50 (10.06%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 44 (8.85%) Programme Delivery
18 39 (7.85%) Programme Governance
19 38 (7.65%) AI
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.24%) SQL
2 10 (2.01%) Python
3 7 (1.41%) Java
4 3 (0.60%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.40%) Go
5 2 (0.40%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.20%) ABAP
6 1 (0.20%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.20%) PHP
6 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 124 (24.95%) Security Cleared
2 93 (18.71%) Degree
3 68 (13.68%) SC Cleared
4 52 (10.46%) PMP
5 51 (10.26%) PMI Certification
6 17 (3.42%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.62%) APMP
8 8 (1.61%) CISSP
9 7 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 6 (1.21%) CISM
11 5 (1.01%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.60%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.60%) CSPO
13 3 (0.60%) PgMP
14 2 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.40%) CBAP
14 2 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (14.49%) PMO
2 26 (5.23%) QA
3 18 (3.62%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.81%) SLA
5 8 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.21%) GDPR
6 6 (1.21%) JSP 440
7 5 (1.01%) NIST
7 5 (1.01%) RMADS
8 4 (0.80%) NCSC
8 4 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.60%) GRC
10 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.40%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.40%) P3O
10 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.20%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.20%) EMIR
11 1 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 5 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.80%) Docker
3 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.80%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.20%) SCCM
2 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 86 (17.30%) SAP
2 43 (8.65%) Microsoft
3 34 (6.84%) Google
4 28 (5.63%) IBM
5 19 (3.82%) Oracle
6 12 (2.41%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.81%) Cisco
9 6 (1.21%) Workday
10 4 (0.80%) Ariba
10 4 (0.80%) Databricks
11 3 (0.60%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.60%) GoldenSource
11 3 (0.60%) Planview
11 3 (0.60%) Zoho
12 2 (0.40%) BT
12 2 (0.40%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.40%) Nokia
12 2 (0.40%) Progress
12 2 (0.40%) VMware