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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 185 138
Rank change year-on-year -79 -47 +7
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 529 516 675
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.97% 1.56% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 1.73% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 313 375
10th Percentile £397 £300 £278
25th Percentile £450 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £598 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +5.75% -5.83%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £719
90th Percentile £840 £808 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -9.57% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 32 22
10th Percentile £26.95 £19.82 £12.75
25th Percentile £40.18 £28.29 £18.31
Median hourly rate £60.00 £46.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% +32.14% -11.50%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £102.80 £77.13 £87.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 £32.08 £23.99
% change year-on-year +165.00% +33.70% -39.34%

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 46,202 29,871 32,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.62% 90.47% 85.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,118 18,549 20,447
10th Percentile £325 £300 £311
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,059 1,786 1,512
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.23 £14.71
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.30 £20.09
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +3.61%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +76.76% -47.37% +8.72%

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 September 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 September 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 11 September 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 -81 453 £600 - 635
London -29 266 £638 +2.00% 379
UK excluding London -115 218 £520 -9.57% 328
Work from Home -55 183 £548 -12.40% 221
South East -29 67 £572 -12.08% 91
North of England -66 54 £498 -9.55% 68
Scotland -14 36 £450 -4.00% 29
Yorkshire -21 31 £498 -9.55% 24
Midlands -74 25 £575 -6.12% 44
North West -51 23 £499 -7.59% 31
South West -92 19 £669 +21.59% 48
East of England -31 16 £713 +9.62% 35
West Midlands -74 15 £525 -14.29% 31
East Midlands -12 10 £638 +15.59% 13
Northern Ireland -5 2 £775 +369.70% 17
Wales -15 2 £425 +153.73% 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 27 (5.10%) Confluence
2 8 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.13%) CMS
4 5 (0.95%) IIS
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Service Bus
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.19%) Apache
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.19%) nginx
6 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 31 (5.86%) Microsoft Project
2 29 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (4.73%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.19%) Notion
8 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 27 (5.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.95%) SAP MDG
3 4 (0.76%) Magento
4 3 (0.57%) SAP MDG-F
4 3 (0.57%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.38%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.38%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.38%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.38%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.38%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.19%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.19%) ENOVIA
6 1 (0.19%) Finacle
6 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.19%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.19%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 43 (8.13%) Azure
2 21 (3.97%) AWS
2 21 (3.97%) SaaS
3 18 (3.40%) Power Platform
4 14 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (1.89%) Google Workspace
5 10 (1.89%) Smartsheet
6 9 (1.70%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.51%) GCP
7 8 (1.51%) OCI
8 5 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (0.76%) ClickUp
9 4 (0.76%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.38%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (0.38%) Asana
10 2 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.38%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.38%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.32%) Network Security
2 5 (0.95%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.76%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.57%) DNS
4 3 (0.57%) Firewall
4 3 (0.57%) LAN
4 3 (0.57%) WAN
5 2 (0.38%) DHCP
5 2 (0.38%) FTP
5 2 (0.38%) IPv4
5 2 (0.38%) IPv6
5 2 (0.38%) VLAN
5 2 (0.38%) VPN
6 1 (0.19%) HTTP
6 1 (0.19%) Internet
6 1 (0.19%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.19%) SAN
6 1 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.19%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.84%) Power BI
2 4 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.57%) Big Data
3 3 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.57%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.38%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.19%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.19%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.19%) Tableau
5 1 (0.19%) Trino
Development Applications
1 49 (9.26%) JIRA
2 4 (0.76%) Git
2 4 (0.76%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (0.76%) Subversion
3 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
General
1 258 (48.77%) Finance
2 216 (40.83%) Social Skills
3 90 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (11.72%) Public Sector
5 56 (10.59%) Influencing Skills
6 49 (9.26%) Organisational Skills
7 46 (8.70%) Retail
8 39 (7.37%) Banking
9 31 (5.86%) Legal
10 26 (4.91%) Marketing
11 22 (4.16%) Manufacturing
12 21 (3.97%) Aerospace
12 21 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.84%) Telecoms
14 12 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (2.27%) Local Government
15 10 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.70%) Front Office
16 9 (1.70%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 124 (23.44%) Project Manager
2 95 (17.96%) Programme Manager
3 88 (16.64%) Lead
4 64 (12.10%) Senior
5 48 (9.07%) Senior Manager
6 36 (6.81%) Technical Manager
7 28 (5.29%) Transformation Manager
8 27 (5.10%) Analyst
9 26 (4.91%) Senior Project Manager
10 23 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
11 21 (3.97%) Consultant
12 19 (3.59%) SAP Manager
13 18 (3.40%) Transformation Programme Manager
14 16 (3.02%) IT Manager
15 15 (2.84%) Business Analyst
16 13 (2.46%) PMO Manager
16 13 (2.46%) Technical Project Manager
17 12 (2.27%) Architect
17 12 (2.27%) Digital Programme Manager
17 12 (2.27%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.51%) REST
3 7 (1.32%) Middleware
4 5 (0.95%) XML
5 4 (0.76%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.76%) VML
6 3 (0.57%) RESTful
7 2 (0.38%) ADO
7 2 (0.38%) JSON
7 2 (0.38%) ModSecurity
7 2 (0.38%) OAuth
7 2 (0.38%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.38%) SOAP
7 2 (0.38%) Terraform
7 2 (0.38%) Web Services
7 2 (0.38%) XSD
7 2 (0.38%) XSLT
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Blueprints
8 1 (0.19%) React
8 1 (0.19%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.67%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.54%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.97%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.78%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (2.84%) Operational Technology
6 14 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.27%) PMI
8 10 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.51%) FMCG
10 7 (1.32%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.32%) NHS
10 7 (1.32%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.13%) Learning Management System
12 5 (0.95%) AI Agents
12 5 (0.95%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.76%) Digital Currency
13 4 (0.76%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.08%) Windows
2 3 (0.57%) Linux
2 3 (0.57%) zOS
3 2 (0.38%) Unix
4 1 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.19%) Solaris
4 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (49.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 178 (33.65%) Agile
3 164 (31.00%) Project Management
4 122 (23.06%) Decision-Making
5 119 (22.50%) PRINCE2
6 118 (22.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 109 (20.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 100 (18.90%) Change Management
9 98 (18.53%) Roadmaps
10 87 (16.45%) Project Delivery
11 82 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
11 82 (15.50%) Programme Governance
12 80 (15.12%) Risk Management
13 78 (14.74%) Programme Delivery
14 69 (13.04%) AI
15 60 (11.34%) Migration
16 54 (10.21%) Business Case
17 53 (10.02%) Matrix Organization
18 48 (9.07%) Waterfall
19 47 (8.88%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.76%) SQL
2 3 (0.57%) Java
3 2 (0.38%) Python
4 1 (0.19%) ABAP
4 1 (0.19%) Bicep
4 1 (0.19%) Korn
4 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 87 (16.45%) Degree
1 87 (16.45%) Security Cleared
2 76 (14.37%) PMP
3 63 (11.91%) PMI Certification
4 60 (11.34%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 12 (2.27%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.08%) CISM
7 11 (2.08%) CISSP
8 10 (1.89%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.95%) MBA
11 5 (0.95%) PgMP
12 4 (0.76%) HND
12 4 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.76%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 3 (0.57%) APMP
13 3 (0.57%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (19.66%) PMO
2 22 (4.16%) QA
3 16 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.84%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.27%) GDPR
6 8 (1.51%) GRC
7 7 (1.32%) NIST
8 6 (1.13%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.95%) NCSC
9 5 (0.95%) P3O
9 5 (0.95%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.95%) SLA
10 4 (0.76%) MiFID
11 3 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.57%) EMIR
11 3 (0.57%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.38%) Docker
3 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (0.95%) Ansible
2 2 (0.38%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.19%) Control-M
3 1 (0.19%) MOM
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.19%) SCCM
3 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (13.23%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.64%) SAP
3 21 (3.97%) Oracle
4 18 (3.40%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.46%) Google
6 11 (2.08%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.89%) IBM
8 8 (1.51%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.13%) Databricks
10 5 (0.95%) Zscaler
11 4 (0.76%) Workday
12 3 (0.57%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.57%) Charles River
12 3 (0.57%) Rapid7
12 3 (0.57%) VMware
13 2 (0.38%) Ariba
13 2 (0.38%) Dell
13 2 (0.38%) Qualys
13 2 (0.38%) Siebel
13 2 (0.38%) Temenos