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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 182 140
Rank change year-on-year -76 -42 +11
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 491 488 719
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.50% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.66% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 275 470
10th Percentile £367 £350 £336
25th Percentile £425 £466 £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 £839
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +1.05%
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% -20.20%
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 44,779 29,366 36,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.09% 90.39% 85.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,858 18,449 23,259
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
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 2,648 1,547 2,431
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.22 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.21 £17.45 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.29%
75th Percentile £68.50 £52.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.65 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.34 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.88% -36.15% -3.74%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -81 428 £550 -12.00% 154
UK excluding London -94 230 £525 -12.50% 87
London -37 229 £600 -5.88% 87
Work from Home -58 160 £525 -19.23% 61
South East -37 86 £550 -15.38% 31
North of England -73 43 £503 -5.05% 16
Scotland -14 32 £450 -5.26% 5
Midlands -67 31 £550 -4.35% 14
Yorkshire -39 25 £516 -6.23% 14
South West -57 21 £613 -2.00% 9
East Midlands -4 17 £550 +14.29% 3
North West -54 17 £484 -8.68% 3
West Midlands -70 14 £438 -27.08% 11
East of England -20 12 £500 -16.67% 6
Northern Ireland 0 5 £700 +60.00% 7
Wales -10 1 £425 +153.73% 1
North East -39 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 (4.07%) Confluence
2 10 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.02%) 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 36 (7.33%) Microsoft Project
2 27 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (4.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 25 (5.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.02%) 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 (0.41%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (0.41%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.41%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.20%) ENOVIA
6 1 (0.20%) Finacle
6 1 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.20%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.20%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 36 (7.33%) Azure
2 22 (4.48%) SaaS
3 17 (3.46%) AWS
3 17 (3.46%) Google Workspace
4 16 (3.26%) Power Platform
5 13 (2.65%) Smartsheet
6 12 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.04%) Google Sheets
8 8 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (1.63%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.22%) GCP
10 4 (0.81%) ClickUp
10 4 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.41%) Asana
12 2 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.41%) Google Drive
12 2 (0.41%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.41%) PaaS
12 2 (0.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.63%) Network Security
2 5 (1.02%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.61%) Firewall
3 3 (0.61%) LAN
3 3 (0.61%) WAN
4 2 (0.41%) DHCP
4 2 (0.41%) DNS
4 2 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.41%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.41%) VLAN
4 2 (0.41%) 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 13 (2.65%) Power BI
2 4 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.61%) SAP HANA
3 3 (0.61%) Tableau
4 2 (0.41%) Big Data
4 2 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
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
Development Applications
1 51 (10.39%) JIRA
2 28 (5.70%) 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 (47.25%) Finance
2 190 (38.70%) Social Skills
3 70 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.78%) Organisational Skills
5 47 (9.57%) Public Sector
6 44 (8.96%) Retail
7 43 (8.76%) Aerospace
8 34 (6.92%) Influencing Skills
9 33 (6.72%) Banking
10 30 (6.11%) Marketing
11 21 (4.28%) Legal
12 20 (4.07%) Manufacturing
13 17 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.24%) Local Government
14 11 (2.24%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.63%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.63%) Law
17 7 (1.43%) Front Office
18 6 (1.22%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 109 (22.20%) Project Manager
2 99 (20.16%) Programme Manager
3 59 (12.02%) Lead
4 57 (11.61%) Senior
5 44 (8.96%) Delivery Manager
6 37 (7.54%) Senior Manager
7 34 (6.92%) Technical Manager
8 33 (6.72%) Analyst
9 30 (6.11%) Product Manager
10 28 (5.70%) Product Delivery Manager
11 22 (4.48%) Systems Manager
12 21 (4.28%) Senior Project Manager
12 21 (4.28%) Systems Delivery Manager
13 19 (3.87%) Business Analyst
14 17 (3.46%) SAP Manager
14 17 (3.46%) Transformation Manager
15 16 (3.26%) PMO Lead
16 15 (3.05%) IT Manager
17 12 (2.44%) Architect
17 12 (2.44%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.83%) Middleware
2 5 (1.02%) REST
3 4 (0.81%) RESTful
3 4 (0.81%) VML
4 3 (0.61%) React
4 3 (0.61%) XML
5 2 (0.41%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.41%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.20%) ADO
6 1 (0.20%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.96%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.68%) Data Structures
3 21 (4.28%) Data Protection Act
4 20 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.46%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.85%) PMI
7 10 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.83%) FMCG
8 9 (1.83%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.63%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.63%) NHS
10 6 (1.22%) Learning Management System
11 5 (1.02%) CCTV
12 4 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.81%) Marketing Technology
12 4 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 4 (0.81%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (0.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.65%) 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
1 217 (44.20%) Stakeholder Management
2 170 (34.62%) Agile
3 128 (26.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 122 (24.85%) Project Management
5 118 (24.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 111 (22.61%) PRINCE2
7 92 (18.74%) Change Management
8 81 (16.50%) Decision-Making
9 80 (16.29%) Roadmaps
10 73 (14.87%) Migration
11 68 (13.85%) Programme Delivery
11 68 (13.85%) Risk Management
12 66 (13.44%) Project Delivery
13 58 (11.81%) Programme Governance
14 56 (11.41%) Problem-Solving
15 53 (10.79%) Change Control
16 52 (10.59%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 49 (9.98%) AI
18 44 (8.96%) Matrix Organization
19 41 (8.35%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 13 (2.65%) SQL
2 3 (0.61%) Java
3 2 (0.41%) 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
Qualifications
1 96 (19.55%) Degree
2 89 (18.13%) Security Cleared
3 52 (10.59%) PMP
4 49 (9.98%) PMI Certification
5 39 (7.94%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.44%) CISM
7 12 (2.44%) CISSP
8 10 (2.04%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 5 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.81%) APMP
11 4 (0.81%) HND
11 4 (0.81%) PgMP
12 3 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.61%) MBA
13 1 (0.20%) GIAC
13 1 (0.20%) RIBA
13 1 (0.20%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (17.11%) PMO
2 24 (4.89%) QA
3 19 (3.87%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.04%) GDPR
4 10 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.04%) SLA
5 8 (1.63%) GRC
5 8 (1.63%) NIST
6 6 (1.22%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.02%) NCSC
7 5 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.81%) MiFID
9 3 (0.61%) EMIR
9 3 (0.61%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.61%) P3O
9 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.41%) GMP
10 2 (0.41%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (0.81%) Docker
2 3 (0.61%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.41%) 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 48 (9.78%) Microsoft
1 48 (9.78%) SAP
2 28 (5.70%) IBM
3 23 (4.68%) Google
4 14 (2.85%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.04%) Oracle
6 8 (1.63%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.43%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.02%) Workday
8 5 (1.02%) Zscaler
9 4 (0.81%) Databricks
9 4 (0.81%) Rapid7
10 3 (0.61%) Ariba
11 2 (0.41%) BT
11 2 (0.41%) Charles River
11 2 (0.41%) Planview
11 2 (0.41%) Qualys
11 2 (0.41%) Temenos
11 2 (0.41%) VMware
11 2 (0.41%) Zoho