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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 120 130
Rank change year-on-year -62 +10 +54
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 581 720 837
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.58% 2.11% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 2.40% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 416 620
10th Percentile £162 £269 £293
25th Percentile £412 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £664 £675 £688
90th Percentile £782 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -2.36% -3.51% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 21 15
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.26 £24.91
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.67 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.90% -51.88% +54.26%
75th Percentile £37.52 £37.00 £76.05
90th Percentile £57.00 £70.00 £85.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £23.50 £72.33
% change year-on-year +1.40% -67.52% +14.81%

All Process and 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 32,565 30,055 38,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.34% 88.19% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,467 18,359 26,012
10th Percentile £300 £306 £307
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £742 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.80% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,103 978 1,503
10th Percentile £14.55 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.94
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.29% +24.29%
75th Percentile £49.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.02 £31.52 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.98% -29.17% +42.58%

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025. 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 -61 508 £550 - 95
UK excluding London -58 336 £537 -2.36% 77
London -22 206 £550 +1.85% 36
Work from Home -48 149 £565 -1.74% 49
South West -29 71 £550 +4.76% 11
South East -65 67 £575 -8.00% 30
North of England -36 62 £519 +1.67% 20
Midlands -43 59 £537 +7.40% 11
East of England -11 32 £625 +30.21% 4
East Midlands +2 30 £429 -14.25% 6
North West -26 29 £525 -5.41% 5
West Midlands -53 29 £600 +17.07% 5
Scotland -5 25 £500 +0.10% 3
Yorkshire -36 21 £537 -2.36% 11
Wales +9 13 £160 -76.73%
North East -9 12 £175 -53.33% 4
Northern Ireland -3 7 £115 - 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 32 (5.51%) Confluence
2 22 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.52%) CMS
5 2 (0.34%) Apache
5 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Service Bus
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 48 (8.26%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (6.71%) Microsoft Project
3 33 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 22 (3.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.86%) Trello
6 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.17%) Blender
8 1 (0.17%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.17%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 19 (3.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.86%) CA PPM
4 4 (0.69%) Primavera
5 3 (0.52%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.34%) Maximo
6 2 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.34%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.17%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 53 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (6.71%) Azure
3 38 (6.54%) AWS
4 28 (4.82%) Power Platform
5 16 (2.75%) SaaS
6 15 (2.58%) GCP
7 14 (2.41%) Smartsheet
8 11 (1.89%) Google Workspace
8 11 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
9 8 (1.38%) Slack
10 7 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.03%) GitHub
11 6 (1.03%) Google Sheets
12 5 (0.86%) Entra ID
12 5 (0.86%) Figma
12 5 (0.86%) Miro
12 5 (0.86%) OCI
12 5 (0.86%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.48%) Wireless
2 8 (1.38%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (1.38%) Skype
3 6 (1.03%) 5G
3 6 (1.03%) LAN
3 6 (1.03%) Network Security
3 6 (1.03%) VPN
4 5 (0.86%) Broadband
4 5 (0.86%) Internet
5 4 (0.69%) Kerberos
5 4 (0.69%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.52%) BGP
6 3 (0.52%) DNS
6 3 (0.52%) Firewall
6 3 (0.52%) Junos
6 3 (0.52%) OSPF
6 3 (0.52%) WAN
7 2 (0.34%) DHCP
7 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.34%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.30%) Power BI
2 8 (1.38%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.03%) Electronic Patient Records
3 6 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (0.69%) MySQL
5 3 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.52%) Tableau
6 2 (0.34%) Big Data
6 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.34%) Power Query
7 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.17%) Looker
7 1 (0.17%) Metadata
7 1 (0.17%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.17%) QlikView
7 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 75 (12.91%) JIRA
2 4 (0.69%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.52%) Clang
3 3 (0.52%) GCC
3 3 (0.52%) JUnit
3 3 (0.52%) Storybook
4 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.17%) Git
4 1 (0.17%) GitLab
4 1 (0.17%) GoCD
4 1 (0.17%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.17%) Postman
4 1 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.17%) Subversion
4 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 366 (62.99%) Finance
2 260 (44.75%) Social Skills
3 244 (42.00%) Public Sector
4 216 (37.18%) Manufacturing
5 215 (37.01%) Marketing
6 212 (36.49%) Telecoms
7 205 (35.28%) Electronics
8 63 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
9 36 (6.20%) Banking
10 28 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
11 27 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
13 16 (2.75%) Legal
14 15 (2.58%) Retail
15 13 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.89%) Investment Banking
17 10 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (1.38%) Automotive
19 7 (1.20%) Aerospace
19 7 (1.20%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 87 (14.97%) Programme Manager
2 71 (12.22%) Project Manager
3 47 (8.09%) IT Support
3 47 (8.09%) Senior
4 45 (7.75%) Lead
5 42 (7.23%) Analyst
6 41 (7.06%) Desktop Support
7 28 (4.82%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 28 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support
7 28 (4.82%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 28 (4.82%) Senior Manager
8 26 (4.48%) Architect
9 24 (4.13%) Technical Manager
10 20 (3.44%) IT Engineer
10 20 (3.44%) Migration Engineer
11 18 (3.10%) Consultant
11 18 (3.10%) Support Technician
12 16 (2.75%) Windows Engineer
13 15 (2.58%) Support Engineer
14 14 (2.41%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.38%) SailPoint
3 7 (1.20%) OAuth
3 7 (1.20%) REST
4 5 (0.86%) .NET
4 5 (0.86%) CSS
4 5 (0.86%) HTML
4 5 (0.86%) React
4 5 (0.86%) SAML
5 4 (0.69%) RESTful
5 4 (0.69%) XML
6 3 (0.52%) JSON
6 3 (0.52%) PySpark
6 3 (0.52%) PyTorch
6 3 (0.52%) SOAP
6 3 (0.52%) Spring
6 3 (0.52%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.52%) TensorFlow
6 3 (0.52%) Vitest
6 3 (0.52%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.85%) Data Centre
2 20 (3.44%) Onboarding
3 19 (3.27%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.10%) NHS
5 16 (2.75%) CMDB
5 16 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (2.75%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.75%) PMI
6 15 (2.58%) Virtual Team
7 11 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.55%) Cloud Native
9 9 (1.55%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.38%) Life Science
11 5 (0.86%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (0.86%) FMCG
11 5 (0.86%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.51%) Mac OS
1 32 (5.51%) Windows
2 31 (5.34%) Android
3 17 (2.93%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.03%) Linux
5 3 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.17%) VMS
6 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (39.93%) Business Intelligence
2 208 (35.80%) Digital Marketing
3 162 (27.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 156 (26.85%) Agile
5 124 (21.34%) Project Management
6 110 (18.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 96 (16.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 87 (14.97%) Migration
9 86 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
10 84 (14.46%) Risk Management
11 75 (12.91%) Decision-Making
12 71 (12.22%) Project Delivery
13 68 (11.70%) Change Management
14 65 (11.19%) PRINCE2
15 50 (8.61%) Waterfall
16 47 (8.09%) Roadmaps
16 47 (8.09%) Workflow
17 45 (7.75%) ITIL
18 43 (7.40%) Service Delivery
19 38 (6.54%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 28 (4.82%) SQL
2 24 (4.13%) Python
3 16 (2.75%) Java
4 14 (2.41%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.03%) C++
7 5 (0.86%) C
8 4 (0.69%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.52%) Bash
9 3 (0.52%) BeanShell
9 3 (0.52%) Go
9 3 (0.52%) Korn
10 2 (0.34%) C#
10 2 (0.34%) PHP
11 1 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.17%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 180 (30.98%) Security Cleared
2 142 (24.44%) SC Cleared
3 79 (13.60%) Degree
4 53 (9.12%) PMI Certification
5 47 (8.09%) PMP
6 30 (5.16%) DV Cleared
7 19 (3.27%) CISSP
8 17 (2.93%) Master's Degree
9 16 (2.75%) ITIL Certification
10 14 (2.41%) CISM
11 9 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.20%) CESG Certified Professional
13 7 (1.20%) PhD
14 5 (0.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 5 (0.86%) PgMP
14 5 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (0.69%) OCP
15 4 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
16 3 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (13.60%) PMO
2 26 (4.48%) QA
3 12 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.72%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.55%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.55%) GDPR
6 8 (1.38%) NCSC
7 7 (1.20%) P3O
7 7 (1.20%) RMADS
8 6 (1.03%) JSP 440
9 5 (0.86%) NIST
10 4 (0.69%) GMP
10 4 (0.69%) SLA
11 3 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.52%) WCAG
12 2 (0.34%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.34%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.34%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (4.13%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.69%) Docker
3 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.52%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.52%) vRealize
3 2 (0.34%) Ansible
3 2 (0.34%) SCCM
3 2 (0.34%) Terraform
4 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.17%) FreeIPA
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.17%) Puppet
4 1 (0.17%) SCOM
4 1 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 233 (40.10%) SAP
2 78 (13.43%) Microsoft
3 43 (7.40%) Cisco
4 25 (4.30%) Apple
5 24 (4.13%) Oracle
6 23 (3.96%) Dell
6 23 (3.96%) HP
7 22 (3.79%) ServiceNow
8 19 (3.27%) Google
9 18 (3.10%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.20%) BiZZdesign
11 6 (1.03%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.03%) Planview
12 5 (0.86%) GoldenSource
12 5 (0.86%) Remedy
12 5 (0.86%) VMware
13 4 (0.69%) Ariba
13 4 (0.69%) Centrify
14 3 (0.52%) Foundry
14 3 (0.52%) Samsung
103 Programme Management jobs Nationwide