Programme Manager Contracts

Programme Manager
UK

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the UK is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 224 241
Rank change year-on-year -47 +17 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 391 728 1,109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 1.22% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 1.29% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 524 816
10th Percentile £500 £513 £429
25th Percentile £569 £575 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £788 £800 £763
90th Percentile £850 £900 £859
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £650 £600
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 5
10th Percentile £38.80 £36.40 £17.81
25th Percentile £43.74 £46.00 £32.53
Median hourly rate £44.74 £62.00 £38.03
Median % change year-on-year -27.84% +63.03% -19.46%
75th Percentile £53.44 £72.25 £40.25
90th Percentile £71.63 £78.40 £59.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.74 £30.00 £35.54
% change year-on-year +49.13% -15.59% -24.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Programme Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the UK

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager.

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in the UK

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the UK

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in the UK

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Manager over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Manager in the UK

Programme Manager
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 -32 332 £694 -0.89% 81
London -16 202 £700 -3.45% 39
UK excluding London -23 146 £650 - 43
Work from Home -12 126 £700 +3.70% 37
North of England +24 36 £625 +4.17% 9
South East -25 36 £625 -10.71% 15
Scotland +31 25 £620 +4.42% 3
Midlands +19 25 £725 +8.21% 6
North West +17 24 £625 +4.17% 3
West Midlands +31 20 £725 +3.57% 5
Yorkshire +10 12 £600 +1.05% 5
South West -4 11 £700 +7.69% 10
East of England -7 11 £600 -11.11% 4
East Midlands +15 5 £620 +10.22% 1
Wales +18 3 £775 -
North East - 2 £625 - 2

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Programme Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 131 (33.50%) Finance
2 123 (31.46%) Programme Management
3 98 (25.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 90 (23.02%) Agile
4 90 (23.02%) Project Management
4 90 (23.02%) Social Skills
5 49 (12.53%) Migration
6 45 (11.51%) Project Delivery
7 43 (11.00%) PRINCE2
8 42 (10.74%) Public Sector
9 38 (9.72%) Change Management
10 37 (9.46%) Programme Delivery
11 32 (8.18%) Business Case
12 31 (7.93%) Problem-Solving
12 31 (7.93%) Security Cleared
13 30 (7.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 29 (7.42%) Risk Management
15 26 (6.65%) Waterfall
15 26 (6.65%) Roadmaps
16 25 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
16 25 (6.39%) Continuous Improvement
17 24 (6.14%) Degree
17 24 (6.14%) Oracle
17 24 (6.14%) ERP
18 23 (5.88%) Banking
19 22 (5.63%) SAP
19 22 (5.63%) Microsoft
20 21 (5.37%) Decision-Making
20 21 (5.37%) PMO
20 21 (5.37%) Azure

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.28%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.77%) Confluence
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.28%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.28%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.51%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.51%) Bloomberg AIM
4 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.51%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.51%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.51%) Shopify
5 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.26%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 21 (5.37%) Azure
2 17 (4.35%) AWS
3 9 (2.30%) SaaS
4 8 (2.05%) GCP
5 7 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.28%) Google Workspace
6 5 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.02%) OCI
8 3 (0.77%) Asana
9 2 (0.51%) BigCommerce
9 2 (0.51%) Miro
9 2 (0.51%) PaaS
9 2 (0.51%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.51%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.26%) Dropbox
10 1 (0.26%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.26%) IaaS
10 1 (0.26%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.09%) WAN
2 15 (3.84%) LAN
2 15 (3.84%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.51%) Wireless
5 1 (0.26%) 3G
5 1 (0.26%) 4G
5 1 (0.26%) 5G
5 1 (0.26%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.26%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.26%) Network Security
5 1 (0.26%) SAN
5 1 (0.26%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.28%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.51%) Tableau
3 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (3.84%) JIRA
2 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.26%) Selenium
2 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
General
1 131 (33.50%) Finance
2 90 (23.02%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.74%) Public Sector
4 25 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (5.88%) Banking
6 20 (5.12%) Telecoms
7 19 (4.86%) Legal
7 19 (4.86%) Local Government
7 19 (4.86%) Retail
8 12 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (3.07%) Law
8 12 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.28%) Billing
10 5 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.02%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.02%) Marketing
12 3 (0.77%) Automotive
12 3 (0.77%) Front Office
12 3 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.26%) ADO
2 1 (0.26%) MACH
2 1 (0.26%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.26%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.58%) Data Centre
2 11 (2.81%) NHS
3 7 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (1.79%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.53%) FMCG
4 6 (1.53%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.28%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.02%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.77%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.51%) e-Health
8 2 (0.51%) Equities
8 2 (0.51%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.51%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.51%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.51%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.26%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.26%) Cybercrime
9 1 (0.26%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.28%) Linux
2 4 (1.02%) Windows
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
3 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (31.46%) Programme Management
2 98 (25.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 90 (23.02%) Agile
3 90 (23.02%) Project Management
4 49 (12.53%) Migration
5 45 (11.51%) Project Delivery
6 43 (11.00%) PRINCE2
7 38 (9.72%) Change Management
8 37 (9.46%) Programme Delivery
9 32 (8.18%) Business Case
10 31 (7.93%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (7.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 29 (7.42%) Risk Management
13 26 (6.65%) Roadmaps
13 26 (6.65%) Waterfall
14 25 (6.39%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (6.14%) ERP
16 21 (5.37%) Decision-Making
17 20 (5.12%) Matrix Management
18 18 (4.60%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.02%) SQL
2 1 (0.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 31 (7.93%) Security Cleared
2 24 (6.14%) Degree
3 19 (4.86%) PMP
4 17 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.84%) PMI Certification
6 13 (3.32%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (1.02%) PgMP
10 2 (0.51%) APMG
10 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.26%) ACCA
11 1 (0.26%) APMP
11 1 (0.26%) CAPM
11 1 (0.26%) CISM
11 1 (0.26%) CISSP
11 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.37%) PMO
2 11 (2.81%) QA
3 5 (1.28%) SLA
4 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.51%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.26%) COBIT
6 1 (0.26%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.26%) GDPR
6 1 (0.26%) GxP
6 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS
6 1 (0.26%) NCSC
6 1 (0.26%) NIST
6 1 (0.26%) P3O
6 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (0.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.51%) Ansible
1 2 (0.51%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (6.14%) Oracle
2 22 (5.63%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.63%) SAP
3 10 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.05%) Cadence
5 7 (1.79%) Cisco
6 6 (1.53%) Google
7 4 (1.02%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.51%) Adobe
8 2 (0.51%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.51%) Avaloq
8 2 (0.51%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.51%) BT
8 2 (0.51%) Ceridian
8 2 (0.51%) Charles River
8 2 (0.51%) Civica
8 2 (0.51%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.51%) Sophis
8 2 (0.51%) VMware
8 2 (0.51%) Yardi