Programme Planner Contracts

Programme Planner
UK

The median Programme Planner daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 571 675
Rank change year-on-year +61 +104 +136
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Planner 10 11 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.025% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.027% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 26
10th Percentile £360 £470 £380
25th Percentile £383 £538 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +11.70%
75th Percentile £603 £613 £913
90th Percentile £675 £635 £988
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £425 £580
% change year-on-year +17.65% -26.72% +28.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £43.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Programme Planner
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Planner in the UK

Programme Planner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Planner in the UK

Programme Planner
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Planner over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Planner in the UK

Programme Planner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Planner in the UK

Programme Planner
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Planner within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +58 10 £500 -13.04% 1
UK excluding London +64 7 £500 +17.65% 1
London +37 3 £450 -21.74%
Midlands - 3 £500 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £500 - 1
Work from Home +42 2 £404 -29.74% 1
North West - 2 £359 -
North of England - 2 £359 -
South East +45 1 £645 +51.76%
South West - 1 £600 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Programme Planner 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 Planner in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (50.00%) JIRA
2 5 (50.00%) PMO
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 3 (30.00%) Confluence
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 2 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Primavera
6 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
6 1 (10.00%) CRM
6 1 (10.00%) ERP
6 1 (10.00%) SAP
6 1 (10.00%) ADO
6 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
6 1 (10.00%) Law
6 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Azure
6 1 (10.00%) Oracle
6 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (10.00%) Project Governance

Programme Planner 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 3 (30.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (10.00%) SAP