Senior IT Programme Manager Contract Job Trends

Senior IT Programme Manager
UK

The median Senior IT Programme Manager daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 559 614
Rank change year-on-year -19 +55 +195
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Programme Manager 1 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.014% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.015% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £635 -
25th Percentile £550 - £875
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £800 £900
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -11.11% +28.57%
75th Percentile £650 £875 £925
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £825 £900
% change year-on-year -27.27% -8.33% +28.57%

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 32,630 33,866 43,334
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.82% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,686 20,426 29,351
10th Percentile £280 £300 £292
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,921 1,265 1,542
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +50.00%
75th Percentile £55.85 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +83.67%

Senior IT Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior IT Programme Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior IT Programme Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior IT Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior IT Programme Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior IT Programme Manager job vacancies in the UK

Senior IT Programme Manager
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Programme Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 21 November 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 -18 1 £600 -25.00% 2
UK excluding London -37 1 £600 -27.27% 2
North of England -43 1 £600 -11.11% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £600 - 2

Senior IT Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, Senior IT Programme Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Senior IT Programme Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Concur
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery

Senior IT Programme Manager Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) Concur
1 1 (100.00%) SAP