Technical Programme Manager
UK
The median Technical Programme Manager daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 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 8 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 513 | 564 | 666 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +51 | +102 | +152 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Technical Programme Manager | 16 | 23 | 28 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.055% | 0.053% | 0.048% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.059% | 0.057% | 0.050% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 21 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £498 | £500 | £610 |
| 25th Percentile | £523 | £569 | £638 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £795 | £725 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.67% | +9.66% | +20.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £781 | £825 | £834 |
| 90th Percentile | £808 | - | £868 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £540 | £588 | £653 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.09% | -9.96% | +17.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | - | - |
| 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 | 26,930 | 40,005 | 55,472 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.50% | 92.75% | 94.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,553 | 26,036 | 38,744 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,045 | 2,664 | 1,555 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.75 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.23% | -18.89% | +90.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £76.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £40.00 | £42.26 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.25% | -5.35% | +116.50% |
Technical Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technical Programme Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technical Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Programme Manager.
Technical Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Programme Manager over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.
Technical Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Programme Manager.
Technical Programme Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Programme Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 | +65 | 15 | £575 | -27.67% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +58 | 9 | £540 | -8.09% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +44 | 7 | £644 | -16.94% | 1 |
| London | +40 | 6 | £750 | -6.25% | 1 |
| Midlands | - | 4 | £539 | - | |
| North of England | +20 | 3 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 3 | £538 | - | |
| North West | +14 | 2 | - | - | |
| South East | +42 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +4 | 1 | - | - | |
| East of England | - | 1 | £800 | - | 1 |
Technical Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Programme Manager in the job title.
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Technical 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: