Telecoms Programme Manager Contracts

Programme Manager - Telecommunications
UK

The median Programme Manager - Telecommunications daily rate in the UK is £568 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 701 844
Rank change year-on-year +125 +143 -175
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Programme Manager 10 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.025% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.026% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 8
10th Percentile - - £591
25th Percentile £559 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -9.20% - +47.06%
75th Percentile £576 £750 -
90th Percentile - £755 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £525 £525

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 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
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 £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

Telecoms Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms Programme Manager in the UK

Telecoms Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms Programme Manager in the UK

Telecoms Programme Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms Programme Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 +108 8 £568 -9.20% 1
UK excluding London +68 7 - -
North of England - 4 - -
North West - 4 - -
South East +9 3 - -
Work from Home +120 2 - - 1
London +104 1 £568 -24.33% 1

Telecoms Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Telecoms 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 Telecoms Programme Manager in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (70.00%) Programme Delivery
3 6 (60.00%) Culture Change
3 6 (60.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (20.00%) BT
5 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) webMethods
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) NetCracker
5 1 (10.00%) JIRA
5 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (10.00%) User Stories
5 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Re-Platforming

Telecoms 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Programme Delivery
2 6 (60.00%) Culture Change
3 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) User Stories
4 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) BT
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) NetCracker
2 1 (10.00%) webMethods