Workforce Management Program Manager Contract Job Trends

Program Manager - Workforce Management
UK

The median Program Manager - Workforce Management daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 607 - 596
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Workforce Management Program Manager 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £650
75th Percentile £488 - £675
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 40,297 27,081 41,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 92.96% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,161 17,787 26,923
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £411 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £724 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,500 900 2,514
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.20 £12.88
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.70 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.92% - -24.42%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.73 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £76.34 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.71 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.94% - -21.53%

Workforce Management Program Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Workforce Management Program Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Workforce Management Program Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Workforce Management Program Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Workforce Management Program Manager job vacancies in the UK

Workforce Management Program Manager
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workforce Management Program Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 24 March 2026. 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
Midlands - 2 £475 -
North West - 2 £475 -
West Midlands - 2 £475 -
England - 2 £475 -
UK excluding London - 2 £475 -
North of England - 2 £475 -

Workforce Management Program Manager Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, Workforce Management Program 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 Workforce Management Program Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) WFM
1 2 (100.00%) Workforce Optimisation

Workforce Management Program 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) WFM
1 2 (100.00%) Workforce Optimisation