Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in Wales

Programme Manager
UK > Wales

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Wales is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 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
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 43 50
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.28% 0.50% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.55% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £800 £450
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +77.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £575 - £538
90th Percentile - - £575
UK median daily rate £690 £665 £670
% change year-on-year +3.76% -0.75% +3.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 312 364 464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.39% 90.55% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 207 344
10th Percentile £189 £134 £171
25th Percentile £261 £200 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.65% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £547 £576
90th Percentile £646 £619 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 54 28
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £15.78
25th Percentile £15.75 £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £20.50 £27.00 £23.21
Median % change year-on-year -24.07% +16.34% +40.65%
75th Percentile £21.50 £48.44 £39.69
90th Percentile £26.04 £53.38 £53.33
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.96% +68.69%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in Wales

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Wales

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the Wales region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
South Wales +7 1 £550 -31.25% 2
Programme Manager
UK

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, 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 across the Wales region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC