Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in Welwyn Garden City

Programme Manager
Hertfordshire > Welwyn Garden City

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Welwyn Garden City is £688, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Welwyn Garden City 12.90% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 - -
75th Percentile £769 - -
90th Percentile £803 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £713 £800 £650
% change year-on-year -10.94% +23.08% -31.58%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Welwyn Garden City

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Welwyn Garden City. 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 Welwyn Garden City with a recognized job title 28 40 13
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 100.00% 81.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 5
10th Percentile £335 £240 £292
25th Percentile £475 £271 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -27.36% -12.00%
75th Percentile £688 £447 £600
90th Percentile £818 £743 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Median hourly rate £17.29 £18.62 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% - -

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Welwyn Garden City

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

Programme Manager job vacancy trend in Welwyn Garden City

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Welwyn Garden City.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Welwyn Garden City

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Welwyn Garden City

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in Welwyn Garden City over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in Welwyn Garden City

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Welwyn Garden City

For the 6 months to 22 January 2026, 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 across the Welwyn Garden City region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Generative AI
2 3 (75.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Software Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Content Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) LLM
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
4 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Welwyn Garden City 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 3 (75.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) FMCG
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Generative AI
2 3 (75.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Software Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Content Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) LLM
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
4 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum