Programme Management Contract Job Trends in West London

Programme Management (Program Management)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring Programme Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 32 37
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +20
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 4 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in West London 1.00% 0.44% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 0.48% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £311
25th Percentile - - £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.42%
75th Percentile - - £673
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £560 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -13.85% +8.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £42.60
25th Percentile - - £44.25
Median hourly rate - - £49.50
75th Percentile - - £54.75
90th Percentile - - £56.40
London median hourly rate £41.26 £49.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -16.66% +4.21% +11.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West London

Programme Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 347 208 321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 86.97% 90.83% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 128 227
10th Percentile £263 £225 £220
25th Percentile £400 £325 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -15.79% -15.56%
75th Percentile £675 £504 £588
90th Percentile £788 £591 £650
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 26
10th Percentile £19.72 £20.24 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.15 £20.45 £19.17
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.11 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +9.51% -16.74% -53.60%
75th Percentile £30.59 £31.64 £59.38
90th Percentile £32.47 £53.50 £66.00
London median hourly rate £37.00 £32.25 £28.00
% change year-on-year +14.73% +15.18% -28.21%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Programme Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

Programme Management job vacancy trend in West London

Programme Management
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Programme Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Programme Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Management within the West London region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
Hillingdon - 2 - - 1
Richmond upon Thames - 2 £680 -
Programme Management
London

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) CMS
1 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Programme Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Development Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Development Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Development Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Programme Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Engineering Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Software Development Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Software Development Programme Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) AI Agents
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Change Control
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
1 2 (50.00%) QA