Programme Director Contracts in the West Midlands

Programme Director
England > West Midlands

The median Programme Director daily rate in the West Midlands is £863, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 111 119
Rank change year-on-year +18 +8 +51
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 6 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.43% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.17% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £679 - £599
25th Percentile £816 £825 £728
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £863 £850 £800
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% +6.25% -18.99%
75th Percentile £888 £875 -
90th Percentile £1,019 - -
England median daily rate £863 £900 £875
% change year-on-year -4.17% +2.86% -11.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,257 1,774 2,109
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 91.30% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 820 1,212 1,439
10th Percentile £200 £255 £260
25th Percentile £360 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £706 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.55% +3.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 141 61
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.13 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.91 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.23% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £30.66 £40.50 £27.13
90th Percentile £50.00 £56.25 £57.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.48% -16.67% +93.05%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Programme Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in the West Midlands

Programme Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Director in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Programme Director in the West Midlands

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Director in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Director in the West Midlands

Programme Director
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Director within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Worcestershire - 4 £863 - 3
Birmingham +12 2 £850 -
Programme Director
England

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Programme Director 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 West Midlands region featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) Cognizant
3 1 (16.67%) EAM
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) EAM
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cognizant
1 1 (16.67%) SAP