Programme Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

Programme Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £713, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 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
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 94 103
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 +47
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 17 16 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.00% 0.85% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 0.92% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 19
10th Percentile £546 £555 £540
25th Percentile £627 £664 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £744 £675
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% +10.19% -3.57%
75th Percentile £841 £844 £869
90th Percentile £875 £928 £1,100
England median daily rate £688 £675 £691
% change year-on-year +1.85% -2.35% +6.35%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,534 1,740 2,043
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.02% 91.92% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 983 1,181 1,406
10th Percentile £235 £250 £250
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £600
90th Percentile £640 £713 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 77 58
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.22 £16.63
Median hourly rate £25.00 £19.59 £20.74
Median % change year-on-year +27.62% -5.52% +15.19%
75th Percentile £35.24 £35.00 £28.56
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.00 £45.70
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £42.08
% change year-on-year -42.22% +6.95% +63.85%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the West Midlands

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the West Midlands

Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Programme Manager
DemandTrendContract 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 Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +8 8 £644 -16.94% 1
Warwickshire -12 5 £838 +13.56% 2
Worcestershire - 1 £700 -
Programme Manager
England

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 August 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 West Midlands region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
4 4 (23.53%) Programme Management
5 3 (17.65%) Programme Delivery
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (11.76%) SaaS
6 2 (11.76%) Migration
6 2 (11.76%) Workday
6 2 (11.76%) Business Case
6 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
6 2 (11.76%) Agile
6 2 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (11.76%) Use Case
7 1 (5.88%) Time Management
7 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
7 1 (5.88%) Data Cleansing
7 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
7 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
7 1 (5.88%) Visualisation
7 1 (5.88%) General Ledger
7 1 (5.88%) Supplier Management
7 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (5.88%) Banking
7 1 (5.88%) Billing
7 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis
7 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
7 1 (5.88%) Change Management
7 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2

Programme Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) SaaS
2 1 (5.88%) Heroku
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
General
1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Billing
3 1 (5.88%) Games
3 1 (5.88%) General Ledger
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
3 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (23.53%) Programme Management
3 3 (17.65%) Programme Delivery
3 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (11.76%) Business Case
4 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.76%) Use Case
5 1 (5.88%) Budget Management
5 1 (5.88%) Budgeting
5 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
5 1 (5.88%) ERP
5 1 (5.88%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.88%) Supplier Management
5 1 (5.88%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Workday
2 1 (5.88%) Guidewire
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow