Transformation Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Transformation Programme Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Transformation Programme Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £615, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 - 111
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs requiring a Transformation Programme Manager 7 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.20% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £554 - £671
25th Percentile £608 - £684
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 - £713
75th Percentile £623 - £734
90th Percentile - - £744
England median daily rate £643 £735 £825
% change year-on-year -12.59% -10.91% +10.41%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 3,259 1,654 1,766
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 89.16% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,931 1,067 1,117
10th Percentile £333 £235 £217
25th Percentile £413 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £595 £588 £613
90th Percentile £687 £675 £713
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 110 63
10th Percentile £14.03 £12.62 £12.62
25th Percentile £17.74 £14.47 £14.63
Median hourly rate £28.05 £25.15 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.51% +11.78% +0.94%
75th Percentile £51.88 £39.39 £33.74
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £49.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.90
% change year-on-year +68.99% -42.71% -4.32%

Transformation Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Transformation Programme Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Transformation Programme Manager job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Transformation Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Transformation Programme Manager
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 Transformation Programme Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Birmingham - 6 £615 - 2
Shropshire - 1 £500 -
Transformation Programme Manager
England

Transformation Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 October 2026, Transformation 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 West Midlands region featuring Transformation Programme Manager in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 5 (71.43%) Technology Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (14.29%) Business Case
3 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Data Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Dependency Management
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
3 1 (14.29%) JIRA
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) QA
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation

Transformation Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 5 (71.43%) Technology Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Data Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Dependency Management
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (14.29%) Test Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA