Programme Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

Programme Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Programme Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £725 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 127 130
Rank change year-on-year +36 +3 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 19 20 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.99% 0.82% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 0.87% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 38
10th Percentile £643 £513 £518
25th Percentile £663 £600 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £685 £700
Median % change year-on-year +5.84% -2.14% +43.59%
75th Percentile £850 £761 £775
90th Percentile £866 £873 £831
England median daily rate £688 £700 £675
% change year-on-year -1.79% +3.70% +9.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,758 2,299 3,483
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 94.65% 96.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,185 1,586 2,548
10th Percentile £256 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 71 85
10th Percentile £11.97 £12.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.05 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £42.50 £26.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £23.15
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager 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 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Manager in the West Midlands

Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Manager in the West Midlands

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 Programme Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Warwickshire +13 12 £725 -7.94%
Coventry +10 2 £638 -1.92%
Worcestershire - 2 £725 -
Programme Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 10 (52.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (42.11%) Data Centre
3 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
4 6 (31.58%) Migration
4 6 (31.58%) Law
4 6 (31.58%) Programme Management
5 5 (26.32%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
6 3 (15.79%) Project Management
6 3 (15.79%) Change Management
6 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (10.53%) Security Architecture
7 2 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (10.53%) Service Design
7 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
7 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.53%) Supplier Management
7 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
7 2 (10.53%) ERP
7 2 (10.53%) LAN
7 2 (10.53%) WAN
7 2 (10.53%) Cisco
7 2 (10.53%) Finance
7 2 (10.53%) Information Security
7 2 (10.53%) Agile
7 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
7 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
8 1 (5.26%) Project Delivery
8 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
1 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) LAN
1 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
1 2 (10.53%) WAN
1 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.26%) IP Telephony
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Law
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Data Centre
2 5 (26.32%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.26%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
1 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (31.58%) Migration
2 6 (31.58%) Programme Management
3 3 (15.79%) Change Management
3 3 (15.79%) Project Management
3 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
4 2 (10.53%) Agile
4 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
4 2 (10.53%) ERP
4 2 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (10.53%) Information Security
4 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
4 2 (10.53%) Security Architecture
4 2 (10.53%) Service Design
4 2 (10.53%) Supplier Management
5 1 (5.26%) IT Asset Management
5 1 (5.26%) Process Improvement
5 1 (5.26%) SIEM
5 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Cisco
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) SAP