Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Programme Manager
South West > Wiltshire

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Wiltshire is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 53 71
Rank change year-on-year -10 +18 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 5 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.86% 0.61% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.69% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - £502
25th Percentile £725 £613 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £625 £581
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +7.53% -19.16%
75th Percentile £775 £638 £666
90th Percentile £790 - £694
South West median daily rate £750 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +42.86% -19.23% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 524 434 727
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.19% 88.57% 94.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 301 524
10th Percentile £376 £356 £300
25th Percentile £509 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +0.18%
75th Percentile £713 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.36% -3.64% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 23
10th Percentile £16.55 - £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 - £42.55
Median hourly rate £24.00 £12.79 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.65% -73.63% -25.95%
75th Percentile £25.15 £39.19 £55.13
90th Percentile - £60.00 £69.50
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year -48.46% +14.22% -12.45%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Programme Manager job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in Wiltshire

Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Corsham -9 5 £750 +20.00%
Programme Manager
South West

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 6 December 2025, 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 Wiltshire region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 5 (100.00%) APMP
1 5 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 5 (100.00%) Confluence
1 5 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Epics
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 5 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 5 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 5 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (100.00%) Waterfall

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 5 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 5 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 5 (100.00%) Epics
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 5 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 5 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 5 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 5 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) APMP
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Atlassian