Hybrid/Remote Digital Programme Manager Contract Job Trends

Digital Programme Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Digital Programme Manager daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £665, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 309 351
Rank change year-on-year -55 +42 +95
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Programme Manager 6 5 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.044% 0.049% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.052% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £631 £495 £538
25th Percentile £639 £544 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £665 £650 £608
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% +7.00% -24.06%
75th Percentile £679 £769 £648
90th Percentile £680 £825 £663
UK median daily rate £680 £688 £620
% change year-on-year -1.09% +10.89% -11.43%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 12,632 9,671 13,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.28% 93.87% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,017 6,504 9,063
10th Percentile £353 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -1.87%
75th Percentile £620 £634 £634
90th Percentile £720 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 654 284 519
10th Percentile £17.19 £13.85 £14.98
25th Percentile £31.25 £18.12 £23.39
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.83 £44.74
Median % change year-on-year +65.11% -22.16% -10.52%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.18 £74.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.69 £26.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +64.87% -33.75% -5.88%

Digital Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Digital Programme Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Digital Programme Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Digital Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Digital Programme Manager job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Digital Programme Manager job vacancies

Digital Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 13 July 2026, Digital 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Digital Programme Manager in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) AI
3 2 (33.33%) B2B
3 2 (33.33%) Business Case
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (16.67%) CMS
4 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (16.67%) Content Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Dependency Management
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Content Management
4 1 (16.67%) Due Diligence
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
4 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy

Digital Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (16.67%) CMS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing Technology
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) AI
3 2 (33.33%) B2B
3 2 (33.33%) Business Case
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Content Management
4 1 (16.67%) Due Diligence
4 1 (16.67%) Presales
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Sales Enablement
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce