Hybrid/Remote Programme Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends

Programme Delivery Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Programme Delivery Manager daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £665, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 322 352
Rank change year-on-year +13 +30 +189
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Delivery Manager 9 2 7
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.088% 0.017% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.019% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £652 - £514
25th Percentile £656 £513 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £665 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% - -15.66%
75th Percentile £673 £538 £534
90th Percentile - - £536
UK median daily rate £658 £725 £658
% change year-on-year -9.31% +10.27% +5.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 9,556 10,726 15,783
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 93.06% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,213 6,773 10,803
10th Percentile £330 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £724 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 196 368
10th Percentile £15.33 £18.75 £17.14
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.01 £26.25
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.14 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.40% -29.26% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.63
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.21% -26.67% +46.39%

Programme Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Programme Delivery Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Programme Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, Programme Delivery 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 Programme Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Programme Delivery
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Building Information Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
3 2 (22.22%) ISO 19650
3 2 (22.22%) QA
3 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Azure
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Dependency Management
4 1 (11.11%) ERP
4 1 (11.11%) GCP
4 1 (11.11%) Line Management
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery

Programme Delivery 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Programme Delivery
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Building Information Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Dependency Management
4 1 (11.11%) Line Management
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
1 2 (22.22%) ISO 19650
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
1 1 (11.11%) SAP