Programme Director Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Programme Director
UK > Work from Home

The median Programme Director daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 329 446
Rank change year-on-year +36 +117 +148
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 11 16 31
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.10% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 23
10th Percentile £377 £700 £684
25th Percentile £656 £722 £756
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £780 £800
Median % change year-on-year -0.64% -2.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £866 £913 £1,100
90th Percentile £975 £975 £1,150
UK median daily rate £875 £900 £875
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -11.39%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Programme Director
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Programme Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Programme Director trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Programme Director
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Programme Director.

Programme Director daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Programme Director over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Programme Director daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Programme Director 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Change Management
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 3 (27.27%) NHS
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
4 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Project Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Games
5 1 (9.09%) Automotive
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) Oracle
5 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
5 1 (9.09%) ERP
5 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (9.09%) MAPM
5 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) Programme Governance
5 1 (9.09%) Contract Management
5 1 (9.09%) Client Onboarding

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Automotive
3 1 (9.09%) Games
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Change Management
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
3 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Project Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (9.09%) Contract Management
4 1 (9.09%) Dependency Management
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (9.09%) ERP
4 1 (9.09%) Fintech
4 1 (9.09%) People Management
4 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Governance
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.09%) Software Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) MAPM
2 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle