Programme Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Programme Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Programme Management over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 157 158
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 -10
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 148 211 372
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.51% 1.43% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.65% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 140 276
10th Percentile £368 £391 £300
25th Percentile £500 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £550 £587
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% -6.26% +2.04%
75th Percentile £769 £726 £686
90th Percentile £845 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £625 £578 £600
% change year-on-year +8.23% -3.75% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 10
10th Percentile £49.39 - £31.13
25th Percentile £59.50 £12.75 £39.55
Median hourly rate £63.50 £24.25 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +161.86% -55.50% +7.69%
75th Percentile £65.25 £43.44 £76.50
90th Percentile £68.93 £71.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £49.50 £35.25 £43.86
% change year-on-year +40.43% -19.63% -12.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Programme Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,002 12,814 21,318
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.75% 87.05% 89.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,099 8,627 15,107
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +1.89%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 564 502
10th Percentile £13.20 £15.05 £17.60
25th Percentile £18.36 £23.75 £25.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £42.75 £52.32
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% -18.28% +30.79%
75th Percentile £65.13 £60.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £79.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

Programme Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Programme Management
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 Management.

Programme Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Programme Management over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Programme Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Programme Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Programme Management over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Programme Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Programme Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.03%) Confluence
3 1 (0.68%) MS Project Server
3 1 (0.68%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 10 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.03%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.68%) InVision
5 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.68%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (8.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.35%) Primavera
3 2 (1.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (1.35%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 17 (11.49%) Azure
2 10 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.73%) SaaS
5 5 (3.38%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.03%) AWS
6 3 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.03%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.35%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.35%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.35%) Yammer
8 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.68%) Figma
8 1 (0.68%) GCP
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.68%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.70%) PSTN
1 4 (2.70%) VoIP
2 2 (1.35%) Firewall
2 2 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.38%) Power BI
1 5 (3.38%) Tableau
2 3 (2.03%) Big Data
2 3 (2.03%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.68%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.38%) JIRA
2 2 (1.35%) MSI
3 1 (0.68%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.68%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) GitLab
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
General
1 97 (65.54%) Finance
2 72 (48.65%) Social Skills
3 42 (28.38%) Manufacturing
4 41 (27.70%) Public Sector
5 40 (27.03%) Telecoms
6 39 (26.35%) Marketing
7 36 (24.32%) Electronics
8 19 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (7.43%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (5.41%) Legal
11 7 (4.73%) Banking
12 6 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (3.38%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (2.70%) Retail
15 2 (1.35%) Automotive
15 2 (1.35%) Financial Institution
15 2 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.68%) Back Office
16 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 35 (23.65%) Programme Manager
2 30 (20.27%) Lead
3 15 (10.14%) Project Manager
3 15 (10.14%) Senior
4 11 (7.43%) SAP Manager
5 10 (6.76%) Analyst
5 10 (6.76%) Developer
6 8 (5.41%) IT Manager
7 7 (4.73%) .NET Developer
7 7 (4.73%) Azure Developer
7 7 (4.73%) C# .NET Developer
7 7 (4.73%) C# Developer
7 7 (4.73%) Lead .NET Developer
7 7 (4.73%) Lead C# Developer
7 7 (4.73%) Lead Developer
7 7 (4.73%) SAP Programme Manager
7 7 (4.73%) Senior .NET Developer
7 7 (4.73%) Senior C# .NET Developer
7 7 (4.73%) Senior C# Developer
7 7 (4.73%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.41%) .NET
1 8 (5.41%) .NET Core
2 4 (2.70%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.35%) Web Services
4 1 (0.68%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.68%) CSS
4 1 (0.68%) EntireX
4 1 (0.68%) HTML
4 1 (0.68%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.68%) OAuth
4 1 (0.68%) OpenID
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.68%) React
4 1 (0.68%) REST
4 1 (0.68%) RESTCONF
4 1 (0.68%) SAML
4 1 (0.68%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.81%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.76%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.70%) NHS
3 4 (2.70%) Operational Technology
3 4 (2.70%) PMI
3 4 (2.70%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.03%) Life Science
4 3 (2.03%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.35%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.35%) IoT
5 2 (1.35%) LIMS
5 2 (1.35%) PACS
5 2 (1.35%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.35%) Social Media
6 1 (0.68%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.38%) Windows
2 2 (1.35%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.68%) Linux
3 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (38.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 46 (31.08%) Project Management
3 44 (29.73%) Business Intelligence
4 41 (27.70%) Agile
5 38 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (25.68%) Project Delivery
6 36 (24.32%) Digital Marketing
7 18 (12.16%) Risk Management
7 18 (12.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (11.49%) PRINCE2
8 17 (11.49%) Roadmaps
9 15 (10.14%) Budget Management
10 13 (8.78%) Change Management
10 13 (8.78%) Decision-Making
11 12 (8.11%) DevOps
11 12 (8.11%) Programme Delivery
12 11 (7.43%) Mentoring
12 11 (7.43%) Migration
13 10 (6.76%) Actionable Insight
13 10 (6.76%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.46%) PowerShell
2 9 (6.08%) SQL
3 8 (5.41%) C#
4 2 (1.35%) Python
5 1 (0.68%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.68%) C
5 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.68%) JCL
5 1 (0.68%) Natural
Qualifications
1 37 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 31 (20.95%) SC Cleared
3 20 (13.51%) PMP
4 19 (12.84%) Degree
4 19 (12.84%) PMI Certification
5 5 (3.38%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.03%) CISSP
7 3 (2.03%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.35%) CISM
9 1 (0.68%) ACCA
9 1 (0.68%) CCIE
9 1 (0.68%) CCNP
9 1 (0.68%) CIMA
9 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.68%) MBA
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.68%) PgMP
9 1 (0.68%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.16%) PMO
2 7 (4.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (4.05%) GDPR
3 6 (4.05%) QA
4 4 (2.70%) HIPAA
5 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.35%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.35%) GxP
6 2 (1.35%) IFRS
7 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.68%) GAAP
7 1 (0.68%) GRC
7 1 (0.68%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.68%) NCSC
7 1 (0.68%) NIST
7 1 (0.68%) RMADS
7 1 (0.68%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (3.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (6.08%) Terraform
2 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.35%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.68%) Ansible
4 1 (0.68%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.68%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (39.86%) SAP
2 29 (19.59%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.38%) Oracle
4 4 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.70%) Splunk
5 2 (1.35%) MobileIron
5 2 (1.35%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.35%) Teradata
6 1 (0.68%) Adobe
6 1 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.68%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.68%) Databricks
6 1 (0.68%) Fujitsu
6 1 (0.68%) HP
6 1 (0.68%) IBM
6 1 (0.68%) Pega
6 1 (0.68%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.68%) Software AG
6 1 (0.68%) webMethods
6 1 (0.68%) Workday