Senior Programme Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Programme Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Programme Manager 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 296 332 453
Rank change year-on-year +36 +121 +159
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Programme Manager 8 13 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.085% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.091% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 17
10th Percentile £631 £620 £572
25th Percentile £656 £700 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £800 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £844 £975 £838
90th Percentile £875 £1,000 £1,023
UK median daily rate £750 £720 £750
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £44.74 -
UK median hourly rate - £44.74 £62.00
% change year-on-year - -27.84% -

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%

Senior Programme Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Programme Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Programme Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Programme Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Programme Manager 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 Senior Programme Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Finance
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (25.00%) Business Transformation
4 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (25.00%) PMO
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Compliance Management
5 1 (12.50%) GDPR
5 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
5 1 (12.50%) Change Control
5 1 (12.50%) Data Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Business Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Business Case
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Enablement
5 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Change
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Dashboard Development

Senior Programme Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Lake
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) FMCG
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Business Transformation
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Compliance Management
5 1 (12.50%) Contingency Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Governance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR