Programme Delivery Contracts in England

Programme Delivery
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Programme Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Programme Delivery over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 393 422 451
Rank change year-on-year +29 +29 +6
Contract jobs citing Programme Delivery 158 222 354
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.47% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.52% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 155 260
10th Percentile £415 £413 £413
25th Percentile £475 £550 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £628 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.79% +9.13% +9.52%
75th Percentile £725 £788 £700
90th Percentile £800 £928 £838
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £578
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.15% +10.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £28.12 £36.61 £62.58
25th Percentile £36.83 £51.25 £62.69
Median hourly rate £57.33 £55.00 £65.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% -16.35% +152.88%
75th Percentile - - £69.19
90th Percentile £57.41 £64.00 £69.53
UK median hourly rate £57.33 £55.00 £65.75
% change year-on-year +4.24% -16.35% +152.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Programme Delivery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,623 42,710 64,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.71% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,632 29,989 45,672
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,520 1,714
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.05 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Programme Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Delivery in England

Programme Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Delivery in England.

Daily rate trend for Programme Delivery in England

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Delivery in England

Programme Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Delivery in England.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Delivery in England

Programme Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Delivery in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Delivery in England

Programme Delivery
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Delivery within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +52 74 £610 -6.15% 35
North of England +39 40 £650 +30.00% 16
North West +42 33 £650 +30.00% 8
South East -3 19 £515 -17.60% 11
South West -1 17 £550 -21.43% 11
Yorkshire +15 7 £475 -24.00% 7
Midlands +12 5 £460 -26.40% 15
East Midlands +10 3 £460 -26.40% 3
West Midlands +5 2 £554 -7.71% 12
East of England -4 2 - - 5
Programme Delivery
UK

Programme Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 11 (6.96%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.16%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (8.86%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (5.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (1.27%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.63%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.63%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.63%) Primavera
4 1 (0.63%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.63%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.63%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.63%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.70%) Azure
2 3 (1.90%) AWS
2 3 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.27%) SaaS
3 2 (1.27%) WhatsApp
4 1 (0.63%) Asana
4 1 (0.63%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.63%) GCP
4 1 (0.63%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.63%) PaaS
4 1 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.27%) LAN
1 2 (1.27%) SAN
1 2 (1.27%) SD-WAN
1 2 (1.27%) WAN
2 1 (0.63%) 5G
2 1 (0.63%) Broadband
2 1 (0.63%) DNS
2 1 (0.63%) Internet
2 1 (0.63%) Network Security
2 1 (0.63%) RTP
2 1 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.27%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (1.27%) Power BI
2 1 (0.63%) Big Data
2 1 (0.63%) IDMS
2 1 (0.63%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (6.33%) JIRA
2 4 (2.53%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.63%) RStudio
General
1 50 (31.65%) Social Skills
2 46 (29.11%) Finance
3 41 (25.95%) Public Sector
4 19 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.96%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (6.33%) Telecoms
7 9 (5.70%) Banking
8 7 (4.43%) Military
9 6 (3.80%) Local Government
10 4 (2.53%) Legal
10 4 (2.53%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.53%) Retail
11 3 (1.90%) Back Office
11 3 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.90%) Police
12 2 (1.27%) Advertising
12 2 (1.27%) Automotive
12 2 (1.27%) Games
Job Titles
1 29 (18.35%) Programme Manager
2 21 (13.29%) Lead
3 17 (10.76%) Consultant
4 15 (9.49%) Project Manager
5 13 (8.23%) Analyst
6 10 (6.33%) Programme Director
7 8 (5.06%) Delivery Manager
7 8 (5.06%) Telecoms Manager
8 7 (4.43%) Service Manager
8 7 (4.43%) Telecoms Programme Manager
9 6 (3.80%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.80%) Delivery Director
9 6 (3.80%) PMO Manager
9 6 (3.80%) Support Officer
10 5 (3.16%) Architect
10 5 (3.16%) IT Manager
10 5 (3.16%) PMO Analyst
10 5 (3.16%) Programme Delivery Manager
10 5 (3.16%) SAP Manager
10 5 (3.16%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.63%) CSS
1 1 (0.63%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.96%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.33%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.80%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.80%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.53%) PMI
5 3 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.90%) FMCG
6 2 (1.27%) CMDB
6 2 (1.27%) NHS
6 2 (1.27%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.27%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.63%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.63%) Life Science
7 1 (0.63%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.63%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.63%) Smart City
7 1 (0.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.63%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (35.44%) Programme Management
2 54 (34.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (30.38%) Agile
4 44 (27.85%) Project Management
5 35 (22.15%) Project Delivery
6 32 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (15.19%) Waterfall
8 18 (11.39%) Business Case
8 18 (11.39%) Change Control
9 17 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (9.49%) Migration
10 15 (9.49%) PRINCE2
11 14 (8.86%) Roadmaps
11 14 (8.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (8.23%) Change Management
12 13 (8.23%) ITIL
13 12 (7.59%) Decision-Making
13 12 (7.59%) Service Management
14 10 (6.33%) Business Strategy
14 10 (6.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.90%) SQL
2 1 (0.63%) COBOL
2 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.63%) Python
2 1 (0.63%) R
Qualifications
1 53 (33.54%) Security Cleared
2 37 (23.42%) SC Cleared
3 20 (12.66%) DV Cleared
4 18 (11.39%) Degree
5 8 (5.06%) PMI Certification
6 5 (3.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (2.53%) PMP
7 4 (2.53%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.90%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.90%) PgMP
9 1 (0.63%) APMP
9 1 (0.63%) ISEB
9 1 (0.63%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (15.19%) PMO
2 8 (5.06%) QA
3 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.63%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.63%) NEBOSH
3 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 20 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.86%) SAP
3 4 (2.53%) Cadence
3 4 (2.53%) Sparx
4 3 (1.90%) VMware
5 2 (1.27%) IBM
5 2 (1.27%) NEC
5 2 (1.27%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.63%) Adobe
6 1 (0.63%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.63%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco
6 1 (0.63%) Fujitsu
6 1 (0.63%) Google
6 1 (0.63%) Sophos