Programme Director Contracts in the UK excluding London

Programme Director
UK > UK excluding London

The median Programme Director daily rate in the UK excluding London is £780 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 419 497
Rank change year-on-year +35 +78 -68
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 15 19 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.072% 0.083% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.088% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 16 11
10th Percentile £715 £594 £575
25th Percentile £725 £763 £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £780 £800 £825
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -3.03% +6.45%
75th Percentile £925 £959 £969
90th Percentile £1,140 £1,125 £1,150
UK median daily rate £875 £875 £975
% change year-on-year - -10.26% +25.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,202 21,479 29,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.24% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,609 14,946 20,475
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,077 1,407
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.02
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.06
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Programme Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in the UK excluding London

Programme Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Director in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Programme Director in the UK excluding London

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Director in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Director in the UK excluding London

Programme Director
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Director within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Midlands +23 5 £850 +6.25%
North of England +28 4 £950 -3.80% 1
South East +8 4 £765 -4.38%
North West +20 3 £1,000 +1.27% 1
East Midlands - 3 - -
West Midlands +14 2 £850 +6.25%
Scotland +36 1 - -
South West - 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £900 -
Programme Director
UK

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 5 (33.33%) Business Case
2 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
2 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) Project Management
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Programme Management
2 4 (26.67%) Supplier Management
2 4 (26.67%) Programme Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Risk Register
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (13.33%) Change Control
4 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) Business Transformation
4 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (13.33%) Legal
4 2 (13.33%) NHS
4 2 (13.33%) ERP
4 2 (13.33%) Performance Management
4 2 (13.33%) Degree
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (6.67%) Use Case
5 1 (6.67%) Data Migration

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (6.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) 5G
1 1 (6.67%) Internet
1 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (13.33%) NHS
2 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.67%) FMCG
2 1 (6.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Business Case
2 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
2 4 (26.67%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (26.67%) Programme Management
2 4 (26.67%) Project Management
2 4 (26.67%) Supplier Management
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 3 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (13.33%) Business Transformation
4 2 (13.33%) Change Control
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (13.33%) ERP
4 2 (13.33%) Performance Management
4 2 (13.33%) Risk Register
4 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (6.67%) Budget Management
5 1 (6.67%) Budgeting
5 1 (6.67%) Customer Experience
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.67%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle