Programme Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Programme Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Programme Management over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 120 109
Rank change year-on-year -4 -11 +7
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 378 484 727
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.87% 2.11% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 2.36% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 363 589
10th Percentile £205 £205 £263
25th Percentile £436 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £725 £680 £650
90th Percentile £788 £798 £750
UK median daily rate £593 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -1.25% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 9
10th Percentile - £30.05 £18.71
25th Percentile £12.75 £31.07 £26.25
Median hourly rate £14.75 £42.28 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.11% +36.37% +7.90%
75th Percentile £35.00 £58.58 £33.15
90th Percentile £45.13 £80.00 £34.55
UK median hourly rate £35.25 £41.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year -15.06% -1.19% +15.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Programme Management 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,041 20,494 27,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.15% 89.42% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,189 14,100 19,120
10th Percentile £250 £259 £236
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,063 1,256 1,368
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.34 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.21%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.29
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.73 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
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 Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
South West -1 105 £625 +2.04% 24
South East -32 98 £400 -20.00% 61
North of England +42 72 £625 +19.05% 45
North West +38 50 £650 +30.00% 28
Midlands +33 49 £675 +20.54% 35
West Midlands +17 34 £700 +19.66% 21
Scotland +27 33 £525 -8.70% 11
Yorkshire +25 20 £550 -10.20% 15
East of England +5 18 £341 -45.48% 17
East Midlands +29 15 £400 -24.53% 13
Northern Ireland +3 5 - - 4
North East +9 3 £525 +33.76% 2
Wales +12 1 £1,000 +81.82% 11
Programme Management
UK

Programme Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.65%) Confluence
3 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.53%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 18 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.06%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.26%) FileZilla
6 1 (0.26%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.26%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.53%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.26%) Primavera
4 1 (0.26%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.26%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 26 (6.88%) Azure
2 15 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (3.97%) Power Platform
3 9 (2.38%) AWS
4 6 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (1.32%) SaaS
6 4 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.53%) GCP
7 2 (0.53%) PaaS
7 2 (0.53%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.26%) IaaS
8 1 (0.26%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.26%) Serverless
8 1 (0.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.23%) Firewall
1 16 (4.23%) VPN
2 14 (3.70%) LAN
3 13 (3.44%) WAN
4 12 (3.17%) Internet
4 12 (3.17%) Network Security
5 10 (2.65%) WLAN
6 9 (2.38%) Cisco ISE
6 9 (2.38%) DNS
6 9 (2.38%) MPLS
6 9 (2.38%) PBX
6 9 (2.38%) VoIP
7 8 (2.12%) 4G
8 7 (1.85%) 3G
8 7 (1.85%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (1.32%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (1.32%) DHCP
9 5 (1.32%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.32%) Wireless
10 4 (1.06%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.17%) Electronic Patient Records
2 8 (2.12%) Power BI
3 6 (1.59%) Ingres
4 5 (1.32%) Tableau
5 4 (1.06%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.06%) Metadata
5 4 (1.06%) MS Access
5 4 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.79%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.26%) IDMS
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.26%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.35%) JIRA
2 2 (0.53%) ERwin
3 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) GitLab
3 1 (0.26%) GoCD
3 1 (0.26%) NUnit
3 1 (0.26%) Postman
3 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 200 (52.91%) Finance
2 179 (47.35%) Public Sector
3 146 (38.62%) Telecoms
4 134 (35.45%) Manufacturing
5 131 (34.66%) Marketing
6 129 (34.13%) Electronics
7 105 (27.78%) Social Skills
8 46 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
9 24 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.91%) Local Government
12 9 (2.38%) Legal
12 9 (2.38%) Retail
13 8 (2.12%) Banking
13 8 (2.12%) Military
14 5 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.06%) Billing
16 3 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
17 2 (0.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 74 (19.58%) Project Manager
2 42 (11.11%) Lead
3 40 (10.58%) Architect
4 38 (10.05%) Programme Manager
5 28 (7.41%) Consultant
6 26 (6.88%) Analyst
7 24 (6.35%) Support Engineer
8 19 (5.03%) Senior
9 16 (4.23%) Change Manager
10 15 (3.97%) Desktop Engineer
10 15 (3.97%) Desktop Support
10 15 (3.97%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 15 (3.97%) Developer
11 13 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
13 11 (2.91%) Full Stack Developer
13 11 (2.91%) Technical Architect
14 10 (2.65%) Technical Manager
15 8 (2.12%) Enterprise Architect
15 8 (2.12%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.44%) AngularJS
2 11 (2.91%) React
2 11 (2.91%) Spring
3 9 (2.38%) Web Services
4 4 (1.06%) CSS
5 3 (0.79%) XML
6 2 (0.53%) .NET
6 2 (0.53%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.53%) HTML
7 1 (0.26%) COM
7 1 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.26%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.26%) HTML5
7 1 (0.26%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.26%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.26%) Playwright
7 1 (0.26%) REST
7 1 (0.26%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.26%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.11%) NHS
2 18 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.50%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.12%) Cyber Defence
6 8 (2.12%) LIMS
6 8 (2.12%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.32%) e-Health
8 5 (1.32%) PMI
8 5 (1.32%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.06%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.53%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.53%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.53%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.53%) Replication
10 2 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 33 (8.73%) Windows
2 16 (4.23%) Windows 10
3 11 (2.91%) Linux
4 8 (2.12%) Unix
5 5 (1.32%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.79%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (36.51%) Business Intelligence
2 129 (34.13%) Digital Marketing
3 96 (25.40%) Project Management
4 91 (24.07%) Agile
5 78 (20.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 70 (18.52%) Change Management
7 52 (13.76%) Project Delivery
8 46 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (8.73%) Programme Delivery
10 29 (7.67%) PRINCE2
11 28 (7.41%) Decision-Making
11 28 (7.41%) Risk Management
12 27 (7.14%) Mentoring
13 26 (6.88%) Business Case
13 26 (6.88%) DevOps
14 24 (6.35%) Roadmaps
14 24 (6.35%) Waterfall
15 22 (5.82%) Performance Management
15 22 (5.82%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (4.50%) Python
2 13 (3.44%) C
3 12 (3.17%) Java
4 11 (2.91%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.38%) SQL
6 4 (1.06%) C#
7 3 (0.79%) Perl
7 3 (0.79%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.26%) Bash
8 1 (0.26%) Bicep
8 1 (0.26%) C++
8 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.26%) Rust
8 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 112 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 72 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 48 (12.70%) DV Cleared
4 46 (12.17%) Degree
5 13 (3.44%) CISSP
6 12 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.65%) CCIE
8 9 (2.38%) CCIE Data Center
9 8 (2.12%) CISM
9 8 (2.12%) Master's Degree
9 8 (2.12%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.59%) CCNP
10 6 (1.59%) PMP
11 5 (1.32%) CESG Certified Professional
11 5 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (1.06%) CLAS
13 3 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 2 (0.53%) ACCA
14 2 (0.53%) MCSD
14 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.26%) PMO
2 21 (5.56%) QA
3 11 (2.91%) NIST
4 9 (2.38%) SLA
5 8 (2.12%) HL7
6 7 (1.85%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.85%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.32%) JSP 440
7 5 (1.32%) RMADS
8 4 (1.06%) GDPR
9 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.26%) GRC
11 1 (0.26%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.26%) NCSC
11 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.79%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.53%) Docker
3 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.26%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (0.79%) IBM BigFix
1 3 (0.79%) Tivoli
2 2 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.53%) Ansible
2 2 (0.53%) Nessus
2 2 (0.53%) Terraform
2 2 (0.53%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.26%) Puppet
3 1 (0.26%) SCOM
3 1 (0.26%) VxRail
Vendors
1 148 (39.15%) SAP
2 43 (11.38%) Microsoft
3 14 (3.70%) Cisco
4 13 (3.44%) Oracle
5 9 (2.38%) Palo Alto
6 8 (2.12%) CheckPoint
7 7 (1.85%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.59%) Cadence
9 5 (1.32%) Infoblox
9 5 (1.32%) Pega
9 5 (1.32%) Symantec
9 5 (1.32%) VMware
9 5 (1.32%) Zscaler
10 4 (1.06%) Alteryx
10 4 (1.06%) Computacenter
10 4 (1.06%) Remedy
10 4 (1.06%) Sparx
11 3 (0.79%) BiZZdesign
11 3 (0.79%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.79%) SolarWinds