Digital Programme Manager Contracts

Digital Programme Manager
UK

The median Digital Programme Manager daily rate in the UK is £665 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 645 777
Rank change year-on-year +77 +132 -76
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Programme Manager 7 37 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.066% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.070% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 31 51
10th Percentile - £513 £400
25th Percentile £650 £613 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £665 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £673 £775 £800
90th Percentile £689 £800 £841
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £700 £638
% change year-on-year - +9.80% +10.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Digital Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Digital Programme Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Programme Manager in the UK

Digital Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Programme Manager.

Daily rate trend for Digital Programme Manager in the UK

Digital Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Programme Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Programme Manager in the UK

Digital Programme Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Programme Manager within the UK 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
England +55 6 £665 -5.00% 4
London +79 5 £658 -6.07% 1
Work from Home +106 2 £665 +6.40% 1
UK excluding London +26 1 £700 - 3
North of England +18 1 £700 +17.89%
North West +17 1 £700 +14.29%

Digital Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Digital 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 job ads featuring Digital Programme Manager in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Programme Management
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) Law
4 2 (28.57%) Legal
4 2 (28.57%) JIRA
4 2 (28.57%) Atlassian
4 2 (28.57%) Confluence
4 2 (28.57%) Lead Generation
5 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Data Science
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Twin
5 1 (14.29%) Storytelling
5 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 1 (14.29%) Use Case
5 1 (14.29%) EPoS
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
5 1 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Business Case
5 1 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution

Digital Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Law
1 2 (28.57%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) EPoS
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Programme Management
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Lead Generation
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Business Case
5 1 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (14.29%) Data Science
5 1 (14.29%) Decision Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Twin
5 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Storytelling
5 1 (14.29%) Use Case
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Atlassian