Programme Management Contracts

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 153 134
Rank change year-on-year +29 -19 +11
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 780 992 1,767
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.83% 1.74% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 1.93% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 744 1,397
10th Percentile £280 £290 £366
25th Percentile £441 £464 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £725 £700 £675
90th Percentile £825 £825 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £573 £525
% change year-on-year +0.31% +9.19% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 23 24
10th Percentile £12.75 £24.60 £22.85
25th Percentile £21.12 £30.39 £31.36
Median hourly rate £35.50 £39.55 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.24% -11.12% +21.92%
75th Percentile £53.13 £52.60 £62.81
90th Percentile £68.90 £77.20 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.75 £42.28 £31.00
% change year-on-year -65.11% +36.37% +7.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,687 51,295 79,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 89.83% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,611 35,552 55,630
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £476
% change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,428 1,693 1,906
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.77 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Management over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Programme Management over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 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
England +20 712 £595 -0.83% 307
UK excluding London +10 392 £575 +0.31% 193
London +44 314 £610 -2.40% 118
Work from Home +28 228 £575 - 132
South West +2 110 £600 - 26
South East -26 100 £400 -20.00% 47
North of England +42 77 £648 +23.33% 53
North West +37 55 £650 +36.84% 32
Midlands +43 48 £675 +15.38% 31
Scotland +35 35 £525 -6.67% 8
West Midlands +20 33 £700 +12.00% 23
Yorkshire +25 20 £550 -10.20% 19
East of England +4 19 £375 -40.00% 22
East Midlands +26 15 £400 -24.53% 7
Northern Ireland +7 5 - - 5
North East +11 3 £525 +33.76% 2
Wales +15 1 £1,000 +81.82% 8

Programme Management
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 45 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.56%) Confluence
3 14 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (0.38%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.13%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 35 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (2.69%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.67%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.26%) InDesign
7 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.13%) FileZilla
8 1 (0.13%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (2.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.38%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.26%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.26%) Shopify
4 2 (0.26%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.13%) Primavera
5 1 (0.13%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 77 (9.87%) Azure
2 33 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (3.85%) AWS
3 30 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 21 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (1.79%) PaaS
6 13 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (1.15%) SaaS
8 8 (1.03%) IaaS
9 6 (0.77%) Entra ID
9 6 (0.77%) GCP
9 6 (0.77%) OneDrive
9 6 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (0.51%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 4 (0.51%) ChatGPT
10 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.38%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.44%) Firewall
1 19 (2.44%) VPN
2 17 (2.18%) LAN
3 16 (2.05%) Internet
3 16 (2.05%) WAN
4 15 (1.92%) Network Security
5 12 (1.54%) Cisco ISE
5 12 (1.54%) DNS
6 11 (1.41%) VoIP
7 10 (1.28%) PBX
7 10 (1.28%) WLAN
8 9 (1.15%) HTTP
8 9 (1.15%) MPLS
9 8 (1.03%) 4G
9 8 (1.03%) FTP
9 8 (1.03%) SD-WAN
9 8 (1.03%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.90%) 3G
10 7 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (0.90%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.74%) Metadata
2 23 (2.95%) Power BI
3 21 (2.69%) Data Vault
3 21 (2.69%) NoSQL
4 16 (2.05%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.92%) Metadata Repository
6 14 (1.79%) Electronic Patient Records
7 7 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.90%) Tableau
8 6 (0.77%) Ingres
8 6 (0.77%) Pentaho
8 6 (0.77%) Qlik Sense
8 6 (0.77%) QlikView
8 6 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.64%) GIS
10 4 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.51%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.51%) MS Access
10 4 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 54 (6.92%) JIRA
2 11 (1.41%) ERwin
3 7 (0.90%) JMeter
3 7 (0.90%) Selenium
4 6 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.51%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.51%) Git
6 3 (0.38%) NUnit
6 3 (0.38%) Postman
6 3 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.13%) GitLab
8 1 (0.13%) GoCD
8 1 (0.13%) RStudio
8 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 438 (56.15%) Finance
2 364 (46.67%) Public Sector
3 316 (40.51%) Telecoms
4 315 (40.38%) Marketing
5 305 (39.10%) Manufacturing
6 293 (37.56%) Electronics
7 227 (29.10%) Social Skills
8 100 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
9 49 (6.28%) Influencing Skills
10 48 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (4.10%) Retail
13 31 (3.97%) Legal
14 26 (3.33%) Banking
15 24 (3.08%) Local Government
16 12 (1.54%) Military
17 9 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 7 (0.90%) Advertising
18 7 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 144 (18.46%) Project Manager
2 106 (13.59%) Programme Manager
3 77 (9.87%) Architect
4 70 (8.97%) Lead
5 43 (5.51%) Senior
6 42 (5.38%) Analyst
7 41 (5.26%) Consultant
8 37 (4.74%) Support Engineer
9 36 (4.62%) Data Architect
10 26 (3.33%) Change Manager
11 24 (3.08%) Senior Manager
11 24 (3.08%) Technical Manager
12 21 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
12 21 (2.69%) Developer
13 19 (2.44%) Enterprise Architect
14 18 (2.31%) Security Manager
15 17 (2.18%) Desktop Engineer
15 17 (2.18%) Desktop Support
15 17 (2.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 17 (2.18%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.05%) AngularJS
2 12 (1.54%) Web Services
3 11 (1.41%) React
3 11 (1.41%) Spring
4 9 (1.15%) .NET
4 9 (1.15%) ADO
5 6 (0.77%) CSS
5 6 (0.77%) LDAP
5 6 (0.77%) RESTful
6 4 (0.51%) Hugging Face
6 4 (0.51%) LangChain
6 4 (0.51%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.38%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.38%) HTML
7 3 (0.38%) Playwright
7 3 (0.38%) XML
8 2 (0.26%) JSON
8 2 (0.26%) MDX
8 2 (0.26%) TensorFlow
8 2 (0.26%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.28%) NHS
2 41 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 23 (2.95%) Data Centre
4 22 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.69%) Reference Data
6 17 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (1.92%) Product Ownership
8 14 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.41%) Wiki
10 8 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.03%) LIMS
10 8 (1.03%) PMI
10 8 (1.03%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
11 6 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.77%) Replication
12 5 (0.64%) e-Health
12 5 (0.64%) Social Media
12 5 (0.64%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.51%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 57 (7.31%) Windows
2 28 (3.59%) Linux
3 19 (2.44%) Windows 10
4 12 (1.54%) Unix
5 7 (0.90%) Windows 7
5 7 (0.90%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.26%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (39.74%) Business Intelligence
2 293 (37.56%) Digital Marketing
3 212 (27.18%) Project Management
4 202 (25.90%) Agile
5 137 (17.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 124 (15.90%) Project Delivery
7 120 (15.38%) Change Management
8 114 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
9 91 (11.67%) PRINCE2
10 68 (8.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 65 (8.33%) Risk Management
12 63 (8.08%) Decision-Making
13 60 (7.69%) Business Case
14 58 (7.44%) Programme Delivery
15 53 (6.79%) Waterfall
16 48 (6.15%) DevOps
17 47 (6.03%) Data Modelling
18 46 (5.90%) Roadmaps
19 45 (5.77%) Migration
19 45 (5.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 37 (4.74%) SQL
2 34 (4.36%) Python
3 19 (2.44%) PowerShell
4 16 (2.05%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.79%) Java
6 13 (1.67%) C
7 11 (1.41%) C#
8 8 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
9 7 (0.90%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.38%) Perl
10 3 (0.38%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.26%) Bash
11 2 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.13%) C++
12 1 (0.13%) Korn
12 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.13%) R
12 1 (0.13%) Rust
12 1 (0.13%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 188 (24.10%) Security Cleared
2 114 (14.62%) SC Cleared
3 92 (11.79%) Degree
4 76 (9.74%) DV Cleared
5 35 (4.49%) PMI Certification
6 32 (4.10%) PMP
7 27 (3.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 16 (2.05%) CISSP
9 13 (1.67%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.28%) CCIE
12 9 (1.15%) CCIE Data Center
13 8 (1.03%) CISM
14 7 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.90%) PgMP
15 6 (0.77%) CCNP
16 5 (0.64%) APMG
16 5 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.64%) CESG Certified Professional
17 4 (0.51%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.85%) PMO
2 34 (4.36%) QA
3 18 (2.31%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.92%) GDPR
5 12 (1.54%) SLA
6 11 (1.41%) NIST
7 8 (1.03%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.03%) HL7
8 7 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.90%) NIST 800
9 5 (0.64%) JSP 440
9 5 (0.64%) RMADS
10 3 (0.38%) GRC
11 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.13%) Dodd-Frank
12 1 (0.13%) EMIR
12 1 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.13%) MiFID
System Software
1 23 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.03%) NFS
3 7 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.77%) Docker
5 4 (0.51%) HDFS
6 3 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.38%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.26%) Firmware
7 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.64%) Terraform
3 4 (0.51%) Puppet
4 3 (0.38%) IBM BigFix
4 3 (0.38%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.38%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.38%) Tivoli
5 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.26%) Ansible
5 2 (0.26%) CA Service Virtualization
5 2 (0.26%) Nessus
5 2 (0.26%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.13%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.13%) Grafana
6 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.13%) SCCM
6 1 (0.13%) SCOM
6 1 (0.13%) systemd
6 1 (0.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 336 (43.08%) SAP
2 107 (13.72%) Microsoft
3 24 (3.08%) Oracle
3 24 (3.08%) Sparx
4 18 (2.31%) Cisco
5 17 (2.18%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.67%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.54%) Palo Alto
8 11 (1.41%) VMware
9 10 (1.28%) Dell
10 9 (1.15%) Atlassian
10 9 (1.15%) Cadence
11 8 (1.03%) CheckPoint
12 6 (0.77%) Informatica
12 6 (0.77%) Zscaler
13 5 (0.64%) Infoblox
13 5 (0.64%) Isilon
13 5 (0.64%) Pega
13 5 (0.64%) Symantec
14 4 (0.51%) Veeam