Programme Director Contracts

Programme Director
UK

The median Programme Director daily rate in the UK is £875 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 609 767
Rank change year-on-year +72 +158 -104
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 42 75 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.097% 0.13% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.14% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 50 60
10th Percentile £707 £625 £661
25th Percentile £758 £766 £788
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £875 £900
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +16.13%
75th Percentile £978 £1,000 £1,128
90th Percentile £1,100 £1,150 £1,203
UK excluding London median daily rate £780 £800 £825
% change year-on-year -2.50% -3.03% +6.45%

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 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
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% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in the UK

Programme Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Director in the UK

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Director over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Director in the UK

Programme Director
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Director in the UK

Programme Director
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 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 +67 38 £900 +2.86% 8
London +71 23 £928 +6.06% 4
Work from Home +101 16 £780 -2.50% 4
UK excluding London +47 15 £780 -2.50% 4
Midlands +26 5 £850 +6.25%
North of England +31 4 £950 -3.80% 1
South East +9 4 £765 -6.13%
North West +17 3 £1,000 +1.27% 1
East Midlands - 3 - -
West Midlands +13 2 £850 +6.25%
Scotland +40 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £900 -
South West - 1 - - 2

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 14 (33.33%) Finance
2 12 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 10 (23.81%) Programme Delivery
3 10 (23.81%) Business Case
4 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 8 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (19.05%) Project Management
5 7 (16.67%) Migration
6 6 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (14.29%) Data Centre
6 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 6 (14.29%) Agile
6 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
7 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
7 5 (11.90%) ERP
7 5 (11.90%) SAP
8 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making
8 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (9.52%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (9.52%) Risk Management
8 4 (9.52%) Supplier Management
8 4 (9.52%) Degree
8 4 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
9 3 (7.14%) Customer Service
9 3 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (7.14%) Change Control
9 3 (7.14%) Oracle
9 3 (7.14%) Manufacturing

Programme Director 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (2.38%) AWS
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.38%) SaaS
2 1 (2.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) 5G
1 1 (2.38%) Internet
1 1 (2.38%) IPsec
1 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) TestDirector
General
1 14 (33.33%) Finance
2 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 3 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.14%) Retail
4 2 (4.76%) Banking
4 2 (4.76%) Legal
4 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.38%) Law
5 1 (2.38%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.14%) NHS
3 2 (4.76%) FMCG
3 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.38%) IoT
4 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 10 (23.81%) Business Case
2 10 (23.81%) Programme Delivery
3 8 (19.05%) Project Management
3 8 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (16.67%) Migration
5 6 (14.29%) Agile
5 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (11.90%) ERP
7 4 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making
7 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (9.52%) Risk Management
7 4 (9.52%) Supplier Management
8 3 (7.14%) Customer Service
8 3 (7.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 3 (7.14%) Project Delivery
8 3 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
1 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.52%) Degree
3 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.38%) PMP
4 1 (2.38%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) SAP
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.14%) Oracle
3 1 (2.38%) BT
3 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow