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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 152 138
Rank change year-on-year +9 -14 +7
Contract jobs citing Programme Management 727 975 1,728
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.68% 1.75% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 1.96% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 735 1,355
10th Percentile £281 £291 £369
25th Percentile £444 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £725 £688 £675
90th Percentile £825 £811 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £575 £525
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 18
10th Percentile £12.75 £25.50 £26.25
25th Percentile £24.75 £32.00 £31.65
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.68 £46.31
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% -7.83% +18.97%
75th Percentile £63.13 £53.17 £62.94
90th Percentile £78.75 £78.60 £66.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.75 £42.28 £31.70
% change year-on-year -65.11% +33.36% -6.78%

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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 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 +12 668 £586 -2.29% 277
UK excluding London -7 362 £575 - 201
London +23 306 £608 -2.80% 85
Work from Home +7 208 £550 -6.78% 116
South East -30 108 £518 +3.51% 49
South West -13 96 £618 -1.20% 31
North of England +27 57 £595 -0.83% 47
Midlands +36 51 £650 +16.07% 42
West Midlands +17 36 £675 +15.38% 28
North West +13 36 £625 +8.70% 23
Scotland +24 30 £525 -6.67% 12
Yorkshire +15 19 £531 -15.00% 19
East of England -8 18 £306 -50.96% 18
East Midlands +23 15 £400 -24.53% 14
Northern Ireland +2 4 £185 -69.17% 4
North East +12 3 £525 +33.76% 5
Wales +11 1 £1,000 +81.82% 5

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 38 (5.23%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.48%) Confluence
3 10 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.14%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 29 (3.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.89%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.65%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.28%) InDesign
7 2 (0.28%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.14%) FileZilla
8 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.14%) Trello
8 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.41%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.28%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.28%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.28%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.28%) Shopify
4 2 (0.28%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.14%) Primavera
5 1 (0.14%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.14%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.14%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 67 (9.22%) Azure
2 31 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (3.71%) Power Platform
4 20 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (2.61%) AWS
6 13 (1.79%) PaaS
7 11 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (1.51%) SaaS
8 10 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (0.96%) Azure AI
10 7 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
11 6 (0.83%) Entra ID
11 6 (0.83%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.69%) GCP
12 5 (0.69%) IaaS
13 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (0.41%) Azure Cognitive Services
14 3 (0.41%) ChatGPT
14 3 (0.41%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.61%) Firewall
2 17 (2.34%) LAN
2 17 (2.34%) VPN
3 15 (2.06%) WAN
4 12 (1.65%) Internet
5 11 (1.51%) Cisco ISE
5 11 (1.51%) Network Security
5 11 (1.51%) VoIP
6 10 (1.38%) PBX
6 10 (1.38%) WLAN
7 9 (1.24%) 4G
7 9 (1.24%) MPLS
8 8 (1.10%) 3G
8 8 (1.10%) FTP
8 8 (1.10%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (0.96%) DNS
10 6 (0.83%) HTTP
10 6 (0.83%) SAN
11 5 (0.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.99%) Metadata
2 23 (3.16%) NoSQL
3 21 (2.89%) Data Vault
4 20 (2.75%) Power BI
5 15 (2.06%) Metadata Repository
6 14 (1.93%) Electronic Patient Records
6 14 (1.93%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.83%) Ingres
8 6 (0.83%) Pentaho
8 6 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
8 6 (0.83%) QlikView
8 6 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.83%) Tableau
9 5 (0.69%) GIS
10 4 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (0.55%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.55%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 49 (6.74%) JIRA
2 7 (0.96%) JMeter
2 7 (0.96%) Selenium
3 4 (0.55%) Git
3 4 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.41%) ERwin
4 3 (0.41%) NUnit
4 3 (0.41%) Postman
4 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.14%) MSI
General
1 414 (56.95%) Finance
2 328 (45.12%) Public Sector
3 293 (40.30%) Telecoms
4 292 (40.17%) Marketing
5 283 (38.93%) Manufacturing
6 271 (37.28%) Electronics
7 210 (28.89%) Social Skills
8 94 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
9 46 (6.33%) Influencing Skills
10 43 (5.91%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (4.40%) Legal
12 29 (3.99%) Banking
12 29 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (3.30%) Retail
14 21 (2.89%) Local Government
15 12 (1.65%) Military
16 11 (1.51%) Law
17 10 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 8 (1.10%) Billing
19 7 (0.96%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 138 (18.98%) Project Manager
2 101 (13.89%) Programme Manager
3 75 (10.32%) Architect
4 66 (9.08%) Lead
5 45 (6.19%) Senior
6 42 (5.78%) Analyst
7 30 (4.13%) Consultant
8 27 (3.71%) Data Architect
9 26 (3.58%) Support Engineer
10 23 (3.16%) Senior Manager
11 22 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (2.75%) Technical Manager
13 18 (2.48%) Change Manager
14 17 (2.34%) Developer
14 17 (2.34%) IT Manager
15 16 (2.20%) Chief Architect
15 16 (2.20%) Chief Data Architect
16 15 (2.06%) Security Manager
16 15 (2.06%) Solutions Architect
17 14 (1.93%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.38%) AngularJS
1 10 (1.38%) Web Services
2 9 (1.24%) ADO
3 8 (1.10%) .NET
4 5 (0.69%) LDAP
4 5 (0.69%) React
4 5 (0.69%) RESTful
4 5 (0.69%) Spring
5 3 (0.41%) CSS
5 3 (0.41%) GraphQL
5 3 (0.41%) HTML
5 3 (0.41%) Hugging Face
5 3 (0.41%) LangChain
5 3 (0.41%) Playwright
5 3 (0.41%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.41%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.28%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.28%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.91%) NHS
2 36 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 21 (2.89%) Reference Data
5 20 (2.75%) Onboarding
6 14 (1.93%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
9 8 (1.10%) LIMS
9 8 (1.10%) PMI
9 8 (1.10%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.83%) Replication
11 5 (0.69%) e-Health
11 5 (0.69%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.55%) FMCG
13 3 (0.41%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 55 (7.57%) Windows
2 25 (3.44%) Linux
3 17 (2.34%) Windows 10
4 12 (1.65%) Unix
5 6 (0.83%) Windows 7
5 6 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.55%) Android
7 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.28%) VMS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (39.34%) Business Intelligence
2 270 (37.14%) Digital Marketing
3 198 (27.24%) Agile
4 190 (26.13%) Project Management
5 127 (17.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 116 (15.96%) Project Delivery
7 103 (14.17%) Change Management
7 103 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
8 89 (12.24%) PRINCE2
9 66 (9.08%) Risk Management
10 62 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (7.57%) Decision-Making
11 55 (7.57%) Waterfall
12 54 (7.43%) Business Case
13 50 (6.88%) Migration
14 46 (6.33%) Programme Delivery
15 42 (5.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 41 (5.64%) Analytics
17 40 (5.50%) DevOps
18 38 (5.23%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.40%) SQL
2 27 (3.71%) Python
3 20 (2.75%) PowerShell
4 11 (1.51%) C#
5 8 (1.10%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.96%) C
6 7 (0.96%) Java
6 7 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (0.96%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.41%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.28%) Perl
8 2 (0.28%) Rust
9 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.14%) Bash
9 1 (0.14%) Bicep
9 1 (0.14%) C++
9 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 177 (24.35%) Security Cleared
2 97 (13.34%) SC Cleared
3 88 (12.10%) Degree
4 80 (11.00%) DV Cleared
5 37 (5.09%) PMI Certification
6 34 (4.68%) PMP
7 25 (3.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 15 (2.06%) CISSP
9 12 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.51%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.38%) CCIE
12 9 (1.24%) CCIE Data Center
13 8 (1.10%) CISM
14 7 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.96%) PgMP
15 6 (0.83%) CCNP
16 4 (0.55%) Azure Certification
16 4 (0.55%) CESG Certified Professional
16 4 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
16 4 (0.55%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (9.77%) PMO
2 28 (3.85%) QA
3 15 (2.06%) SLA
4 10 (1.38%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.38%) NIST
5 8 (1.10%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.10%) HL7
6 7 (0.96%) NIST 800
7 6 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.69%) GDPR
9 4 (0.55%) GRC
9 4 (0.55%) JSP 440
9 4 (0.55%) RMADS
10 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.14%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (2.34%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.83%) Docker
4 5 (0.69%) NFS
5 4 (0.55%) HDFS
5 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.55%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.28%) vSphere
7 1 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.69%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.55%) Puppet
4 3 (0.41%) IBM BigFix
4 3 (0.41%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.41%) SCCM
4 3 (0.41%) Terraform
4 3 (0.41%) Tivoli
5 2 (0.28%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.28%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.28%) Nessus
5 2 (0.28%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.28%) vRealize
5 2 (0.28%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.14%) Ansible
6 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.14%) Grafana
6 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.14%) VxRail
6 1 (0.14%) WMI
Vendors
1 315 (43.33%) SAP
2 104 (14.31%) Microsoft
3 27 (3.71%) Oracle
4 19 (2.61%) Cisco
5 18 (2.48%) ServiceNow
6 14 (1.93%) Sparx
6 14 (1.93%) VMware
7 11 (1.51%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.38%) Cadence
8 10 (1.38%) Dell
9 9 (1.24%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.10%) Atlassian
10 8 (1.10%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.83%) Informatica
11 6 (0.83%) Zscaler
12 5 (0.69%) Concur
12 5 (0.69%) Infoblox
12 5 (0.69%) Pega
12 5 (0.69%) Symantec
13 4 (0.55%) Isilon