Programme Director Contracts in England

Programme Director
UK > England

The median Programme Director daily rate in England is £875, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 518 567 730
Rank change year-on-year +49 +163 -118
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Director 32 69 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.085% 0.15% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.16% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 49 43
10th Percentile £706 £625 £575
25th Percentile £758 £775 £723
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £875 £900
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +16.13%
75th Percentile £991 £975 £1,144
90th Percentile £1,100 £1,150 £1,245
UK median daily rate £850 £875 £900
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% +16.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Director in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +51 22 £928 +4.59% 1
South East +14 4 £765 -6.13% 1
North of England +18 3 £1,000 +1.27% 1
North West +16 3 £1,000 +1.27% 1
West Midlands +15 1 £850 +6.25%
Midlands +14 1 £850 +6.25%
South West - 1 - -
Programme Director
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 across the England region featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 13 (40.63%) Finance
2 9 (28.13%) Programme Management
3 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.88%) Programme Delivery
4 6 (18.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (18.75%) Migration
4 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 6 (18.75%) Roadmaps
4 6 (18.75%) Agile
4 6 (18.75%) Data Centre
5 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
5 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
5 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (15.63%) SAP
5 5 (15.63%) Project Management
5 5 (15.63%) Business Case
6 4 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
7 3 (9.38%) Quality Management
7 3 (9.38%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (9.38%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (9.38%) Retail
7 3 (9.38%) Degree
7 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.38%) Strategic Roadmap
7 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (9.38%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (6.25%) Technology Transformation
8 2 (6.25%) Decision-Making

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (18.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) AWS
2 1 (3.13%) SaaS
2 1 (3.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) TestDirector
General
1 13 (40.63%) Finance
2 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
3 3 (9.38%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (9.38%) Retail
4 2 (6.25%) Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.13%) Law
5 1 (3.13%) Marketing
5 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.25%) FMCG
3 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Programme Management
2 7 (21.88%) Programme Delivery
2 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (18.75%) Agile
3 6 (18.75%) Migration
3 6 (18.75%) Roadmaps
4 5 (15.63%) Business Case
4 5 (15.63%) Project Management
4 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (9.38%) Quality Management
6 3 (9.38%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (9.38%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (6.25%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 2 (6.25%) Order to Cash
7 2 (6.25%) Record to Report
7 2 (6.25%) Source to Pay
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
1 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.38%) Degree
3 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) SAP
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle