Programme Delivery Manager Contracts in London

Programme Delivery Manager
England > London

The median Programme Delivery Manager daily rate in London is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 393 465
Rank change year-on-year +43 +72 +112
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Delivery Manager 4 7 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.031% 0.040% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.043% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 16
10th Percentile £760 £490 £661
25th Percentile £775 £546 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £713 £713
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% - +18.26%
75th Percentile £838 £816 £875
90th Percentile £860 £825 £919
England median daily rate £750 £650 £688
% change year-on-year +15.38% -5.45% +18.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £77.50
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
75th Percentile - - £82.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £80.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,044 16,404 23,985
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.88% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,141 11,758 17,511
10th Percentile £335 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 316 271
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.23 £20.17 £22.95
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -26.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £50.50 £45.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.18 £39.55 £43.93
% change year-on-year -28.75% -9.97% +75.72%

Programme Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Delivery Manager in London

Programme Delivery Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Delivery Manager in London

Programme Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 July 2025, Programme Delivery 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 across the London region featuring Programme Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) WFM
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Workday
3 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical

Programme Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) WFM
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Workday