Programme Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Programme Delivery Manager
England > London

The median Programme Delivery Manager daily rate in London is £708, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 387 433
Rank change year-on-year +29 +46 +138
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Delivery Manager 4 1 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.030% 0.006% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.007% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £667 - £548
25th Percentile £681 £763 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £708 £775 £675
Median % change year-on-year -8.71% +14.81% +12.50%
75th Percentile £731 £788 £828
90th Percentile £742 - £888
England median daily rate £620 £655 £634
% change year-on-year -5.34% +3.35% +6.74%
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 12,450 15,190 20,706
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.06% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,342 10,172 15,099
10th Percentile £331 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £690
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 181 231
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £18.16
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.39
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.27% +14.89%
75th Percentile £50.75 £56.00 £63.13
90th Percentile £66.73 £71.88 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £44.75
% change year-on-year -45.54% +3.20% +71.00%

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
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Delivery Manager job vacancies in London

Programme Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 September 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%) SAP
1 3 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy

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 3 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP