Programme Manager Contracts in Reading

Programme Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Programme Manager daily rate in Reading is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 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
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 79 81
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Manager 4 9 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.37% 0.84% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.90% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 14
10th Percentile £770 £650 £611
25th Percentile £781 £706 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £800 £688
Median % change year-on-year - +16.36% +9.30%
75th Percentile £800 - £792
90th Percentile £801 - £818
Berkshire median daily rate £788 £625 £653
% change year-on-year +26.00% -4.21% +11.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 987 998 1,369
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 92.92% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 661 866
10th Percentile £339 £238 £308
25th Percentile £450 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £525 £502
Median % change year-on-year +8.86% +4.69% +2.87%
75th Percentile £650 £623 £625
90th Percentile £700 £688 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 10
10th Percentile £48.18 £58.98 £17.26
25th Percentile £56.25 £61.04 £24.66
Median hourly rate £63.15 £64.31 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +21.34% +13.37%
75th Percentile £100.00 £69.56 £71.19
90th Percentile - £75.23 £75.75
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.79 £41.20
% change year-on-year -0.48% +49.99% -11.88%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in Reading

Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Manager in Reading

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 14 November 2024, Programme 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 Reading region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) PMP
2 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Identification
3 1 (25.00%) Lean Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Kanban
2 2 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (25.00%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Cost Accounting
3 1 (25.00%) Lean Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Identification
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (50.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds