Project Governance Contracts

Project Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Project Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Governance over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 405 385 407
Rank change year-on-year -20 +22 +58
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 182 335 571
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.58% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.64% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 232 392
10th Percentile £331 £355 £362
25th Percentile £434 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +6.80% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £600
90th Percentile £720 £700 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £536 £500
% change year-on-year -11.42% +7.25% +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 31
10th Percentile - £31.89 -
25th Percentile - £33.91 £15.90
Median hourly rate £35.00 £40.02 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +136.36% -32.28%
75th Percentile - £49.06 £17.97
90th Percentile - £51.88 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £40.02 £16.93
% change year-on-year -12.53% +136.36% -44.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Governance 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 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Project Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Governance.

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Governance.

Hourly rate trend for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Governance within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 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 0 154 £525 -4.55% 65
UK excluding London -11 95 £475 -11.42% 44
London +29 74 £600 +4.35% 28
Work from Home +71 73 £525 +5.00% 29
South West +20 31 £465 -19.13% 8
South East -4 24 £575 +4.55% 9
North of England +3 16 £513 +2.50% 8
Scotland +25 12 £375 -30.23% 12
North West +18 9 £538 +2.38% 7
Wales +23 8 £503 +25.63%
Yorkshire +4 7 £513 +2.50% 1
Midlands +9 4 £450 -10.00% 1
West Midlands +2 3 £450 -14.29%
East Midlands +16 1 - - 1

Project Governance
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 17 (9.34%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.10%) Confluence
3 1 (0.55%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (12.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 23 (12.64%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (10.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (10.44%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (3.85%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.30%) Loan IQ
2 4 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.10%) SAP SD
3 2 (1.10%) Temenos Globus
4 1 (0.55%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.55%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.59%) Power Platform
2 9 (4.95%) Azure
3 6 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.75%) SaaS
5 3 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.10%) GCP
7 1 (0.55%) AWS
7 1 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.55%) Boomi
7 1 (0.55%) GitHub
7 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.55%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.55%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.55%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.65%) Network Security
2 2 (1.10%) ISDN
2 2 (1.10%) PSTN
3 1 (0.55%) 4G
3 1 (0.55%) 5G
3 1 (0.55%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.59%) Power BI
2 3 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.10%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.10%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.55%) IDMS
4 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.55%) MySQL
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (6.04%) JIRA
2 2 (1.10%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 79 (43.41%) Finance
2 67 (36.81%) Social Skills
3 32 (17.58%) Public Sector
4 17 (9.34%) Banking
5 16 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (6.59%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (4.95%) Financial Institution
8 9 (4.95%) Investment Banking
9 6 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.30%) Local Government
9 6 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.75%) Billing
10 5 (2.75%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.20%) Legal
11 4 (2.20%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.10%) Back Office
13 2 (1.10%) Marketing
14 1 (0.55%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 113 (62.09%) Project Manager
2 26 (14.29%) Analyst
3 22 (12.09%) Senior
4 21 (11.54%) Senior Manager
5 19 (10.44%) Senior Project Manager
6 14 (7.69%) PMO Analyst
7 10 (5.49%) IT Manager
8 9 (4.95%) IT Project Manager
8 9 (4.95%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 6 (3.30%) Consultant
9 6 (3.30%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 6 (3.30%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (3.30%) Infrastructure Manager
9 6 (3.30%) Migration Manager
9 6 (3.30%) Migration Project Manager
9 6 (3.30%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
9 6 (3.30%) Security Manager
9 6 (3.30%) Security Project Manager
10 5 (2.75%) Delivery Project Manager
10 5 (2.75%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.65%) ADO
2 1 (0.55%) Express.js
2 1 (0.55%) MERN Stack
2 1 (0.55%) Middleware
2 1 (0.55%) Node.js
2 1 (0.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.59%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.49%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.40%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.30%) Derivative
4 6 (3.30%) Fixed Income
4 6 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.75%) PMI
6 4 (2.20%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.65%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (1.65%) Freedom of Information Act
7 3 (1.65%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.65%) Solar Panel
8 2 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.10%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.10%) NHS
8 2 (1.10%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.55%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.55%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.40%) Windows
2 4 (2.20%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.10%) AIX
5 1 (0.55%) Linux
5 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (53.30%) Project Management
2 84 (46.15%) Project Delivery
3 71 (39.01%) Agile
4 44 (24.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (20.33%) PRINCE2
6 31 (17.03%) Budget Management
6 31 (17.03%) Change Management
7 29 (15.93%) Business Case
8 26 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 26 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 25 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (13.74%) Waterfall
10 23 (12.64%) Change Control
10 23 (12.64%) Migration
11 21 (11.54%) Project Planning
12 16 (8.79%) Scrum
13 15 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (8.24%) Programme Management
13 15 (8.24%) Software Engineering
14 14 (7.69%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.75%) SQL
2 3 (1.65%) VBA
3 1 (0.55%) Java
3 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.55%) PHP
Qualifications
1 32 (17.58%) Security Cleared
2 25 (13.74%) Degree
3 22 (12.09%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.49%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (3.30%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.75%) APMP
7 5 (2.75%) PMP
8 4 (2.20%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.65%) CISA
9 3 (1.65%) CISM
9 3 (1.65%) CISSP
10 2 (1.10%) ISEB
11 1 (0.55%) APMG
11 1 (0.55%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (26.37%) PMO
2 8 (4.40%) QA
3 4 (2.20%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.10%) Basel III
4 2 (1.10%) COREP
4 2 (1.10%) FINREP
4 2 (1.10%) GDPR
4 2 (1.10%) P3O
5 1 (0.55%) NIST
5 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.55%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.55%) Argo
Vendors
1 37 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.49%) SAP
3 5 (2.75%) Atlassian
3 5 (2.75%) Oracle
4 4 (2.20%) Cadence
5 3 (1.65%) Cisco
5 3 (1.65%) Progress
6 2 (1.10%) BiZZdesign
6 2 (1.10%) BT
6 2 (1.10%) Google
6 2 (1.10%) Openreach
6 2 (1.10%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.55%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.55%) Citrix
7 1 (0.55%) Dell
7 1 (0.55%) Epicor
7 1 (0.55%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.55%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.55%) Planview
7 1 (0.55%) Zscaler