Project Governance Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Project Governance
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Project Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 90 116
Rank change year-on-year 0 +26 -7
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 25 13 11
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.69% 0.86% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 0.95% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 7
10th Percentile £166 £354 £400
25th Percentile £390 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £440 £515
Median % change year-on-year +21.59% -14.56% -1.90%
75th Percentile £609 £497 £581
90th Percentile £650 £550 £588
South East median daily rate £500 £456 £495
% change year-on-year +9.59% -7.83% -10.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92.50 - -
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
75th Percentile £97.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -76.67% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Project Governance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,309 1,372 1,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.45% 90.32% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 876 760 964
10th Percentile £304 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -0.05%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 39 68
10th Percentile £14.75 £24.68 £24.31
25th Percentile £18.87 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +29.36%
75th Percentile £80.00 £64.08 £67.75
90th Percentile £95.25 £68.57 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.78 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.91% -10.69% +42.67%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Governance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Project Governance job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Project Governance
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in Berkshire

Project Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Governance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Reading +23 20 £566 +21.77% 3
Bracknell - 3 £133 -
Windsor -4 1 £750 -
Project Governance
South East

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) Confluence
1 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (16.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (4.00%) Remedy AR System
2 1 (4.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (12.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) 5G
1 2 (8.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) DTS
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.00%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (44.00%) Finance
2 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Back Office
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Retail
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Project Manager
2 8 (32.00%) Oracle Project Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Administrator
3 3 (12.00%) Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Consultant
3 3 (12.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (12.00%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (12.00%) PMO Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Project Administrator
4 2 (8.00%) E-Business Manager
4 2 (8.00%) ERP Manager
4 2 (8.00%) ERP Project Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Programme Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Risk Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Transformation Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Applications Manager
5 1 (4.00%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Programme Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.00%) Middleware
2 1 (4.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.00%) CMDB
2 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.00%) EPoS
2 1 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Project Management
2 9 (36.00%) Agile
2 9 (36.00%) Project Delivery
2 9 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (32.00%) PRINCE2
4 7 (28.00%) Waterfall
5 6 (24.00%) Risk Management
6 5 (20.00%) ERP
7 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (16.00%) Contingency Planning
7 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
7 4 (16.00%) Programme Management
7 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (12.00%) Change Control
8 3 (12.00%) Cost Management
8 3 (12.00%) CRM
8 3 (12.00%) Data Migration
8 3 (12.00%) ITIL
8 3 (12.00%) ITSM
8 3 (12.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) PMP
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (32.00%) PMO
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Oracle
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.00%) BMC
4 1 (4.00%) Remedy
4 1 (4.00%) SAP