Project Governance Contracts in Bristol

Project Governance
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Project Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Governance over the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 70 79
Rank change year-on-year +16 +9 -12
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 14 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.03% 0.42% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 0.51% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 4
10th Percentile £349 £303 -
25th Percentile £390 £353 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £467 £420
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +11.26% -14.29%
75th Percentile £519 £490 £475
90th Percentile £604 £503 -
South West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - £35.02 £52.50
% change year-on-year - -33.30% +210.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 633 786 932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.61% 82.82% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 424 652
10th Percentile £235 £260 £301
25th Percentile £360 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £638
90th Percentile £650 £725 £718
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.37% +2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 183 112
10th Percentile £12.82 £43.75 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.60 £58.63 £51.25
Median hourly rate £27.58 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.61% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £65.75 £74.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £84.96
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -61.46% +0.38% +23.60%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in Bristol

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in Bristol over the 6 months to 13 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Governance in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DHCP
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Integration Architect
3 2 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 2 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Integration Manager
4 1 (7.14%) PMO Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) PMO Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Project Delivery
1 5 (35.71%) Project Management
1 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
4 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.14%) Budgeting
5 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
5 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (7.14%) Cost Control
5 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.14%) Post-Merger Integration
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
4 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
4 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
4 1 (7.14%) PMP
4 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) PMO
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) PMBOK
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) VMware