Programme Governance Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Programme Governance
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Programme Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 129 146
Rank change year-on-year +20 +17 +44
Contract jobs citing Programme Governance 9 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.53% 0.094% 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.10% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £429 £391 £714
25th Percentile £463 £434 £716
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £513 £738
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% -30.51% +43.90%
75th Percentile £675 £584 £766
90th Percentile £705 £624 £771
Central London median daily rate £560 £513 £738
% change year-on-year +9.27% -30.51% +27.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Programme 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,613 1,951 2,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.33% 92.07% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 1,209 1,783
10th Percentile £325 £367 £373
25th Percentile £421 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £768 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £590
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.54% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £17.15 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.63 £24.09 £16.31
Median hourly rate £27.04 £40.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.25% +29.60% -27.53%
75th Percentile £35.88 £107.13 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -22.76% +27.27% -35.67%

Programme Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Programme Governance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Programme Governance job vacancy trend in the City of London

Programme Governance
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Programme Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Programme Governance

Programme Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Governance in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Governance in the City of London

Programme Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Programme Governance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Programme Governance

Programme Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Finance
3 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Banking
4 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Lead
1 2 (22.22%) PMO Lead
1 2 (22.22%) Programme Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Head of PMO
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) SOX Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Fixed Income
1 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
1 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (44.44%) Project Delivery
1 4 (44.44%) Project Management
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) Change Management
2 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 2 (22.22%) Budget Management
3 2 (22.22%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) ERP
3 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) Information Management
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 3 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (11.11%) CISM
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) PMO
2 2 (22.22%) QA
2 2 (22.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 1 (11.11%) GRC
3 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (11.11%) NIST
3 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
2 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
2 1 (11.11%) Progress
2 1 (11.11%) Workday