Project Governance Contracts in the City of London

Project Governance
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 118 155
Rank change year-on-year +10 +37 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 15 9 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.85% 0.41% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.45% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 13
10th Percentile £363 £428 £518
25th Percentile £372 £463 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £568 £650
Median % change year-on-year -20.70% -12.69% +19.27%
75th Percentile £609 £616 £713
90th Percentile £641 £631 £823
Central London median daily rate £538 £568 £650
% change year-on-year -5.29% -12.69% +19.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,638 1,985 3,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.28% 90.56% 91.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,037 1,404 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £356 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £809 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 25
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.35
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -15.66%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -15.66%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Project Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in the City of London

Project Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Governance in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in the City of London

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in the City of London

Project Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (6.67%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (6.67%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 15 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Banking
4 3 (20.00%) Back Office
4 3 (20.00%) Investment Banking
4 3 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) General Ledger
5 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 5 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Project Officer
2 3 (20.00%) Project Support Officer
2 3 (20.00%) Support Officer
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Services Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Network Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Network Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Portfolio Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) PMI
1 3 (20.00%) Reference Data
2 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Agile
2 10 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 7 (46.67%) Project Management
4 6 (40.00%) PRINCE2
5 4 (26.67%) Accounts Receivable
5 4 (26.67%) Budget Management
5 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (20.00%) Data Management
6 3 (20.00%) Reference Data Management
6 3 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (13.33%) Business Case
7 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
7 2 (13.33%) SIEM
7 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
8 1 (6.67%) Requirements Workshops
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) PMI Certification
2 5 (33.33%) Degree
3 3 (20.00%) PMP
4 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (20.00%) Planview
2 2 (13.33%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) SAP