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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 114 139
Rank change year-on-year +3 +25 +23
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Project Governance 14 10 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.77% 0.48% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.53% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 15
10th Percentile £381 £429 £460
25th Percentile £419 £483 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £530 £576
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% -7.99% -1.12%
75th Percentile £661 £638 £675
90th Percentile £709 £649 £733
Central London median daily rate £600 £530 £576
% change year-on-year +13.21% -7.99% -1.12%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,710 1,902 2,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.32% 91.88% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 1,252 1,991
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £425 £474 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 15
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £19.79 £14.75
Median hourly rate £28.33 £26.63 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -3.18% -36.40%
75th Percentile £53.50 £82.19 £47.41
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £62.45
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £26.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year +8.55% -23.49% -17.65%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

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 25 August 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 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (14.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 14 (100.00%) Finance
2 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 7 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (21.43%) Back Office
7 2 (14.29%) Banking
8 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
8 1 (7.14%) Law
8 1 (7.14%) Police
8 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) Project Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Finance Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Network Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Portfolio Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Project Officer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Technical Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Transformation Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Support Officer
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Programme Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 3 (21.43%) PMI
2 3 (21.43%) Reference Data
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Agile
2 7 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 7 (50.00%) Project Management
2 7 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
4 5 (35.71%) Scrum
5 4 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (28.57%) Backlog Management
5 4 (28.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 4 (28.57%) Backlog Refinement
5 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (28.57%) Data Analysis
5 4 (28.57%) Data Modelling
5 4 (28.57%) Data Reconciliation
5 4 (28.57%) Epics
5 4 (28.57%) Financial Modelling
5 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (28.57%) Product Backlog
5 4 (28.57%) Sprint Review
5 4 (28.57%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) PMI Certification
3 2 (14.29%) PMP
4 1 (7.14%) APMG
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Hyperion
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) Planview
2 1 (7.14%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) Tagetik