Project Governance Contracts in England

Project Governance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 381 388
Rank change year-on-year +38 +7 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 142 162 287
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.58% 0.44% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.50% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 124 206
10th Percentile £278 £400 £350
25th Percentile £397 £463 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.16% -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £630
90th Percentile £674 £729 £761
UK median daily rate £484 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -7.86% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £66.75 - £31.74
25th Percentile £70.00 - £33.53
Median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £37.77
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -7.33% +123.10%
75th Percentile - - £43.26
90th Percentile £75.50 - £45.80
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £37.77
% change year-on-year +114.29% -7.33% +123.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in England

Project Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in England

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in England

Project Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Governance in England

Project Governance
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +28 71 £500 -20.00% 62
South East +52 29 £463 -17.78% 27
North of England +24 21 £450 -12.20% 17
Midlands +29 12 £563 -6.25% 12
Yorkshire +12 11 £500 -2.44% 6
South West +24 10 £450 -3.23% 4
West Midlands +18 8 £606 +1.04% 6
North West +15 7 £450 -16.28% 11
East Midlands +13 4 £475 - 6
North East - 3 £250 - 1
East of England - 2 £280 - 8
Project Governance
UK

Project Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (8.45%) Confluence
2 9 (6.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.41%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (16.90%) Microsoft Project
2 23 (16.20%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (14.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.41%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.41%) Open Workbench
6 1 (0.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.11%) SAP ERP
2 3 (2.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (1.41%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.41%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.70%) Maximo
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.70%) Primavera
4 1 (0.70%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.93%) Azure
2 4 (2.82%) AWS
2 4 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.82%) Smartsheet
2 4 (2.82%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (2.11%) SaaS
4 2 (1.41%) Asana
5 1 (0.70%) BigCommerce
5 1 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.70%) IaaS
5 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.70%) OCI
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle CX
5 1 (0.70%) PaaS
5 1 (0.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.70%) LAN
1 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.11%) Big Data
1 3 (2.11%) Electronic Patient Records
1 3 (2.11%) IDMS
2 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 17 (11.97%) JIRA
General
1 74 (52.11%) Finance
2 70 (49.30%) Social Skills
3 24 (16.90%) Banking
4 12 (8.45%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.34%) Financial Institution
7 8 (5.63%) Investment Banking
7 8 (5.63%) Manufacturing
7 8 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (4.23%) Local Government
8 6 (4.23%) Retail
8 6 (4.23%) Telecoms
9 5 (3.52%) Back Office
10 4 (2.82%) Legal
10 4 (2.82%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.41%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.41%) Aviation
11 2 (1.41%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.70%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 48 (33.80%) Project Manager
2 16 (11.27%) Delivery Manager
3 11 (7.75%) Lead
4 10 (7.04%) Analyst
4 10 (7.04%) Senior
5 9 (6.34%) Architect
6 8 (5.63%) Business Manager
6 8 (5.63%) ERP Manager
6 8 (5.63%) IT Manager
6 8 (5.63%) PMO Manager
7 7 (4.93%) Implementation Manager
8 6 (4.23%) PMO Analyst
8 6 (4.23%) Senior Manager
9 5 (3.52%) ERP Implementation Manager
9 5 (3.52%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (3.52%) IT Project Manager
9 5 (3.52%) Project Officer
9 5 (3.52%) SAP Manager
10 4 (2.82%) Project Support Officer
10 4 (2.82%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.70%) ADO
1 1 (0.70%) FHIR
1 1 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (0.70%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.70%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.23%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.52%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.52%) PMI
3 4 (2.82%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.82%) Operational Technology
3 4 (2.82%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.11%) Life Science
4 3 (2.11%) NHS
4 3 (2.11%) Reference Data
4 3 (2.11%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.41%) Housing Association
5 2 (1.41%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.70%) FMCG
6 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.70%) SCADA
6 1 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (45.07%) Stakeholder Management
2 61 (42.96%) Agile
2 61 (42.96%) Project Management
3 53 (37.32%) Project Delivery
4 38 (26.76%) Change Management
5 36 (25.35%) PRINCE2
6 31 (21.83%) Risk Management
7 28 (19.72%) Budget Management
8 22 (15.49%) Waterfall
9 20 (14.08%) Decision-Making
9 20 (14.08%) Resource Management
10 19 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (13.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (11.27%) Business Case
11 16 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (11.27%) Project Planning
12 15 (10.56%) ERP
12 15 (10.56%) Migration
12 15 (10.56%) Programme Management
13 13 (9.15%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.70%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 24 (16.90%) Degree
2 21 (14.79%) PMI Certification
2 21 (14.79%) Security Cleared
3 20 (14.08%) PMP
4 12 (8.45%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.82%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.70%) APMP
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.70%) CISSP
8 1 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.70%) GIAC
8 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (28.87%) PMO
2 5 (3.52%) QA
3 3 (2.11%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.11%) P3O
4 2 (1.41%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.70%) Basel III
5 1 (0.70%) GDPR
5 1 (0.70%) GRC
5 1 (0.70%) HL7
5 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.70%) MiFID
5 1 (0.70%) NIST
5 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.70%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.41%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 23 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.86%) SAP
3 5 (3.52%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.82%) NEC
4 4 (2.82%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.82%) Workday
5 3 (2.11%) Oracle
5 3 (2.11%) Planview
6 2 (1.41%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.41%) Capita
6 2 (1.41%) Civica
6 2 (1.41%) Cramer
6 2 (1.41%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.41%) Northgate
6 2 (1.41%) Remedy
6 2 (1.41%) Splunk
7 1 (0.70%) Pega
7 1 (0.70%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.70%) Veeam
7 1 (0.70%) Wallstreet Suite