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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 386 389
Rank change year-on-year +65 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 159 152 276
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.67% 0.42% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.49% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 114 196
10th Percentile £250 £383 £363
25th Percentile £362 £454 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £606 £634 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £744
UK median daily rate £478 £519 £550
% change year-on-year -7.95% -5.68% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £66.75 - £31.89
25th Percentile £70.00 - £33.91
Median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £40.02
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -12.53% +136.36%
75th Percentile - - £49.06
90th Percentile £75.50 - £51.88
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £40.02
% change year-on-year +114.29% -12.53% +136.36%

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 21,762 31,336 43,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 86.24% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,222 20,550 30,257
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £412 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 920 2,253 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.95 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

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 23 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 23 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 +56 72 £500 -15.25% 98
South East +55 28 £463 -19.57% 118
North of England +25 25 £400 -21.95% 93
Midlands +32 18 £575 +27.78% 75
West Midlands +24 14 £581 +29.17% 37
South West +19 12 £450 -3.23% 61
Yorkshire +20 11 £500 -2.44% 36
North West +9 10 £400 -25.58% 46
East of England +35 6 £350 -36.36% 64
East Midlands +14 4 £475 - 34
North East - 4 £250 - 12
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 10 (6.29%) Confluence
2 8 (5.03%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.26%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 21 (13.21%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (11.32%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (8.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (8.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.26%) Open Workbench
5 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.89%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.89%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (1.26%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.26%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.63%) Maximo
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.40%) Azure
2 5 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (3.14%) SaaS
3 4 (2.52%) AWS
3 4 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (2.52%) Smartsheet
3 4 (2.52%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (0.63%) Asana
4 1 (0.63%) BigCommerce
4 1 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.63%) IaaS
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (0.63%) OCI
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle CX
4 1 (0.63%) PaaS
4 1 (0.63%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.63%) LAN
1 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.52%) Big Data
2 3 (1.89%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.26%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.26%) IDMS
3 2 (1.26%) Star Schema
4 1 (0.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (10.06%) JIRA
General
1 80 (50.31%) Finance
1 80 (50.31%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.58%) Banking
3 15 (9.43%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (8.81%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.55%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (6.92%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (5.03%) Manufacturing
8 7 (4.40%) Investment Banking
8 7 (4.40%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.77%) Local Government
9 6 (3.77%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.77%) Retail
10 5 (3.14%) Back Office
10 5 (3.14%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.89%) Billing
12 2 (1.26%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.26%) Front Office
12 2 (1.26%) Legal
12 2 (1.26%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 65 (40.88%) Project Manager
2 16 (10.06%) Delivery Manager
3 14 (8.81%) Lead
4 13 (8.18%) Analyst
4 13 (8.18%) IT Manager
5 10 (6.29%) IT Project Manager
6 9 (5.66%) ERP Manager
6 9 (5.66%) Senior
7 8 (5.03%) Architect
8 7 (4.40%) Implementation Manager
9 6 (3.77%) PMO Analyst
9 6 (3.77%) Senior Manager
10 5 (3.14%) Business Manager
10 5 (3.14%) ERP Implementation Manager
10 5 (3.14%) Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (3.14%) SAP Manager
10 5 (3.14%) Support Officer
10 5 (3.14%) Technical Manager
11 4 (2.52%) Report Manager
11 4 (2.52%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.63%) ADO
1 1 (0.63%) FHIR
1 1 (0.63%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.63%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.40%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.14%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.14%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.14%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.14%) Operational Technology
2 5 (3.14%) PMI
2 5 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.89%) Credit Risk
3 3 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.89%) Life Science
3 3 (1.89%) NHS
3 3 (1.89%) Reference Data
3 3 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (1.89%) Robotics
4 2 (1.26%) Housing Association
4 2 (1.26%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.63%) DTCC
5 1 (0.63%) SCADA
5 1 (0.63%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (44.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 70 (44.03%) Agile
3 67 (42.14%) Project Management
4 62 (38.99%) Project Delivery
5 46 (28.93%) PRINCE2
6 40 (25.16%) Change Management
7 31 (19.50%) Risk Management
8 27 (16.98%) Budget Management
9 24 (15.09%) Waterfall
10 23 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (13.84%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (12.58%) Migration
13 19 (11.95%) Business Case
13 19 (11.95%) Decision-Making
13 19 (11.95%) Project Planning
14 18 (11.32%) Programme Management
14 18 (11.32%) Resource Management
15 16 (10.06%) ERP
15 16 (10.06%) Process Improvement
16 15 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (17.61%) Security Cleared
2 24 (15.09%) Degree
2 24 (15.09%) PMI Certification
3 23 (14.47%) PMP
4 19 (11.95%) SC Cleared
5 8 (5.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.52%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.63%) APMP
9 1 (0.63%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.63%) CISSP
9 1 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.63%) GIAC
9 1 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.63%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (23.27%) PMO
2 5 (3.14%) QA
3 3 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.89%) P3O
4 2 (1.26%) GDPR
4 2 (1.26%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (1.26%) PMBOK
4 2 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.63%) Basel III
5 1 (0.63%) GRC
5 1 (0.63%) HL7
5 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.63%) MiFID
5 1 (0.63%) NIST
5 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.26%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 20 (12.58%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.43%) SAP
3 5 (3.14%) NEC
3 5 (3.14%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.52%) Oracle
5 3 (1.89%) Planview
5 3 (1.89%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.89%) Workday
6 2 (1.26%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.26%) Capita
6 2 (1.26%) Civica
6 2 (1.26%) Cramer
6 2 (1.26%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.26%) Northgate
6 2 (1.26%) Remedy
6 2 (1.26%) Splunk
7 1 (0.63%) Adobe
7 1 (0.63%) Ariba
7 1 (0.63%) Cognos
7 1 (0.63%) IBM