Project Governance Contract Job Trends in Kent

Project Governance
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Project Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 15 29
Rank change year-on-year -10 +14 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 1.23% 1.96% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 2.20% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £461 £471 -
25th Percentile £477 £503 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £563 £613
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -8.16% -22.22%
75th Percentile £564 £628 £644
90th Percentile £567 £664 -
South East median daily rate £450 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 135 91 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 82.82% 89.22% 73.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 59 108
10th Percentile £180 £192 £198
25th Percentile £200 £250 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £495 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.61% +10.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £569 £623 £543
90th Percentile £638 £688 £656
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 17
10th Percentile £17.18 £15.01 £11.90
25th Percentile £21.08 £18.68 £15.00
Median hourly rate £31.24 £21.43 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.78% -39.63% -26.16%
75th Percentile £39.31 £40.27 £55.00
90th Percentile £39.41 £66.56 £62.96
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -15.40% -6.67% -16.67%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Governance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Project Governance job vacancy trend in Kent

Project Governance
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Project Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 9 March 2026. 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
West Malling -2 1 £563 -16.67%
Maidstone - 1 £500 - 1
Project Governance
South East

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DSDM
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management