Programme Governance Contract Job Trends in London

Programme Governance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Programme Governance skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 374 425
Rank change year-on-year +44 +51 +109
Contract jobs citing Programme Governance 38 24 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.29% 0.15% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.17% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 14 10
10th Percentile £300 £440 £397
25th Percentile £459 £494 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £650 £638
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +1.96% +10.11%
75th Percentile £725 £797 £766
90th Percentile £750 £813 £778
England median daily rate £560 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -10.40% +25.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £44.08 -
England median hourly rate - £44.08 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Programme 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,340 14,309 20,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.56% 89.21% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,163 9,544 14,525
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 180 230
10th Percentile £17.02 £17.25 £18.15
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.81
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -11.67% +7.09%
75th Percentile £48.75 £55.00 £63.94
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%

Programme Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Programme Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Governance in London

Programme Governance
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Programme Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Programme Governance

Programme Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Governance in London over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Governance in London

Programme Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Programme Governance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Programme Governance

Programme Governance
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Governance within the London region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Central London +7 8 £605 +18.05% 9
West London -5 1 - -
Programme Governance
England

Programme Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.16%) Confluence
1 5 (13.16%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (23.68%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (7.89%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (10.53%) SAP ERP
2 1 (2.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.79%) Azure
2 4 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.89%) Slack
4 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.63%) AWS
5 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.63%) GCP
5 1 (2.63%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.63%) SaaS
5 1 (2.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Power BI
2 2 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (31.58%) JIRA
General
1 22 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 18 (47.37%) Finance
3 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.53%) Front Office
6 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
6 3 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.26%) Banking
7 2 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (5.26%) Legal
7 2 (5.26%) Marketing
7 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.26%) Retail
8 1 (2.63%) Back Office
8 1 (2.63%) Billing
8 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Programme Manager
2 7 (18.42%) Project Manager
3 6 (15.79%) Lead
4 5 (13.16%) Senior
4 5 (13.16%) Senior Manager
5 4 (10.53%) Risk Manager
5 4 (10.53%) Risk Project Manager
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (7.89%) IT Manager
6 3 (7.89%) PMO Manager
6 3 (7.89%) Programme Director
7 2 (5.26%) Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) PMO Lead
7 2 (5.26%) Technical Leader
8 1 (2.63%) Compliance Manager
8 1 (2.63%) Credit Risk Project Manager
8 1 (2.63%) ERP Manager
8 1 (2.63%) PMO Analyst
8 1 (2.63%) PMO Consultant
8 1 (2.63%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) ADO
1 2 (5.26%) AngularJS
1 2 (5.26%) Node.js
2 1 (2.63%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Market Risk
2 4 (10.53%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.63%) Derivative
3 1 (2.63%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.63%) PMI
3 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (50.00%) Agile
2 14 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (34.21%) Waterfall
4 12 (31.58%) Risk Management
5 11 (28.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (26.32%) Project Delivery
7 9 (23.68%) Project Management
8 8 (21.05%) PRINCE2
8 8 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (18.42%) ERP
9 7 (18.42%) Programme Management
9 7 (18.42%) Resource Management
10 6 (15.79%) Change Management
11 5 (13.16%) Budget Management
11 5 (13.16%) Programme Delivery
11 5 (13.16%) Roadmaps
12 4 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
12 4 (10.53%) Matrix Organization
12 4 (10.53%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.89%) Korn
2 2 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (2.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.05%) PMI Certification
2 8 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 7 (18.42%) PMP
4 6 (15.79%) Degree
5 1 (2.63%) APMP
5 1 (2.63%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) MAPM
5 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (42.11%) PMO
2 4 (10.53%) QA
2 4 (10.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (7.89%) SLA
4 1 (2.63%) Basel III
4 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) SAP
3 2 (5.26%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle
4 1 (2.63%) Progress
4 1 (2.63%) Workday