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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 345 371
Rank change year-on-year +72 +26 +87
Contract jobs citing Programme Governance 169 23 24
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.86% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.19% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 14 16
10th Percentile £400 £402 £484
25th Percentile £475 £455 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £644 £675
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.63% +10.20%
75th Percentile £725 £722 £800
90th Percentile £925 £746 £841
England median daily rate £575 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -4.09% -4.08% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.12 - -
England median hourly rate £62.00 - £44.74

All Process & 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 17,398 12,312 15,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.95% 92.16% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,552 8,218 11,064
10th Percentile £358 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £524 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 230 293
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.91 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% +7.50% -27.31%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -4.70%

Programme Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Programme Governance job vacancy trend 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 8 July 2026.

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 8 July 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
Central London +1 14 £595 +44.24% 14
West London -13 5 £680 - 1
South London - 1 £400 - 1
East London - 1 £500 -
Programme Governance
England

Programme Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 7 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.37%) CMS
3 3 (1.78%) Confluence
4 2 (1.18%) Apache
4 2 (1.18%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 14 (8.28%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.18%) Finacle
2 2 (1.18%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.59%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.59%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.65%) Azure
2 13 (7.69%) AWS
3 9 (5.33%) SaaS
4 6 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.96%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.78%) GCP
6 3 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.78%) OCI
6 3 (1.78%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 3 (1.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 3 (1.78%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.18%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.59%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.59%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.59%) Serverless
8 1 (0.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.37%) Network Security
2 1 (0.59%) 5G
2 1 (0.59%) Firewall
2 1 (0.59%) LAN
2 1 (0.59%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.78%) Metadata
1 3 (1.78%) SAP HANA
2 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.18%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.18%) Hadoop
2 2 (1.18%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.18%) Power BI
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 11 (6.51%) JIRA
2 1 (0.59%) Hudson
General
1 92 (54.44%) Finance
2 54 (31.95%) Social Skills
3 19 (11.24%) Public Sector
4 18 (10.65%) Retail
5 17 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (9.47%) Legal
7 12 (7.10%) Marketing
8 10 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (5.33%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (4.73%) Banking
11 6 (3.55%) Local Government
11 6 (3.55%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.37%) Law
12 4 (2.37%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.78%) Billing
13 3 (1.78%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.18%) Advertising
14 2 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (1.18%) Police
Job Titles
1 50 (29.59%) Programme Manager
2 27 (15.98%) Project Manager
3 22 (13.02%) Lead
4 18 (10.65%) Senior
5 15 (8.88%) Programme Director
6 12 (7.10%) Senior Manager
7 11 (6.51%) Analyst
8 10 (5.92%) Technical Manager
9 9 (5.33%) Consultant
10 8 (4.73%) PMO Analyst
10 8 (4.73%) Technical Programme Manager
11 7 (4.14%) PMO Manager
11 7 (4.14%) Transformation Manager
12 5 (2.96%) Architect
12 5 (2.96%) PMO Lead
12 5 (2.96%) SAP Manager
12 5 (2.96%) SAP Programme Manager
12 5 (2.96%) Senior Project Manager
13 4 (2.37%) Finance Manager
13 4 (2.37%) Senior Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (2.96%) Middleware
3 3 (1.78%) XML
4 2 (1.18%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.59%) ADO
5 1 (0.59%) REST
5 1 (0.59%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.59%) SOAP
5 1 (0.59%) Spring
5 1 (0.59%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.88%) Onboarding
2 10 (5.92%) FMCG
3 8 (4.73%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.14%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.14%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.55%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.37%) IoT
6 4 (2.37%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.37%) PropTech
7 3 (1.78%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.78%) Life Science
7 3 (1.78%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.18%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.18%) CMDB
8 2 (1.18%) Data Fabric
8 2 (1.18%) NHS
8 2 (1.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.59%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.59%) Linux
1 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (50.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 58 (34.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 48 (28.40%) Agile
4 43 (25.44%) Migration
5 38 (22.49%) Programme Delivery
6 36 (21.30%) Roadmaps
7 32 (18.93%) Programme Management
8 31 (18.34%) Risk Management
9 30 (17.75%) Project Management
10 29 (17.16%) Project Delivery
11 28 (16.57%) Decision-Making
12 27 (15.98%) ERP
13 25 (14.79%) PRINCE2
14 24 (14.20%) Change Management
15 21 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (10.65%) Data Migration
17 17 (10.06%) Technology Transformation
18 16 (9.47%) Change Control
18 16 (9.47%) DevOps
19 14 (8.28%) Dependency Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.14%) SQL
2 3 (1.78%) Java
3 2 (1.18%) Korn
3 2 (1.18%) Python
4 1 (0.59%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (13.02%) Security Cleared
2 16 (9.47%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.28%) Degree
4 10 (5.92%) PMP
5 7 (4.14%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.37%) CISSP
6 4 (2.37%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.37%) RIBA
7 3 (1.78%) CISM
7 3 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.59%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.59%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.59%) MBA
8 1 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (19.53%) PMO
2 20 (11.83%) QA
3 12 (7.10%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.55%) GRC
5 5 (2.96%) GDPR
5 5 (2.96%) SLA
6 2 (1.18%) P3O
7 1 (0.59%) GAAP
7 1 (0.59%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.59%) IFRS
7 1 (0.59%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.59%) NCSC
7 1 (0.59%) SEPA
7 1 (0.59%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.59%) Ansible
1 1 (0.59%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.59%) QRadar
1 1 (0.59%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (12.43%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.65%) SAP
3 13 (7.69%) Oracle
4 9 (5.33%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.73%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.37%) Databricks
6 4 (2.37%) Workday
7 3 (1.78%) Intapp
7 3 (1.78%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.18%) Cognizant
8 2 (1.18%) Progress
8 2 (1.18%) Temenos
9 1 (0.59%) Avaya
9 1 (0.59%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.59%) Cisco
9 1 (0.59%) Genesys
9 1 (0.59%) Google
9 1 (0.59%) IBM
9 1 (0.59%) PTC
9 1 (0.59%) Red Hat