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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 322 365
Rank change year-on-year +67 +43 +68
Contract jobs citing Programme Governance 206 37 25
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.03% 0.28% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 0.30% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 26 14
10th Percentile £423 £300 £440
25th Percentile £513 £455 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £644 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.96% -
75th Percentile £725 £725 £797
90th Percentile £925 £750 £813
England median daily rate £575 £565 £625
% change year-on-year +1.77% -9.60% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £33.12 - £44.08
England median hourly rate £62.00 - £44.08

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 17,884 12,219 14,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.13% 92.48% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,701 8,101 9,738
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £682
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 254 186
10th Percentile £17.18 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.98 £25.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.69 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.53 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -7 23 £675 +11.57% 14
West London -9 11 £680 - 3
East London - 2 £638 -
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 10 (4.85%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.91%) CMS
3 3 (1.46%) Confluence
4 2 (0.97%) Apache
4 2 (0.97%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 17 (8.25%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.49%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.97%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.97%) Finacle
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.97%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.97%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.49%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.49%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.49%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.49%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.49%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.49%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.49%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 22 (10.68%) Azure
2 13 (6.31%) AWS
3 10 (4.85%) SaaS
4 9 (4.37%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (3.88%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.43%) OCI
7 4 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 3 (1.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 3 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.97%) Amazon Cognito
9 2 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.97%) GCP
9 2 (0.97%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.97%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.49%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.49%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.91%) Network Security
2 1 (0.49%) 5G
2 1 (0.49%) Firewall
2 1 (0.49%) LAN
2 1 (0.49%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.88%) Power BI
2 5 (2.43%) Metadata
3 3 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.46%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.97%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.97%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.97%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.49%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.49%) OLAP
5 1 (0.49%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.49%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (6.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) eggPlant
2 1 (0.49%) HP UFT
2 1 (0.49%) Rational Functional Tester
2 1 (0.49%) Selenium
2 1 (0.49%) SilkTest
2 1 (0.49%) SOAtest
2 1 (0.49%) Terragrunt
2 1 (0.49%) Tricentis qTest
2 1 (0.49%) Zephyr
General
1 110 (53.40%) Finance
2 77 (37.38%) Social Skills
3 24 (11.65%) Public Sector
4 23 (11.17%) Banking
5 20 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (9.22%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (8.25%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (8.25%) Retail
8 15 (7.28%) Legal
9 11 (5.34%) Marketing
10 8 (3.88%) Manufacturing
11 7 (3.40%) Local Government
11 7 (3.40%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.43%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.94%) Aviation
13 4 (1.94%) Front Office
13 4 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.46%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.46%) Law
Job Titles
1 55 (26.70%) Programme Manager
2 35 (16.99%) Project Manager
3 32 (15.53%) Lead
4 21 (10.19%) Senior
5 16 (7.77%) Programme Director
6 12 (5.83%) Senior Manager
7 11 (5.34%) Technical Manager
7 11 (5.34%) Transformation Manager
8 10 (4.85%) Analyst
9 9 (4.37%) Consultant
10 8 (3.88%) PMO Analyst
10 8 (3.88%) SAP Manager
10 8 (3.88%) Technical Programme Manager
11 7 (3.40%) Architect
11 7 (3.40%) Digital Programme Manager
11 7 (3.40%) SAP Programme Manager
12 6 (2.91%) Delivery Manager
12 6 (2.91%) Senior Programme Manager
13 5 (2.43%) Data Manager
13 5 (2.43%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (2.91%) Middleware
3 4 (1.94%) XML
4 2 (0.97%) ADO
4 2 (0.97%) Terraform
5 1 (0.49%) .NET
5 1 (0.49%) HTML
5 1 (0.49%) SOAP
5 1 (0.49%) Spring
5 1 (0.49%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.49%) Web Services
5 1 (0.49%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.22%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.37%) FMCG
2 9 (4.37%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.88%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.94%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.46%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.46%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.46%) Life Science
7 3 (1.46%) NHS
7 3 (1.46%) PMI
8 2 (0.97%) Data Fabric
8 2 (0.97%) Derivative
8 2 (0.97%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.97%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.97%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.46%) Windows
2 2 (0.97%) Linux
3 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (62.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 66 (32.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 65 (31.55%) Agile
4 56 (27.18%) Programme Delivery
5 50 (24.27%) Roadmaps
6 45 (21.84%) Decision-Making
7 44 (21.36%) Migration
8 43 (20.87%) Programme Management
8 43 (20.87%) Project Management
9 41 (19.90%) Project Delivery
10 40 (19.42%) Risk Management
11 37 (17.96%) PRINCE2
12 36 (17.48%) Change Management
13 31 (15.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (12.62%) Technology Transformation
15 24 (11.65%) ERP
16 23 (11.17%) DevOps
17 20 (9.71%) Data Migration
17 20 (9.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
18 19 (9.22%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.37%) SQL
2 4 (1.94%) Java
3 2 (0.97%) Korn
3 2 (0.97%) Python
4 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (13.11%) Security Cleared
2 21 (10.19%) PMP
3 18 (8.74%) PMI Certification
3 18 (8.74%) SC Cleared
4 16 (7.77%) Degree
5 9 (4.37%) CISSP
6 8 (3.88%) CISM
7 6 (2.91%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.97%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.97%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.97%) ISACA
9 2 (0.97%) PgMP
9 2 (0.97%) RIBA
9 2 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.49%) CAPM
10 1 (0.49%) CSPO
10 1 (0.49%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.49%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (21.36%) PMO
2 22 (10.68%) QA
3 13 (6.31%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.46%) GDPR
5 3 (1.46%) GRC
5 3 (1.46%) NIST
5 3 (1.46%) P3O
6 2 (0.97%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.97%) NCSC
6 2 (0.97%) SLA
7 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.49%) GAAP
7 1 (0.49%) GxP
7 1 (0.49%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.49%) IFRS
7 1 (0.49%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.49%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.49%) Ansible
2 1 (0.49%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.49%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 33 (16.02%) Microsoft
2 26 (12.62%) SAP
3 16 (7.77%) Oracle
4 9 (4.37%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.40%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.40%) Workday
6 5 (2.43%) Zscaler
7 4 (1.94%) Databricks
8 3 (1.46%) Ariba
8 3 (1.46%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.97%) Adaptive Insights
9 2 (0.97%) Avaloq
9 2 (0.97%) Charles River
9 2 (0.97%) Citrix
9 2 (0.97%) Intapp
9 2 (0.97%) Temenos
10 1 (0.49%) Duck Creek
10 1 (0.49%) FIS
10 1 (0.49%) Nexthink
10 1 (0.49%) Refinitiv