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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 329 361
Rank change year-on-year +91 +32 +75
Contract jobs citing Programme Governance 211 35 22
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.05% 0.26% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.28% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 24 13
10th Percentile £419 £300 £435
25th Percentile £503 £439 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £632 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% -2.81% -10.34%
75th Percentile £731 £725 £800
90th Percentile £925 £750 £815
England median daily rate £575 £570 £650
% change year-on-year +0.88% -12.31% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.12 - -
England median hourly rate £62.00 - -

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 17,904 12,525 14,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.14% 92.35% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,758 8,336 10,048
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.40% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 255 197
10th Percentile £16.95 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +5 21 £590 +5.36% 13
West London -10 10 £680 -
East London - 2 £638 - 1
South London - 1 £400 - 3
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 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.37%) CMS
3 3 (1.42%) Confluence
4 2 (0.95%) Apache
4 2 (0.95%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 18 (8.53%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.95%) Finacle
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.95%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.47%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.47%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.47%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.47%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.90%) Azure
2 11 (5.21%) AWS
3 10 (4.74%) SaaS
4 9 (4.27%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.84%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.84%) OCI
7 5 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.42%) GCP
8 3 (1.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 3 (1.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 3 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.95%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.47%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.47%) Serverless
10 1 (0.47%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.84%) Network Security
2 1 (0.47%) 5G
2 1 (0.47%) Firewall
2 1 (0.47%) LAN
2 1 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.79%) Power BI
2 3 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.42%) Metadata
2 3 (1.42%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.95%) Hadoop
3 2 (0.95%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.47%) OLAP
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.47%) Star Schema
4 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (5.69%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) eggPlant
2 1 (0.47%) HP UFT
2 1 (0.47%) Hudson
2 1 (0.47%) Rational Functional Tester
2 1 (0.47%) Selenium
2 1 (0.47%) SilkTest
2 1 (0.47%) SOAtest
2 1 (0.47%) Terragrunt
2 1 (0.47%) Tricentis qTest
2 1 (0.47%) Zephyr
General
1 109 (51.66%) Finance
2 71 (33.65%) Social Skills
3 22 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.95%) Public Sector
4 21 (9.95%) Retail
5 19 (9.00%) Legal
6 17 (8.06%) Banking
6 17 (8.06%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (7.11%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (6.16%) Marketing
9 8 (3.79%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.32%) Local Government
11 6 (2.84%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.37%) Aviation
13 4 (1.90%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.90%) Law
14 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.42%) Front Office
14 3 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 60 (28.44%) Programme Manager
2 32 (15.17%) Lead
2 32 (15.17%) Project Manager
3 21 (9.95%) Senior
4 18 (8.53%) Programme Director
5 12 (5.69%) Senior Manager
5 12 (5.69%) Technical Manager
6 11 (5.21%) Consultant
6 11 (5.21%) Transformation Manager
7 10 (4.74%) Analyst
8 9 (4.27%) Technical Programme Manager
9 8 (3.79%) PMO Analyst
10 7 (3.32%) SAP Manager
11 6 (2.84%) Digital Programme Manager
11 6 (2.84%) SAP Programme Manager
12 5 (2.37%) Architect
12 5 (2.37%) PMO Lead
12 5 (2.37%) PMO Manager
12 5 (2.37%) Senior PMO
12 5 (2.37%) Senior Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.74%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (2.84%) Middleware
3 4 (1.90%) XML
4 2 (0.95%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (0.95%) SOAP
5 1 (0.47%) .NET
5 1 (0.47%) ADO
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) REST
5 1 (0.47%) Spring
5 1 (0.47%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.47%) Web Services
5 1 (0.47%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.48%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.79%) FMCG
2 8 (3.79%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.84%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.84%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.90%) Life Science
5 4 (1.90%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.42%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.42%) IoT
6 3 (1.42%) NHS
6 3 (1.42%) PropTech
7 2 (0.95%) Data Fabric
7 2 (0.95%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.95%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.47%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.42%) Windows
2 2 (0.95%) Linux
3 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (57.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 71 (33.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 62 (29.38%) Agile
4 51 (24.17%) Programme Delivery
5 50 (23.70%) Migration
6 48 (22.75%) Roadmaps
7 41 (19.43%) Decision-Making
8 40 (18.96%) Risk Management
9 39 (18.48%) Programme Management
9 39 (18.48%) Project Management
10 38 (18.01%) Project Delivery
11 37 (17.54%) Change Management
11 37 (17.54%) PRINCE2
12 32 (15.17%) ERP
13 27 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (10.90%) Technology Transformation
15 22 (10.43%) Data Migration
16 21 (9.95%) DevOps
17 20 (9.48%) Dependency Management
18 16 (7.58%) AI
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.27%) SQL
2 4 (1.90%) Java
3 3 (1.42%) Korn
4 2 (0.95%) Python
5 1 (0.47%) Ruby
5 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 30 (14.22%) Security Cleared
2 21 (9.95%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.53%) PMP
4 17 (8.06%) Degree
5 14 (6.64%) PMI Certification
6 9 (4.27%) CISSP
7 8 (3.79%) CISM
8 6 (2.84%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.90%) RIBA
10 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.95%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.95%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.95%) ISACA
11 2 (0.95%) PgMP
11 2 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.47%) CRISC
12 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.47%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (21.33%) PMO
2 22 (10.43%) QA
3 12 (5.69%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.32%) GRC
5 5 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.37%) SLA
6 4 (1.90%) P3O
7 3 (1.42%) GDPR
7 3 (1.42%) NIST
8 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.95%) NCSC
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.47%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.47%) IFRS
9 1 (0.47%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.47%) ITGC
9 1 (0.47%) PMBOK
9 1 (0.47%) SEPA
9 1 (0.47%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.95%) Terraform
2 1 (0.47%) Ansible
2 1 (0.47%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.47%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 33 (15.64%) Microsoft
2 27 (12.80%) SAP
3 19 (9.00%) Oracle
4 8 (3.79%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.79%) Workday
5 6 (2.84%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.37%) Databricks
6 5 (2.37%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.42%) Intapp
8 2 (0.95%) Adaptive Insights
8 2 (0.95%) Ariba
8 2 (0.95%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.95%) Citrix
8 2 (0.95%) Google
8 2 (0.95%) Progress
8 2 (0.95%) Temenos
9 1 (0.47%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.47%) Genesys
9 1 (0.47%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.47%) Red Hat