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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 336 372
Rank change year-on-year +66 +36 +84
Contract jobs citing Programme Governance 166 24 24
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.85% 0.18% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.20% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 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 £711 £722 £800
90th Percentile £905 £746 £841
England median daily rate £569 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -5.07% -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 17,258 12,248 15,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.84% 92.20% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,469 8,175 11,086
10th Percentile £360 £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 £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.84% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 229 294
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.87 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% +8.33% -27.31%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -3.62%

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 6 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 6 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 -2 14 £595 +44.24% 11
West London -17 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 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.41%) CMS
3 3 (1.81%) Confluence
4 2 (1.20%) Apache
4 2 (1.20%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (7.83%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (5.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.60%) Finacle
3 1 (0.60%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.60%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.60%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.84%) Azure
2 13 (7.83%) AWS
3 9 (5.42%) SaaS
4 6 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.01%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.81%) GCP
6 3 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.81%) OCI
6 3 (1.81%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.81%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 3 (1.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 3 (1.81%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.20%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.60%) Serverless
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.41%) Network Security
2 1 (0.60%) 5G
2 1 (0.60%) Firewall
2 1 (0.60%) LAN
2 1 (0.60%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.60%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.81%) Metadata
1 3 (1.81%) SAP HANA
2 2 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.20%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.20%) Hadoop
2 2 (1.20%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.20%) Power BI
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 11 (6.63%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) Hudson
General
1 90 (54.22%) Finance
2 54 (32.53%) Social Skills
3 19 (11.45%) Public Sector
4 18 (10.84%) Retail
5 17 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (9.64%) Legal
7 12 (7.23%) Marketing
8 10 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (5.42%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.61%) Banking
10 6 (3.61%) Local Government
10 6 (3.61%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.41%) Law
11 4 (2.41%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.81%) Billing
13 2 (1.20%) Advertising
13 2 (1.20%) Aviation
13 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.20%) Police
Job Titles
1 49 (29.52%) Programme Manager
2 26 (15.66%) Project Manager
3 22 (13.25%) Lead
4 18 (10.84%) Senior
5 14 (8.43%) Programme Director
6 12 (7.23%) Senior Manager
7 11 (6.63%) Analyst
8 10 (6.02%) Technical Manager
9 8 (4.82%) Consultant
9 8 (4.82%) PMO Analyst
9 8 (4.82%) Technical Programme Manager
10 7 (4.22%) PMO Manager
11 6 (3.61%) Transformation Manager
12 5 (3.01%) Architect
12 5 (3.01%) PMO Lead
12 5 (3.01%) SAP Manager
12 5 (3.01%) SAP Programme Manager
12 5 (3.01%) Senior Project Manager
13 4 (2.41%) Senior Programme Manager
13 4 (2.41%) Senior Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.01%) Middleware
3 3 (1.81%) XML
4 2 (1.20%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.60%) ADO
5 1 (0.60%) REST
5 1 (0.60%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.60%) SOAP
5 1 (0.60%) Spring
5 1 (0.60%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.04%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.02%) FMCG
3 8 (4.82%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.22%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.22%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.41%) IoT
6 4 (2.41%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.41%) PropTech
7 3 (1.81%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.81%) Life Science
7 3 (1.81%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.20%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.20%) CMDB
8 2 (1.20%) Data Fabric
8 2 (1.20%) NHS
9 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.60%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.60%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.60%) Linux
1 1 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (51.20%) Stakeholder Management
2 57 (34.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 48 (28.92%) Agile
4 41 (24.70%) Migration
5 37 (22.29%) Programme Delivery
6 36 (21.69%) Roadmaps
7 31 (18.67%) Risk Management
8 30 (18.07%) Programme Management
9 29 (17.47%) Project Management
10 28 (16.87%) Decision-Making
11 27 (16.27%) ERP
11 27 (16.27%) Project Delivery
12 25 (15.06%) PRINCE2
13 23 (13.86%) Change Management
14 21 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (10.24%) Data Migration
16 16 (9.64%) Change Control
16 16 (9.64%) DevOps
16 16 (9.64%) Technology Transformation
17 13 (7.83%) Dependency Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.22%) SQL
2 3 (1.81%) Java
3 2 (1.20%) Korn
3 2 (1.20%) Python
4 1 (0.60%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (13.25%) Security Cleared
2 16 (9.64%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.43%) Degree
4 10 (6.02%) PMP
5 7 (4.22%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.41%) CISSP
6 4 (2.41%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.41%) RIBA
7 3 (1.81%) CISM
7 3 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.60%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.60%) MBA
8 1 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (19.88%) PMO
2 20 (12.05%) QA
3 12 (7.23%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.61%) GRC
5 5 (3.01%) GDPR
5 5 (3.01%) SLA
6 2 (1.20%) P3O
7 1 (0.60%) GAAP
7 1 (0.60%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.60%) IFRS
7 1 (0.60%) NCSC
7 1 (0.60%) SEPA
7 1 (0.60%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) Ansible
1 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.60%) QRadar
1 1 (0.60%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (12.05%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.24%) SAP
3 13 (7.83%) Oracle
4 9 (5.42%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.82%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.41%) Databricks
6 4 (2.41%) Workday
7 3 (1.81%) Intapp
7 3 (1.81%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.20%) Cognizant
8 2 (1.20%) Progress
9 1 (0.60%) Avaya
9 1 (0.60%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.60%) Cisco
9 1 (0.60%) Genesys
9 1 (0.60%) Google
9 1 (0.60%) IBM
9 1 (0.60%) PTC
9 1 (0.60%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.60%) Temenos