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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 330 363
Rank change year-on-year +70 +33 +60
Contract jobs citing Programme Governance 211 43 27
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.05% 0.32% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.35% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 31 16
10th Percentile £435 £300 £438
25th Percentile £525 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £630 £625
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +0.80% -
75th Percentile £725 £725 £791
90th Percentile £935 £750 £809
England median daily rate £600 £573 £586
% change year-on-year +4.72% -2.35% +10.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £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 17,901 12,416 14,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.82% 92.61% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,708 8,188 9,440
10th Percentile £358 £332 £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 £664 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 334 243 183
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.04 £25.00 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -18.48% -2.52%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.25 £56.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £78.68
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 25 £638 +13.84% 13
West London -8 13 £680 - 3
East London - 1 £775 -
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 (3.32%) CMS
1 7 (3.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.95%) Apache
2 2 (0.95%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.95%) Confluence
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.47%) nginx
3 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (6.16%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (3.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.95%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.95%) Finacle
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.95%) SAP EWM
2 2 (0.95%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.95%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.47%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
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 FI
3 1 (0.47%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.48%) Azure
2 13 (6.16%) AWS
3 11 (5.21%) SaaS
4 8 (3.79%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.79%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.37%) OCI
6 4 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.90%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.95%) Amazon Cognito
8 2 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.95%) GCP
8 2 (0.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (0.95%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.47%) Gemini Notebook
9 1 (0.47%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.37%) Network Security
2 1 (0.47%) Firewall
2 1 (0.47%) LAN
2 1 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.27%) Metadata
2 7 (3.32%) Power BI
3 5 (2.37%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.95%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.95%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.47%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.47%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.47%) OLAP
6 1 (0.47%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.47%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (5.69%) JIRA
2 2 (0.95%) eggPlant
2 2 (0.95%) Selenium
2 2 (0.95%) SOAtest
3 1 (0.47%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.47%) HP UFT
3 1 (0.47%) Rational Functional Tester
3 1 (0.47%) SilkTest
3 1 (0.47%) Terragrunt
3 1 (0.47%) Tricentis qTest
3 1 (0.47%) Zephyr
General
1 114 (54.03%) Finance
2 85 (40.28%) Social Skills
3 27 (12.80%) Banking
4 26 (12.32%) Public Sector
5 23 (10.90%) Influencing Skills
6 21 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (8.53%) Legal
8 15 (7.11%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (6.16%) Marketing
10 11 (5.21%) Manufacturing
10 11 (5.21%) Retail
11 8 (3.79%) Local Government
12 6 (2.84%) Front Office
12 6 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.37%) Aviation
13 5 (2.37%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.37%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.90%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.90%) Law
14 4 (1.90%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (26.54%) Programme Manager
2 45 (21.33%) Project Manager
3 31 (14.69%) Lead
4 23 (10.90%) Senior
5 14 (6.64%) Transformation Manager
6 12 (5.69%) Programme Director
6 12 (5.69%) Senior Manager
7 8 (3.79%) Analyst
7 8 (3.79%) Consultant
7 8 (3.79%) Digital Programme Manager
8 7 (3.32%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (3.32%) Technical Manager
9 6 (2.84%) Agile Development Manager
9 6 (2.84%) Data Manager
9 6 (2.84%) Senior Programme Manager
9 6 (2.84%) Software Development Manager
9 6 (2.84%) Software Engineering Manager
9 6 (2.84%) Test Manager
9 6 (2.84%) Transformation Programme Manager
9 6 (2.84%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.32%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.42%) Middleware
2 3 (1.42%) Terraform
3 2 (0.95%) .NET
3 2 (0.95%) ADO
3 2 (0.95%) Web Services
3 2 (0.95%) XML
4 1 (0.47%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.47%) HTML
4 1 (0.47%) React
4 1 (0.47%) SOAP
4 1 (0.47%) Spring
4 1 (0.47%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.47%) Vue
4 1 (0.47%) WPF
4 1 (0.47%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.53%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.74%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.79%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.32%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.84%) FMCG
5 6 (2.84%) Operational Technology
6 5 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.90%) NHS
7 4 (1.90%) Taxonomies
7 4 (1.90%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.42%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.42%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.42%) Derivative
8 3 (1.42%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.42%) PMI
8 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.95%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.95%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.95%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (0.95%) Private Cloud
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
1 145 (68.72%) Stakeholder Management
2 64 (30.33%) Agile
3 62 (29.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 60 (28.44%) Roadmaps
5 52 (24.64%) Programme Delivery
6 51 (24.17%) Decision-Making
6 51 (24.17%) Risk Management
7 50 (23.70%) Project Management
8 46 (21.80%) Programme Management
9 45 (21.33%) Change Management
9 45 (21.33%) Migration
10 39 (18.48%) PRINCE2
11 38 (18.01%) Project Delivery
12 35 (16.59%) Technology Transformation
13 30 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (12.80%) ERP
15 23 (10.90%) Dependency Management
16 22 (10.43%) Data Migration
17 21 (9.95%) AI
17 21 (9.95%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.74%) SQL
2 4 (1.90%) Java
3 3 (1.42%) Python
4 2 (0.95%) Korn
5 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 29 (13.74%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.32%) PMP
3 21 (9.95%) PMI Certification
3 21 (9.95%) SC Cleared
4 17 (8.06%) Degree
5 9 (4.27%) CISSP
6 8 (3.79%) CISM
7 7 (3.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.84%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.95%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.95%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.95%) ISACA
10 2 (0.95%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.95%) PgMP
10 2 (0.95%) RIBA
10 2 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.47%) CAPM
11 1 (0.47%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (19.91%) PMO
2 19 (9.00%) QA
3 16 (7.58%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.84%) GDPR
5 5 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.42%) GRC
6 3 (1.42%) NCSC
6 3 (1.42%) NIST
6 3 (1.42%) P3O
7 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.47%) GxP
8 1 (0.47%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.47%) IFRS
8 1 (0.47%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.47%) ITGC
8 1 (0.47%) PMBOK
8 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
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 35 (16.59%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.37%) SAP
3 18 (8.53%) Oracle
4 10 (4.74%) Databricks
5 9 (4.27%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.32%) Workday
7 6 (2.84%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.37%) Ariba
8 5 (2.37%) Zscaler
9 2 (0.95%) Adaptive Insights
9 2 (0.95%) Avaloq
9 2 (0.95%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.95%) Charles River
9 2 (0.95%) Citrix
9 2 (0.95%) Google
9 2 (0.95%) Temenos
10 1 (0.47%) IFS
10 1 (0.47%) Pega
10 1 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.47%) WSO2