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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 331 371
Rank change year-on-year +67 +40 +45
Contract jobs citing Programme Governance 207 38 26
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.02% 0.28% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 0.30% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 27 15
10th Percentile £428 £300 £435
25th Percentile £516 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £638 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.96%
75th Percentile £716 £725 £794
90th Percentile £938 £750 £811
England median daily rate £575 £573 £625
% change year-on-year +0.44% -8.40% +19.90%
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 18,055 12,462 14,540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.83% 92.50% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,847 8,241 9,589
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £673 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 249 183
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.80 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.42 £25.04 £23.98
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -16.44% -1.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £55.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.05%

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 25 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 25 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 -9 24 £638 +13.84% 15
West London -11 13 £680 - 4
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 10 (4.83%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.86%) CMS
3 2 (0.97%) Apache
3 2 (0.97%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.97%) Confluence
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.48%) nginx
4 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (6.28%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.97%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.97%) Finacle
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.97%) SAP EWM
2 2 (0.97%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.97%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.48%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.48%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.48%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.48%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.18%) Azure
2 14 (6.76%) AWS
3 11 (5.31%) SaaS
4 8 (3.86%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.86%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.42%) OCI
6 3 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (0.97%) Amazon Cognito
7 2 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (0.97%) GCP
7 2 (0.97%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (0.97%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (0.97%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.97%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.48%) Amazon ECR
8 1 (0.48%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.42%) Network Security
2 1 (0.48%) Firewall
2 1 (0.48%) LAN
2 1 (0.48%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.38%) Metadata
1 7 (3.38%) Power BI
2 3 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.45%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.97%) Hadoop
3 2 (0.97%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.97%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.48%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.48%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.48%) OLAP
4 1 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.48%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.48%) Star Schema
4 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (5.31%) JIRA
2 2 (0.97%) eggPlant
2 2 (0.97%) Selenium
2 2 (0.97%) SOAtest
3 1 (0.48%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.48%) HP UFT
3 1 (0.48%) Rational Functional Tester
3 1 (0.48%) SilkTest
3 1 (0.48%) Terragrunt
3 1 (0.48%) Tricentis qTest
3 1 (0.48%) Zephyr
General
1 115 (55.56%) Finance
2 82 (39.61%) Social Skills
3 26 (12.56%) Banking
4 24 (11.59%) Influencing Skills
5 22 (10.63%) Public Sector
6 18 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (7.73%) Legal
8 15 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (6.76%) Marketing
10 12 (5.80%) Retail
11 9 (4.35%) Manufacturing
12 8 (3.86%) Local Government
13 6 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (2.42%) Front Office
14 5 (2.42%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.93%) Aviation
15 4 (1.93%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.93%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.93%) Law
15 4 (1.93%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (27.05%) Programme Manager
2 42 (20.29%) Project Manager
3 30 (14.49%) Lead
4 19 (9.18%) Senior
5 12 (5.80%) Programme Director
5 12 (5.80%) Transformation Manager
6 11 (5.31%) Senior Manager
7 9 (4.35%) Analyst
7 9 (4.35%) Digital Programme Manager
8 8 (3.86%) Consultant
9 7 (3.38%) Agile Development Manager
9 7 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
9 7 (3.38%) Development Manager
9 7 (3.38%) Digital Development Manager
9 7 (3.38%) Engineering Manager
9 7 (3.38%) PMO Analyst
9 7 (3.38%) Software Development Manager
9 7 (3.38%) Software Development Programme Manager
9 7 (3.38%) Software Engineering Manager
9 7 (3.38%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.42%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.45%) Middleware
2 3 (1.45%) Terraform
2 3 (1.45%) XML
3 2 (0.97%) .NET
3 2 (0.97%) ADO
3 2 (0.97%) Web Services
4 1 (0.48%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.48%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.48%) HTML
4 1 (0.48%) React
4 1 (0.48%) SOAP
4 1 (0.48%) Spring
4 1 (0.48%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.48%) Vue
4 1 (0.48%) WPF
4 1 (0.48%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.18%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.83%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.86%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.38%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.90%) FMCG
6 5 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.42%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.93%) NHS
7 4 (1.93%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.45%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.45%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.45%) Derivative
8 3 (1.45%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.45%) Life Science
8 3 (1.45%) PMI
8 3 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.97%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.97%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.97%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.97%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.45%) Windows
2 2 (0.97%) Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (68.12%) Stakeholder Management
2 63 (30.43%) Agile
3 58 (28.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 57 (27.54%) Roadmaps
5 53 (25.60%) Programme Delivery
6 51 (24.64%) Project Management
7 48 (23.19%) Decision-Making
8 44 (21.26%) Programme Management
8 44 (21.26%) Risk Management
9 42 (20.29%) Migration
10 40 (19.32%) Change Management
11 39 (18.84%) PRINCE2
12 38 (18.36%) Project Delivery
13 32 (15.46%) Technology Transformation
14 28 (13.53%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (11.59%) ERP
16 21 (10.14%) Dependency Management
16 21 (10.14%) DevOps
16 21 (10.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 19 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.83%) SQL
2 4 (1.93%) Java
3 3 (1.45%) Python
4 2 (0.97%) Korn
5 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (13.04%) PMP
2 25 (12.08%) Security Cleared
3 21 (10.14%) PMI Certification
4 18 (8.70%) SC Cleared
5 16 (7.73%) Degree
6 9 (4.35%) CISSP
7 8 (3.86%) CISM
8 7 (3.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (2.90%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.97%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.97%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.97%) ISACA
11 2 (0.97%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.97%) PgMP
11 2 (0.97%) RIBA
11 2 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.48%) CAPM
12 1 (0.48%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (20.29%) PMO
2 20 (9.66%) QA
3 12 (5.80%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.93%) GDPR
6 3 (1.45%) GRC
6 3 (1.45%) NCSC
6 3 (1.45%) NIST
6 3 (1.45%) P3O
7 2 (0.97%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.48%) GxP
8 1 (0.48%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.48%) IFRS
8 1 (0.48%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.48%) ITGC
8 1 (0.48%) PMBOK
8 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.48%) Ansible
2 1 (0.48%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.48%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 33 (15.94%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.59%) SAP
3 15 (7.25%) Oracle
4 10 (4.83%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.38%) Databricks
5 7 (3.38%) Workday
6 6 (2.90%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.42%) Zscaler
8 4 (1.93%) Ariba
9 3 (1.45%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.97%) Adaptive Insights
10 2 (0.97%) Avaloq
10 2 (0.97%) Charles River
10 2 (0.97%) Citrix
10 2 (0.97%) Google
10 2 (0.97%) Temenos
11 1 (0.48%) Cognizant
11 1 (0.48%) Genesys
11 1 (0.48%) MicroStrategy
11 1 (0.48%) Red Hat