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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 348 404
Rank change year-on-year +21 +56 +100
Contract jobs citing Programme Governance 55 25 15
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.39% 0.16% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.18% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 15 8
10th Percentile £454 £388 £378
25th Percentile £519 £463 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.54% +4.09% -4.83%
75th Percentile £775 £688 £691
90th Percentile £826 £811 £749
England median daily rate £600 £574 £509
% change year-on-year +4.58% +12.78% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - -
Median hourly rate £40.50 £44.08 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.12% - -
75th Percentile £41.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £92.50 £44.08 -
% change year-on-year +109.85% - -

All Process and 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 13,068 14,030 17,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.28% 89.29% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,592 9,056 12,811
10th Percentile £334 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -3.34% -3.56%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 166 246
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.98 £21.56
Median hourly rate £28.50 £37.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +3.21% -6.54%
75th Percentile £47.25 £55.94 £61.75
90th Percentile £67.87 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +23.61%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 9 £675 +45.95% 8
West London - 1 - - 1
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 9 (16.36%) Confluence
2 2 (3.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (23.64%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.45%) Trello
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.27%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.82%) Maximo
2 1 (1.82%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.73%) Azure
1 7 (12.73%) Power Platform
2 6 (10.91%) AWS
3 5 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.45%) Slack
6 2 (3.64%) GCP
6 2 (3.64%) SaaS
6 2 (3.64%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.82%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.82%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (1.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.82%) Firewall
1 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.73%) Power BI
2 2 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (32.73%) JIRA
General
1 29 (52.73%) Social Skills
2 25 (45.45%) Finance
3 9 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.55%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.09%) Banking
6 4 (7.27%) Law
6 4 (7.27%) Police
7 3 (5.45%) Front Office
7 3 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Manufacturing
7 3 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Retail
8 2 (3.64%) Back Office
8 2 (3.64%) Legal
8 2 (3.64%) Publishing
9 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.82%) Marketing
9 1 (1.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (25.45%) Programme Manager
2 10 (18.18%) Lead
3 8 (14.55%) Project Manager
4 5 (9.09%) PMO Lead
4 5 (9.09%) Programme Director
4 5 (9.09%) Senior
5 4 (7.27%) Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) IT Manager
5 4 (7.27%) Senior Manager
5 4 (7.27%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (5.45%) PMO Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Product Owner
6 3 (5.45%) Risk Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Risk Project Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Technical Leader
7 2 (3.64%) IT Programme Manager
7 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
7 2 (3.64%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (3.64%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (3.64%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) AngularJS
1 2 (3.64%) Node.js
2 1 (1.82%) ADO
2 1 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Onboarding
1 4 (7.27%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.45%) Credit Risk
2 3 (5.45%) Market Risk
2 3 (5.45%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.64%) PMI
4 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.82%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.82%) Derivative
4 1 (1.82%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.82%) IoT
4 1 (1.82%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.82%) Android
1 1 (1.82%) Linux
1 1 (1.82%) VMS
1 1 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (43.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (41.82%) Agile
3 21 (38.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 18 (32.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (27.27%) Risk Management
6 14 (25.45%) Change Management
6 14 (25.45%) Waterfall
7 12 (21.82%) PRINCE2
8 10 (18.18%) Programme Management
8 10 (18.18%) Project Management
9 9 (16.36%) Decision-Making
9 9 (16.36%) Project Delivery
10 8 (14.55%) Migration
11 7 (12.73%) Change Control
11 7 (12.73%) ERP
11 7 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (12.73%) Programme Delivery
12 6 (10.91%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (10.91%) Matrix Organization
12 6 (10.91%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.27%) Korn
2 2 (3.64%) Java
3 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (29.09%) SC Cleared
1 16 (29.09%) Security Cleared
2 8 (14.55%) PMI Certification
3 6 (10.91%) PMP
4 5 (9.09%) Degree
5 2 (3.64%) CISSP
6 1 (1.82%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.82%) CISM
6 1 (1.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (27.27%) PMO
2 6 (10.91%) QA
3 5 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (7.27%) NCSC
4 4 (7.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (5.45%) GRC
5 3 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 3 (5.45%) SLA
6 2 (3.64%) P3O
7 1 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.82%) Basel III
7 1 (1.82%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.82%) ISO 31000
7 1 (1.82%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.82%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.27%) SAP
3 2 (3.64%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.82%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.82%) Monzo
4 1 (1.82%) Oracle
4 1 (1.82%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.82%) Planview
4 1 (1.82%) Progress
4 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.82%) Workday