Project Governance Contract Job Trends in London

Project Governance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Project Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 307 284
Rank change year-on-year +37 -23 +87
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 111 66 120
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.77% 0.43% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.48% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 39 93
10th Percentile £338 £325 £316
25th Percentile £444 £431 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £573 £533
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +7.51% -11.25%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £700 £770 £728
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £73.14 - -
25th Percentile £78.81 - -
Median hourly rate £88.25 - -
75th Percentile £97.70 - -
90th Percentile £103.36 - -
England median hourly rate £17.50 £72.50 -
% change year-on-year -75.86% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Project 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 13,166 13,695 16,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 90.05% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,682 8,808 12,056
10th Percentile £343 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £792
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 165 236
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.70 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +5.80% -11.25%
75th Percentile £48.44 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £80.75 £74.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Governance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Project Governance job vacancy trend in London

Project Governance
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in London

Project Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Governance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Governance in London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Governance in London

Project 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 Project Governance within the London region over the 6 months to 17 December 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 +13 13 £621 -0.64% 4
East London +6 6 £463 -22.92%
West London -15 2 - -
South London -11 1 £433 -17.62%
Project Governance
England

Project 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 16 (14.41%) SharePoint
2 11 (9.91%) Confluence
3 1 (0.90%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (15.32%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (12.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (11.71%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (10.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (9.01%) MS Visio
6 3 (2.70%) Chatbot
7 2 (1.80%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (5.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.60%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (2.70%) SAP IBP
4 2 (1.80%) Endur
4 2 (1.80%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.90%) HFM
5 1 (0.90%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.90%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.90%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.90%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 16 (14.41%) Azure
2 9 (8.11%) Power Platform
3 6 (5.41%) AWS
4 4 (3.60%) OpenShift
4 4 (3.60%) SaaS
5 3 (2.70%) Asana
5 3 (2.70%) Smartsheet
6 2 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.80%) GCP
6 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.90%) dbt
7 1 (0.90%) IaaS
7 1 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.90%) Miro
7 1 (0.90%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.90%) PaaS
7 1 (0.90%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.90%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.90%) Firewall
1 1 (0.90%) Intranet
1 1 (0.90%) Network Security
1 1 (0.90%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.90%) SSH
1 1 (0.90%) VPN
1 1 (0.90%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.41%) Power BI
2 3 (2.70%) Star Schema
3 2 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.90%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.90%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (18.02%) JIRA
2 1 (0.90%) LSMW
General
1 64 (57.66%) Social Skills
2 63 (56.76%) Finance
3 22 (19.82%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.71%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (10.81%) Banking
6 10 (9.01%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (7.21%) Legal
8 7 (6.31%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (6.31%) Public Sector
9 6 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (5.41%) Retail
10 5 (4.50%) Financial Institution
10 5 (4.50%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.70%) Law
11 3 (2.70%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (2.70%) Publishing
11 3 (2.70%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.80%) Automotive
12 2 (1.80%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 51 (45.95%) Project Manager
2 23 (20.72%) Analyst
3 15 (13.51%) Business Analyst
4 9 (8.11%) Programme Manager
4 9 (8.11%) Senior
4 9 (8.11%) Technical Manager
5 8 (7.21%) Lead
6 7 (6.31%) PMO Analyst
7 6 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
7 6 (5.41%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 6 (5.41%) SAP Manager
7 6 (5.41%) SAP Project Manager
7 6 (5.41%) Senior Manager
7 6 (5.41%) Technical Programme Manager
8 5 (4.50%) Senior Project Manager
9 4 (3.60%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 4 (3.60%) Support Officer
9 4 (3.60%) Transformation Manager
10 3 (2.70%) IT Manager
10 3 (2.70%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.90%) EDI
2 1 (0.90%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.90%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.31%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.60%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.70%) Credit Risk
3 3 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.70%) Life Science
3 3 (2.70%) Market Risk
3 3 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.80%) PMI
4 2 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.90%) CSOC
5 1 (0.90%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.90%) Derivative
5 1 (0.90%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.90%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 1 (0.90%) IPTV
5 1 (0.90%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.90%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.90%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.91%) Windows
2 1 (0.90%) Android
2 1 (0.90%) Linux
2 1 (0.90%) Unix
2 1 (0.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (57.66%) Agile
2 56 (50.45%) Project Management
3 54 (48.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 53 (47.75%) Project Delivery
5 31 (27.93%) PRINCE2
6 30 (27.03%) Change Management
6 30 (27.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 29 (26.13%) Waterfall
8 24 (21.62%) Decision-Making
8 24 (21.62%) Risk Management
9 22 (19.82%) Migration
10 18 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (13.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 14 (12.61%) Budgeting
13 13 (11.71%) Budget Management
13 13 (11.71%) Change Control
14 12 (10.81%) AI
14 12 (10.81%) Business Case
15 11 (9.91%) Continuous Improvement
15 11 (9.91%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (18.92%) PMP
2 20 (18.02%) Degree
3 18 (16.22%) PMI Certification
4 5 (4.50%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.70%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.80%) CISSP
6 2 (1.80%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.80%) MBA
6 2 (1.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.80%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.90%) CCNA
7 1 (0.90%) CCNP
7 1 (0.90%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.90%) CISM
7 1 (0.90%) MAPM
7 1 (0.90%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (27.03%) PMO
2 7 (6.31%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.31%) QA
3 3 (2.70%) GMP
4 2 (1.80%) Basel III
4 2 (1.80%) GDPR
4 2 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.90%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.90%) CRD IV
5 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.90%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.90%) MiFID
5 1 (0.90%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.01%) SAP
3 9 (8.11%) Oracle
4 7 (6.31%) Planview
5 6 (5.41%) Citrix
6 4 (3.60%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.70%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.70%) GoldenSource
8 2 (1.80%) Hitachi
8 2 (1.80%) ION Trading
8 2 (1.80%) OpenLink
8 2 (1.80%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.80%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.90%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.90%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.90%) Databricks
9 1 (0.90%) Hyperion
9 1 (0.90%) Juniper
9 1 (0.90%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.90%) Tagetik