Project Governance Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Project Governance
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Project Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 77 90
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 +39
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 4 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.35% 0.55% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.61% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 8
10th Percentile £355 £131 £389
25th Percentile £435 £211 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £450 £531
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -15.29% +8.97%
75th Percentile £500 £464 £563
90th Percentile - £634 £600
North West median daily rate £478 £450 £544
% change year-on-year +6.11% -17.24% +40.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,039 982 1,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.88% 89.68% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 588 990
10th Percentile £303 £294 £298
25th Percentile £371 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 39 48
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.98 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.52 £22.75 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.82 £32.50 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% +31.31% -33.65%
75th Percentile £53.94 £44.38 £57.19
90th Percentile £64.13 £65.00 £76.10
North West median hourly rate £34.50 £32.01 £35.50
% change year-on-year +7.78% -9.83% +37.54%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Project Governance job vacancy trend in Manchester

Project Governance
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in Manchester

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DWDM
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Implementation Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Implementation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Implementation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Implementation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Implementation Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Supplier Management
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (50.00%) Logistics
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared