Project Governance Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Project Governance
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Project Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 109 127
Rank change year-on-year -10 +18 +47
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 43 13 8
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 1.37% 0.57% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 0.66% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 10 8
10th Percentile £319 £362 £230
25th Percentile £394 £426 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +40.00% -24.05%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £563
90th Percentile £691 £661 £629
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £39.68 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.86% - -
75th Percentile £19.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.50 £72.50 -
% change year-on-year -75.86% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,721 1,980 2,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.44% 86.16% 84.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,698 1,249 1,512
10th Percentile £250 £250 £259
25th Percentile £376 £375 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.06% -2.93%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 68 96
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.97
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -2.17% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.59 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Project Governance job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Project Governance
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in the Midlands

Project Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
East Midlands +11 31 £550 - 4
West Midlands -30 13 £460 -12.38% 5
Project Governance
England

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (9.30%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (11.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (4.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.98%) Smartsheet
2 2 (4.65%) OpenShift
2 2 (4.65%) SaaS
3 1 (2.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) DWDM
1 1 (2.33%) LAN
1 1 (2.33%) Unified Communications
1 1 (2.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 6 (13.95%) JIRA
General
1 30 (69.77%) Social Skills
2 14 (32.56%) Finance
3 10 (23.26%) Fire and Rescue
3 10 (23.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (23.26%) Local Government
3 10 (23.26%) Public Sector
4 8 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (16.28%) Automotive
6 4 (9.30%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Banking
7 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Marketing
8 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (37.21%) Project Manager
2 10 (23.26%) Project Officer
3 5 (11.63%) Senior
3 5 (11.63%) Senior Manager
4 4 (9.30%) Senior Project Manager
4 4 (9.30%) Technical Manager
5 3 (6.98%) Analyst
5 3 (6.98%) Programme Manager
6 2 (4.65%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (4.65%) Integration Manager
6 2 (4.65%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.65%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (2.33%) Architect
7 1 (2.33%) Business Change Manager
7 1 (2.33%) Change Manager
7 1 (2.33%) Implementation Project Manager
7 1 (2.33%) IT Programme Manager
7 1 (2.33%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (2.33%) Junior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.26%) EDI
2 1 (2.33%) Middleware
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.33%) RAML
2 1 (2.33%) SOAP
2 1 (2.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (27.91%) Management Information System
2 8 (18.60%) Operational Technology
3 6 (13.95%) Robotics
4 2 (4.65%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.65%) SCADA
5 1 (2.33%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (72.09%) Project Management
2 19 (44.19%) PRINCE2
3 13 (30.23%) Agile
4 12 (27.91%) Change Management
4 12 (27.91%) Project Delivery
4 12 (27.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (25.58%) Business Analysis
6 8 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (18.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (16.28%) Change Control
7 7 (16.28%) Logistics
7 7 (16.28%) Waterfall
8 6 (13.95%) Workshop Facilitation
9 5 (11.63%) AI
9 5 (11.63%) Business Case
9 5 (11.63%) Decision-Making
9 5 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (11.63%) Programme Management
10 4 (9.30%) Risk Management
10 4 (9.30%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (13.95%) Degree
2 5 (11.63%) PMI Certification
2 5 (11.63%) PMP
3 1 (2.33%) BC Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.93%) PMO
2 5 (11.63%) QA
3 3 (6.98%) Data Quality
4 2 (4.65%) ISO 9001
5 1 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.65%) Oracle
2 2 (4.65%) Planview
3 1 (2.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.33%) SAP