Project Governance Contracts in the North of England

Project Governance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Project Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Governance over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 166 167
Rank change year-on-year +17 +1 +41
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 33 12 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.86% 0.27% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.32% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 9 31
10th Percentile £225 £131 £300
25th Percentile £326 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £563
90th Percentile £569 £581 £619
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £30.99
25th Percentile £68.75 - £31.66
Median hourly rate £72.50 - £32.79
75th Percentile £76.25 - £33.91
90th Percentile - - £34.58
England median hourly rate £73.75 £72.50 £35.03
% change year-on-year +1.72% +106.97% +106.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,383 3,769 4,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.63% 83.98% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,162 2,277 3,265
10th Percentile £268 £300 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £562 £580 £600
90th Percentile £650 £665 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 308 199
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.35 £15.72
25th Percentile £17.47 £13.19 £17.74
Median hourly rate £22.63 £22.69 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -16.59% +35.12%
75th Percentile £44.78 £46.18 £43.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.88 £53.06
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +63.46%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Project Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in the North of England

Project Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Governance in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in the North of England

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in the North of England

Project Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Governance in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Project Governance in the North of England

Project Governance
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Yorkshire +19 18 £500 -2.44% 9
North West +3 10 £450 -7.69% 17
North East - 5 £250 - 2
Project Governance
England

Project Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.09%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) CICS
2 1 (3.03%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.09%) MS Visio
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) AWS
1 3 (9.09%) Azure
1 3 (9.09%) SaaS
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.03%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.03%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Easytrieve
1 1 (3.03%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 14 (42.42%) Finance
2 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Banking
4 6 (18.18%) Retail
5 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Billing
6 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (54.55%) Project Manager
2 8 (24.24%) IT Manager
2 8 (24.24%) IT Project Manager
3 7 (21.21%) Lead
4 4 (12.12%) Implementation Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Implementation Project Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Project Implementation Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Senior
5 3 (9.09%) Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Business Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Business Project Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Lead Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Lead Project Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Network Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Project Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Implementation Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Data Centre
1 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
2 3 (9.09%) Robotics
3 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.03%) EPoS
4 1 (3.03%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) NHS
4 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.03%) PMI
4 1 (3.03%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (39.39%) Agile
2 13 (39.39%) Project Delivery
2 13 (39.39%) Project Management
3 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (21.21%) Migration
4 7 (21.21%) Project Planning
4 7 (21.21%) Waterfall
5 5 (15.15%) Change Management
5 5 (15.15%) Data Management
6 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
6 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2
6 4 (12.12%) Resource Management
6 4 (12.12%) Supplier Management
7 3 (9.09%) Budget Management
7 3 (9.09%) Business Strategy
7 3 (9.09%) E-Commerce
7 3 (9.09%) Platform Engineering
7 3 (9.09%) Risk Management
7 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) COBOL
1 1 (3.03%) JCL
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
1 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 2 (6.06%) Degree
3 2 (6.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (30.30%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) XenApp
1 1 (3.03%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Citrix
2 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle
2 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.03%) Veeam
2 1 (3.03%) Zscaler