Programme Governance Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Programme Governance
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Programme Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs citing Programme Governance 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.52% 0.99% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 1.12% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £426 - -
25th Percentile £522 £825 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £850 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% - -
75th Percentile £641 £875 -
90th Percentile £669 - -
South East median daily rate £500 £650 £483
% change year-on-year -23.08% +34.72% +1.58%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 208 89 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 79.09% 88.12% 84.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 51 116
10th Percentile £203 £250 £146
25th Percentile £300 £355 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% -6.72%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £525
90th Percentile £638 £688 £623
South East median daily rate £513 £503 £500
% change year-on-year +1.99% +0.50% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 9 39
10th Percentile £15.72 £13.08 £12.30
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.85 £13.23
Median hourly rate £22.00 £27.76 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.75% +42.36% -25.00%
75th Percentile £27.16 £46.30 £28.27
90th Percentile £35.96 £46.54 £57.00
South East median hourly rate £45.59 £28.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +59.95% -36.67% -5.26%

Programme Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Programme Governance job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Programme Governance
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Programme Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Programme Governance

Programme Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Governance in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 9 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Governance in Oxfordshire

Programme Governance
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 9 April 2026. 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
Oxford - 2 £488 -
Kidlington - 1 £675 -
Programme Governance
South East

Programme Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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%) SD-WAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Head of PMO
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Rollout Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) PMO