Project Governance Contract Job Trends in Reading

Project Governance
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Project Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 79 80
Rank change year-on-year +21 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 20 10 9
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.74% 0.97% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 1.06% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 5
10th Percentile £381 £414 £503
25th Percentile £431 £424 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £465 £550
Median % change year-on-year +21.77% -15.45% +22.15%
75th Percentile £609 £531 £588
90th Percentile £650 £565 -
Berkshire median daily rate £535 £440 £515
% change year-on-year +21.59% -14.56% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92.50 - -
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
75th Percentile £97.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £95.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 658 940 951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 90.14% 91.35% 92.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 534 621
10th Percentile £350 £325 £213
25th Percentile £425 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +10.48% -
75th Percentile £613 £650 £615
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 9 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £28.45 £41.24
25th Percentile £20.38 £42.50 £59.89
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.76 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +5.25% -2.42% -2.63%
75th Percentile £93.75 £69.69 £65.25
90th Percentile £99.00 £77.39 £66.96
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +29.36%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Project Governance job vacancy trend in Reading

Project Governance
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in Reading over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in Reading

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (5.00%) Remedy AR System
2 1 (5.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (15.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) 5G
1 2 (10.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Back Office
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Retail
4 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Project Manager
2 8 (40.00%) Oracle Project Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (15.00%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (15.00%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) E-Business Manager
4 2 (10.00%) ERP Manager
4 2 (10.00%) ERP Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Risk Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Transformation Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) EPoS Manager
5 1 (5.00%) EPoS Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Lead
5 1 (5.00%) Oracle Financials Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) PMO Lead
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.00%) Middleware
2 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) CMDB
1 1 (5.00%) EPoS
1 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Project Management
2 9 (45.00%) Project Delivery
3 8 (40.00%) Agile
3 8 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (30.00%) Waterfall
5 5 (25.00%) ERP
5 5 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
6 4 (20.00%) Programme Management
6 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (15.00%) Change Control
7 3 (15.00%) Cost Management
7 3 (15.00%) CRM
7 3 (15.00%) Customer Experience
7 3 (15.00%) ITIL
7 3 (15.00%) ITSM
7 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Identification
8 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) PMP
2 4 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Oracle
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) BMC
4 1 (5.00%) Remedy