Programme Governance Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Programme Governance
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Programme Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 111 138
Rank change year-on-year -3 +27 +32
Contract jobs citing Programme Governance 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.31% 0.054% 0.088%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.063% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £430 - -
25th Percentile £475 - £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £569
Median % change year-on-year - - +72.42%
75th Percentile £625 - £579
90th Percentile £670 - -
UK median daily rate £570 £574 £560
% change year-on-year -0.65% +2.46% +1.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,432 1,598 2,097
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 90.18% 86.38% 91.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 943 1,338
10th Percentile £263 £207 £232
25th Percentile £400 £353 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £560
90th Percentile £604 £670 £652
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 44 53
10th Percentile £16.44 £12.41 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.88 £13.16
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.94 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +0.31% +5.32% +0.16%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £56.40
90th Percentile £41.16 £43.58 £77.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +36.92%

Programme Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Programme Governance job vacancy trend in Scotland

Programme Governance
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Programme Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Governance in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Governance in Scotland

Programme Governance
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Edinburgh +14 4 £400 - 1
Glasgow - 1 £700 -
Programme Governance
UK

Programme Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) PMO Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Migration Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Migration Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior PMO
2 1 (20.00%) Senior PMO Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Case Management
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Culture Change
2 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (20.00%) People Management
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Meraki