Project Governance Contracts in the South East

Project Governance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 182 168
Rank change year-on-year +52 -14 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 29 23 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.96% 0.41% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.49% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 42
10th Percentile £204 £389 £271
25th Percentile £350 £406 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% +2.27% +6.80%
75th Percentile £584 £656 £601
90th Percentile £642 £685 £800
England median daily rate £478 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -11.16% -2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £67.50 - -
25th Percentile £72.19 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £37.77
% change year-on-year +114.29% -7.33% +123.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Governance in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in the South East

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Governance in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Project Governance in the South East

Project Governance
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +49 15 £481 -16.30% 5
Berkshire +34 10 £463 -19.57% 3
Hampshire +33 10 £288 -30.72% 9
Oxfordshire +7 4 £525 +87.84% 1
Kent +8 1 £450 -7.69% 3
East Sussex - 1 £400 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 2
Project Governance
England

Project Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.45%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle CX
2 1 (3.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 19 (65.52%) Social Skills
2 10 (34.48%) Finance
3 9 (31.03%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (24.14%) Manufacturing
5 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
6 2 (6.90%) Aerospace
6 2 (6.90%) Aviation
6 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Legal
7 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Project Manager
2 6 (20.69%) Lead
3 5 (17.24%) ERP Implementation Manager
3 5 (17.24%) ERP Manager
3 5 (17.24%) Implementation Manager
4 4 (13.79%) PMO Specialist
5 3 (10.34%) Coordinator
5 3 (10.34%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (6.90%) Financial Services Project Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 2 (6.90%) OSS Project Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Senior
7 1 (3.45%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Customer Service Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Implementation Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Maximo Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Product Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Smart Metering Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Life Science
1 3 (10.34%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.45%) PMI
2 1 (3.45%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (48.28%) Agile
3 10 (34.48%) PRINCE2
3 10 (34.48%) Project Delivery
3 10 (34.48%) Project Management
4 8 (27.59%) Change Management
4 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (24.14%) ERP
6 6 (20.69%) Migration
6 6 (20.69%) Process Improvement
6 6 (20.69%) Time Management
7 5 (17.24%) Budgeting
8 4 (13.79%) Business Transformation
8 4 (13.79%) Decision-Making
8 4 (13.79%) Impact Analysis
8 4 (13.79%) PLM
8 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (13.79%) Risk Register
9 3 (10.34%) Asset Management
9 3 (10.34%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) PMP
2 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
3 5 (17.24%) PMI Certification
4 4 (13.79%) Degree
5 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
6 2 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) PMO
2 3 (10.34%) P3O
3 2 (6.90%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) SAP
3 2 (6.90%) Cramer
3 2 (6.90%) Infoblox
3 2 (6.90%) Remedy
3 2 (6.90%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.45%) Oracle