Project Governance Contracts in the South West

Project Governance
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 101 125 144
Rank change year-on-year +24 +19 -18
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 10 32 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.60% 1.00% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.20% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 26 20
10th Percentile £317 £420 £390
25th Percentile £393 £454 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -19.13% +15.00%
75th Percentile £463 £538 £591
90th Percentile £580 - £663
England median daily rate £478 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -11.16% -2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in the South West

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Governance in the South West

Project Governance
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol +24 7 £450 -3.70% 1
Gloucestershire +10 2 £725 +38.10% 4
Somerset - 1 £250 -
Project Governance
England

Project Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (10.00%) MS Project Server
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Smartsheet
1 1 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Integration Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Data Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Integration Manager
3 1 (10.00%) PMO Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) PMO Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (20.00%) Scrum
4 2 (20.00%) Supplier Management
5 1 (10.00%) Change Control
5 1 (10.00%) Coaching
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
5 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (10.00%) PMP
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 2 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (10.00%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) SAP