Project Governance Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 253 300 288
Rank change year-on-year +47 -12 -29
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 83 99 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.48% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.56% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 79 137
10th Percentile £267 £343 £317
25th Percentile £365 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £569 £556 £588
90th Percentile £633 £600 £662
UK median daily rate £484 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -7.86% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £66.75 - £31.74
25th Percentile £70.00 - £33.53
Median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £37.77
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -7.33% +123.10%
75th Percentile - - £43.26
90th Percentile £75.50 - £45.80
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £37.77
% change year-on-year +114.29% -7.33% +123.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Project Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Governance in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Governance in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Governance in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East +52 29 £463 -17.78% 27
North of England +24 21 £450 -12.20% 17
Midlands +29 12 £563 -6.25% 12
Yorkshire +12 11 £500 -2.44% 6
South West +24 10 £450 -3.23% 4
West Midlands +18 8 £606 +1.04% 6
Scotland +9 8 £525 +40.00% 6
North West +15 7 £450 -16.28% 11
East Midlands +13 4 £475 - 6
Wales -6 4 £509 +0.25%
North East - 3 £250 - 1
East of England - 2 £280 - 8
Project Governance
UK

Project Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (4.82%) Confluence
2 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.20%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 13 (15.66%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (13.25%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (8.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (2.41%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 3 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.20%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.02%) Azure
2 4 (4.82%) AWS
3 2 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.41%) Smartsheet
4 1 (1.20%) Asana
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle CX
4 1 (1.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) LAN
1 1 (1.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 9 (10.84%) JIRA
General
1 37 (44.58%) Social Skills
2 33 (39.76%) Finance
3 13 (15.66%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (9.64%) Manufacturing
5 6 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Retail
7 4 (4.82%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.61%) Banking
8 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.41%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.41%) Aviation
9 2 (2.41%) Digital Health
9 2 (2.41%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.41%) Legal
10 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 28 (33.73%) Project Manager
2 10 (12.05%) Lead
3 7 (8.43%) Delivery Manager
3 7 (8.43%) Implementation Manager
3 7 (8.43%) IT Manager
3 7 (8.43%) Senior
4 6 (7.23%) Architect
4 6 (7.23%) IT Project Manager
5 5 (6.02%) ERP Implementation Manager
5 5 (6.02%) ERP Manager
6 4 (4.82%) PMO Specialist
6 4 (4.82%) Senior Manager
6 4 (4.82%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (3.61%) Analyst
7 3 (3.61%) Coordinator
7 3 (3.61%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (3.61%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 3 (3.61%) Network Engineer
7 3 (3.61%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.61%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) ADO
1 1 (1.20%) FHIR
1 1 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.43%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.02%) Operational Technology
3 4 (4.82%) PMI
4 3 (3.61%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.61%) Life Science
4 3 (3.61%) NHS
4 3 (3.61%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.41%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.20%) EPoS
6 1 (1.20%) SCADA
6 1 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.20%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (53.01%) Stakeholder Management
2 42 (50.60%) Project Management
3 39 (46.99%) Agile
4 38 (45.78%) Project Delivery
5 24 (28.92%) Change Management
6 22 (26.51%) PRINCE2
7 16 (19.28%) Risk Management
8 12 (14.46%) Process Improvement
9 11 (13.25%) Decision-Making
9 11 (13.25%) Project Planning
9 11 (13.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (13.25%) Waterfall
10 10 (12.05%) Migration
10 10 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (12.05%) Resource Management
10 10 (12.05%) Scrum
11 9 (10.84%) Budgeting
11 9 (10.84%) Business Case
11 9 (10.84%) ERP
12 8 (9.64%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.20%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 18 (21.69%) Security Cleared
2 15 (18.07%) Degree
3 11 (13.25%) PMI Certification
3 11 (13.25%) PMP
4 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.82%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.20%) APMP
8 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.20%) CISSP
8 1 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.20%) GIAC
8 1 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (26.51%) PMO
2 3 (3.61%) P3O
3 2 (2.41%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (2.41%) QA
4 1 (1.20%) Basel III
4 1 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.20%) GDPR
4 1 (1.20%) HL7
4 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.20%) MiFID
4 1 (1.20%) NIST
4 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.20%) PMBOK
4 1 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.41%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.43%) SAP
3 5 (6.02%) Atlassian
4 2 (2.41%) Cramer
4 2 (2.41%) Infoblox
4 2 (2.41%) NEC
4 2 (2.41%) Oracle
4 2 (2.41%) Remedy
4 2 (2.41%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.41%) Workday
5 1 (1.20%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.20%) Veeam