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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 312 271
Rank change year-on-year +76 -41 -15
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 107 85 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.82% 0.41% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.49% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 65 126
10th Percentile £240 £361 £318
25th Percentile £350 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £588
90th Percentile £638 £633 £628
UK median daily rate £500 £503 £550
% change year-on-year -0.50% -8.64% +6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £66.75 - £31.89
25th Percentile £70.00 - £33.91
Median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £40.02
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -12.53% +136.36%
75th Percentile - - £49.06
90th Percentile £75.50 - £51.88
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £40.02
% change year-on-year +114.29% -12.53% +136.36%

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 11,812 17,287 20,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.62% 83.43% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,347 10,277 13,944
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 855 2,126 1,244
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.41 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.21
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.06 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £74.43
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

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 31 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 31 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
North of England +31 28 £413 -19.51% 12
South East +53 27 £463 -22.79% 18
Midlands +26 18 £575 +91.67% 12
South West +29 14 £450 -3.23% 19
West Midlands +23 14 £588 +95.83% 8
Yorkshire +22 14 £500 -2.44% 3
Scotland +7 12 £488 +21.88% 9
North West +11 10 £400 -25.58% 8
East of England +30 7 £350 -36.36% 4
East Midlands +12 4 £475 - 4
Wales +2 4 £509 +1.24% 3
North East - 4 £250 - 1
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 (3.74%) Confluence
2 3 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.93%) CICS
3 1 (0.93%) CMS
3 1 (0.93%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 15 (14.02%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (13.08%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (7.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.87%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.93%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 3 (2.80%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 3 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.93%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.61%) Azure
2 4 (3.74%) AWS
2 4 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.80%) SaaS
4 2 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.87%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.93%) Asana
5 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle CX
5 1 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) DHCP
1 1 (0.93%) DNS
1 1 (0.93%) Firewall
1 1 (0.93%) LAN
1 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.87%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.93%) Easytrieve
Development Applications
1 9 (8.41%) JIRA
General
1 47 (43.93%) Social Skills
2 40 (37.38%) Finance
3 14 (13.08%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (7.48%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.54%) Banking
6 6 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.61%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.74%) Billing
8 4 (3.74%) Legal
8 4 (3.74%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.74%) Retail
9 2 (1.87%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.87%) Aviation
9 2 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.87%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.93%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.93%) French Language
Job Titles
1 39 (36.45%) Project Manager
2 16 (14.95%) Lead
3 10 (9.35%) IT Manager
4 9 (8.41%) IT Project Manager
5 8 (7.48%) Analyst
5 8 (7.48%) Delivery Manager
5 8 (7.48%) Implementation Manager
6 6 (5.61%) Senior
7 5 (4.67%) Architect
7 5 (4.67%) ERP Implementation Manager
7 5 (4.67%) ERP Manager
8 4 (3.74%) PMO Lead
8 4 (3.74%) PMO Specialist
8 4 (3.74%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 3 (2.80%) Implementation Project Manager
9 3 (2.80%) Infrastructure Manager
9 3 (2.80%) Lead Project Manager
9 3 (2.80%) PMO Analyst
9 3 (2.80%) Project Implementation Manager
9 3 (2.80%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) ADO
1 1 (0.93%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.54%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.61%) Operational Technology
3 4 (3.74%) PMI
3 4 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.80%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.80%) Life Science
4 3 (2.80%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.80%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (2.80%) Robotics
5 2 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.87%) NHS
6 1 (0.93%) EPoS
6 1 (0.93%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.93%) SCADA
6 1 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.93%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.93%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.80%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Linux
2 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (50.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 51 (47.66%) Project Delivery
3 47 (43.93%) Project Management
4 46 (42.99%) Agile
5 28 (26.17%) PRINCE2
6 27 (25.23%) Change Management
7 17 (15.89%) Risk Management
8 16 (14.95%) Waterfall
9 15 (14.02%) Migration
9 15 (14.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (12.15%) Process Improvement
11 12 (11.21%) Project Planning
11 12 (11.21%) Resource Management
12 11 (10.28%) Scrum
13 10 (9.35%) Decision-Making
14 9 (8.41%) Budgeting
14 9 (8.41%) Cybersecurity
15 8 (7.48%) Budget Management
15 8 (7.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.93%) COBOL
1 1 (0.93%) JCL
Qualifications
1 29 (27.10%) Security Cleared
2 21 (19.63%) SC Cleared
3 14 (13.08%) Degree
4 10 (9.35%) PMI Certification
4 10 (9.35%) PMP
5 7 (6.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (5.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (5.61%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.87%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.93%) APMP
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.93%) CISSP
8 1 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.93%) GIAC
8 1 (0.93%) ISEB
8 1 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.93%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (27.10%) PMO
2 3 (2.80%) P3O
2 3 (2.80%) QA
3 2 (1.87%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.87%) GDPR
3 2 (1.87%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.87%) NIST
4 1 (0.93%) Basel III
4 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.93%) MiFID
4 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.93%) PMBOK
4 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.80%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.93%) XenApp
2 1 (0.93%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.87%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (0.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 13 (12.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.41%) SAP
3 4 (3.74%) Atlassian
4 3 (2.80%) NEC
5 2 (1.87%) Cramer
5 2 (1.87%) Infoblox
5 2 (1.87%) Oracle
5 2 (1.87%) Remedy
6 1 (0.93%) Citrix
6 1 (0.93%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.93%) Veeam
6 1 (0.93%) Workday