Project Governance Manager Contracts

Project Governance Manager
UK

The median Project Governance Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 576 709
Rank change year-on-year +67 +133 +113
Contract jobs requiring a Project Governance Manager 11 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.014% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.015% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 7
10th Percentile - £565 £488
25th Percentile £513 £588 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% -20.75%
75th Percentile £588 £663 £700
90th Percentile £678 £685 £854
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £700 £525
% change year-on-year -21.43% +33.33% -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Project Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Project Governance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance Manager in the UK

Project Governance Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Governance Manager.

Daily rate trend for Project Governance Manager in the UK

Project Governance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance Manager in the UK

Project Governance Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Governance Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Project Governance Manager in the UK

Project Governance Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Governance Manager within the UK 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
Work from Home +47 10 £550 -
UK excluding London +65 4 £550 -21.43%
England +57 4 £525 -16.00%
London +40 4 £525 -4.55%
Scotland - 4 £550 -

Project Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project Governance Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Project Governance Manager in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Project Management
2 7 (63.64%) Data Governance
3 6 (54.55%) Finance
4 5 (45.45%) JIRA
5 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (36.36%) Confluence
5 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (27.27%) Data Governance Strategy
6 3 (27.27%) Alation
6 3 (27.27%) SDLC
6 3 (27.27%) IBM InfoSphere
6 3 (27.27%) Informatica
6 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
6 3 (27.27%) MS Visio
6 3 (27.27%) IBM
6 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (18.18%) Change Management
7 2 (18.18%) Migration
7 2 (18.18%) Agile
7 2 (18.18%) Banking
7 2 (18.18%) Retail
7 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (18.18%) Change Control
7 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
7 2 (18.18%) Data Analytics
7 2 (18.18%) Analytics
7 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
7 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
7 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps

Project Governance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (36.36%) Confluence
2 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (27.27%) Alation
3 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
4 1 (9.09%) Asana
4 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) IBM InfoSphere
2 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Project Management
2 7 (63.64%) Data Governance
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Data Governance Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) SDLC
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Change Control
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (18.18%) Data Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
6 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
6 1 (9.09%) ERP
6 1 (9.09%) ITIL
6 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) IBM
1 3 (27.27%) Informatica
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft