Project Governance Contracts

Project Governance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 361 391 396
Rank change year-on-year +30 +5 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 165 193 342
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.44% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.51% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 148 242
10th Percentile £298 £362 £350
25th Percentile £400 £454 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% -4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £623
90th Percentile £653 £717 £746
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +5.00%
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 excluding London 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

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Project Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Top 16 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 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
England +38 142 £478 -11.16% 117
UK excluding London +47 83 £463 -7.50% 69
London +28 71 £500 -20.00% 59
Work from Home +1 42 £500 -9.09% 57
South East +52 29 £463 -17.78% 26
North of England +24 21 £450 -12.20% 14
Midlands +29 12 £563 -6.25% 12
Yorkshire +12 11 £500 -2.44% 5
South West +24 10 £450 -3.23% 4
West Midlands +18 8 £606 +1.04% 6
Scotland +9 8 £525 +40.00% 4
North West +15 7 £450 -16.28% 9
East Midlands +13 4 £475 - 6
Wales -6 4 £509 +0.25%
North East - 3 £250 - 1
East of England - 2 £280 - 9

Project Governance
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 14 (8.48%) Confluence
2 11 (6.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.21%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (16.97%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (16.36%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (12.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (7.88%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.21%) Open Workbench
6 1 (0.61%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.82%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.82%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (1.21%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.21%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.61%) Maximo
4 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.61%) Primavera
4 1 (0.61%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.06%) Azure
2 6 (3.64%) AWS
3 5 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.42%) Smartsheet
4 4 (2.42%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (1.82%) Asana
5 3 (1.82%) SaaS
6 1 (0.61%) BigCommerce
6 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.61%) GCP
6 1 (0.61%) IaaS
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.61%) OCI
6 1 (0.61%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle CX
6 1 (0.61%) PaaS
6 1 (0.61%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.61%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.61%) LAN
1 1 (0.61%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (0.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.82%) Big Data
1 3 (1.82%) Electronic Patient Records
1 3 (1.82%) IDMS
2 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (13.94%) JIRA
General
1 83 (50.30%) Social Skills
2 82 (49.70%) Finance
3 25 (15.15%) Banking
4 14 (8.48%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (7.27%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (5.45%) Financial Institution
7 9 (5.45%) Manufacturing
8 8 (4.85%) Investment Banking
9 7 (4.24%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.64%) Local Government
10 6 (3.64%) Retail
10 6 (3.64%) Telecoms
11 5 (3.03%) Back Office
12 4 (2.42%) Legal
13 2 (1.21%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.21%) Aviation
13 2 (1.21%) Digital Health
13 2 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 57 (34.55%) Project Manager
2 20 (12.12%) Delivery Manager
3 14 (8.48%) Lead
3 14 (8.48%) Senior
4 12 (7.27%) Analyst
5 11 (6.67%) Architect
6 10 (6.06%) IT Manager
6 10 (6.06%) Senior Manager
7 9 (5.45%) PMO Manager
8 8 (4.85%) Business Manager
8 8 (4.85%) ERP Manager
8 8 (4.85%) Senior Project Manager
9 7 (4.24%) Implementation Manager
9 7 (4.24%) IT Project Manager
9 7 (4.24%) PMO Analyst
10 6 (3.64%) SAP Manager
11 5 (3.03%) ERP Implementation Manager
11 5 (3.03%) Infrastructure Manager
11 5 (3.03%) Project Officer
11 5 (3.03%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.61%) ADO
1 1 (0.61%) FHIR
1 1 (0.61%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (0.61%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.61%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.85%) PMI
2 7 (4.24%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.24%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.03%) Operational Technology
4 4 (2.42%) NHS
4 4 (2.42%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.42%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.82%) Life Science
5 3 (1.82%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.21%) Housing Association
6 2 (1.21%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.61%) FMCG
7 1 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.61%) SCADA
7 1 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.03%) Windows
2 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.61%) Linux
2 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (46.06%) Project Management
2 75 (45.45%) Agile
3 71 (43.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (40.61%) Project Delivery
5 40 (24.24%) Change Management
5 40 (24.24%) Risk Management
6 39 (23.64%) PRINCE2
7 30 (18.18%) Budget Management
8 26 (15.76%) Waterfall
9 25 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (13.33%) Decision-Making
10 22 (13.33%) Resource Management
11 20 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 18 (10.91%) Business Case
13 17 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (10.30%) Project Planning
13 17 (10.30%) Roadmaps
14 16 (9.70%) ERP
14 16 (9.70%) Migration
15 15 (9.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.61%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 32 (19.39%) Degree
2 25 (15.15%) PMI Certification
3 22 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 21 (12.73%) PMP
5 13 (7.88%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.42%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.82%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.61%) APMP
10 1 (0.61%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.61%) CISSP
10 1 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.61%) GIAC
10 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.61%) MBA
10 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.61%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (27.88%) PMO
2 7 (4.24%) QA
3 3 (1.82%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.82%) P3O
4 2 (1.21%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.61%) Basel III
5 1 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.61%) GDPR
5 1 (0.61%) GRC
5 1 (0.61%) HL7
5 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.61%) MiFID
5 1 (0.61%) NCSC
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.61%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.61%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.61%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.21%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 26 (15.76%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.30%) SAP
3 5 (3.03%) Atlassian
3 5 (3.03%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.42%) NEC
4 4 (2.42%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.42%) Workday
5 3 (1.82%) Oracle
5 3 (1.82%) Planview
6 2 (1.21%) Capita
6 2 (1.21%) Civica
6 2 (1.21%) Cramer
6 2 (1.21%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.21%) Northgate
6 2 (1.21%) Remedy
6 2 (1.21%) Splunk
7 1 (0.61%) Adobe
7 1 (0.61%) Ariba
7 1 (0.61%) Cognos
7 1 (0.61%) IBM