Project Governance Contracts in the West Midlands

Project Governance
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 111 105
Rank change year-on-year +21 -6 +36
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 16 3 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.06% 0.15% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 0.18% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 2 15
10th Percentile £400 £298 £303
25th Percentile £505 £352 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £458 £525
Median % change year-on-year +27.05% -12.86% -
75th Percentile £638 £567 £564
90th Percentile £688 £623 £594
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £40.02
% change year-on-year +114.29% -12.53% +136.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,335 1,672 1,941
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.76% 80.93% 87.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 844 1,112 1,334
10th Percentile £203 £263 £263
25th Percentile £366 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.81%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £623
90th Percentile £674 £731 £706
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 114 48
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.15 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.78 £14.16 £15.38
Median hourly rate £24.28 £21.23 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.39% -15.10% +44.93%
75th Percentile £34.16 £37.50 £30.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £58.00 £49.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +44.23%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in the West Midlands

Project Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in the West Midlands

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in the West Midlands

Project Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Governance in the West Midlands

Project Governance
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Birmingham - 5 £575 - 4
Warwickshire -4 4 £625 - 5
Solihull - 3 £600 -
Shropshire - 3 £513 - 2
Coventry - 2 £310 -
Project Governance
England

Project Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
1 1 (6.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Legal
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (18.75%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Data Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Engagement Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Implementation Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Project Implementation Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Finance Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Finance Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) IT Programme Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Lead Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) PMO Officer
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Financial Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Implementation Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.25%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 9 (56.25%) Change Management
2 9 (56.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (37.50%) Business Case
4 4 (25.00%) Migration
4 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (18.75%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Conflict Management
5 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (18.75%) Data Migration
5 3 (18.75%) Line Management
5 3 (18.75%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
5 3 (18.75%) Process Improvement
5 3 (18.75%) Programme Management
5 3 (18.75%) Project Management
5 3 (18.75%) Project Planning
5 3 (18.75%) Resource Management
5 3 (18.75%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (6.25%) APMP
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) NEC
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow