Project Governance Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Project Governance
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Project Governance skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 101 101
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +50
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 16 7 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.89% 0.37% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.45% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 18
10th Percentile £378 £323 £263
25th Percentile £443 £438 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +7.69% -15.22%
75th Percentile £638 £627 £559
90th Percentile £688 £665 £584
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 1,591 1,545 1,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.49% 81.62% 85.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,023 998 1,206
10th Percentile £250 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £663 £725 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 41 51
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.25 £14.54
25th Percentile £16.07 £15.13 £20.24
Median hourly rate £24.34 £22.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% -18.18% +56.16%
75th Percentile £35.30 £35.00 £42.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Project Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Project Governance

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 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in the West Midlands

Project Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Project Governance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Project Governance

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 15 September 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 - 6 £575 - 2
Solihull - 4 £588 -
Warwickshire -8 3 £625 +12.36% 4
Shropshire - 2 £531 - 2
Coventry - 2 £310 - 3
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 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (6.25%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
1 1 (6.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) 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 7 (43.75%) 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
5 1 (6.25%) Finance Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Finance Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Financial Services Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) IT Programme Manager
5 1 (6.25%) PMO Officer
5 1 (6.25%) Programme Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Project Implementation Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Financial Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.25%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 8 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (43.75%) Change Management
4 6 (37.50%) Business Case
5 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
6 4 (25.00%) Migration
6 4 (25.00%) Project Management
7 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (18.75%) Data Migration
7 3 (18.75%) Process Improvement
7 3 (18.75%) Programme Management
7 3 (18.75%) Project Planning
7 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
7 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (18.75%) Supplier Management
8 2 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
8 2 (12.50%) Conflict Management
8 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
8 2 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
8 2 (12.50%) Resource 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%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
3 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
1 3 (18.75%) NEC
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint