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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 94 110
Rank change year-on-year -30 +16 +41
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 13 11 7
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.58% 0.66% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.77% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 7
10th Percentile £312 £362 £263
25th Percentile £343 £426 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £519 £580 £575
90th Percentile £701 £661 £639
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -5.83%

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 1,965 1,425 1,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 87.26% 85.69% 85.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,239 903 1,066
10th Percentile £263 £225 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £584 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 46 49
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £14.46
25th Percentile £16.12 £16.81 £17.50
Median hourly rate £20.50 £23.89 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +3.87% +29.94%
75th Percentile £27.21 £34.69 £55.00
90th Percentile £40.19 £52.50 £67.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Governance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Project Governance job vacancy trend 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 19 December 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 19 December 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
Warwickshire -11 5 £588 +11.90% 2
Birmingham -2 4 £371 -22.71% 2
Shropshire -36 1 - - 1
Solihull - 1 £405 -
Project Governance
England

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) OpenShift
1 2 (15.38%) SaaS
1 2 (15.38%) Smartsheet
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DWDM
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) Unified Communications
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) JIRA
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Integration Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (7.69%) E-Commerce Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Integration Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Test Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Middleware
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
1 2 (15.38%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.69%) AI Agents
2 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Project Management
2 8 (61.54%) Agile
3 6 (46.15%) PRINCE2
3 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (46.15%) Waterfall
4 4 (30.77%) Business Case
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (23.08%) Change Control
5 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
5 3 (23.08%) Process Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Change Management
6 2 (15.38%) ERP
6 2 (15.38%) QMS
6 2 (15.38%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
2 3 (23.08%) PMP
3 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) PMO
2 4 (30.77%) QA
3 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
3 2 (15.38%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) Planview
3 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.69%) SAP