Project Governance Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Project Governance Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Governance Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work 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 294 341 472
Rank change year-on-year +47 +131 +156
Contract jobs requiring a Project Governance Manager 10 4 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.026% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.028% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile - - £480
25th Percentile £513 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £588 - £700
90th Percentile £678 - £760
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £525
% change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% -20.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Project Governance Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Project Governance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Project Governance Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Project Governance Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Project Governance Manager.

Project Governance Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Governance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Governance Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Project Governance Manager in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Project Management
2 7 (70.00%) Data Governance
3 6 (60.00%) Finance
4 5 (50.00%) JIRA
5 4 (40.00%) Confluence
5 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (30.00%) Data Governance Strategy
6 3 (30.00%) IBM InfoSphere
6 3 (30.00%) SDLC
6 3 (30.00%) Alation
6 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (30.00%) Informatica
6 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
6 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
6 3 (30.00%) IBM
6 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
7 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (20.00%) Change Management
7 2 (20.00%) Migration
7 2 (20.00%) Banking
7 2 (20.00%) Retail
7 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
7 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 2 (20.00%) Azure
7 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
7 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
7 2 (20.00%) Data Analytics
7 2 (20.00%) Analytics
7 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (20.00%) Change Control

Project Governance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (40.00%) Confluence
2 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (30.00%) Alation
3 2 (20.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (10.00%) Asana
4 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) IBM InfoSphere
2 1 (10.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Retail
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Project Management
2 7 (70.00%) Data Governance
3 3 (30.00%) Data Governance Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) SDLC
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Change Control
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Data Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (10.00%) Data Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) Data Science
5 1 (10.00%) ERP
5 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) IBM
1 3 (30.00%) Informatica
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft