Project Governance Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 296 299
Rank change year-on-year +25 +3 +21
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 98 117 218
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.58% 0.56% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.63% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 82 171
10th Percentile £266 £275 £389
25th Percentile £408 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.28% -1.90% +14.44%
75th Percentile £598 £588 £624
90th Percentile £666 £650 £706
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £37.82 £36.65 -
25th Percentile £51.72 £39.09 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £43.77 -
Median % change year-on-year +65.66% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £49.07 -
90th Percentile - £51.88 -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £43.77 £57.50
% change year-on-year +65.66% -23.89% +118.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,041 18,439 26,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.81% 88.33% 89.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,020 12,105 18,694
10th Percentile £250 £250 £260
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £686 £688 £680
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 897 1,303 1,340
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.25 £12.66
25th Percentile £18.13 £17.72 £15.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.33 £28.90
Median % change year-on-year -19.22% +49.93% +60.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.38
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.50 £70.30
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £43.86 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.92% +25.31% +66.67%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Project Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Governance in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Governance in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Governance in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Governance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Governance in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
South East +40 30 £505 +2.02% 3
Scotland +33 20 £463 -9.76% 2
North of England +19 14 £456 -14.12% 3
South West +14 13 £505 -3.81% 4
Midlands +5 13 £525 +65.35% 8
West Midlands +3 11 £525 +40.00% 6
North West +20 9 £450 -16.28% 2
East of England +24 6 £123 -76.67% 1
Yorkshire +13 5 £675 +62.16% 1
Wales +3 3 £510 -15.00% 2
East Midlands +5 2 - - 2
Project Governance
UK

Project Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (13.27%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (10.20%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (3.06%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (1.02%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) BambooHR
1 1 (1.02%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.08%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.06%) AWS
2 3 (3.06%) Azure
2 3 (3.06%) SaaS
3 1 (1.02%) Asana
3 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.02%) ClickUp
3 1 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.02%) GCP
3 1 (1.02%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.02%) IaaS
3 1 (1.02%) PaaS
3 1 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.04%) ATM
1 2 (2.04%) Internet
2 1 (1.02%) LAN
2 1 (1.02%) Network Security
2 1 (1.02%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.02%) WAN
2 1 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (6.12%) JIRA
General
1 39 (39.80%) Social Skills
2 38 (38.78%) Finance
3 16 (16.33%) Public Sector
4 13 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (5.10%) Law
6 5 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (5.10%) Retail
7 4 (4.08%) Aerospace
7 4 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.06%) Banking
8 3 (3.06%) Local Government
8 3 (3.06%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.06%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.04%) Billing
9 2 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.04%) Legal
10 1 (1.02%) Aviation
10 1 (1.02%) Police
Job Titles
1 45 (45.92%) Project Manager
2 13 (13.27%) IT Manager
3 12 (12.24%) IT Project Manager
4 10 (10.20%) Analyst
5 9 (9.18%) Senior
5 9 (9.18%) Senior Manager
5 9 (9.18%) Senior Project Manager
6 7 (7.14%) Administrator
6 7 (7.14%) Lead
6 7 (7.14%) Project Administrator
7 6 (6.12%) Architect
7 6 (6.12%) Technical Manager
8 5 (5.10%) Implementation Manager
8 5 (5.10%) PMO Analyst
8 5 (5.10%) Technical Project Manager
8 5 (5.10%) Transformation Manager
9 4 (4.08%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (4.08%) DV Cleared Project Manager
9 4 (4.08%) IT Administrator
9 4 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.06%) ADO
2 2 (2.04%) Middleware
3 1 (1.02%) JWT
3 1 (1.02%) OpenID
3 1 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.02%) RAML
3 1 (1.02%) SOAP
3 1 (1.02%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.08%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.06%) PMI
3 2 (2.04%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.04%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.02%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.02%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.02%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.02%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.02%) Linux
1 1 (1.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (60.20%) Project Management
2 37 (37.76%) Project Delivery
3 35 (35.71%) Agile
4 27 (27.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (22.45%) PRINCE2
6 14 (14.29%) Business Case
6 14 (14.29%) Change Management
7 13 (13.27%) Change Control
7 13 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (10.20%) Risk Management
9 10 (10.20%) Waterfall
10 8 (8.16%) Budget Management
10 8 (8.16%) Business Analysis
10 8 (8.16%) Workshop Facilitation
11 7 (7.14%) Contingency Planning
12 6 (6.12%) Coaching
12 6 (6.12%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (6.12%) Decision-Making
12 6 (6.12%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.06%) Java
2 1 (1.02%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (22.45%) Degree
2 12 (12.24%) PMP
3 10 (10.20%) Security Cleared
4 8 (8.16%) PMI Certification
5 6 (6.12%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.08%) APMP
7 3 (3.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (3.06%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.02%) ISEB
9 1 (1.02%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.31%) PMO
2 5 (5.10%) QA
3 1 (1.02%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.02%) GRC
3 1 (1.02%) P3O
3 1 (1.02%) PMBOK
3 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (16.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.08%) SAP
2 4 (4.08%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.06%) Oracle
3 3 (3.06%) Planview
4 2 (2.04%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.02%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.02%) Citrix
5 1 (1.02%) Concur
5 1 (1.02%) Infor
5 1 (1.02%) Sage
5 1 (1.02%) VMware
5 1 (1.02%) Workday