Project Governance Contracts

Project Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Project Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Governance over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 408 385 380
Rank change year-on-year -23 -5 +98
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 168 330 600
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.59% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.66% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 227 415
10th Percentile £335 £353 £377
25th Percentile £434 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +5.77% +9.47%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £600
90th Percentile £679 £700 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 30
10th Percentile - £31.89 -
25th Percentile - £33.91 £15.90
Median hourly rate £35.00 £40.02 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +136.36% -32.28%
75th Percentile - £49.06 £17.97
90th Percentile - £51.88 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £40.02 £16.93
% change year-on-year -12.53% +136.36% -44.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Governance is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Project Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England -35 144 £525 -4.55% 61
UK excluding London -37 86 £475 -9.52% 44
London +25 70 £561 -2.39% 22
Work from Home +66 64 £525 +5.00% 25
South West +7 29 £465 -16.96% 8
South East -12 19 £599 +8.91% 9
North of England +2 15 £513 +2.50% 10
Scotland +21 12 £400 -27.27% 7
North West +18 9 £538 +2.38% 6
Yorkshire 0 6 £513 +2.50% 2
Wales +19 5 £503 +18.24%
Midlands +7 5 £300 -38.46% 6
West Midlands +3 4 £300 -42.86% 2
East Midlands +7 1 - - 4
East of England +2 1 £550 -5.38% 4

Project Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (6.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.19%) Confluence
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (8.93%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (7.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (4.17%) MS Visio
6 4 (2.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.19%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.19%) Temenos Globus
3 1 (0.60%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.60%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.60%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.36%) Power Platform
2 8 (4.76%) Azure
3 4 (2.38%) SaaS
4 3 (1.79%) GCP
5 2 (1.19%) AWS
5 2 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.60%) Boomi
6 1 (0.60%) GitHub
6 1 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.60%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.19%) Internet
1 2 (1.19%) ISDN
1 2 (1.19%) Network Security
1 2 (1.19%) PSTN
2 1 (0.60%) 4G
2 1 (0.60%) 5G
2 1 (0.60%) ATM
2 1 (0.60%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.36%) Power BI
2 3 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.19%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.60%) IDMS
4 1 (0.60%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.60%) MySQL
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (7.14%) JIRA
2 2 (1.19%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 70 (41.67%) Finance
2 65 (38.69%) Social Skills
3 33 (19.64%) Public Sector
4 14 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.95%) Banking
5 10 (5.95%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (5.95%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (4.17%) Local Government
7 6 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.98%) Legal
8 5 (2.98%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.38%) Back Office
9 4 (2.38%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.38%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.38%) Marketing
9 4 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.38%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.79%) Billing
10 3 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 99 (58.93%) Project Manager
2 21 (12.50%) Senior
3 20 (11.90%) Analyst
3 20 (11.90%) Senior Manager
4 18 (10.71%) Senior Project Manager
5 11 (6.55%) PMO Analyst
6 8 (4.76%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 7 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 7 (4.17%) IT Manager
7 7 (4.17%) Programme Manager
7 7 (4.17%) Security Manager
8 6 (3.57%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
8 6 (3.57%) IT Project Manager
8 6 (3.57%) Migration Manager
8 6 (3.57%) Migration Project Manager
8 6 (3.57%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
8 6 (3.57%) Security Project Manager
9 5 (2.98%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (2.98%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.79%) ADO
2 1 (0.60%) Express.js
2 1 (0.60%) JWT
2 1 (0.60%) MERN Stack
2 1 (0.60%) Middleware
2 1 (0.60%) Node.js
2 1 (0.60%) OpenID
2 1 (0.60%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.36%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.98%) PMI
5 4 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
6 3 (1.79%) Freedom of Information Act
6 3 (1.79%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.79%) Solar Panel
7 2 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.19%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.19%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.60%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.60%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.60%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.38%) Windows
2 3 (1.79%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.19%) AIX
3 2 (1.19%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (51.19%) Project Management
2 79 (47.02%) Project Delivery
3 69 (41.07%) Agile
4 41 (24.40%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (23.81%) PRINCE2
6 26 (15.48%) Business Case
6 26 (15.48%) Risk Management
7 25 (14.88%) Decision-Making
8 24 (14.29%) Change Management
9 22 (13.10%) Budget Management
10 21 (12.50%) Waterfall
11 20 (11.90%) Project Planning
12 19 (11.31%) Change Control
13 17 (10.12%) Scrum
13 17 (10.12%) Software Engineering
14 16 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
15 15 (8.93%) Contract Management
15 15 (8.93%) Migration
15 15 (8.93%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.98%) SQL
2 3 (1.79%) VBA
3 2 (1.19%) Java
4 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.60%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (18.45%) Security Cleared
2 21 (12.50%) Degree
2 21 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.95%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 7 (4.17%) PMI Certification
5 7 (4.17%) PMP
6 3 (1.79%) APMP
6 3 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.79%) CISA
6 3 (1.79%) CISM
6 3 (1.79%) CISSP
7 2 (1.19%) ISEB
8 1 (0.60%) APMG
8 1 (0.60%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.60%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (22.62%) PMO
2 8 (4.76%) QA
3 4 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.19%) Basel III
4 2 (1.19%) COREP
4 2 (1.19%) FINREP
4 2 (1.19%) GDPR
4 2 (1.19%) P3O
5 1 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.60%) NIST
5 1 (0.60%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.60%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.60%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.60%) vSphere
1 1 (0.60%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) Argo
1 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.95%) SAP
3 5 (2.98%) Oracle
4 4 (2.38%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.38%) Cadence
5 3 (1.79%) Progress
6 2 (1.19%) BT
6 2 (1.19%) Citrix
6 2 (1.19%) Google
6 2 (1.19%) Openreach
6 2 (1.19%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.60%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.60%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.60%) Cisco
7 1 (0.60%) Dell
7 1 (0.60%) Epicor
7 1 (0.60%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.60%) Planview
7 1 (0.60%) VMware