Programme Governance Contracts

Programme Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Programme Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Programme Governance over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 591 648
Rank change year-on-year +102 +57 -76
Contract jobs citing Programme Governance 82 96 197
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.17% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.19% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 76 156
10th Percentile £400 £398 £256
25th Percentile £456 £459 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £558 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +6.19% -
75th Percentile £638 £738 £631
90th Percentile £746 £900 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £463
% change year-on-year -4.76% +13.51% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £24.08
25th Percentile - - £28.11
Median hourly rate £44.74 - £35.91
75th Percentile - - £43.88
90th Percentile - - £48.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.74 - £35.91

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Programme 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 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

Programme Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Governance in the UK

Programme Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Programme Governance in the UK

Programme Governance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Governance over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Governance in the UK

Programme Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Programme Governance in the UK

Programme 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 Programme Governance within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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 +96 64 £563 -6.25% 13
UK excluding London +62 54 £500 -4.76% 7
Work from Home +101 31 £500 -15.61% 6
London +83 25 £608 -6.18% 9
North of England +39 14 £627 +25.49%
Scotland +38 14 £460 +15.00% 1
South East +36 13 £465 -25.60% 4
North West +27 12 £627 +25.49%
Midlands +28 9 £430 -18.10% 2
West Midlands +27 8 £400 -23.81% 1
Yorkshire +15 2 £631 +26.25%
South West +4 2 £750 +89.87%
East of England -3 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £460 - 1

Programme 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 10 (12.20%) Confluence
2 4 (4.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (10.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.22%) Primavera
1 1 (1.22%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.98%) Azure
2 5 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.44%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.22%) Azure API Management
5 1 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.22%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.44%) LAN
1 2 (2.44%) SAN
1 2 (2.44%) SD-WAN
1 2 (2.44%) WAN
2 1 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.10%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (4.88%) Power BI
3 1 (1.22%) GIS
Development Applications
1 21 (25.61%) JIRA
2 7 (8.54%) JMeter
2 7 (8.54%) Selenium
General
1 34 (41.46%) Finance
2 25 (30.49%) Social Skills
3 15 (18.29%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.32%) Telecoms
6 5 (6.10%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (6.10%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.88%) Banking
7 4 (4.88%) Electronics
7 4 (4.88%) Marketing
8 3 (3.66%) Digital Healthcare
8 3 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.44%) Local Government
10 1 (1.22%) Games
10 1 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (19.51%) Programme Manager
2 13 (15.85%) Analyst
3 12 (14.63%) Project Manager
4 11 (13.41%) PMO Analyst
5 10 (12.20%) Lead
6 8 (9.76%) Delivery Manager
6 8 (9.76%) Test Manager
7 6 (7.32%) Project Leader
7 6 (7.32%) Senior
8 5 (6.10%) IT Manager
8 5 (6.10%) Senior Manager
8 5 (6.10%) Senior Programme Manager
9 4 (4.88%) User Experience Manager
10 3 (3.66%) Service Manager
11 2 (2.44%) IT Programme Manager
11 2 (2.44%) ITIL Manager
11 2 (2.44%) ITIL Service Manager
11 2 (2.44%) PMO Manager
11 2 (2.44%) Portfolio Manager
11 2 (2.44%) Programme Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.32%) ADO
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.54%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.10%) NHS
2 5 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.22%) FMCG
5 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.22%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.22%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.22%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.49%) Stakeholder Management
2 24 (29.27%) Programme Management
3 21 (25.61%) Project Management
4 16 (19.51%) Agile
4 16 (19.51%) PRINCE2
5 13 (15.85%) Project Delivery
5 13 (15.85%) Resource Management
6 10 (12.20%) Risk Management
7 9 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (10.98%) Programme Delivery
7 9 (10.98%) Waterfall
8 8 (9.76%) Data Modelling
8 8 (9.76%) Decision-Making
8 8 (9.76%) Impact Assessments
9 7 (8.54%) Business Case
9 7 (8.54%) Change Management
9 7 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (8.54%) Information Governance
9 7 (8.54%) Service Management
10 6 (7.32%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.66%) SQL
2 1 (1.22%) Perl
2 1 (1.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (9.76%) Degree
2 7 (8.54%) SC Cleared
2 7 (8.54%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.10%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.88%) PMI Certification
4 4 (4.88%) PMP
4 4 (4.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (2.44%) ACCA
5 2 (2.44%) CIMA
5 2 (2.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (26.83%) PMO
2 6 (7.32%) QA
3 5 (6.10%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.22%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.54%) Cadence
3 6 (7.32%) SAP
4 3 (3.66%) Oracle
5 2 (2.44%) Cerner
5 2 (2.44%) Planview
5 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.44%) VMware
6 1 (1.22%) BT
6 1 (1.22%) ESRI
6 1 (1.22%) Google
6 1 (1.22%) Zscaler