Project Governance Job Trends in England

Project Governance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Project Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 534 498
Rank change year-on-year +39 -36 +149
Permanent jobs citing Project Governance 105 142 168
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.29% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.32% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 62 101 122
10th Percentile £35,775 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.48% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,350
UK median annual salary £67,500 £54,897 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.96% -0.19% -6.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Project Governance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,728 44,744 41,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.15% 90.24% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 25,461 22,347 32,089
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Governance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Project Governance job vacancy trend in England

Project Governance
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Project Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Governance in England

Project Governance
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Governance within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +30 42 £76,250 +20.53% 77
North of England +14 30 £50,500 -3.81% 34
North West +25 21 £50,000 -9.09% 16
South East +6 11 £62,500 +25.00% 35
South West +15 10 £80,000 - 13
Yorkshire -10 9 £55,233 +16.28% 17
East of England +29 7 £38,500 - 18
Midlands +4 3 £45,000 -21.74% 23
West Midlands +1 3 £45,000 -21.74% 13
Project Governance
UK

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 11 (10.48%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (20.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (17.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (15.24%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (11.43%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (2.86%) Trello
6 1 (0.95%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.95%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 3 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.90%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (1.90%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.90%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.95%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 20 (19.05%) Azure
2 11 (10.48%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.71%) AWS
5 5 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.86%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.90%) Asana
8 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.90%) SaaS
9 1 (0.95%) ClickUp
9 1 (0.95%) IaaS
9 1 (0.95%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.95%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.90%) Network Security
2 1 (0.95%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.95%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.52%) Power BI
2 4 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.90%) Big Data
4 1 (0.95%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.95%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (15.24%) JIRA
General
1 61 (58.10%) Finance
2 47 (44.76%) Social Skills
3 24 (22.86%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (7.62%) Law
6 8 (7.62%) Telecoms
7 6 (5.71%) Legal
8 5 (4.76%) Advertising
8 5 (4.76%) Military
9 4 (3.81%) Banking
9 4 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.86%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.86%) Japanese Language
10 3 (2.86%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.90%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.90%) Marketing
12 1 (0.95%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.95%) Local Government
12 1 (0.95%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (40.95%) Project Manager
2 26 (24.76%) Senior
3 14 (13.33%) Project Officer
3 14 (13.33%) Project Support Officer
3 14 (13.33%) Support Officer
4 11 (10.48%) Senior Manager
5 10 (9.52%) Senior Project Manager
6 8 (7.62%) Analyst
7 7 (6.67%) Senior Project Officer
7 7 (6.67%) Senior Project Support Officer
8 6 (5.71%) PMO Analyst
8 6 (5.71%) Senior PMO
9 5 (4.76%) Commercial Manager
9 5 (4.76%) Commercial Project Manager
9 5 (4.76%) PMO Officer
10 4 (3.81%) Agile Project Manager
10 4 (3.81%) Lead
11 3 (2.86%) Coordinator
11 3 (2.86%) Head of PMO
11 3 (2.86%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.62%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.76%) Social Media
3 5 (4.76%) Wiki
4 4 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.90%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.95%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.95%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (60.00%) Agile
2 62 (59.05%) Project Management
3 55 (52.38%) Project Delivery
4 40 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 38 (36.19%) PRINCE2
6 36 (34.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (26.67%) Change Management
8 27 (25.71%) Waterfall
9 26 (24.76%) Budget Management
10 24 (22.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (21.90%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 19 (18.10%) Risk Management
13 17 (16.19%) Scrum
14 15 (14.29%) Business Case
15 13 (12.38%) Decision-Making
15 13 (12.38%) Project Planning
16 12 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
17 11 (10.48%) Process Improvement
18 10 (9.52%) Change Control
18 10 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.95%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 15 (14.29%) PMP
2 13 (12.38%) Degree
3 6 (5.71%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.76%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.81%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.90%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (47.62%) PMO
2 7 (6.67%) QA
3 3 (2.86%) GRC
4 1 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.95%) FINRA
4 1 (0.95%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.95%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.95%) MiFID
Vendors
1 37 (35.24%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.76%) Atlassian
3 4 (3.81%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (3.81%) Fortinet
3 4 (3.81%) Oracle
3 4 (3.81%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.86%) Openreach
4 3 (2.86%) SAP
5 2 (1.90%) Progress
5 2 (1.90%) Workday
6 1 (0.95%) GoldenSource
6 1 (0.95%) Planview
6 1 (0.95%) Remedy
6 1 (0.95%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.95%) VMware