Project Governance Job Trends in Manchester

Project Governance
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Project Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 139 146
Rank change year-on-year +22 +7 +88
Permanent jobs citing Project Governance 15 17 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.51% 0.64% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.68% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 5
10th Percentile £49,900 - £48,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £55,000 £51,150
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +7.53% -11.04%
75th Percentile £72,000 £57,500 £51,725
90th Percentile £72,550 - £61,940
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -3.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,325 2,507 2,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.71% 94.00% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,407 1,181 1,840
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Project Governance job vacancy trend in Manchester

Project Governance
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Project Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Governance in Manchester

Project Governance
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Governance within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 14 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
Bolton +13 5 £50,000 -9.09%
Project Governance
North West

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Chatbot
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Law
3 4 (26.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Project Manager
1 8 (53.33%) Senior
2 6 (40.00%) Senior PMO
3 5 (33.33%) Commercial Manager
3 5 (33.33%) Commercial Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) ERP Manager
5 1 (6.67%) PMO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Project Delivery
2 11 (73.33%) Agile
2 11 (73.33%) Process Improvement
2 11 (73.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (53.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (53.33%) PRINCE2
3 8 (53.33%) Project Management
4 7 (46.67%) Project Planning
5 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (40.00%) Waterfall
6 5 (33.33%) Budget Management
6 5 (33.33%) Business Case
6 5 (33.33%) Business Transformation
6 5 (33.33%) Change Management
6 5 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (33.33%) Data Protection
6 5 (33.33%) Demand Management
6 5 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
7 3 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) DBS Check
1 5 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 5 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) PMO
2 5 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft