Project Governance Job Trends in the Midlands

Project Governance
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Project Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 220 230
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 +77
Permanent jobs citing Project Governance 3 19 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.039% 0.30% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% 0.33% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 16 7
10th Percentile - £46,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +27.78% -25.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 £53,750
90th Percentile - £73,750 £62,250
England median annual salary £68,500 £54,793 £55,303
% change year-on-year +25.02% -0.92% -7.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,316 5,806 4,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.35% 90.45% 86.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,499 2,544 4,063
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Project Governance job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Project Governance
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Project Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Governance within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
West Midlands +19 3 £45,000 -21.74% 6
Project Governance
England

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Head of PMO
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) PMO Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
2 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
1 2 (66.67%) Workday
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft