Project Governance Job Trends in the North West

Project Governance
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West 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 158 183 181
Rank change year-on-year +25 -2 +104
Permanent jobs citing Project Governance 21 22 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.47% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 10 17 6
10th Percentile £48,187 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile - £52,500 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £49,001
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% -2.97%
75th Percentile £67,250 £61,110 £51,188
90th Percentile £72,550 £63,360 £51,613
England median annual salary £68,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.48% -4.55% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,116 4,694 3,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.01% 90.27% 89.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,462 2,311 2,675
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,320 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
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 North West

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

Project Governance job vacancy trend in the North West

Project Governance
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Project Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Project Governance in the North West

Project Governance
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Governance within the North West 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
Manchester +17 14 £50,000 -9.09% 1
Lancashire +15 5 £42,384 -32.72% 1
Cheshire - 2 - - 1
Project Governance
England

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.76%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) Power BI
General
1 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 10 (47.62%) Finance
3 6 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (28.57%) Law
3 6 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Senior
2 9 (42.86%) Project Manager
3 5 (23.81%) Commercial Manager
3 5 (23.81%) Commercial Project Manager
3 5 (23.81%) Senior PMO
4 4 (19.05%) Project Officer
4 4 (19.05%) Project Support Officer
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Project Officer
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Project Support Officer
4 4 (19.05%) Support Officer
5 3 (14.29%) Senior Manager
5 3 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) ERP Manager
6 1 (4.76%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) PMO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Social Media
2 2 (9.52%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Agile
2 13 (61.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (61.90%) PRINCE2
2 13 (61.90%) Project Delivery
3 12 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (52.38%) Change Management
5 10 (47.62%) Process Improvement
5 10 (47.62%) Project Management
6 9 (42.86%) Budget Management
7 7 (33.33%) Project Planning
8 5 (23.81%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 5 (23.81%) Business Case
8 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (23.81%) Business Transformation
8 5 (23.81%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (23.81%) Data Protection
8 5 (23.81%) Demand Management
8 5 (23.81%) Matrix Organization
8 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (23.81%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 7 (33.33%) PMP
2 5 (23.81%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) PMO
2 5 (23.81%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft