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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 184 184
Rank change year-on-year +27 0 +101
Permanent jobs citing Project Governance 22 23 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.35% 0.46% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.50% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11 18 7
10th Percentile £49,000 £46,250 £47,350
25th Percentile - £52,500 £48,626
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -3.32%
75th Percentile £72,000 £62,153 £51,725
90th Percentile - £63,900 £58,535
England median annual salary £68,500 £54,897 £57,500
% change year-on-year +24.78% -4.53% -4.17%

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 5,155 4,593 3,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.26% 91.15% 87.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,531 2,248 3,069
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,114 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
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 13 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 13 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 +24 15 £50,500 -8.18% 1
Lancashire +13 5 £42,384 -33.20% 1
Cheshire - 2 - - 3
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 (22.73%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.55%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Power Platform
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) Power BI
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (45.45%) Finance
3 6 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (27.27%) Law
3 6 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Senior
2 9 (40.91%) Project Manager
3 6 (27.27%) Senior PMO
4 5 (22.73%) Commercial Manager
4 5 (22.73%) Commercial Project Manager
5 4 (18.18%) Project Officer
5 4 (18.18%) Project Support Officer
5 4 (18.18%) Senior Project Officer
5 4 (18.18%) Senior Project Support Officer
5 4 (18.18%) Support Officer
6 3 (13.64%) Senior Manager
6 3 (13.64%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) ERP Manager
7 1 (4.55%) PMO Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) PMO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Social Media
2 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Agile
2 14 (63.64%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (63.64%) PRINCE2
2 14 (63.64%) Project Delivery
3 13 (59.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (50.00%) Change Management
4 11 (50.00%) Process Improvement
4 11 (50.00%) Project Management
5 9 (40.91%) Budget Management
6 7 (31.82%) Project Planning
7 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (27.27%) Waterfall
8 5 (22.73%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 5 (22.73%) Business Case
8 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (22.73%) Business Transformation
8 5 (22.73%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (22.73%) Data Protection
8 5 (22.73%) Demand Management
8 5 (22.73%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) PMI Certification
1 7 (31.82%) PMP
2 5 (22.73%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (54.55%) PMO
2 5 (22.73%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft