Project Governance Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Project Governance
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Project Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 - 58
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Project Governance 5 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.40% - 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% - 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £51,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £59,250 £63,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.06% +15.91% +1.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 907 271 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 72.39% 91.25% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 259 107 304
10th Percentile - £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £33,926 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Project Governance job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Project Governance
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Project Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Governance within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 23 July 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
County Antrim - 5 £47,500 - 3
Project Governance
UK

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Coordinator
1 4 (80.00%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) FMCG
2 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Change Management
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Change Control
2 4 (80.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (80.00%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (80.00%) ERP
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Logistics
2 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (80.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) SAP