Project Governance Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 443 460 453
Rank change year-on-year +17 -7 +120
Permanent jobs citing Project Governance 66 106 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.30% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.33% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 41 70 90
10th Percentile £35,250 £41,250 £39,979
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,188 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £51,150
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.25% -3.49%
75th Percentile £72,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,875 £67,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% - -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Project Governance job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Project Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Project Governance in the UK excluding London

Project Governance
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Governance within the UK excluding London 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
North of England -3 31 £51,000 -4.93% 12
North West +18 22 £50,000 -9.09% 8
South West +18 10 £80,000 - 1
South East +14 9 £65,000 +33.33% 17
Yorkshire -17 9 £55,233 +16.28% 3
East of England +31 7 £38,500 - 3
Wales +11 6 £60,000 -
Midlands +6 3 £45,000 -21.74% 11
West Midlands +5 3 £45,000 -21.74% 9
Project Governance
UK

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (9.09%) Confluence
2 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.03%) FLEXCUBE
1 2 (3.03%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.52%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.15%) Power Platform
2 8 (12.12%) Azure
2 8 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (4.55%) Google Ads
3 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.52%) AWS
4 1 (1.52%) IaaS
4 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.52%) SaaS
4 1 (1.52%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.15%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 31 (46.97%) Finance
2 24 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 19 (28.79%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (15.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (10.61%) Law
5 7 (10.61%) Telecoms
6 5 (7.58%) Advertising
6 5 (7.58%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.58%) Military
6 5 (7.58%) Retail
7 3 (4.55%) Legal
8 2 (3.03%) Banking
8 2 (3.03%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.52%) Aviation
9 1 (1.52%) Police
9 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (30.30%) Project Manager
2 19 (28.79%) Senior
3 14 (21.21%) Project Officer
3 14 (21.21%) Project Support Officer
3 14 (21.21%) Support Officer
4 7 (10.61%) Senior PMO
4 7 (10.61%) Senior Project Officer
4 7 (10.61%) Senior Project Support Officer
5 5 (7.58%) Commercial Manager
5 5 (7.58%) Commercial Project Manager
5 5 (7.58%) PMO Officer
5 5 (7.58%) Project Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Senior Manager
6 4 (6.06%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (4.55%) Analyst
7 3 (4.55%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (4.55%) Product Owner
8 2 (3.03%) Digital Project Manager
8 2 (3.03%) PMO Lead
8 2 (3.03%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.58%) Social Media
2 4 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.03%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (56.06%) Project Management
2 36 (54.55%) Agile
3 34 (51.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 33 (50.00%) Project Delivery
5 21 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (28.79%) Change Management
6 19 (28.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 15 (22.73%) Budget Management
7 15 (22.73%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 12 (18.18%) Business Case
8 12 (18.18%) Process Improvement
8 12 (18.18%) Project Planning
8 12 (18.18%) Waterfall
9 10 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (13.64%) Budget Control
10 9 (13.64%) Portfolio Management
10 9 (13.64%) Scrum
11 7 (10.61%) Financial Analysis
11 7 (10.61%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.52%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (21.21%) Degree
2 7 (10.61%) PMI Certification
2 7 (10.61%) PMP
3 5 (7.58%) DBS Check
4 3 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (42.42%) PMO
2 6 (9.09%) QA
3 1 (1.52%) GRC
Vendors
1 15 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.55%) Openreach
3 2 (3.03%) Oracle
3 2 (3.03%) Progress
3 2 (3.03%) SAP
3 2 (3.03%) Workday
4 1 (1.52%) Planview
4 1 (1.52%) Remedy
4 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow