Project Governance Jobs

Project Governance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Project Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Governance over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 581 662 672
Rank change year-on-year +81 +10 +116
Permanent jobs citing Project Governance 147 251 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.23% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.28% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 104 173 178
10th Percentile £41,800 £38,000 £40,850
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,111 £45,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,900 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,063 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,374 89,733 89,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 92.95% 82.98% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 26,156 62,034 53,948
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -9.54% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,890 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.78% -9.09% +4.76%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Project Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Governance.

Salary trend for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Governance over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 June 2025. 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
England +89 137 £63,900 -1.69% 281
UK excluding London +119 103 £57,500 +9.52% 233
Work from Home +87 62 £62,500 -3.85% 155
North of England +74 48 £55,000 +13.40% 35
London +74 32 £75,195 +0.26% 102
South East +79 30 £65,769 +1.18% 83
North West +5 28 £63,900 +24.93% 20
Yorkshire +70 20 £54,793 +28.92% 8
South West +103 8 £60,250 +22.96% 23
Midlands +55 5 £66,250 +26.19% 32
East of England +36 5 £85,000 +30.77% 25
Scotland +88 3 £70,000 +51.35% 18
West Midlands +39 3 £61,250 +16.67% 18
East Midlands +47 2 £67,500 +132.76% 13
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 - 5
Wales +42 1 £47,500 -20.83% 13
Isle of Man - 1 £31,000 -

Project Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (14.29%) Confluence
2 8 (5.44%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.04%) CMS
3 3 (2.04%) Kentico
Applications
1 19 (12.93%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (10.88%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (4.76%) MS Visio
3 7 (4.76%) Trello
4 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.68%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.48%) Power Platform
2 9 (6.12%) Azure
3 6 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.08%) SaaS
4 3 (2.04%) AWS
4 3 (2.04%) BigCommerce
4 3 (2.04%) ClickUp
4 3 (2.04%) Kontent
4 3 (2.04%) Storyblok
5 2 (1.36%) IaaS
5 2 (1.36%) PaaS
6 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.68%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.36%) Broadband
2 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.68%) Firewall
2 1 (0.68%) Internet
2 1 (0.68%) LAN
2 1 (0.68%) Network Security
2 1 (0.68%) WAN
2 1 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.48%) Power BI
2 4 (2.72%) Tableau
3 1 (0.68%) DTS
3 1 (0.68%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 36 (24.49%) JIRA
General
1 49 (33.33%) Finance
1 49 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (10.20%) Law
4 12 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.48%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.72%) Banking
8 4 (2.72%) Marketing
9 3 (2.04%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.36%) Local Government
10 2 (1.36%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.36%) Retail
11 1 (0.68%) Back Office
11 1 (0.68%) Billing
Job Titles
1 53 (36.05%) Project Manager
2 22 (14.97%) Analyst
3 18 (12.24%) Delivery Manager
3 18 (12.24%) Head of AI
3 18 (12.24%) Head of Analytics
4 15 (10.20%) Capability Manager
5 14 (9.52%) IT Manager
5 14 (9.52%) IT Project Manager
6 11 (7.48%) Senior
7 8 (5.44%) Business Analyst
7 8 (5.44%) Lead
7 8 (5.44%) PMO Analyst
7 8 (5.44%) Programme Manager
8 7 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (4.08%) Portfolio Analyst
9 6 (4.08%) Technical Manager
10 5 (3.40%) Lead Project Manager
10 5 (3.40%) Technical Project Manager
11 4 (2.72%) PMO Manager
11 4 (2.72%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.04%) ADO
2 1 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.88%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.76%) Social Media
3 5 (3.40%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.40%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.72%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.04%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.36%) NHS
7 1 (0.68%) Derivative
7 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.68%) Equities
7 1 (0.68%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.68%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.68%) OTC Derivatives
7 1 (0.68%) PMI
7 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.68%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.76%) Windows
1 7 (4.76%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (46.94%) Project Management
2 62 (42.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 58 (39.46%) Project Delivery
4 55 (37.41%) Risk Management
5 51 (34.69%) PRINCE2
6 49 (33.33%) Agile
7 33 (22.45%) Business Case
8 32 (21.77%) Decision-Making
9 29 (19.73%) Budget Management
9 29 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (17.01%) Analytics
10 25 (17.01%) Process Improvement
11 24 (16.33%) Line Management
12 23 (15.65%) Artificial Intelligence
12 23 (15.65%) Roadmaps
13 22 (14.97%) People Management
13 22 (14.97%) Programme Management
14 20 (13.61%) Performance Management
15 19 (12.93%) Change Management
15 19 (12.93%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (24.49%) Degree
2 21 (14.29%) PMP
3 20 (13.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 20 (13.61%) SC Cleared
3 20 (13.61%) Security Cleared
4 18 (12.24%) DV Cleared
5 16 (10.88%) PMI Certification
6 15 (10.20%) HND
7 8 (5.44%) DBS Check
8 6 (4.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.36%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.36%) CISM
9 2 (1.36%) CISSP
9 2 (1.36%) CRISC
9 2 (1.36%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.68%) ISEB
10 1 (0.68%) NVQ Level 4
10 1 (0.68%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (20.41%) PMO
2 12 (8.16%) QA
3 4 (2.72%) GDPR
3 4 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.36%) COBIT
4 2 (1.36%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.36%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.36%) NIST
4 2 (1.36%) SLA
5 1 (0.68%) MiFID
5 1 (0.68%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 28 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.88%) Atlassian
3 6 (4.08%) SAP
4 5 (3.40%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.72%) Oracle
5 4 (2.72%) Planview
6 3 (2.04%) Snow
7 2 (1.36%) Databricks
7 2 (1.36%) IFS
7 2 (1.36%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.68%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.68%) Ariba
8 1 (0.68%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.68%) Cisco
8 1 (0.68%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.68%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.68%) Progress
8 1 (0.68%) VMware