Project Governance Job Trends

Project Governance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Project Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 506 589
Rank change year-on-year -61 +83 +113
Permanent jobs citing Project Governance 122 145 251
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.34% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.36% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 69 85 167
10th Percentile £35,250 £45,000 £38,300
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,420 £46,055
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £99,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,946 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.36% +4.76% -4.55%

All Process & 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 58,145 40,321 73,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.92% 93.51% 87.23%
Number of salaries quoted 35,200 22,427 56,120
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,925 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,911 £44,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%
75th Percentile £76,299 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Project Governance job vacancy trend in the UK

Project Governance
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Project Governance

Project Governance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Governance over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Governance in the UK

Project Governance
Top 15 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 16 March 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
England -53 101 £57,946 +0.78% 43
UK excluding London -49 82 £57,946 +5.36% 43
Work from Home +25 51 £57,946 -3.42% 22
North of England -28 43 £51,000 -7.27% 8
North West -4 27 £50,000 -9.09% 4
London -7 23 £76,250 +22.00% 16
Yorkshire -43 14 £57,946 +5.75% 2
South West -30 10 £80,000 +86.05% 3
Wales -13 8 £60,000 - 4
East of England -2 7 £38,500 -54.71%
West Midlands -13 7 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Midlands -27 7 £55,000 -4.35% 9
South East -33 6 £60,000 -14.29% 17
North East - 2 £57,946 - 2
Scotland -17 1 £72,500 -23.68% 2

Project Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 8 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (13.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (11.48%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (9.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.82%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.82%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.82%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.64%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (1.64%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.82%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.82%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.11%) Azure
2 13 (10.66%) Power Platform
3 11 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (8.20%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (4.92%) AWS
6 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.82%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.82%) IaaS
7 1 (0.82%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.82%) SaaS
7 1 (0.82%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.28%) SD-WAN
1 4 (3.28%) WAN
2 2 (1.64%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.02%) Power BI
2 4 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.82%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (8.20%) JIRA
General
1 64 (52.46%) Finance
2 43 (35.25%) Social Skills
3 25 (20.49%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.84%) Public Sector
6 10 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (6.56%) Law
8 7 (5.74%) Manufacturing
8 7 (5.74%) Retail
8 7 (5.74%) Telecoms
9 5 (4.10%) Military
10 4 (3.28%) Advertising
10 4 (3.28%) Legal
11 3 (2.46%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.64%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.82%) Aviation
13 1 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.82%) Police
13 1 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (35.25%) Project Manager
2 31 (25.41%) Senior
3 17 (13.93%) Lead
4 15 (12.30%) Project Officer
4 15 (12.30%) Project Support Officer
4 15 (12.30%) Support Officer
5 13 (10.66%) Senior Manager
6 12 (9.84%) Senior Project Manager
7 9 (7.38%) Supplier Manager
8 8 (6.56%) Senior PMO
9 7 (5.74%) Analyst
9 7 (5.74%) Project Engineer
9 7 (5.74%) Senior Project Officer
9 7 (5.74%) Senior Project Support Officer
10 6 (4.92%) PMO Analyst
10 6 (4.92%) PMO Officer
11 5 (4.10%) Commercial Manager
11 5 (4.10%) Commercial Project Manager
12 4 (3.28%) Head of PMO
12 4 (3.28%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.82%) Middleware
1 1 (0.82%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.74%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.92%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.10%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.10%) Social Media
4 4 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.46%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.64%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.82%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.82%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.82%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.10%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (54.10%) Agile
2 61 (50.00%) Project Management
3 53 (43.44%) Project Delivery
4 52 (42.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (41.80%) PRINCE2
6 33 (27.05%) Budget Management
7 31 (25.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (23.77%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 26 (21.31%) Change Management
10 25 (20.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (18.03%) Risk Management
12 18 (14.75%) Process Improvement
12 18 (14.75%) Waterfall
13 16 (13.11%) Coaching
14 14 (11.48%) Decision-Making
14 14 (11.48%) Scrum
15 13 (10.66%) Portfolio Management
16 12 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
16 12 (9.84%) Requirements Gathering
17 11 (9.02%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.64%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (13.93%) PMI Certification
1 17 (13.93%) PMP
2 16 (13.11%) Degree
3 5 (4.10%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.28%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.64%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.64%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.82%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (34.43%) PMO
2 16 (13.11%) QA
3 3 (2.46%) GRC
4 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.82%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 33 (27.05%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.92%) Oracle
2 6 (4.92%) SAP
3 4 (3.28%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (3.28%) Fortinet
3 4 (3.28%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.46%) Aruba
4 3 (2.46%) Openreach
5 2 (1.64%) Workday
6 1 (0.82%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.82%) Progress
6 1 (0.82%) Remedy
6 1 (0.82%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.82%) VMware