Project Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Project Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Governance over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 644 684 697
Rank change year-on-year +40 +13 +59
Permanent jobs citing Project Governance 255 316 571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.30% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.31% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 171 225 354
10th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,500 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.54%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £68,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £87,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Governance is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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 +70 227 £63,750 +8.95% 63
UK excluding London +9 168 £52,500 - 46
Work from Home +48 82 £65,000 +18.18% 29
London +97 77 £74,000 +18.40% 23
South East +42 49 £65,000 +4.00% 8
Midlands +10 36 £52,500 +7.69% 3
North of England +10 36 £39,000 -24.27% 11
West Midlands +15 28 £52,500 +7.69% 2
North West -4 21 £48,500 -5.83% 6
South West -24 18 £48,111 -8.36% 9
Scotland -48 15 £48,750 -53.57% 9
East of England +28 10 £61,250 -2.00% 6
North East +3 9 £39,000 -25.71% 2
East Midlands -9 8 £29,000 -30.54% 1
Yorkshire +69 6 £42,500 -19.05% 3
Northern Ireland +22 3 - -
Wales +1 1 £60,000 -14.29% 1

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 13 (5.10%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.31%) Confluence
3 7 (2.75%) MS Project Server
4 4 (1.57%) CMS
Applications
1 50 (19.61%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (4.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (2.35%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.18%) BPCS
1 3 (1.18%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.18%) Dynamics GP
1 3 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (1.18%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.78%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.78%) Primavera
2 2 (0.78%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.78%) Shopify
3 1 (0.39%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 29 (11.37%) SaaS
2 15 (5.88%) IaaS
2 15 (5.88%) PaaS
3 12 (4.71%) Azure
4 7 (2.75%) Power Platform
4 7 (2.75%) Smartsheet
5 6 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.57%) AWS
6 4 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.57%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.78%) Asana
8 2 (0.78%) Basecamp
8 2 (0.78%) Google Drive
8 2 (0.78%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.78%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.53%) 5G
2 8 (3.14%) Network Security
3 4 (1.57%) LAN
3 4 (1.57%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (1.57%) WAN
3 4 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.39%) 4G
4 1 (0.39%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.96%) Power BI
2 4 (1.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.78%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.78%) Tableau
4 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 20 (7.84%) JIRA
General
1 124 (48.63%) Social Skills
2 95 (37.25%) Finance
3 35 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (11.37%) Legal
4 29 (11.37%) Presentation Skills
5 24 (9.41%) Retail
6 18 (7.06%) Law
7 13 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.53%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.14%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.75%) Billing
11 6 (2.35%) Banking
11 6 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.96%) Marketing
13 4 (1.57%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.18%) French Language
14 3 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.18%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.78%) Advertising
15 2 (0.78%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 148 (58.04%) Project Manager
2 46 (18.04%) Senior
3 41 (16.08%) Senior Manager
4 38 (14.90%) Senior Project Manager
5 33 (12.94%) IT Manager
6 20 (7.84%) Coordinator
7 19 (7.45%) IT Project Manager
8 18 (7.06%) Lead
9 17 (6.67%) Analyst
10 14 (5.49%) Infrastructure Manager
11 13 (5.10%) PMO Coordinator
12 12 (4.71%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 10 (3.92%) Business Analyst
14 9 (3.53%) Engineering Manager
14 9 (3.53%) Technical Manager
15 8 (3.14%) Pensions Project Manager
15 8 (3.14%) Senior IT Manager
15 8 (3.14%) Senior IT Project Manager
15 8 (3.14%) Technical Project Manager
16 7 (2.75%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.75%) Flash
2 6 (2.35%) Middleware
2 6 (2.35%) Web Services
3 3 (1.18%) ADO
4 2 (0.78%) .NET
4 2 (0.78%) CSS
4 2 (0.78%) Express.js
4 2 (0.78%) HTML
4 2 (0.78%) MERN Stack
4 2 (0.78%) Node.js
4 2 (0.78%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.41%) PMI
1 24 (9.41%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (7.45%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.53%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.35%) Operational Technology
5 5 (1.96%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.18%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.18%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.18%) Robotics
7 2 (0.78%) FMCG
7 2 (0.78%) Photography
7 2 (0.78%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.39%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.39%) Contactless
8 1 (0.39%) EMV
8 1 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.39%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.39%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.18%) Windows
2 2 (0.78%) Android
2 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (75.69%) Project Management
2 104 (40.78%) Agile
3 90 (35.29%) Project Delivery
4 88 (34.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 66 (25.88%) PRINCE2
6 49 (19.22%) Change Management
7 44 (17.25%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (15.69%) Waterfall
9 37 (14.51%) Programme Management
9 37 (14.51%) Risk Management
10 35 (13.73%) Line Management
11 26 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (10.20%) Decision-Making
12 25 (9.80%) Business Case
13 24 (9.41%) Business Analysis
13 24 (9.41%) Migration
13 24 (9.41%) Scrum
14 23 (9.02%) Time Management
15 22 (8.63%) Budget Management
15 22 (8.63%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.78%) Google Apps Script
1 2 (0.78%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 67 (26.27%) Degree
2 34 (13.33%) PMI Certification
3 20 (7.84%) PMP
4 9 (3.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 8 (3.14%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (1.57%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.57%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.57%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.57%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.57%) RIBA
7 4 (1.57%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.78%) CAPM
9 2 (0.78%) HNC
10 1 (0.39%) ACCA
10 1 (0.39%) APMG
10 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.39%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (38.43%) PMO
2 22 (8.63%) QA
3 16 (6.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.53%) ISO 9001
5 6 (2.35%) COBIT
5 6 (2.35%) NIST
5 6 (2.35%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.96%) GRC
7 4 (1.57%) P3O
8 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.78%) GDPR
9 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (11.37%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.14%) CheckPoint
3 7 (2.75%) SAP
4 3 (1.18%) Epicor
4 3 (1.18%) IFS
4 3 (1.18%) Infor
4 3 (1.18%) JD Edwards
4 3 (1.18%) Oracle
4 3 (1.18%) Sage
5 2 (0.78%) Adobe
5 2 (0.78%) Alteryx
5 2 (0.78%) Google
5 2 (0.78%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.39%) Cadence
6 1 (0.39%) Citrix
6 1 (0.39%) Planview
6 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.39%) Wrike
6 1 (0.39%) Zoho