IT Governance Contracts

Information Technology Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for IT Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IT Governance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 664 723
Rank change year-on-year +107 +59 -89
Contract jobs citing IT Governance 41 55 126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.095% 0.092% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.10% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 30 85
10th Percentile £421 £400 £406
25th Percentile £525 £430 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +20.10% -7.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £775 £734 £650
90th Percentile £955 £829 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £613 £445 £538
% change year-on-year +37.64% -17.21% +28.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.33
25th Percentile - - £15.44
Median hourly rate - - £15.75
75th Percentile - - £15.94
90th Percentile - - £15.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £15.75

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

IT Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Governance.

Daily rate trend for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Governance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Governance.

Hourly rate trend for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Governance within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +117 39 £625 +22.55% 29
UK excluding London +67 29 £613 +37.64% 17
London +88 10 £674 -3.64% 12
Midlands +27 9 £625 - 5
East Midlands - 8 - - 2
North of England +37 6 £897 +55.99% 3
South East +18 6 £560 +31.74% 3
Work from Home +119 5 £575 -12.18% 13
South West +23 5 £575 - 4
North East - 4 £897 -
Scotland +33 2 £525 +13.51% 1
West Midlands +26 1 £625 - 3
Yorkshire +19 1 £625 +8.70% 2
North West - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 £600 - 2

IT 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 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) SAP PM
2 2 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.44%) SAP HCM
3 1 (2.44%) SAP HR
3 1 (2.44%) SAP MM
3 1 (2.44%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (2.44%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.83%) SaaS
2 9 (21.95%) AWS
2 9 (21.95%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (19.51%) Azure
4 1 (2.44%) Boomi
4 1 (2.44%) IaaS
4 1 (2.44%) PaaS
4 1 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Firewall
General
1 20 (48.78%) Finance
2 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
3 11 (26.83%) Legal
4 9 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (17.07%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (12.20%) Banking
7 3 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (4.88%) Aerospace
8 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.44%) International Banking
9 1 (2.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (43.90%) IT Manager
2 8 (19.51%) Delivery Manager
2 8 (19.51%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 8 (19.51%) IT Services Manager
2 8 (19.51%) Service Delivery Manager
2 8 (19.51%) Service Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Architect
5 4 (9.76%) Consultant
5 4 (9.76%) IT Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (9.76%) IT Risk Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Project Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) Business Architect
6 3 (7.32%) Commercial Project Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Architect
6 3 (7.32%) Governance Manager
6 3 (7.32%) IT Governance Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.44%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.44%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.44%) Replication
3 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.51%) Apple iOS
2 2 (4.88%) Windows
3 1 (2.44%) Linux
3 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (34.15%) Risk Management
3 13 (31.71%) Change Management
3 13 (31.71%) Information Security
4 11 (26.83%) ITIL
4 11 (26.83%) ITSM
4 11 (26.83%) Service Management
5 9 (21.95%) Decision-Making
5 9 (21.95%) Problem Management
5 9 (21.95%) Service Delivery
6 8 (19.51%) Business Analysis
6 8 (19.51%) Migration
6 8 (19.51%) People Management
6 8 (19.51%) Performance Metrics
6 8 (19.51%) Roadmaps
6 8 (19.51%) Service Delivery Management
6 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (17.07%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (17.07%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) Swift
2 1 (2.44%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Degree
2 6 (14.63%) CISA
2 6 (14.63%) CISM
2 6 (14.63%) CRISC
3 5 (12.20%) CISSP
4 3 (7.32%) SAP Certification
5 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.88%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.44%) CAPM
6 1 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.44%) PMP
6 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.44%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) GDPR
2 6 (14.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (9.76%) COBIT
4 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (7.32%) NIST
5 2 (4.88%) GRC
6 1 (2.44%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (2.44%) NCSC
6 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.44%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.51%) Okta
3 7 (17.07%) SAP
4 2 (4.88%) OneTrust
5 1 (2.44%) Ariba
5 1 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.44%) Dell
5 1 (2.44%) Oracle