Information Technology Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for IT Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 782 822 915
Rank change year-on-year +40 +93 -141
Permanent jobs citing IT Governance 114 148 318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.14% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.15% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 81 116 269
10th Percentile £37,283 £43,250 £36,650
25th Percentile £41,125 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £79,063 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £51,250 £46,500
% change year-on-year -1.46% +10.22% -16.48%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +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%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +85 111 £52,500 -7.37% 29
UK excluding London +17 78 £50,500 -1.46% 16
London +100 33 £52,900 -29.47% 12
Midlands +34 32 £40,000 -51.52% 5
Work from Home +41 25 £68,500 +29.25% 12
West Midlands +43 23 £40,000 -51.52% 3
South East +23 15 £50,500 -8.18% 3
East of England +20 15 £44,500 -11.00% 2
South West -3 10 £57,500 +8.49% 4
East Midlands - 9 £32,500 - 2
North of England +38 6 £62,500 +25.00% 3
Yorkshire +85 3 £50,000 -6.54% 2
North West +12 3 £82,101 - 1

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 8 (7.02%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Sage 200
1 3 (2.63%) Sage 300 ERP
2 1 (0.88%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.88%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (20.18%) Azure
2 15 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (11.40%) Smartsheet
4 11 (9.65%) SaaS
5 8 (7.02%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.26%) AWS
6 6 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (5.26%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.39%) PaaS
8 3 (2.63%) IaaS
9 2 (1.75%) OCI
10 1 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.65%) Wireless
2 8 (7.02%) Firewall
2 8 (7.02%) VPN
3 6 (5.26%) Network Security
4 4 (3.51%) WAN
5 3 (2.63%) Internet
5 3 (2.63%) LAN
6 2 (1.75%) Intranet
6 2 (1.75%) SAN
7 1 (0.88%) BGP
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.88%) DHCP
7 1 (0.88%) DNS
7 1 (0.88%) MPLS
7 1 (0.88%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.88%) SNMP
7 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.88%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.39%) Power BI
2 3 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.75%) OLTP
3 2 (1.75%) Tableau
4 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.51%) JIRA
2 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 68 (59.65%) Social Skills
2 23 (20.18%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (17.54%) Finance
4 15 (13.16%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (6.14%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (6.14%) Legal
6 6 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.63%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.75%) Back Office
9 2 (1.75%) Retail
9 2 (1.75%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.88%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.88%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 16 (14.04%) Project Manager
2 15 (13.16%) Lead
3 14 (12.28%) Senior
4 13 (11.40%) Applications Manager
4 13 (11.40%) Applications Project Manager
5 9 (7.89%) Governance Manager
5 9 (7.89%) Risk Manager
6 8 (7.02%) Analyst
6 8 (7.02%) Communications Officer
6 8 (7.02%) IT Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) Senior Communications Officer
7 7 (6.14%) IT Manager
8 6 (5.26%) Administrator
8 6 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (4.39%) IT Support
9 5 (4.39%) IT Technician
9 5 (4.39%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
9 5 (4.39%) Security Manager
10 4 (3.51%) IT Governance Manager
10 4 (3.51%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.63%) XML
2 2 (1.75%) .NET
3 1 (0.88%) FHIR
3 1 (0.88%) LDAP
3 1 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.88%) RESTful
3 1 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.93%) Management Information System
2 13 (11.40%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (9.65%) CCTV
3 11 (9.65%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (7.02%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.51%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (3.51%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.63%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.75%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.75%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.75%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.88%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.88%) NHS
8 1 (0.88%) PACS
8 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (19.30%) Windows
2 17 (14.91%) Windows 10
3 11 (9.65%) Windows Server 2016
3 11 (9.65%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (2.63%) Linux
4 3 (2.63%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.88%) Android
5 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.88%) CentOS
5 1 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (30.70%) Customer Service
1 35 (30.70%) Project Management
2 31 (27.19%) ITIL
3 27 (23.68%) Risk Management
4 23 (20.18%) Agile
4 23 (20.18%) Change Management
4 23 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (14.04%) Business Continuity
5 16 (14.04%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (14.04%) Project Delivery
6 15 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (13.16%) Service Management
7 14 (12.28%) Programme Management
7 14 (12.28%) Service Delivery
7 14 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (11.40%) Line Management
8 13 (11.40%) Roadmaps
9 12 (10.53%) Innovative Thinking
9 12 (10.53%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.26%) PowerShell
1 6 (5.26%) SQL
2 3 (2.63%) Java
2 3 (2.63%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.75%) PHP
3 2 (1.75%) Python
3 2 (1.75%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.88%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (16.67%) Degree
2 14 (12.28%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (11.40%) A+ Certification
3 13 (11.40%) Network+ Certification
4 12 (10.53%) CCNP
5 11 (9.65%) DBS Check
6 5 (4.39%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.39%) Security Cleared
7 4 (3.51%) CISM
7 4 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.51%) CRISC
8 3 (2.63%) CISA
8 3 (2.63%) CISSP
8 3 (2.63%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.75%) CCNA
9 2 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.75%) MCITP
9 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.77%) GDPR
2 9 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (6.14%) GRC
4 6 (5.26%) COBIT
4 6 (5.26%) QA
5 5 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (3.51%) ISO 22301
7 3 (2.63%) NIST
7 3 (2.63%) PCI DSS
7 3 (2.63%) SLA
8 2 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.88%) HL7
9 1 (0.88%) NCSC
9 1 (0.88%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (11.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.39%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.51%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.75%) Docker
5 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.88%) Ansible
3 1 (0.88%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 35 (30.70%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.40%) VMware
3 12 (10.53%) Cisco
4 6 (5.26%) Meraki
5 5 (4.39%) SonicWALL
6 3 (2.63%) Sage
7 2 (1.75%) Citrix
8 1 (0.88%) F5
8 1 (0.88%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.88%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle
8 1 (0.88%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.88%) Progress
8 1 (0.88%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.88%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.88%) SAP
8 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.88%) SolarWinds