IT Governance Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Information Technology Governance
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring IT Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 100 128
Rank change year-on-year -10 +28 -
Contract jobs citing IT Governance 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.25% 0.23% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.25% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £414 £520 -
25th Percentile £434 £550 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £600 £375
Median % change year-on-year -16.08% +60.00% -
75th Percentile £539 - £388
90th Percentile £546 - -
South East median daily rate £458 £600 £667
% change year-on-year -23.75% -10.04% +51.59%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

IT Governance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,406 1,198 1,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 86.58% 92.80% 91.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 956 656 1,009
10th Percentile £288 £300 £213
25th Percentile £401 £407 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.40% -0.20%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £608
90th Percentile £650 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year -0.05% -1.53% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 35 94
10th Percentile £16.48 £27.35 £20.49
25th Percentile £20.79 £47.06 £42.50
Median hourly rate £62.25 £61.50 £60.07
Median % change year-on-year +1.23% +2.37% -1.17%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.17 £67.73
90th Percentile £106.50 £83.65 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.44% -5.26% +5.56%

IT Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IT Governance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

IT Governance job vacancy trend in Berkshire

IT Governance
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IT Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IT Governance

IT Governance
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 February 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +6 4 £504 -16.08% 2
IT Governance
South East

IT Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) IT Audit
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
1 1 (25.00%) COSO
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) VMware