IT Governance Contracts in England

Information Technology Governance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring IT Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IT Governance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 503 603
Rank change year-on-year +59 +100 +68
Contract jobs citing IT Governance 41 39 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.10% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 25 28
10th Percentile £410 £421 £389
25th Percentile £500 £563 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £510
Median % change year-on-year - +22.55% -2.86%
75th Percentile £791 £775 £743
90th Percentile £850 £955 £851
UK median daily rate £600 £613 £510
% change year-on-year -2.04% +20.10% -7.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

IT Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Governance in England

IT Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Governance in England

IT Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Governance in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Governance in England

IT Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Governance in England

IT Governance
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +47 19 £675 +0.08% 50
South East +45 5 £600 +7.16% 41
Midlands +17 4 £450 -28.00% 24
East Midlands +6 4 £450 - 7
South West +44 3 £600 +4.35% 21
East of England +32 3 £800 +33.33% 32
North of England +16 3 £410 -54.29% 31
North West +18 2 £593 - 16
Yorkshire +8 1 £300 -52.00% 13
IT Governance
UK

IT Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Workday HCM
2 1 (2.44%) Avolution ABACUS
2 1 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.44%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.44%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (36.59%) Azure
2 11 (26.83%) AWS
3 5 (12.20%) GCP
4 3 (7.32%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (7.32%) SaaS
5 2 (4.88%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.44%) Collibra
6 1 (2.44%) IaaS
6 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.44%) PaaS
6 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) Network Security
2 3 (7.32%) WAN
3 2 (4.88%) BGP
3 2 (4.88%) Firewall
3 2 (4.88%) MPLS
3 2 (4.88%) OSPF
3 2 (4.88%) SD-WAN
3 2 (4.88%) VLAN
3 2 (4.88%) VPN
4 1 (2.44%) LAN
4 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Big Data
1 1 (2.44%) Data Mining
1 1 (2.44%) Power BI
1 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) JIRA
2 3 (7.32%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.88%) Git
4 1 (2.44%) Bugzilla
4 1 (2.44%) GitLab
4 1 (2.44%) Selenium
4 1 (2.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (48.78%) Social Skills
2 17 (41.46%) Finance
3 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (21.95%) Banking
5 5 (12.20%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.44%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.44%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.44%) Law
7 1 (2.44%) Legal
7 1 (2.44%) Local Government
7 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Architect
2 8 (19.51%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (12.20%) Lead
4 4 (9.76%) AWS Architect
4 4 (9.76%) AWS Solution Architect
4 4 (9.76%) IT Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) IT Security Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Project Manager
4 4 (9.76%) Security Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Senior
5 3 (7.32%) Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Network Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Applications Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Automation Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Consultant
6 2 (4.88%) Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Security Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Applications Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Workday Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (7.32%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.76%) Security Posture
3 3 (7.32%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.44%) CMDB
5 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.44%) Reference Data
5 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.44%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) Risk Management
2 12 (29.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (26.83%) Strategic Thinking
4 10 (24.39%) Change Management
4 10 (24.39%) Roadmaps
5 9 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (19.51%) ITIL
6 8 (19.51%) TOGAF
7 7 (17.07%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (17.07%) Information Security
7 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (17.07%) Strategic Roadmap
8 6 (14.63%) Agile
8 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
8 6 (14.63%) Service Delivery
8 6 (14.63%) Supplier Management
9 5 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (12.20%) ITSM
9 5 (12.20%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) SQL
2 1 (2.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) Degree
2 7 (17.07%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (12.20%) CISSP
3 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
4 4 (9.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (9.76%) AWS Certification
4 4 (9.76%) Azure Certification
4 4 (9.76%) CCSP
4 4 (9.76%) GCIH
4 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
5 3 (7.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.32%) CCIE
5 3 (7.32%) CCNP
5 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.88%) CISA
6 2 (4.88%) CRISC
6 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.88%) JNCIE
6 2 (4.88%) JNCIP
6 2 (4.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (14.63%) NIST
3 5 (12.20%) QA
4 4 (9.76%) COBIT
4 4 (9.76%) SLA
5 3 (7.32%) ITGC
5 3 (7.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
7 1 (2.44%) COSO
7 1 (2.44%) EU AI Act
7 1 (2.44%) GDPR
7 1 (2.44%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
1 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) Ansible
2 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
1 5 (12.20%) Oracle
2 3 (7.32%) Cisco
2 3 (7.32%) Google
3 2 (4.88%) Fortinet
3 2 (4.88%) Juniper
3 2 (4.88%) Palo Alto
3 2 (4.88%) SAP
3 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.88%) Workday
4 1 (2.44%) Ariba
4 1 (2.44%) BMC
4 1 (2.44%) Remedy
4 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.44%) VMware