IT Governance Contract Job Trends in London

Information Technology Governance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring IT Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 363 407
Rank change year-on-year +7 +44 +142
Contract jobs citing IT Governance 23 13 14
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.17% 0.084% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.094% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 11
10th Percentile £453 £379 £263
25th Percentile £503 £464 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £769 £613
90th Percentile - £1,230 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £600
% change year-on-year - -12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,677 13,842 18,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.44% 89.12% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,339 8,914 13,096
10th Percentile £331 £350 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 166 237
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.43
25th Percentile £25.09 £25.06 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £38.29 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.75% +2.09% -2.27%
75th Percentile £47.25 £58.75 £61.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.38 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.07 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.94% -14.45% +27.14%

IT Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IT Governance job vacancy trend in London

IT Governance
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

IT Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Governance in London over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Governance in London

IT Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IT Governance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IT Governance

IT Governance
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Central London +8 6 £500 -4.76% 5
IT Governance
England

IT Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (17.39%) Workday HCM
2 2 (8.70%) SAP CO
2 2 (8.70%) SAP FI
2 2 (8.70%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (4.35%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) Entra ID
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (17.39%) PaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Boomi
3 1 (4.35%) Google Workspace
3 1 (4.35%) iPaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) LAN
1 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 17 (73.91%) Finance
2 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (21.74%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (17.39%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Banking
7 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Architect
1 5 (21.74%) Programme Manager
1 5 (21.74%) Technical Manager
1 5 (21.74%) Technical Programme Manager
2 4 (17.39%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) Lead
4 2 (8.70%) Audit Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.70%) IT Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Leader
4 2 (8.70%) Workday Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Governance Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.35%) SAP GRC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) .NET
1 4 (17.39%) Lightning Web Components
1 4 (17.39%) RESTful
1 4 (17.39%) Web Services
2 1 (4.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) CMDB
1 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
1 1 (4.35%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Risk Management
1 8 (34.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (30.43%) Migration
3 6 (26.09%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (26.09%) Roadmaps
4 5 (21.74%) Budgeting
4 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
4 5 (21.74%) ITIL
4 5 (21.74%) Project Governance
4 5 (21.74%) Resource Allocation
4 5 (21.74%) Service Management
4 5 (21.74%) TOGAF
4 5 (21.74%) Use Case
5 4 (17.39%) Agile
5 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (17.39%) CRM
5 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (17.39%) Data Privacy
5 4 (17.39%) Security Architecture
5 4 (17.39%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) CISM
3 3 (13.04%) CISA
3 3 (13.04%) CRISC
4 2 (8.70%) ACCA
4 2 (8.70%) CIMA
4 2 (8.70%) CISSP
4 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) CBAP
5 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) GDPR
2 4 (17.39%) COBIT
2 4 (17.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (8.70%) GxP
3 2 (8.70%) IFRS
3 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 2 (8.70%) NIST
3 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.35%) GRC
4 1 (4.35%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Citrix
1 5 (21.74%) ServiceNow
1 5 (21.74%) Workday
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) Salesforce
3 3 (13.04%) Databricks
4 2 (8.70%) SAP
5 1 (4.35%) Atlassian
5 1 (4.35%) CyberArk
5 1 (4.35%) Google
5 1 (4.35%) MuleSoft
5 1 (4.35%) Okta
5 1 (4.35%) VMware