IT Governance Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Information Technology Governance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England 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 195 163 188
Rank change year-on-year -32 +25 +54
Contract jobs citing IT Governance 11 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.24% 0.051% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.060% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £177 - -
25th Percentile £361 £725 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £750 £600
Median % change year-on-year -37.33% +25.00% -9.43%
75th Percentile £553 £775 -
90th Percentile £671 - -
England median daily rate £525 £525 £600
% change year-on-year - -12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.16 - -
Median hourly rate £22.32 - -
75th Percentile £22.47 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.32 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,962 3,333 4,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.24% 84.42% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,617 1,808 2,873
10th Percentile £223 £294 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £556 £575 £600
90th Percentile £669 £655 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 173 204
10th Percentile £15.18 £14.54 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £28.37
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +14.56% +33.51%
75th Percentile £45.46 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.10 £69.95 £60.64
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 the North of England

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

IT Governance job vacancy trend in the North of England

IT Governance
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing IT Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing IT Governance

IT Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Governance in the North of England

IT Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing IT Governance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing IT Governance

IT Governance
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England 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
North West -16 8 £475 -36.67% 7
Yorkshire - 2 £55 - 3
North East - 1 - - 1
IT Governance
England

IT Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 2 (18.18%) Banking
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Administrator
1 5 (45.45%) SAP Administrator
1 5 (45.45%) SAP Support
2 2 (18.18%) Delivery Director
2 2 (18.18%) IT Director
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery Director
2 2 (18.18%) Services Director
3 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) ERP Manager
3 1 (9.09%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Change Management
2 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
2 5 (45.45%) SDLC
2 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Escalation Management
5 2 (18.18%) ITSM
5 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
5 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery Management
5 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (18.18%) Tech Ops
5 2 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
2 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (9.09%) CISA
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) COBIT
1 1 (9.09%) ISO 22301
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) SAP
3 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle