IT Governance Contract Job Trends in Reading

Information Technology Governance
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading 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 71 77 96
Rank change year-on-year +6 +19 -
Contract jobs citing IT Governance 4 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.48% 0.26% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.27% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £414 - -
25th Percentile £434 - £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 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £600 £375
% change year-on-year -16.08% +60.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 725 733 1,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.67% 93.61% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 400 639
10th Percentile £313 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.59% +3.81% -0.94%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £618
90th Percentile £670 £663 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £507 £500
% change year-on-year -1.38% +1.40% -0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 5 34
10th Percentile £30.10 £27.35 £20.17
25th Percentile £58.00 £29.00 £53.80
Median hourly rate £81.50 £61.76 £61.62
Median % change year-on-year +31.96% +0.22% -5.20%
75th Percentile £98.13 £64.73 £66.94
90th Percentile £107.00 £72.20 £86.97
Berkshire median hourly rate £62.25 £61.50 £60.07
% change year-on-year +1.23% +2.37% -1.17%

IT Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

IT Governance job vacancy trend in Reading

IT Governance
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

IT Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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