IT Governance Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Information Technology Governance
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring IT Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 109 140
Rank change year-on-year -3 +31 +25
Contract jobs citing IT Governance 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.065% 0.24% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.27% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 -
UK median daily rate £487 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -18.83% - -5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,344 1,495 2,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.44% 89.25% 91.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 771 885 1,345
10th Percentile £238 £230 £250
25th Percentile £384 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -9.55% +4.74%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £693
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 44 52
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.90 £19.59 £15.86
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +23.72% +2.65%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.35
90th Percentile £48.98 £32.66 £72.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%

IT Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

IT Governance job vacancy trend in Scotland

IT Governance
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

IT Governance
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Edinburgh +7 1 - -
IT Governance
UK

IT Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle