IT Governance Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Governance Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Governance Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 - 395
Rank change year-on-year - - +63
Contract jobs requiring an IT Governance Manager 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.018% - 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% - 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £397 - -
25th Percentile £419 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 - £575
75th Percentile £473 - £616
90th Percentile - - £666
UK median daily rate £465 - £575

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 20,576 11,660 19,540
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.79% 92.47% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,177 7,598 12,133
10th Percentile £261 £213 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £582 £588 £595
90th Percentile £675 £660 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,250 748 2,112
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.84 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £19.19 £15.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £31.88 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +25.47% -3.09% -21.32%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £38.63 £32.50 £32.90
% change year-on-year +18.86% -1.20% -25.00%

IT Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Governance Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

IT Governance Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Governance Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Governance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Governance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Governance Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Governance Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 March 2026. 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
South East - 3 £465 - 1
Wales - 1 - -
IT Governance Manager
UK

IT Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 March 2026, IT Governance Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Governance Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) IT Governance
2 3 (75.00%) Attestation
2 3 (75.00%) GRC
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) GDPR
3 1 (25.00%) IASME
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management

IT Governance Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) IT Governance
2 3 (75.00%) Attestation
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) IASME
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001