IT Governance Manager Contract Job Trends

IT Governance Manager
UK

The median IT Governance Manager daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 - 600
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Governance Manager 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £443 - £564
25th Percentile £488 - £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £588
75th Percentile £738 - £616
90th Percentile £828 - £621
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £575

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 35,104 29,073 41,093
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 92.88% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,171 17,758 27,208
10th Percentile £300 £291 £275
25th Percentile £405 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £477 £495
% change year-on-year -0.42% -3.64% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,077 858 2,114
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.98 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.23
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% -13.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £61.18 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.53 £73.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £30.98 £40.00
% change year-on-year -11.23% -22.56% +33.33%

IT Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

IT Governance Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

IT Governance Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

IT Governance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Governance Manager over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Governance Manager in the UK

IT Governance Manager
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 January 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
London - 3 £575 - 1
England - 3 £575 - 4
Work from Home - 1 £875 - 3

IT Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 January 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 featuring IT Governance Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (33.33%) CRISC
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) SLA

IT Governance Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) SLA