IT Governance Contracts

Information Technology Governance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring IT Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IT Governance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 541 663
Rank change year-on-year +71 +122 +71
Contract jobs citing IT Governance 50 41 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.094% 0.092%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 26 30
10th Percentile £391 £421 £396
25th Percentile £479 £525 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +20.10% -7.27%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £734
90th Percentile £850 £955 £829
UK excluding London median daily rate £569 £613 £435
% change year-on-year -7.14% +40.80% -19.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

IT Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IT Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Governance.

Daily rate trend for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Governance over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Governance.

Hourly rate trend for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +59 41 £625 - 91
UK excluding London +55 21 £569 -7.14% 68
London +47 19 £675 +0.08% 32
Work from Home +48 12 £500 -13.04% 36
South East +45 5 £600 +7.16% 21
Midlands +17 4 £450 -28.00% 9
East Midlands +6 4 £450 - 1
South West +44 3 £600 +4.35% 10
East of England +32 3 £800 +33.33% 15
North of England +16 3 £410 -54.29% 13
North West +18 2 £593 - 8
Wales - 2 £388 -
Yorkshire +8 1 £300 -52.00% 6
Northern Ireland - 1 £425 -

IT Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Workday HCM
2 1 (2.00%) Avolution ABACUS
2 1 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.00%) Azure
2 11 (22.00%) AWS
3 5 (10.00%) GCP
4 3 (6.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (6.00%) SaaS
5 2 (4.00%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.00%) Collibra
6 1 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.00%) IaaS
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.00%) PaaS
6 1 (2.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.00%) Network Security
2 3 (6.00%) Firewall
2 3 (6.00%) WAN
3 2 (4.00%) BGP
3 2 (4.00%) MPLS
3 2 (4.00%) OSPF
3 2 (4.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (4.00%) VLAN
3 2 (4.00%) VPN
4 1 (2.00%) LAN
4 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Big Data
1 1 (2.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (2.00%) Power BI
1 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) JIRA
2 3 (6.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.00%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (4.00%) Git
4 1 (2.00%) Bugzilla
4 1 (2.00%) GitLab
4 1 (2.00%) Selenium
4 1 (2.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 25 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (36.00%) Finance
3 12 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (20.00%) Banking
5 5 (10.00%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.00%) General Ledger
6 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Investment Banking
6 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Law
7 1 (2.00%) Legal
7 1 (2.00%) Local Government
7 1 (2.00%) Marketing
7 1 (2.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (22.00%) Architect
2 8 (16.00%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (10.00%) Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Lead
3 5 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.00%) AWS Architect
4 4 (8.00%) AWS Solution Architect
4 4 (8.00%) IT Engineer
4 4 (8.00%) IT Security Engineer
4 4 (8.00%) Security Engineer
4 4 (8.00%) Senior
5 3 (6.00%) Network Architect
5 3 (6.00%) Security Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Applications Developer
6 2 (4.00%) Consultant
6 2 (4.00%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Product Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Senior Applications Developer
6 2 (4.00%) Senior Developer
6 2 (4.00%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (6.00%) .NET
3 1 (2.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.00%) CMDB
5 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) Life Science
5 1 (2.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.00%) Reference Data
5 1 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.00%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.00%) Windows
1 2 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.00%) Risk Management
2 13 (26.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (24.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 10 (20.00%) Change Management
4 10 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (20.00%) ITIL
4 10 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 8 (16.00%) Agile
5 8 (16.00%) TOGAF
6 7 (14.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (14.00%) Decision-Making
6 7 (14.00%) Information Security
6 7 (14.00%) Migration
6 7 (14.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 6 (12.00%) Cloud Security
7 6 (12.00%) Computer Science
7 6 (12.00%) SIEM
7 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) SQL
2 2 (4.00%) C#
3 1 (2.00%) Java
3 1 (2.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (18.00%) Degree
2 7 (14.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (12.00%) CISSP
4 5 (10.00%) GCIH
4 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (8.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (8.00%) AWS Certification
5 4 (8.00%) Azure Certification
5 4 (8.00%) CCSP
5 4 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (8.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (6.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.00%) CCIE
6 3 (6.00%) CCNP
7 2 (4.00%) CISA
7 2 (4.00%) CISM
7 2 (4.00%) DV Cleared
7 2 (4.00%) JNCIE
7 2 (4.00%) JNCIP
7 2 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (14.00%) NIST
3 5 (10.00%) QA
4 4 (8.00%) COBIT
4 4 (8.00%) SLA
5 3 (6.00%) Data Quality
5 3 (6.00%) ITGC
5 3 (6.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.00%) COSO
7 1 (2.00%) EU AI Act
7 1 (2.00%) GDPR
7 1 (2.00%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Docker
1 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.00%) Ansible
2 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (16.00%) Oracle
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.00%) Cisco
3 3 (6.00%) Google
4 2 (4.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.00%) Juniper
4 2 (4.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.00%) SAP
4 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.00%) Workday
5 1 (2.00%) Ariba
5 1 (2.00%) BMC
5 1 (2.00%) Databricks
5 1 (2.00%) Remedy
5 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.00%) VMware