Hybrid/Remote IT Governance Contract Job Trends

Information Technology Governance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring IT Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 308 370
Rank change year-on-year -1 +62 +162
Contract jobs citing IT Governance 16 9 11
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.16% 0.078% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.087% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 11
10th Percentile £435 £279 £363
25th Percentile £459 £397 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £488 £665
Median % change year-on-year +4.31% -26.69% +8.57%
75th Percentile £541 £500 £667
90th Percentile £550 - £700
UK median daily rate £487 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -18.83% - -5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,256 10,339 15,005
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.77% 89.31% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,106 6,494 10,260
10th Percentile £331 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 209 360
10th Percentile £15.27 £17.98 £19.99
25th Percentile £20.47 £22.00 £28.03
Median hourly rate £42.75 £35.25 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +21.28% -34.42% -6.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.10 £70.53
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

IT Governance
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IT Governance and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

IT Governance job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

IT Governance
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IT Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IT Governance

IT Governance
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IT Governance over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

IT Governance daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

IT Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Confluence
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) SAP CO
1 2 (12.50%) SAP FI
1 2 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (6.25%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (6.25%) SAP GRC
2 1 (6.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) Google Workspace
3 1 (6.25%) PaaS
3 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.25%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
1 1 (6.25%) Network Security
1 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
1 1 (6.25%) WAN
1 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 12 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Retail
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Business Continuity Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) ERP Manager
3 1 (6.25%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Governance Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.25%) SAP CO Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) SAP FI Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) SAP GRC Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Security Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Service Transition Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (6.25%) REST
1 1 (6.25%) RESTful
1 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
1 1 (6.25%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (6.25%) Life Science
1 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
1 1 (6.25%) PMI
1 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Roadmaps
1 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
2 5 (31.25%) ITIL
3 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (25.00%) Data Privacy
3 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (25.00%) Validation
4 3 (18.75%) Business Continuity
4 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
4 3 (18.75%) Service Management
4 3 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (12.50%) Change Management
5 2 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Information Security
5 2 (12.50%) ITSM
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.25%) X++
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) CISA
2 4 (25.00%) CISM
3 3 (18.75%) CISSP
4 2 (12.50%) ACCA
4 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (12.50%) CIMA
4 2 (12.50%) CRISC
4 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
5 1 (6.25%) CBAP
5 1 (6.25%) CCNP
5 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (6.25%) DBS Check
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) GDPR
1 5 (31.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (18.75%) COBIT
3 2 (12.50%) GxP
3 2 (12.50%) IFRS
3 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 2 (12.50%) NIST
3 2 (12.50%) PCI DSS
4 1 (6.25%) COSO
4 1 (6.25%) GRC
4 1 (6.25%) ISO 22301
4 1 (6.25%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) SAP
2 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle
3 2 (12.50%) VMware
4 1 (6.25%) Atlassian
4 1 (6.25%) CyberArk
4 1 (6.25%) Databricks
4 1 (6.25%) Google
4 1 (6.25%) Okta
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 1 (6.25%) Siemens
4 1 (6.25%) Workday