IT Governance Job Trends in the City of London

Information Technology Governance
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring IT Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 160 166
Rank change year-on-year +32 +6 +72
Permanent jobs citing IT Governance 6 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.26% 0.19% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.20% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £70,625 - -
25th Percentile £77,188 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -13.04% -32.35%
75th Percentile - - £61,250
90th Percentile £98,750 - -
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +60.00% -13.04% -32.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

IT Governance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,992 2,540 2,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.35% 95.67% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,457 1,620 2,368
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

IT Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IT Governance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

IT Governance job vacancy trend in the City of London

IT Governance
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing IT Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing IT Governance

IT Governance
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Governance in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Governance in the City of London

IT Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Attestation
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
1 3 (50.00%) CRISC
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (16.67%) MCSE
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GRC
2 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) NIST
3 1 (16.67%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) VMware