IT Governance Job Trends in Manchester

Information Technology Governance
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester 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 131 152 148
Rank change year-on-year +21 -4 +102
Permanent jobs citing IT Governance 1 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.034% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.16% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £56,750 £45,725
25th Percentile £56,250 £59,375 £48,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +22.07% -9.75%
75th Percentile £58,750 £71,875 £58,813
90th Percentile - £75,250 £61,775
North West median annual salary £57,500 £48,842 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.73% +2.82% +18.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,325 2,507 2,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.71% 94.00% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,407 1,181 1,840
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

IT Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

IT Governance job vacancy trend in Manchester

IT Governance
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IT Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IT Governance

IT Governance
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Governance within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Salford - 1 £57,500 - 1
IT Governance
North West

IT Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft