IT Governance Job Trends in Merseyside

Information Technology Governance
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside citing IT Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 15 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	62	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing IT Governance	11	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside	0.86%	-	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.18%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	6	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£28,500	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£29,000	-	-
75^th Percentile	£29,500	-	-
90^th Percentile	£51,500	-	-
North West median annual salary	£29,000	£68,750	£47,683
% change year-on-year	-57.82%	+44.18%	+4.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 citing process or methodology skills in Merseyside.

	6 months to 15 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	935	527	572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside	73.45%	85.28%	77.93%
Number of salaries quoted	643	294	330
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,250	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,000	£36,438
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£53,000	£50,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+6.00%	-	+1.01%
75^th Percentile	£68,750	£60,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£70,000	£77,500
North West median annual salary	£55,000	£50,000	£52,000
% change year-on-year	+10.00%	-3.85%	-5.45%

IT Governance Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

IT Governance Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing IT Governance.

IT Governance Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Governance in Merseyside over the 6 months to 15 November 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Governance in Merseyside

IT Governance Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Governance within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 15 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Liverpool	-	6	£29,000	-	2
St Helens	-	5	-	-
IT Governance North West

IT Governance Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 15 November 2026, job vacancies citing IT Governance also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Merseyside region citing IT Governance.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	90.9%	10
2	ACCA	45.5%	5
2	Active Directory	45.5%	5
2	Asset Management	45.5%	5
2	CIMA	45.5%	5
2	Collaborative Culture	45.5%	5
2	Customer Service	45.5%	5
2	Data Protection	45.5%	5
2	IT Asset Management	45.5%	5
2	Microsoft	45.5%	5
2	Microsoft Intune	45.5%	5
2	Problem-Solving	45.5%	5
2	Risk Management	45.5%	5
2	Stakeholder Management	45.5%	5
15	Business Case	9.1%	1
15	Business Strategy	9.1%	1
15	Cybersecurity	9.1%	1
15	Digital Transformation Programme	9.1%	1
15	IT Strategy	9.1%	1
15	Roadmaps	9.1%	1
15	Technology Roadmap	9.1%	1
15	Technology Strategy	9.1%	1
15	Translating Business Requirements	9.1%	1

IT Governance Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	90.9%	10
2	Asset Management	45.5%	5
2	Collaborative Culture	45.5%	5
2	Customer Service	45.5%	5
2	Data Protection	45.5%	5
2	IT Asset Management	45.5%	5
2	Problem-Solving	45.5%	5
2	Risk Management	45.5%	5
2	Stakeholder Management	45.5%	5
10	Business Case	9.1%	1
10	Business Strategy	9.1%	1
10	Cybersecurity	9.1%	1
10	Digital Transformation Programme	9.1%	1
10	IT Strategy	9.1%	1
10	Roadmaps	9.1%	1
10	Technology Roadmap	9.1%	1
10	Technology Strategy	9.1%	1
10	Translating Business Requirements	9.1%	1