Governance Manager Job Trends in Newport

Governance Manager
South Wales > Newport

The median Governance Manager salary in Newport is £74,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Manager 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 0.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 - -
75th Percentile £76,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £74,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newport. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Newport with a recognized job title 166 63 61
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 100.00% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 113 51 56
10th Percentile £28,800 £36,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,500 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +5.53% -0.50%
75th Percentile £73,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £84,560 £95,000 £70,000
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%

Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, Governance Manager job roles required 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 Newport region featuring Governance Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Governance Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST