IT Governance Jobs

Information Technology Governance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring IT Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IT Governance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 583 781 840
Rank change year-on-year +198 +59 +50
Permanent jobs citing IT Governance 109 115 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 78 81 114
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,283 £42,950
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,125 £48,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,075 £82,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +8.91% -3.81% +12.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

IT Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IT Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Governance.

Salary trend for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Governance over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Governance in the UK

IT Governance
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Governance within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
England +167 105 £55,000 +4.76% 91
UK excluding London +208 78 £55,000 +8.91% 68
Midlands +90 40 £55,000 +37.50% 9
West Midlands +67 40 £55,000 +37.50% 8
London +114 37 £72,500 +37.05% 32
Work from Home +200 31 £60,000 -12.41% 35
East of England +59 17 £47,500 +6.74% 15
South East +104 11 £65,000 +28.71% 21
North of England +85 6 £55,000 -12.00% 13
South West +100 3 £57,500 - 10
Yorkshire +76 3 £62,500 +25.00% 6
North West +32 3 £55,000 -33.01% 8
Scotland - 1 £50,000 - 3

IT Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.92%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.92%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 31 (28.44%) Azure
2 13 (11.93%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (8.26%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.26%) SaaS
4 6 (5.50%) AWS
4 6 (5.50%) IaaS
4 6 (5.50%) PaaS
5 2 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.83%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.83%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.92%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.92%) GCP
6 1 (0.92%) GitHub
6 1 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 19 (17.43%) Firewall
2 10 (9.17%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (2.75%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (1.83%) Internet
5 1 (0.92%) DHCP
5 1 (0.92%) DNS
5 1 (0.92%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.92%) VPN
5 1 (0.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.50%) Power BI
2 2 (1.83%) Big Data
3 1 (0.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.83%) JIRA
General
1 59 (54.13%) Finance
2 32 (29.36%) Social Skills
3 26 (23.85%) Retail
4 25 (22.94%) Telecoms
5 22 (20.18%) Marketing
6 10 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (9.17%) Legal
7 8 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (7.34%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.67%) Banking
10 3 (2.75%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.75%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.83%) Police
12 1 (0.92%) Automotive
12 1 (0.92%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.92%) Law
12 1 (0.92%) Military
12 1 (0.92%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 26 (23.85%) Risk Manager
2 23 (21.10%) Technology Risk Manager
3 18 (16.51%) IT Manager
3 18 (16.51%) Lead
4 7 (6.42%) Analyst
5 5 (4.59%) Governance Manager
5 5 (4.59%) Head of IT
5 5 (4.59%) Help Desk Manager
6 4 (3.67%) Business Analyst
6 4 (3.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (3.67%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (3.67%) IT Support
6 4 (3.67%) Service Delivery Manager
6 4 (3.67%) Support Team Leader
6 4 (3.67%) Team Leader
7 3 (2.75%) Architect
7 3 (2.75%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (2.75%) Senior Manager
7 3 (2.75%) Service Manager
7 3 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.83%) .NET
1 2 (1.83%) React
2 1 (0.92%) CSS
2 1 (0.92%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.10%) Blockchain
1 23 (21.10%) Robotics
2 16 (14.68%) Management Information System
3 10 (9.17%) Private Cloud
4 6 (5.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.67%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.75%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.83%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.83%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.83%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.83%) PKI
7 2 (1.83%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.92%) SCADA
8 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (24.77%) Windows
2 9 (8.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.83%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (45.87%) Risk Management
2 35 (32.11%) ITIL
3 34 (31.19%) Mentoring
4 31 (28.44%) Agile
5 27 (24.77%) Analytics
5 27 (24.77%) Artificial Intelligence
5 27 (24.77%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (23.85%) Project Delivery
7 25 (22.94%) Data Analytics
8 24 (22.02%) Coaching
8 24 (22.02%) Information Security
9 23 (21.10%) Creative Thinking
9 23 (21.10%) People Management
9 23 (21.10%) Robotic Process Automation
10 22 (20.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (14.68%) Project Management
11 16 (14.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (12.84%) IT Strategy
12 14 (12.84%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.76%) PowerShell
2 12 (11.01%) Python
3 10 (9.17%) Bash
3 10 (9.17%) C#
4 2 (1.83%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.92%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (13.76%) Degree
2 8 (7.34%) CISM
3 7 (6.42%) CISA
4 6 (5.50%) CRISC
5 5 (4.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.67%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.67%) CISSP
7 3 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.75%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.75%) PMP
7 3 (2.75%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.75%) Security Cleared
8 2 (1.83%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.83%) APMG
8 2 (1.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (1.83%) CIMA
8 2 (1.83%) Cyber Scheme
8 2 (1.83%) ISACA
8 2 (1.83%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (22.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 25 (22.94%) ITGC
2 17 (15.60%) COBIT
3 13 (11.93%) GRC
4 11 (10.09%) NIST
5 4 (3.67%) GDPR
6 2 (1.83%) COSO
6 2 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.83%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.83%) PMO
6 2 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.92%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.92%) GAAP
7 1 (0.92%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 6 (5.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.92%) Docker
3 1 (0.92%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.75%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (2.75%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.75%) SCCM
3 1 (0.92%) Ansible
3 1 (0.92%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (33.94%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.42%) Cisco
3 4 (3.67%) VMware
4 3 (2.75%) Meraki
5 2 (1.83%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.83%) Workday
6 1 (0.92%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.92%) Canon
6 1 (0.92%) Foundry
6 1 (0.92%) Google
6 1 (0.92%) Palantir
6 1 (0.92%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.92%) SAP