Data Governance Manager Contracts

Data Governance Manager
UK

The median Data Governance Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 695 837
Rank change year-on-year +135 +142 -171
Contract jobs requiring a Data Governance Manager 22 17 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.050% 0.028% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.030% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 16
10th Percentile £500 £431 £481
25th Percentile £506 £447 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £503 £538
Median % change year-on-year +9.45% -6.51% -7.33%
75th Percentile £663 £597 £575
90th Percentile £775 £656 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Data Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Governance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance Manager in the UK

Data Governance Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Governance Manager.

Daily rate trend for Data Governance Manager in the UK

Data Governance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Governance Manager over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Governance Manager in the UK

Data Governance Manager
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +131 21 £550 +9.45% 10
UK excluding London +66 13 £550 +10.00% 6
London +104 8 £675 +5.88% 5
Work from Home +118 7 £575 +31.43% 4
East of England +21 7 £500 -
North of England +43 5 £550 +15.79%
North West - 5 £550 -
South East - 1 £700 - 4

Data Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Data Governance Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Data Governance Manager in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 15 (68.18%) Data Quality
2 15 (68.18%) Data Management
3 11 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
5 9 (40.91%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (36.36%) Decision-Making
6 8 (36.36%) Master Data Management
7 7 (31.82%) Finance
8 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (27.27%) Metadata
8 6 (27.27%) Roadmaps
8 6 (27.27%) Data Governance Strategy
9 5 (22.73%) Degree
10 4 (18.18%) QA
10 4 (18.18%) Use Case
10 4 (18.18%) Data Migration
10 4 (18.18%) Migration
10 4 (18.18%) Quality Management
10 4 (18.18%) SAP
10 4 (18.18%) Data Privacy
10 4 (18.18%) SAP MDG
11 3 (13.64%) Data Lineage
11 3 (13.64%) Data Strategy
11 3 (13.64%) Strategic Roadmap
11 3 (13.64%) GDPR
11 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (13.64%) Collibra

Data Governance Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (9.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) AWS
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
1 3 (13.64%) Collibra
1 3 (13.64%) GCP
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (9.09%) Alation
2 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Metadata
2 2 (9.09%) Big Data
2 2 (9.09%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.55%) Power BI
General
1 11 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (40.91%) Influencing Skills
2 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 7 (31.82%) Finance
4 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (13.64%) Publishing
6 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Reference Data
2 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.55%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 15 (68.18%) Data Management
3 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (36.36%) Decision-Making
4 8 (36.36%) Master Data Management
5 6 (27.27%) Data Governance Strategy
5 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (27.27%) Roadmaps
6 4 (18.18%) Data Migration
6 4 (18.18%) Data Privacy
6 4 (18.18%) Migration
6 4 (18.18%) Quality Management
6 4 (18.18%) Use Case
7 3 (13.64%) Data Lineage
7 3 (13.64%) Data Strategy
7 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (13.64%) Strategic Roadmap
7 3 (13.64%) Workflow
8 2 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
8 2 (9.09%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
2 2 (9.09%) PhD
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (68.18%) Data Quality
2 4 (18.18%) QA
3 3 (13.64%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) SAP
2 2 (9.09%) IBM
2 2 (9.09%) Informatica
2 2 (9.09%) Okta
2 2 (9.09%) Symantec
2 2 (9.09%) Talend
2 2 (9.09%) Varonis