Governance Consultant Contracts

Governance Consultant
UK

The median Governance Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 684 834
Rank change year-on-year +116 +150 -161
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Consultant 23 21 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.036% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.038% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 6
10th Percentile - £420 £438
25th Percentile £425 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +18.92%
75th Percentile £775 £588 £625
90th Percentile £818 £650 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +14.29% +16.67% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £66.40
25th Percentile - - £67.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.50
75th Percentile - - £76.50
90th Percentile - - £78.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 39,936 54,901 83,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.65% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,997 38,348 58,485
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,536 2,031
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.13 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £19.67
% change year-on-year -5.73% +115.78% +3.50%

Governance Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Consultant in the UK

Governance Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Governance Consultant in the UK

Governance Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Governance Consultant over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Governance Consultant in the UK

Governance Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Governance Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for Governance Consultant in the UK

Governance Consultant
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Governance Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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 +119 18 £600 +17.07% 12
Work from Home +130 12 £450 -10.00% 5
London +87 10 £725 +38.10% 7
UK excluding London +57 8 £600 +14.29% 6
Midlands - 7 £525 -
West Midlands - 5 £450 -
South East - 1 £750 - 2

Governance Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Governance Consultant 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 Governance Consultant in the job title.

1 21 (91.30%) Data Governance
2 11 (47.83%) Data Quality
3 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
4 9 (39.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (34.78%) Informatica
5 8 (34.78%) Data Lineage
6 7 (30.43%) Decision-Making
6 7 (30.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 7 (30.43%) Use Case
7 6 (26.09%) Data Modelling
8 5 (21.74%) SAP
8 5 (21.74%) Data Management
8 5 (21.74%) Metadata
8 5 (21.74%) Data Governance Strategy
8 5 (21.74%) SAP MDG
8 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (17.39%) ABAP
10 3 (13.04%) Oracle
10 3 (13.04%) SOA
10 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
10 3 (13.04%) Salesforce
10 3 (13.04%) Data Security
10 3 (13.04%) Replication
10 3 (13.04%) Workflow
10 3 (13.04%) Finance
10 3 (13.04%) Retail
10 3 (13.04%) SAP ALE
10 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
10 3 (13.04%) GDPR

Governance Consultant 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (21.74%) SAP MDG
2 3 (13.04%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Alation
1 2 (8.70%) Collibra
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.35%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) Metadata
2 1 (4.35%) Ataccama
2 1 (4.35%) Big Data
2 1 (4.35%) Data Vault
2 1 (4.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Eclipse
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Retail
4 2 (8.70%) Automotive
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) SAP ALE
2 2 (8.70%) IDoc
2 2 (8.70%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (8.70%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (4.35%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Replication
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.35%) Smart Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (91.30%) Data Governance
2 9 (39.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (34.78%) Data Lineage
4 7 (30.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 7 (30.43%) Decision-Making
4 7 (30.43%) Use Case
5 6 (26.09%) Data Modelling
6 5 (21.74%) Data Governance Strategy
6 5 (21.74%) Data Management
7 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (13.04%) Data Privacy
8 3 (13.04%) Data Security
8 3 (13.04%) Data Strategy
8 3 (13.04%) Metadata Management
8 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
8 3 (13.04%) SOA
8 3 (13.04%) Workflow
9 2 (8.70%) OO
9 2 (8.70%) Project Management
9 2 (8.70%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) CISA
3 1 (4.35%) CISM
3 1 (4.35%) CISSP
3 1 (4.35%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (47.83%) Data Quality
2 3 (13.04%) GDPR
3 2 (8.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (8.70%) GRC
3 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.35%) HIPAA
4 1 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Informatica
2 5 (21.74%) SAP
3 3 (13.04%) Facebook
3 3 (13.04%) Instagram
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.04%) Oracle
3 3 (13.04%) Salesforce
4 2 (8.70%) IBM
5 1 (4.35%) Okta
5 1 (4.35%) Symantec
5 1 (4.35%) Talend
5 1 (4.35%) Varonis