Governance Manager Contracts

Governance Manager
UK

The median Governance Manager daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 659 776
Rank change year-on-year +118 +117 -102
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 45 48 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.085% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.089% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 35 57
10th Percentile £463 £344 £314
25th Percentile £500 £456 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £775 £823 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.37
Median hourly rate - - £24.24
75th Percentile - - £26.12
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £24.24

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 39,655 53,675 84,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.62% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,814 37,483 59,176
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% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,760 1,482 2,013
10th Percentile £12.80 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +7.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.54 £75.98 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Governance Manager over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Governance Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +102 42 £575 +9.52% 60
UK excluding London +51 23 £575 +9.52% 35
London +94 19 £550 -4.35% 33
Work from Home +106 14 £575 +1.77% 20
North of England +44 13 £550 +12.82% 7
North East +19 7 £600 +20.00% 1
North West +38 6 £550 +10.00% 4
East of England +15 4 £550 -0.90% 1
South West +7 3 £575 +9.52% 5
Midlands +29 2 £900 +100.00% 7
Yorkshire +14 2 £600 +23.08% 2
West Midlands - 2 £900 - 6
South East +12 1 £700 +29.64% 15

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 2024, 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 Governance Manager in the job title.

1 20 (44.44%) Data Governance
2 15 (33.33%) Finance
3 14 (31.11%) Data Quality
4 13 (28.89%) Data Management
4 13 (28.89%) GDPR
5 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
5 11 (24.44%) Risk Management
6 10 (22.22%) Quality Management
7 9 (20.00%) Legal
7 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (20.00%) Data Protection
8 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (17.78%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (15.56%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (15.56%) Due Diligence
9 7 (15.56%) Project Management
9 7 (15.56%) Agile
9 7 (15.56%) Waterfall
9 7 (15.56%) Records Management
9 7 (15.56%) Information Governance
10 6 (13.33%) Master Data Management
10 6 (13.33%) Freedom of Information
10 6 (13.33%) Metadata
10 6 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (13.33%) Impact Assessments
10 6 (13.33%) Roadmaps
10 6 (13.33%) Data Governance Strategy
11 5 (11.11%) Decision-Making
11 5 (11.11%) GRC

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.89%) SAP MDG
2 1 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.67%) AWS
1 3 (6.67%) Azure
1 3 (6.67%) Collibra
1 3 (6.67%) GCP
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (4.44%) Alation
2 2 (4.44%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.22%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) Metadata
2 2 (4.44%) Big Data
2 2 (4.44%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.22%) Power BI
General
1 15 (33.33%) Finance
2 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (20.00%) Legal
4 8 (17.78%) Pharmaceutical
5 7 (15.56%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (11.11%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (6.67%) Publishing
8 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.44%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.22%) FMCG
3 1 (2.22%) Life Science
3 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (44.44%) Data Governance
2 13 (28.89%) Data Management
3 11 (24.44%) Risk Management
4 10 (22.22%) Quality Management
5 9 (20.00%) Data Protection
6 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (15.56%) Agile
7 7 (15.56%) Due Diligence
7 7 (15.56%) Information Governance
7 7 (15.56%) Project Management
7 7 (15.56%) Records Management
7 7 (15.56%) Waterfall
8 6 (13.33%) Data Governance Strategy
8 6 (13.33%) Impact Assessments
8 6 (13.33%) Master Data Management
8 6 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (13.33%) Roadmaps
9 5 (11.11%) Decision-Making
10 4 (8.89%) Data Privacy
10 4 (8.89%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) Degree
2 3 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.44%) PhD
3 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.22%) CISM
4 1 (2.22%) CISSP
4 1 (2.22%) CRISC
4 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (31.11%) Data Quality
2 13 (28.89%) GDPR
3 9 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (11.11%) GRC
5 4 (8.89%) QA
6 3 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.22%) COBIT
7 1 (2.22%) GMP
7 1 (2.22%) NCSC
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) SAP
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.44%) IBM
3 2 (4.44%) Informatica
3 2 (4.44%) Okta
3 2 (4.44%) Symantec
3 2 (4.44%) Talend
3 2 (4.44%) Varonis
4 1 (2.22%) Cadence