Governance Manager Contracts

Governance Manager
UK

The median Governance Manager daily rate in the UK is £563 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 655 768
Rank change year-on-year +111 +113 -106
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 46 48 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.081% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.086% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 32 64
10th Percentile £463 £310 £317
25th Percentile £500 £445 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.22% -6.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £606 £688
90th Percentile £775 £834 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21.14
25th Percentile - - £21.34
Median hourly rate - - £23.12
75th Percentile - - £25.34
90th Percentile - - £25.80
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 40,241 56,070 84,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,194 39,189 59,507
10th Percentile £277 £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 £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 2,676 1,567 2,091
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.16 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.75 £48.76
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
% change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%

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 3 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 3 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 +126 43 £563 +7.14% 24
UK excluding London +63 26 £575 +9.52% 9
London +91 17 £534 -11.04% 16
Work from Home +112 15 £575 +11.92% 9
North of England +37 12 £550 +15.79% 1
East of England +21 7 £500 -9.91% 1
North East - 7 £600 -
North West - 5 £550 - 1
South West +18 3 £575 +9.52% 1
Midlands +30 2 £900 +71.43% 1
West Midlands +26 2 £900 +71.43%
Yorkshire +19 2 £600 +26.32%
South East +13 2 £700 +31.76% 5

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 22 (47.83%) Data Governance
2 17 (36.96%) Data Quality
2 17 (36.96%) Finance
3 15 (32.61%) Data Management
3 15 (32.61%) Social Skills
4 12 (26.09%) GDPR
5 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (23.91%) Risk Management
5 11 (23.91%) Pharmaceutical
5 11 (23.91%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (21.74%) Quality Management
7 9 (19.57%) Legal
7 9 (19.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (19.57%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (17.39%) Decision-Making
8 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (17.39%) Master Data Management
8 8 (17.39%) Data Protection
9 7 (15.22%) Waterfall
9 7 (15.22%) Agile
9 7 (15.22%) Project Management
10 6 (13.04%) Impact Assessments
10 6 (13.04%) Data Governance Strategy
10 6 (13.04%) Due Diligence
10 6 (13.04%) Metadata
10 6 (13.04%) Roadmaps
10 6 (13.04%) Freedom of Information
10 6 (13.04%) Records Management
10 6 (13.04%) Information Governance
11 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.70%) SAP MDG
2 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.52%) AWS
1 3 (6.52%) Azure
1 3 (6.52%) Collibra
1 3 (6.52%) GCP
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (4.35%) Alation
2 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.17%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.04%) Metadata
2 2 (4.35%) Big Data
2 2 (4.35%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.17%) Power BI
General
1 17 (36.96%) Finance
2 15 (32.61%) Social Skills
3 11 (23.91%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (23.91%) Pharmaceutical
4 9 (19.57%) Influencing Skills
4 9 (19.57%) Legal
5 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.52%) Publishing
7 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (4.35%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.17%) FMCG
3 1 (2.17%) Life Science
3 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Data Governance
2 15 (32.61%) Data Management
3 11 (23.91%) Risk Management
3 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (21.74%) Quality Management
5 8 (17.39%) Data Protection
5 8 (17.39%) Decision-Making
5 8 (17.39%) Master Data Management
5 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.22%) Agile
6 7 (15.22%) Project Management
6 7 (15.22%) Waterfall
7 6 (13.04%) Data Governance Strategy
7 6 (13.04%) Due Diligence
7 6 (13.04%) Impact Assessments
7 6 (13.04%) Information Governance
7 6 (13.04%) Records Management
7 6 (13.04%) Roadmaps
8 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (8.70%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.87%) Degree
2 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.35%) PhD
4 1 (2.17%) APMP
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.17%) CISM
4 1 (2.17%) CISSP
4 1 (2.17%) CRISC
4 1 (2.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (36.96%) Data Quality
2 12 (26.09%) GDPR
3 9 (19.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (10.87%) GRC
4 5 (10.87%) QA
5 3 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (2.17%) COBIT
6 1 (2.17%) NCSC
Vendors
1 4 (8.70%) SAP
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.35%) IBM
3 2 (4.35%) Informatica
3 2 (4.35%) Okta
3 2 (4.35%) Symantec
3 2 (4.35%) Talend
3 2 (4.35%) Varonis
4 1 (2.17%) Cadence