Information Governance Contracts

Information Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Information Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Governance over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 504 552 701
Rank change year-on-year +48 +149 -117
Contract jobs citing Information Governance 86 151 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.25% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.28% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 105 122
10th Percentile £385 £211 £208
25th Percentile £449 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £382
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +44.07% +1.80%
75th Percentile £580 £635 £502
90th Percentile £688 £713 £624
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £350 £370
% change year-on-year +42.86% -5.41% +13.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 5
10th Percentile - £15.31 £16.53
25th Percentile - £15.40 £17.50
Median hourly rate £12.25 £18.90 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.19% -14.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £13.57 £21.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £16.12 £70.85 £25.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.25 £17.35 £21.25
% change year-on-year -29.39% -18.35% -11.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Governance is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,452 53,231 80,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.85% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,130 36,930 56,488
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,752 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Governance over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Governance 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 +69 58 £500 -9.09% 35
UK excluding London +27 42 £500 +42.86% 23
Work from Home +100 36 £515 -16.60% 22
London +65 30 £475 -23.08% 11
Scotland +39 14 £500 +66.67% 2
South East +14 10 £563 -11.42% 5
North of England +30 9 £675 +50.00% 7
North West +19 6 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 1
Yorkshire +20 3 £675 +26.76% 3
Midlands +17 3 £438 +25.00% 7
West Midlands +13 3 £438 +25.00% 3

Information 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 9 (10.47%) Confluence
2 6 (6.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.95%) Azure
2 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (4.65%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.49%) AWS
4 3 (3.49%) GitHub
5 2 (2.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.16%) IaaS
6 1 (1.16%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.16%) PaaS
6 1 (1.16%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.49%) DMZ
1 3 (3.49%) Firewall
1 3 (3.49%) VPN
2 1 (1.16%) DKIM
2 1 (1.16%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.33%) Power BI
2 2 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.16%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (22.09%) JIRA
2 4 (4.65%) GitLab
3 3 (3.49%) Git
3 3 (3.49%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (43.02%) Public Sector
2 27 (31.40%) Social Skills
3 19 (22.09%) Finance
4 16 (18.60%) Legal
5 11 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (11.63%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.65%) Law
7 4 (4.65%) Local Government
8 3 (3.49%) Electronics
8 3 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.49%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.49%) Marketing
8 3 (3.49%) Military
8 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.33%) Social Housing
10 1 (1.16%) Billing
10 1 (1.16%) German Language
10 1 (1.16%) Police
10 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (19.77%) Lead
2 14 (16.28%) Information Governance Officer
2 14 (16.28%) Information Officer
3 9 (10.47%) Senior
4 8 (9.30%) Change Manager
5 7 (8.14%) Analyst
6 6 (6.98%) Governance Manager
6 6 (6.98%) Information Governance Manager
6 6 (6.98%) Project Leader
6 6 (6.98%) Senior Manager
7 5 (5.81%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (5.81%) User Experience Manager
8 4 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Data Analyst
9 3 (3.49%) IT Change Manager
9 3 (3.49%) IT Manager
9 3 (3.49%) Quality Analyst
9 3 (3.49%) Security Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Support Officer
9 3 (3.49%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.16%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.44%) Freedom of Information
2 10 (11.63%) Management Information System
3 8 (9.30%) NHS
4 3 (3.49%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.16%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (1.16%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.30%) Windows
2 3 (3.49%) Linux
3 1 (1.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (26.74%) Risk Management
2 21 (24.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (23.26%) Data Protection
4 17 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (19.77%) Records Management
5 15 (17.44%) Impact Assessments
6 14 (16.28%) Information Security
7 12 (13.95%) Agile
8 11 (12.79%) Information Management
8 11 (12.79%) Project Delivery
9 10 (11.63%) Data Governance
9 10 (11.63%) Process Improvement
10 9 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (10.47%) Data Management
11 8 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 7 (8.14%) Cyber Resilience
12 7 (8.14%) Decision-Making
12 7 (8.14%) Due Diligence
12 7 (8.14%) Open Source
12 7 (8.14%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.81%) SQL
2 4 (4.65%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.65%) Python
3 3 (3.49%) C
3 3 (3.49%) C++
3 3 (3.49%) Go
3 3 (3.49%) Java
3 3 (3.49%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.16%) Scala
Qualifications
1 14 (16.28%) SC Cleared
1 14 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.98%) HNC
2 6 (6.98%) NVQ Level 3
3 5 (5.81%) Degree
4 3 (3.49%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (3.49%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.16%) CISSP
6 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.16%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.16%) IBM Certification
6 1 (1.16%) ISEB
6 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.16%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.63%) GDPR
1 10 (11.63%) QA
2 9 (10.47%) Data Quality
3 7 (8.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (3.49%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.49%) SAP
3 2 (2.33%) Capita
3 2 (2.33%) Facebook
4 1 (1.16%) Databricks
4 1 (1.16%) IBM
4 1 (1.16%) Northgate