Information Governance Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Information Governance
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Information Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 114 127
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 +54
Contract jobs citing Information Governance 9 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.47% 0.28% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.30% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 3
10th Percentile £400 £410 £508
25th Percentile £400 £463 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -22.22% -
75th Percentile £625 £600 £763
90th Percentile £632 - £793
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £675
% change year-on-year - -22.22% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Information Governance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,690 1,661 2,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.99% 91.46% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,173 989 1,531
10th Percentile £351 £363 £350
25th Percentile £426 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +1.32% -5.42%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £776 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.40% -6.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.06 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +28.57% -10.00%
75th Percentile £42.65 £64.56 £45.06
90th Percentile £52.64 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -17.60%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Governance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Information Governance job vacancy trend in the City of London

Information Governance
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Information Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Information Governance

Information Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Governance in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Governance in the City of London

Information Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Information Governance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Information Governance

Information Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (22.22%) CMS
2 2 (22.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Metadata
2 1 (11.11%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Publishing
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Back Office
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Content Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Records Management Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Content Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Data Governance Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Governance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Data Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Governance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Information
3 1 (11.11%) Information Governance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Governance Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Transformation Director
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (22.22%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (22.22%) NHS
3 1 (11.11%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Records Management
2 5 (55.56%) Data Protection
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) Information Management
3 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (44.44%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (33.33%) Data Governance
4 3 (33.33%) IT Strategy
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 3 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) Content Management
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
5 2 (22.22%) Information Security
5 2 (22.22%) Information Security Management
5 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (22.22%) Security Management
5 2 (22.22%) Situational Awareness
5 2 (22.22%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Laserfiche
2 1 (11.11%) OpenText