Information Governance Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Information Governance
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England 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 82 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Information Governance 20 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.14% - 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% - 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £240 - £158
25th Percentile £246 - £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £278 - £168
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.04%
75th Percentile £279 - £224
90th Percentile - - £254
England median daily rate £450 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £6.00 - £21.00
75th Percentile £21.01 - £21.50
90th Percentile £23.55 - -
England median hourly rate £20.40 £32.81 £16.12
% change year-on-year -37.82% +103.54% -34.97%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,427 900 1,624
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 81.26% 86.12% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 631 416 830
10th Percentile £194 £243 £250
25th Percentile £345 £368 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £581 £600 £596
90th Percentile £675 £694 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 152 447
10th Percentile £13.90 £15.62 £14.10
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.75 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.16 £40.00 £30.48
Median % change year-on-year -49.60% +31.26% +35.44%
75th Percentile £60.56 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Information Governance job vacancy trend in the East of England

Information Governance
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Information Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Information Governance

Information Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Information Governance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Information Governance

Information Governance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Governance in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Governance in the East of England

Information Governance
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 10 February 2026. 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
Norfolk - 16 £278 -
Hertfordshire - 2 - - 1
Suffolk - 2 - -
Information Governance
England

Information Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.00%) SaaS
General
1 8 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Digital Health
3 1 (5.00%) Law
3 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Governance Manager
1 7 (35.00%) Information Governance Manager
1 7 (35.00%) Information Manager
2 6 (30.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Information Assurance Manager
3 5 (25.00%) Information Governance Officer
3 5 (25.00%) Information Officer
4 4 (20.00%) NHS Information Manager
4 4 (20.00%) Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Information Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Information Assurance Officer
5 2 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) IT Support
5 2 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Junior
5 2 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Security Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Support
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (60.00%) NHS
2 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
1 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (25.00%) Data Security
3 4 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (20.00%) ITIL
3 4 (20.00%) ITSM
3 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (20.00%) Service Management
4 3 (15.00%) Information Security
5 2 (10.00%) Cyber Assurance
5 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (10.00%) Due Diligence
5 2 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (10.00%) Incident Response
5 2 (10.00%) Principle of Least Privilege
5 2 (10.00%) Runbook
6 1 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.00%) Data Sharing
6 1 (5.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (5.00%) Internal Audit
6 1 (5.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) HNC
2 4 (20.00%) HND
2 4 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (20.00%) MCSE
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 2 (10.00%) ISEB
4 1 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (5.00%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (5.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Datix