Governance Analyst Contracts in England

Governance Analyst
UK > England

The median Governance Analyst daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 443 502 617
Rank change year-on-year +59 +115 +109
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 42 40 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.11% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.12% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 19 30
10th Percentile £325 £333 £419
25th Percentile £475 £430 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £470
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +17.02% -1.05%
75th Percentile £713 £600 £575
90th Percentile £938 £680 £625
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £470
% change year-on-year +9.52% +11.70% -1.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Governance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Analyst in England

Governance Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Governance Analyst in England

Governance Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Governance Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Governance Analyst in England

Governance Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Governance Analyst in England

Governance Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Governance Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +39 29 £675 +35.00% 17
North of England +20 9 £575 -4.17% 6
North West +22 6 £444 - 5
Yorkshire +9 3 £575 -
South West - 3 £525 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £575 -
Midlands - 1 £575 - 4
Governance Analyst
UK

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Governance Analyst 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 across the England region featuring Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (64.29%) Data Governance
2 20 (47.62%) Finance
3 12 (28.57%) Agile
4 11 (26.19%) Roadmaps
5 9 (21.43%) Migration
5 9 (21.43%) Data Quality
5 9 (21.43%) Investment Management
6 8 (19.05%) Hedge funds
6 8 (19.05%) Front Office
6 8 (19.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (19.05%) Derivative
6 8 (19.05%) Fixed Income
6 8 (19.05%) Equities
6 8 (19.05%) Product Ownership
6 8 (19.05%) Metadata
6 8 (19.05%) Data Lake
6 8 (19.05%) Regulatory Compliance
6 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
7 7 (16.67%) Banking
7 7 (16.67%) Data Management
7 7 (16.67%) Azure
8 6 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 6 (14.29%) Collibra
9 5 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (11.90%) Power Platform
9 5 (11.90%) GDPR
9 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (11.90%) Project Management
9 5 (11.90%) Risk Management

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (9.52%) Confluence
2 2 (4.76%) SAS
2 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) Azure
2 6 (14.29%) Collibra
3 5 (11.90%) Power Platform
4 3 (7.14%) IaaS
4 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (7.14%) PaaS
4 3 (7.14%) SaaS
5 2 (4.76%) AWS
5 2 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.38%) GCP
6 1 (2.38%) Google Analytics
6 1 (2.38%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.05%) Data Lake
1 8 (19.05%) Metadata
2 5 (11.90%) Power BI
3 4 (9.52%) Tableau
4 2 (4.76%) Data Mining
4 2 (4.76%) QlikView
5 1 (2.38%) Looker
5 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.38%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 20 (47.62%) Finance
2 8 (19.05%) Front Office
2 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 7 (16.67%) Banking
4 5 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (7.14%) Investment Banking
5 3 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (7.14%) Retail
6 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.76%) Legal
7 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Derivative
1 8 (19.05%) Equities
1 8 (19.05%) Fixed Income
1 8 (19.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 8 (19.05%) Hedge funds
1 8 (19.05%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (7.14%) Reference Data
2 3 (7.14%) Taxonomies
3 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.76%) PMI
3 2 (4.76%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.38%) CMDB
4 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (64.29%) Data Governance
2 12 (28.57%) Agile
3 11 (26.19%) Roadmaps
4 9 (21.43%) Investment Management
4 9 (21.43%) Migration
5 8 (19.05%) Regulatory Compliance
6 7 (16.67%) Data Management
7 6 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (11.90%) Analytics
8 5 (11.90%) Data Analysis
8 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (11.90%) Project Management
8 5 (11.90%) Risk Management
9 4 (9.52%) Business Analysis
9 4 (9.52%) Data Protection
9 4 (9.52%) Metadata Management
9 4 (9.52%) Programme Management
10 3 (7.14%) Change Management
10 3 (7.14%) Data Privacy
10 3 (7.14%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) SQL
2 2 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (7.14%) Degree
1 3 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 2 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (4.76%) AWS Certification
2 2 (4.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.38%) CAPM
3 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.38%) MBA
3 1 (2.38%) PgMP
3 1 (2.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.43%) Data Quality
2 5 (11.90%) GDPR
3 4 (9.52%) PMO
4 3 (7.14%) GRC
4 3 (7.14%) QA
5 2 (4.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (4.76%) Dodd-Frank
5 2 (4.76%) SLA
6 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
6 1 (2.38%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.14%) Ab Initio
2 3 (7.14%) Informatica
3 2 (4.76%) IBM
4 1 (2.38%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.38%) ForgeRock
4 1 (2.38%) Google
4 1 (2.38%) Okta
4 1 (2.38%) OneTrust