Governance Consultant Contracts in England

Governance Consultant
UK > England

The median Governance Consultant daily rate in England is £619, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 517 639
Rank change year-on-year +59 +122 +133
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Consultant 10 19 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.051% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.055% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 11
10th Percentile £513 - £463
25th Percentile £547 £425 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £708 £781 £575
90th Percentile £738 £820 £588
UK median daily rate £619 £588 £513
% change year-on-year +5.32% +14.63% -14.58%

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 22,563 34,396 47,499
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.72% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,024 22,838 33,731
10th Percentile £300 £280 £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 £640 £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 907 2,437 1,404
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.45 £36.34 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -18.83% +98.96%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.66 £76.85
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Governance Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Consultant in England

Governance Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Governance Consultant in England

Governance Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Governance Consultant in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Governance Consultant in England

Governance Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Governance Consultant in England

Governance Consultant
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 Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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 +44 9 £619 -14.66% 3
South East +36 1 - -
Governance Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Governance Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Data Governance
2 5 (50.00%) Data Quality
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Data Management
5 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (20.00%) Informatica
5 2 (20.00%) Data Security
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Analytics
5 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
5 2 (20.00%) GDPR
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (10.00%) ChatGPT
6 1 (10.00%) Generative AI
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (10.00%) Data Governance Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (10.00%) EU AI Act
6 1 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 1 (10.00%) NIST
6 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 1 (10.00%) Data Collection
6 1 (10.00%) Culture Change
6 1 (10.00%) Metadata

Governance Consultant 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 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Anthropic Claude
1 1 (10.00%) ChatGPT
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Metadata
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (30.00%) Data Management
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Data Security
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (10.00%) Culture Change
4 1 (10.00%) Data Collection
4 1 (10.00%) Data Governance Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (10.00%) Data Transformation
4 1 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (10.00%) Master Data Management
4 1 (10.00%) Metadata Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (10.00%) EU AI Act
3 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (10.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Informatica
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft