Governance Manager Contracts in England

Governance Manager
UK > England

The median Governance Manager daily rate in England is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 498 630
Rank change year-on-year +54 +132 +74
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 42 43 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.12% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.12% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 30 30
10th Percentile £463 £463 £300
25th Percentile £513 £500 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +7.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £938 £619 £619
90th Percentile - £775 £838
UK median daily rate £675 £563 £515
% change year-on-year +20.00% +9.22% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £27.64 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.64 - -

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 22,595 34,453 47,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,023 22,865 33,797
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 899 2,434 1,402
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Manager in England

Governance Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Governance Manager in England

Governance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Governance Manager in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Governance Manager in England

Governance Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Governance Manager in England

Governance Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 +57 32 £875 +63.93% 12
South West +43 3 £525 -8.70% 4
Midlands +20 3 £388 -56.94% 1
East Midlands - 3 £388 -
South East +46 2 £475 -32.14% 6
Governance Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Governance Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 32 (76.19%) Data Governance
2 27 (64.29%) Finance
3 26 (61.90%) Roadmaps
4 24 (57.14%) Agile
5 23 (54.76%) Data Lake
5 23 (54.76%) Regulatory Compliance
6 22 (52.38%) Product Ownership
6 22 (52.38%) Derivative
6 22 (52.38%) Hedge funds
6 22 (52.38%) Investment Management
6 22 (52.38%) Front Office
6 22 (52.38%) Migration
6 22 (52.38%) Fixed Income
6 22 (52.38%) Equities
6 22 (52.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
8 7 (16.67%) Data Quality
8 7 (16.67%) Risk Management
9 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (11.90%) Data Protection
11 4 (9.52%) Confluence
11 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (9.52%) JIRA
12 3 (7.14%) Process Management
12 3 (7.14%) Project Management
12 3 (7.14%) Banking
12 3 (7.14%) Data Management
12 3 (7.14%) GDPR
12 3 (7.14%) Metadata
12 3 (7.14%) Decision-Making

Governance Manager 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%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.38%) Azure
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (54.76%) Data Lake
2 3 (7.14%) Metadata
3 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 27 (64.29%) Finance
2 22 (52.38%) Front Office
3 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Banking
5 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Law
5 2 (4.76%) Legal
5 2 (4.76%) Retail
5 2 (4.76%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.38%) Advertising
6 1 (2.38%) Automotive
6 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Local Government
6 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 22 (52.38%) Derivative
1 22 (52.38%) Equities
1 22 (52.38%) Fixed Income
1 22 (52.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 22 (52.38%) Hedge funds
1 22 (52.38%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.38%) FMCG
3 1 (2.38%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.38%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (76.19%) Data Governance
2 26 (61.90%) Roadmaps
3 24 (57.14%) Agile
4 23 (54.76%) Regulatory Compliance
5 22 (52.38%) Investment Management
5 22 (52.38%) Migration
6 7 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (11.90%) Data Protection
9 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (7.14%) Data Management
10 3 (7.14%) Decision-Making
10 3 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (7.14%) Process Management
10 3 (7.14%) Project Management
11 2 (4.76%) Actionable Insight
11 2 (4.76%) Analytics
11 2 (4.76%) Collaborative Culture
11 2 (4.76%) DAMA
11 2 (4.76%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.14%) GDPR
3 2 (4.76%) GRC
3 2 (4.76%) QA
4 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001