Information Governance Contracts in England

Information Governance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Information Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Governance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 452 483 542
Rank change year-on-year +31 +59 +107
Contract jobs citing Information Governance 33 59 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.16% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 31 82
10th Percentile £280 £280 £266
25th Percentile £344 £440 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.98% +37.82%
75th Percentile £725 £597 £626
90th Percentile £778 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +46.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £26.82 - £25.96
25th Percentile £27.98 £13.23 £36.84
Median hourly rate £29.12 £13.91 £58.20
Median % change year-on-year +109.31% -76.10% +173.88%
75th Percentile £32.92 £16.12 £82.59
90th Percentile £34.31 £16.49 £95.29
UK median hourly rate £29.12 £12.25 £58.20
% change year-on-year +137.67% -78.95% +164.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Information Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Information Governance in England

Information Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Governance in England

Information Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Information Governance in England

Information Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Governance in England

Information Governance
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 Information Governance 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 +23 16 £550 +15.79% 57
North of England +16 6 £325 -51.85% 48
Midlands +24 5 £775 +77.14% 36
Yorkshire +9 4 £325 -51.85% 17
South East +40 3 £200 -65.22% 55
South West - 3 £300 - 23
West Midlands +13 2 £775 +77.14% 18
North West +13 2 - - 27
East Midlands - 1 - - 16
Information Governance
UK

Information Governance
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 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (12.12%) Azure
4 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.06%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.03%) AWS
5 1 (3.03%) Google Workspace
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.03%) Mimecast
5 1 (3.03%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Firewall
2 1 (3.03%) 5G
2 1 (3.03%) Internet
2 1 (3.03%) Intranet
2 1 (3.03%) LAN
2 1 (3.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) Power BI
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (6.06%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (6.06%) QlikView
2 2 (6.06%) Tableau
3 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 10 (30.30%) Local Government
3 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 6 (18.18%) Law
5 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Finance
5 3 (9.09%) Police
5 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Legal
7 1 (3.03%) Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Health Technology
7 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (12.12%) Analyst
1 4 (12.12%) Senior
2 3 (9.09%) Architect
2 3 (9.09%) Head of IT
2 3 (9.09%) Information Manager
2 3 (9.09%) IT Director
3 2 (6.06%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (6.06%) Business Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Data Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Information Assurance Leader
3 2 (6.06%) Information Governance Officer
3 2 (6.06%) Information Officer
3 2 (6.06%) Lead
3 2 (6.06%) Programme Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
3 2 (6.06%) Senior Architect
3 2 (6.06%) Senior Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Freedom of Information
2 6 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 3 (9.09%) Freedom of Information Act
4 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (6.06%) NHS
4 2 (6.06%) Taxonomies
5 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (3.03%) IoT
5 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
5 1 (3.03%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Unix
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (51.52%) Data Protection
2 10 (30.30%) Risk Management
3 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (21.21%) Migration
4 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (18.18%) Agile
5 6 (18.18%) Business Continuity
5 6 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (18.18%) Change Management
5 6 (18.18%) Data Governance
5 6 (18.18%) Information Security
5 6 (18.18%) Project Management
6 5 (15.15%) Budget Management
6 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.15%) Contract Management
6 5 (15.15%) PRINCE2
6 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (15.15%) Records Management
7 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
7 4 (12.12%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
1 2 (6.06%) T-SQL
2 1 (3.03%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Degree
1 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
1 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (6.06%) CCSP
3 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.06%) CISSP
4 1 (3.03%) IBM Certification
4 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) GDPR
2 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.06%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) CASB
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle
2 2 (6.06%) TOWER Software
3 1 (3.03%) Google
3 1 (3.03%) IBM
3 1 (3.03%) Okta
3 1 (3.03%) Progress
3 1 (3.03%) VMware