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 23 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 457 499 529
Rank change year-on-year +42 +30 +114
Contract jobs citing Information Governance 49 56 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.19% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 35 66
10th Percentile £185 £232 £313
25th Percentile £329 £420 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £559 £566 £650
90th Percentile £725 £600 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 8
10th Percentile £23.76 £16.46 £15.36
25th Percentile £26.64 £20.30 £17.88
Median hourly rate £27.64 £26.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% +27.05% -6.67%
75th Percentile £31.58 £30.22 £21.50
90th Percentile £34.27 £32.34 £24.73
UK median hourly rate £15.05 £13.08 £21.00
% change year-on-year +15.06% -37.71% -6.67%

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 24,786 30,166 42,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.61% 85.77% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,884 19,723 29,418
10th Percentile £300 £310 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £634 £645 £666
90th Percentile £738 £753 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.14% -0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,333 1,949 1,476
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.25 £18.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +63.46%
75th Percentile £53.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.41 £74.51 £77.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.33% -7.06% +60.38%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 27 £538 +13.16% 15
South West +41 8 £350 -22.22% 7
South East +31 8 £357 -36.53% 11
Yorkshire -4 3 £563 +88.07% 6
North of England -6 3 £563 +32.35% 19
West Midlands +1 2 - - 3
Midlands -1 2 - - 6
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 8 (16.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.08%) CMS
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.45%) Power Platform
2 8 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (6.12%) Azure
5 2 (4.08%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.08%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.04%) Google Docs
6 1 (2.04%) Google Drive
6 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) 5G
1 1 (2.04%) Firewall
1 1 (2.04%) Internet
1 1 (2.04%) LAN
1 1 (2.04%) Network Security
1 1 (2.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.37%) Power BI
2 7 (14.29%) Metadata
3 3 (6.12%) Tableau
4 2 (4.08%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (4.08%) QlikView
5 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.04%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 14 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 11 (22.45%) Local Government
4 9 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (16.33%) Law
5 8 (16.33%) Legal
6 3 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.12%) Police
7 2 (4.08%) Finance
7 2 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Digital Health
8 1 (2.04%) Health Technology
8 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (16.33%) Analyst
2 7 (14.29%) Information Officer
3 6 (12.24%) Information Governance Officer
3 6 (12.24%) Information Manager
4 5 (10.20%) Consultant
5 4 (8.16%) Records Management Specialist
5 4 (8.16%) Senior
6 3 (6.12%) Architect
6 3 (6.12%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.12%) IT Director
6 3 (6.12%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Business Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Data Consultant
7 2 (4.08%) Data Migration Consultant
7 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Knowledge Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Migration Consultant
7 2 (4.08%) Records Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Freedom of Information
2 8 (16.33%) Management Information System
3 6 (12.24%) Taxonomies
4 4 (8.16%) Freedom of Information Act
5 3 (6.12%) NHS
6 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (4.08%) Data Structures
7 1 (2.04%) Driving Licence
7 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (2.04%) IoT
7 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (2.04%) PACS
7 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
7 1 (2.04%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.82%) Data Protection
1 20 (40.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 15 (30.61%) Records Management
3 10 (20.41%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (20.41%) Data Governance
3 10 (20.41%) Decision-Making
3 10 (20.41%) Risk Management
4 9 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (18.37%) Information Management
5 8 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (12.24%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (12.24%) Migration
6 6 (12.24%) Roadmaps
7 5 (10.20%) Analytics
7 5 (10.20%) Impact Assessments
7 5 (10.20%) Information Architecture
7 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (10.20%) Visualisation
8 4 (8.16%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.16%) SQL
2 2 (4.08%) C#
2 2 (4.08%) Java
2 2 (4.08%) Kotlin
2 2 (4.08%) Python
2 2 (4.08%) Scala
2 2 (4.08%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.04%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (22.45%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.37%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.08%) Degree
3 2 (4.08%) PMP
4 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) IBM Certification
4 1 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.45%) GDPR
2 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.08%) NIST
3 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.04%) DICOM
3 1 (2.04%) HL7
3 1 (2.04%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (36.73%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) Liquidlogic
3 1 (2.04%) Google
3 1 (2.04%) IBM
3 1 (2.04%) VMware