Product Governance Contract Job Trends in England

Product Governance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Product Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 498 555
Rank change year-on-year -39 +57 +168
Contract jobs citing Product Governance 6 8 10
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.019% 0.028% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.031% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 7
10th Percentile - £506 £560
25th Percentile £525 £563 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £630
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.73% +14.55%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £665
90th Percentile £655 - £693
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £630
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.73% +14.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Product 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 27,858 25,665 33,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.92% 88.40% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,750 15,857 22,569
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,813 863 1,402
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.34 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.85
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.88% +25.29%

Product Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Governance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Product Governance job vacancy trend in England

Product Governance
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Product Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Product Governance

Product 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 Product Governance within the England region over the 6 months to 16 December 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 - 6 £550 - 8
Product Governance
UK

Product Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Power Query
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Front Office
3 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Legal
4 1 (16.67%) Back Office
4 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) MiFID Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Audit Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Compliance Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Operational Risk Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Operational Risk Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Operations Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Product Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Operations Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (16.67%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 2 (33.33%) Business Impact Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (16.67%) ETRM
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
4 1 (16.67%) Product Discovery
4 1 (16.67%) Product Management
4 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) MiFID
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft