Data Governance Manager Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Data Governance Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Data Governance Manager daily rate in Manchester is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Governance Manager 4 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.19% - 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £433
25th Percentile - - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £475
75th Percentile - - £531
90th Percentile - - £558
North West median daily rate £425 - £513
% change year-on-year - - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
North West median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,887 949 1,102
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.32% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,084 607 638
10th Percentile £342 £300 £318
25th Percentile £418 £392 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £486
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -7.46% -2.75%
75th Percentile £618 £575 £575
90th Percentile £704 £656 £671
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 80 36
10th Percentile £23.30 £13.48 £15.92
25th Percentile £34.38 £17.30 £21.81
Median hourly rate £60.00 £22.32 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +168.88% -33.88% +75.32%
75th Percentile £75.00 £31.40 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £60.38 £73.00
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +98.85% -28.16% +10.17%

Data Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Governance Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Data Governance Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

Data Governance Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Governance Manager job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Governance Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Data Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, Data Governance Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Data Governance Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) ETL
2 3 (75.00%) Power BI
2 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (75.00%) Tableau
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Collibra
3 2 (50.00%) DAMA
3 2 (50.00%) DAMA DMBOK
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Data Lake
3 2 (50.00%) Data Lineage
3 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Batch Processing
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (25.00%) Data Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Migration

Data Governance Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
1 3 (75.00%) Tableau
2 2 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) ETL
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) DAMA
3 2 (50.00%) DAMA DMBOK
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Data Lineage
3 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
4 1 (25.00%) Exploratory Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
4 1 (25.00%) Master Data Management
4 1 (25.00%) Metadata Management
4 1 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP