Governance Manager Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Governance Manager
North West > Manchester

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

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 - 75
Rank change year-on-year - - +34
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.15% - 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.43%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £425 £442 £550
% change year-on-year -3.90% -19.59% -21.43%
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 1,829 914 1,104
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 92.14% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,042 583 637
10th Percentile £329 £300 £316
25th Percentile £418 £390 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +13.57% -8.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £623 £575 £584
90th Percentile £711 £663 £675
North West median daily rate £503 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.72% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 79 38
10th Percentile £24.05 £13.22 £15.59
25th Percentile £34.19 £17.19 £21.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £22.32 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +168.88% -33.88% +75.32%
75th Percentile £75.00 £31.83 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £80.05
North West median hourly rate £49.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +96.86% -28.16% +14.60%

Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Governance Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

Governance Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Governance Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Governance Manager job vacancies in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, 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 Governance Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (100.00%) ETL
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Tableau
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Collibra
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Lake
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) DAMA
3 1 (33.33%) DAMA DMBOK
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Lineage
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) Data Stewardship
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making

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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Tableau
2 2 (66.67%) Data Lake
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) ETL
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) DAMA
3 1 (33.33%) DAMA DMBOK
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Lineage
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality