Information Governance Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Information Governance
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Information Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 137 136
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 +37
Contract jobs citing Information Governance 5 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.18% 0.15% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £362 £387
25th Percentile - £395 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £577
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -22.04% +44.31%
75th Percentile - - £738
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,439 2,223 2,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 89.05% 83.70% 85.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,576 1,399 1,695
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.52% -0.51%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £668 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 67 103
10th Percentile £14.18 £14.68 £13.76
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.28 £22.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.44% -18.18% +56.61%
75th Percentile £26.51 £37.34 £52.63
90th Percentile £40.46 £53.50 £68.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Information Governance job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Information Governance
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Information Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Information Governance

Information Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Information Governance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Information Governance

Information Governance
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
West Midlands -16 5 £650 +44.44% 4
Information Governance
England

Information Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Navisworks
1 2 (40.00%) Revit
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) ProjectWise
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Data Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Records Management Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Records Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Governance
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) 3D Visualisation
3 2 (40.00%) Building Information Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Data Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Security
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Twin
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Records Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO 19650
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Autodesk
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft