Governance Manager Contracts in the South East

Governance Manager
England > South East

The median Governance Manager daily rate in the South East is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 192 209
Rank change year-on-year +40 +17 +47
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.067% 0.036% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.039% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £455 - £452
25th Percentile £463 - £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £700 £531
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +31.76% -19.81%
75th Percentile £488 - £669
90th Percentile £495 - £748
England median daily rate £675 £563 £525
% change year-on-year +20.00% +7.14% -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 2,755 5,123 5,454
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 92.37% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,091 3,813
10th Percentile £248 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.27%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £610
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 481 239
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £17.11
25th Percentile £20.09 £18.32 £22.14
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.99 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.45 £36.50 £44.53
% change year-on-year -16.58% -18.03% +97.91%

Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Governance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Governance Manager in the South East

Governance Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Governance Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Governance Manager in the South East

Governance Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Governance Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Thames Valley +28 1 £450 -35.71% 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 £450 - 1
Kent - 1 £500 -
Governance Manager
England

Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Governance Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Governance Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Advertising
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata

Governance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Advertising
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR