Governance Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Governance Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Governance Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 329 383 433
Rank change year-on-year +54 +50 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 10 11 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.077% 0.054% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.059% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 9
10th Percentile £253 £537 £412
25th Percentile £330 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £555 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.92% +23.33% -
75th Percentile £547 £600 £525
90th Percentile £563 - £588
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,872 18,741 21,812
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.48% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,548 11,455 15,203
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 856 2,269 1,109
10th Percentile £13.84 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.29 £15.75 £18.03
Median hourly rate £26.31 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.23% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.38% -18.89% +88.21%

Governance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Governance Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Governance Analyst in the UK excluding London

Governance Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Governance Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Governance Analyst in the UK excluding London

Governance Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Governance Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Governance Analyst in the UK excluding London

Governance Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Governance Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Governance Analyst in the UK excluding London

Governance Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Governance Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
North of England +20 7 £313 -47.92% 3
North West +13 5 £313 - 3
Yorkshire +14 2 - -
South West - 2 £525 -
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 2
Midlands - 1 £500 - 5
Governance Analyst
UK

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, Governance Analyst 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 UK excluding London region featuring Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 4 (40.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (30.00%) Data Management
4 3 (30.00%) QA
4 3 (30.00%) Data Quality
4 3 (30.00%) PMO
4 3 (30.00%) Metadata
4 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Confluence
5 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (20.00%) Budgeting
5 2 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
5 2 (20.00%) Data Privacy
5 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (20.00%) Degree
5 2 (20.00%) JIRA
5 2 (20.00%) Retail
5 2 (20.00%) Process Management
5 2 (20.00%) Change Management
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (20.00%) PMI
5 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Metadata
2 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 3 (30.00%) Data Management
4 2 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Data Privacy
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) Process Management
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
5 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (10.00%) Data Reconciliation
5 1 (10.00%) Fintech
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security
5 1 (10.00%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (30.00%) PMO
1 3 (30.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) OneTrust
1 1 (10.00%) Veeam
1 1 (10.00%) VMware