Governance Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Governance Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Governance Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 August 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
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 347 411
Rank change year-on-year +6 +64 +84
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 21 20 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.11% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.12% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 15
10th Percentile £438 £401 £459
25th Percentile £440 £425 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £520 £550 £518
90th Percentile £535 £580 £750
UK median daily rate £498 £501 £556
% change year-on-year -0.60% -9.94% -7.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £27.64 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.64 - -

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,931 16,775 20,516
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 92.27% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,518 10,100 13,828
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £360 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,265 1,652 1,160
10th Percentile £13.36 £13.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.40 £18.27 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +7.50% +88.24%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.55 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.71% +70.37%

Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Manager in the UK excluding London

Governance Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Governance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Governance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Governance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Governance Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Governance Manager in the UK excluding London

Governance Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Governance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Governance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Governance Manager
DemandTrendContract 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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +32 9 £520 +6.67% 1
North West -7 5 £442 -19.59%
North of England -25 5 £442 -19.59% 5
Scotland - 5 £494 - 2
South East +18 1 £450 +2.97% 12
East of England +5 1 - -
Governance Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 August 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 UK excluding London region featuring Governance Manager in the job title.

1 8 (38.10%) Risk Management
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (33.33%) JIRA
3 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 6 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (23.81%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (23.81%) Business Strategy
4 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
4 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) Data Governance
5 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
5 4 (19.05%) Azure
5 4 (19.05%) Confluence
5 4 (19.05%) Banking
5 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
5 4 (19.05%) Project Management
5 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
6 3 (14.29%) Azure Certification
6 3 (14.29%) Alation
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (14.29%) Data Governance Strategy
6 3 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (14.29%) Public Cloud
6 3 (14.29%) SDLC
6 3 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (14.29%) MS Visio
6 3 (14.29%) Informatica

Governance Manager 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 4 (19.05%) Confluence
1 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (14.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Alation
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) IBM InfoSphere
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Automotive
5 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Electronics
5 1 (4.76%) Law
5 1 (4.76%) Local Government
5 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Social Housing
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.76%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (4.76%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Risk Management
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (23.81%) Business Strategy
4 5 (23.81%) Data Governance
4 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
4 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
5 4 (19.05%) Project Management
6 3 (14.29%) Agile
6 3 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (14.29%) Data Governance Strategy
6 3 (14.29%) IT Governance
6 3 (14.29%) SDLC
6 3 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (9.52%) Change Management
7 2 (9.52%) Data Modelling
7 2 (9.52%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 3 (14.29%) BC Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.52%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) GDPR
1 1 (4.76%) P3O
1 1 (4.76%) PMO
1 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) IBM
2 3 (14.29%) Informatica
3 1 (4.76%) SAP