Information Governance Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Governance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Information Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Governance over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 361 387
Rank change year-on-year +58 +26 +51
Contract jobs citing Information Governance 31 42 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.20% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.24% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 20 51
10th Percentile £238 £399 £180
25th Percentile £313 £455 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 £350
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +42.86% -5.41%
75th Percentile £469 £580 £609
90th Percentile £705 £594 £688
UK median daily rate £413 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -17.50% -9.09% +44.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 4
10th Percentile £21.21 - £15.30
25th Percentile £27.98 - £15.36
Median hourly rate £29.12 £12.25 £17.35
Median % change year-on-year +137.67% -29.39% -18.35%
75th Percentile £32.92 £13.57 £19.70
90th Percentile £34.31 £16.12 £20.78
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £12.25 £18.90
% change year-on-year +136.73% -35.19% -14.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,553 17,505 21,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.71% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,248 10,459 14,852
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 834 2,060 1,308
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.34 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.19 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.72
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.33% -0.14% +44.00%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Information Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Governance in the UK excluding London

Information Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Governance in the UK excluding London

Information Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Governance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Governance in the UK excluding London

Information Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Governance in the UK excluding London

Information Governance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Governance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Governance in the UK excluding London

Information Governance
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 Information Governance within the UK excluding London 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
Scotland +11 12 £328 -34.50% 6
North of England +14 6 £325 -51.85% 18
Midlands +16 5 £775 +77.14% 4
Yorkshire +12 4 £325 -51.85% 4
South East +33 3 £200 -64.44% 16
South West - 3 £300 - 5
West Midlands +15 2 £775 +77.14%
North West +11 2 - - 13
Northern Ireland -10 1 - - 4
Wales - 1 £350 - 4
East Midlands - 1 - - 4
Information Governance
UK

Information Governance
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 (12.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.23%) Adobe XD
3 1 (3.23%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) Azure
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (9.68%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.45%) AWS
4 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.23%) Figma
4 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Firewall
1 2 (6.45%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Power BI
2 2 (6.45%) EDRMS
2 2 (6.45%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (6.45%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (6.45%) QlikView
2 2 (6.45%) Tableau
3 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Git
General
1 17 (54.84%) Public Sector
2 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Local Government
4 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Law
6 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Finance
6 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Senior
2 5 (16.13%) Information Governance Specialist
2 5 (16.13%) Information Specialist
3 3 (9.68%) Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Architect
3 3 (9.68%) Information Governance Officer
3 3 (9.68%) Information Officer
4 2 (6.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Designer
4 2 (6.45%) Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Head of IT
4 2 (6.45%) Information Assurance Leader
4 2 (6.45%) Lead
4 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Security Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Designer
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Service Designer
4 2 (6.45%) Service Designer
4 2 (6.45%) UX Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) Node.js
2 2 (6.45%) CSS
2 2 (6.45%) HTML
3 1 (3.23%) JSON
3 1 (3.23%) React
3 1 (3.23%) RESTful
3 1 (3.23%) Vue
3 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Freedom of Information
1 5 (16.13%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.68%) Freedom of Information Act
3 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.45%) NHS
4 1 (3.23%) CMDB
4 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.23%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Unix
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) Data Protection
2 8 (25.81%) Agile
3 7 (22.58%) Project Management
3 7 (22.58%) Risk Management
4 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (16.13%) Budget Management
5 5 (16.13%) Coaching
5 5 (16.13%) Contract Management
5 5 (16.13%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.90%) Change Management
6 4 (12.90%) Data Security
6 4 (12.90%) Information Management
6 4 (12.90%) Information Security
6 4 (12.90%) Mentoring
6 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2
6 4 (12.90%) Records Management
7 3 (9.68%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 3 (9.68%) Microservices
7 3 (9.68%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) Python
1 3 (9.68%) SQL
2 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) Degree
2 5 (16.13%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (6.45%) CCSP
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.45%) CISSP
4 1 (3.23%) IBM Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) GDPR
2 3 (9.68%) Accessibility
3 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.45%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.45%) PMO
3 2 (6.45%) WCAG
4 1 (3.23%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) CASB
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) Oracle
3 2 (6.45%) TOWER Software
4 1 (3.23%) Adobe
4 1 (3.23%) IBM
4 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow