Governance Analyst Contracts

Governance Analyst
UK

The median Governance Analyst daily rate in the UK is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 537 652
Rank change year-on-year +41 +115 +138
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 42 40 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.092% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.099% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 20 28
10th Percentile £311 £340 £424
25th Percentile £350 £440 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £500 £600 £625
90th Percentile £687 £680 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £555 £500
% change year-on-year -36.94% +11.00% +15.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,724 40,402 52,424
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.96% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,773 25,924 36,491
10th Percentile £288 £281 £313
25th Percentile £402 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.80%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,210 2,937 1,505
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.37 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.03% -12.79% +72.00%
75th Percentile £57.44 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.88 £74.00 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%

Governance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Analyst in the UK

Governance Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Governance Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Governance Analyst in the UK

Governance Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Governance Analyst over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Governance Analyst in the UK

Governance Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Governance Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Governance Analyst in the UK

Governance Analyst
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 June 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
England +57 36 £400 -23.81% 34
London +49 22 £488 +2.63% 26
Work from Home +40 18 £400 -11.11% 19
UK excluding London +51 14 £350 -36.94% 20
Midlands - 7 £375 - 1
East Midlands - 6 £350 -
North of England +25 5 £313 -47.92% 2
North West - 5 £313 - 1
Scotland +2 1 - - 9
South West - 1 £339 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 1

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 featuring Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 26 (61.90%) Data Governance
2 15 (35.71%) Finance
2 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 15 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 12 (28.57%) GDPR
3 12 (28.57%) Azure
4 11 (26.19%) GRC
5 10 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (21.43%) Data Protection
6 9 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (21.43%) Metadata
7 8 (19.05%) Information Security
7 8 (19.05%) Data Management
8 7 (16.67%) Banking
8 7 (16.67%) Risk Management
8 7 (16.67%) Power BI
8 7 (16.67%) Data Quality
8 7 (16.67%) Power Platform
9 6 (14.29%) Collibra
9 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (14.29%) Analytics
9 6 (14.29%) ITSM
10 5 (11.90%) Project Management
10 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
10 5 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (11.90%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (11.90%) HIPAA
10 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (11.90%) Onboarding
11 4 (9.52%) Security Posture

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (28.57%) Azure
2 7 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 6 (14.29%) Collibra
3 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (7.14%) AWS
4 3 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.14%) IaaS
4 3 (7.14%) PaaS
4 3 (7.14%) SaaS
5 1 (2.38%) CloudFront
5 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.38%) GCP
5 1 (2.38%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) Firewall
1 2 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (4.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.43%) Metadata
2 7 (16.67%) Power BI
3 2 (4.76%) Data Lake
3 2 (4.76%) Tableau
4 1 (2.38%) Looker
4 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.38%) Power Query
General
1 15 (35.71%) Finance
1 15 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.67%) Banking
3 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.52%) Financial Institution
4 4 (9.52%) Investment Banking
4 4 (9.52%) Retail
5 3 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (7.14%) Legal
5 3 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.52%) Security Posture
3 3 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.76%) Reference Data
5 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.38%) CMDB
5 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (61.90%) Data Governance
2 10 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (21.43%) Data Protection
3 9 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (19.05%) Data Management
4 8 (19.05%) Information Security
5 7 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 6 (14.29%) Analytics
6 6 (14.29%) ITSM
7 5 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (11.90%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (11.90%) Project Management
8 4 (9.52%) Business Continuity
8 4 (9.52%) Data Analysis
8 4 (9.52%) Metadata Management
8 4 (9.52%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (9.52%) Remediation Plan
9 3 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (7.14%) RBAC
9 3 (7.14%) Trade Surveillance
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.14%) AWS Certification
1 3 (7.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 3 (7.14%) Azure Certification
1 3 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (7.14%) CRISC
2 2 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (4.76%) CISM
2 2 (4.76%) CISSP
2 2 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (28.57%) GDPR
2 11 (26.19%) GRC
3 7 (16.67%) Data Quality
4 5 (11.90%) HIPAA
5 3 (7.14%) Dodd-Frank
5 3 (7.14%) PCI DSS
5 3 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (4.76%) QA
6 2 (4.76%) SLA
7 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.38%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.14%) ForgeRock
2 3 (7.14%) Okta
3 2 (4.76%) Informatica
4 1 (2.38%) Ab Initio
4 1 (2.38%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.38%) Google
4 1 (2.38%) OneTrust
4 1 (2.38%) Veeam
4 1 (2.38%) VMware