Governance Consultant Contract Job Trends

Governance Consultant
UK

The median Governance Consultant daily rate in the UK is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 559 621
Rank change year-on-year -16 +62 +191
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Consultant 11 5 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.014% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.015% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 8
10th Percentile £408 £388 £433
25th Percentile £502 £425 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £700 £563
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% +24.44% +0.45%
75th Percentile £600 £806 £700
90th Percentile £755 £833 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -10.00% -16.67%

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 32,121 33,965 44,165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.87% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,371 20,492 29,993
10th Percentile £278 £300 £294
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,875 1,270 1,571
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.10 £15.12
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +58.28%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +85.11%

Governance Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Governance Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Governance Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Governance Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Governance Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Governance Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Governance Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Governance Consultant over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Governance Consultant in the UK

Governance Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Governance Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Governance Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Governance Consultant
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Governance Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 16 November 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
Work from Home +22 8 £600 +4.35% 3
England -17 6 £513 -26.79% 3
London -3 5 £519 -30.25% 2
UK excluding London -27 2 £438 -2.78% 1
Midlands -33 1 £500 +11.11%
Wales - 1 £375 -
West Midlands - 1 £500 -

Governance Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, Governance Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Governance Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) GDPR
2 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) HIPAA
2 4 (36.36%) Python
2 4 (36.36%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (36.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Collibra
3 3 (27.27%) Data Governance
3 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 3 (27.27%) Docker
3 3 (27.27%) Firewall
3 3 (27.27%) HTTP
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Java
3 3 (27.27%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes
3 3 (27.27%) Linux
3 3 (27.27%) NDS
3 3 (27.27%) NetIQ
3 3 (27.27%) NetIQ eDirectory
3 3 (27.27%) OpenText
3 3 (27.27%) Oracle
3 3 (27.27%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (27.27%) Privileged Access Management
3 3 (27.27%) Service Management
3 3 (27.27%) SQL Server

Governance Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP CO
1 1 (9.09%) SAP FI
1 1 (9.09%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Collibra
3 1 (9.09%) Alation
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
1 3 (27.27%) HTTP
1 3 (27.27%) SSL
1 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) Ataccama
3 1 (9.09%) Metadata
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Low-Code
2 1 (9.09%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Reinsurance
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Regulatory Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Data Governance
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (27.27%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (27.27%) Privileged Access Management
2 3 (27.27%) Service Management
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (18.18%) Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) Data Lineage
3 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
3 2 (18.18%) Data Privacy
3 2 (18.18%) RBAC
4 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (9.09%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Python
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) CISM
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) ACCA
3 1 (9.09%) CIMA
3 1 (9.09%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) GDPR
2 4 (36.36%) HIPAA
2 4 (36.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
4 1 (9.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (9.09%) GRC
4 1 (9.09%) GxP
4 1 (9.09%) IFRS
4 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Docker
1 3 (27.27%) NDS
1 3 (27.27%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) NetIQ
1 3 (27.27%) OpenText
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) Informatica
3 1 (9.09%) SAP