Information Governance Contracts

Information Governance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 494 570
Rank change year-on-year +16 +76 +125
Contract jobs citing Information Governance 42 88 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.23% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 50 105
10th Percentile £274 £316 £211
25th Percentile £313 £448 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +46.67%
75th Percentile £669 £579 £635
90th Percentile £764 £688 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £500 £350
% change year-on-year -35.00% +42.86% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 2
10th Percentile £26.82 - £25.96
25th Percentile £27.98 - £36.84
Median hourly rate £29.12 £12.25 £58.20
Median % change year-on-year +137.67% -78.95% +164.55%
75th Percentile £32.92 £13.57 £82.59
90th Percentile £34.31 £16.12 £95.29
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.23 £12.25 £18.90
% change year-on-year +138.61% -35.19% -11.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Governance over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +31 33 £550 +10.00% 236
UK excluding London +47 25 £325 -35.00% 210
London +23 16 £550 +15.79% 55
Work from Home +12 10 £325 -35.96% 130
Scotland +6 7 £386 -22.90% 11
North of England +16 6 £325 -51.85% 48
Midlands +24 5 £775 +77.14% 36
Yorkshire +9 4 £325 -51.85% 17
South East +40 3 £200 -65.22% 54
South West - 3 £300 - 23
West Midlands +13 2 £775 +77.14% 18
North West +13 2 - - 27
East Midlands - 1 - - 16
Wales - 1 £350 - 8

Information Governance
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 6 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.38%) Adobe XD
3 1 (2.38%) Sketch
3 1 (2.38%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (14.29%) Azure
2 6 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.14%) AWS
3 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.76%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.38%) Figma
5 1 (2.38%) GCP
5 1 (2.38%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.38%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.38%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) Firewall
1 2 (4.76%) Intranet
2 1 (2.38%) 5G
2 1 (2.38%) Internet
2 1 (2.38%) LAN
2 1 (2.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.29%) Power BI
2 2 (4.76%) EDRMS
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (4.76%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (4.76%) QlikView
2 2 (4.76%) Tableau
3 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Git
General
1 18 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 15 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 10 (23.81%) Local Government
4 6 (14.29%) Law
5 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.14%) Finance
6 3 (7.14%) Police
6 3 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.76%) Legal
8 1 (2.38%) Banking
8 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Health Technology
8 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (16.67%) Senior
2 5 (11.90%) Architect
3 4 (9.52%) Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Head of IT
4 3 (7.14%) Information Manager
4 3 (7.14%) IT Director
5 2 (4.76%) Business Information Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Business Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Data Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Data Protection Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Developer
5 2 (4.76%) Information Officer
5 2 (4.76%) Programme Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Records Management Specialist
5 2 (4.76%) Security Architect
5 2 (4.76%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Senior Security Architect
5 2 (4.76%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) Node.js
2 2 (4.76%) CSS
2 2 (4.76%) HTML
3 1 (2.38%) JSON
3 1 (2.38%) Laravel
3 1 (2.38%) React
3 1 (2.38%) RESTful
3 1 (2.38%) Vue
3 1 (2.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 7 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (7.14%) Freedom of Information Act
4 2 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.76%) NHS
4 2 (4.76%) Taxonomies
5 1 (2.38%) CMDB
5 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.38%) IoT
5 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.38%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Unix
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Data Protection
2 11 (26.19%) Risk Management
3 10 (23.81%) Agile
4 8 (19.05%) Records Management
4 8 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 7 (16.67%) Information Management
5 7 (16.67%) Information Security
5 7 (16.67%) Migration
5 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (14.29%) Analytics
6 6 (14.29%) Business Continuity
6 6 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (14.29%) Change Management
6 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (14.29%) Data Governance
6 6 (14.29%) Project Management
7 5 (11.90%) Contract Management
7 5 (11.90%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) Python
1 3 (7.14%) SQL
2 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.76%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.38%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) Degree
2 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
2 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (4.76%) CCSP
4 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.76%) CISSP
5 1 (2.38%) IBM Certification
5 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.43%) GDPR
2 3 (7.14%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.76%) PMO
3 2 (4.76%) WCAG
4 1 (2.38%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (2.38%) GRC
4 1 (2.38%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) CASB
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle
2 2 (4.76%) TOWER Software
3 1 (2.38%) Adobe
3 1 (2.38%) Google
3 1 (2.38%) IBM
3 1 (2.38%) Okta
3 1 (2.38%) Progress
3 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.38%) VMware