Information Governance Contracts in the West Midlands

Information Governance
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 106 123
Rank change year-on-year -5 +17 +46
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Information Governance 3 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.18% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.26% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £362 £476
25th Percentile - £395 £628
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £725
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -37.93% +70.59%
75th Percentile - - £738
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,503 1,549 1,852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.20% 81.83% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 1,044 1,258
10th Percentile £235 £263 £263
25th Percentile £385 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £575 £625 £605
90th Percentile £650 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -3.77% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 58 41
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.13 £14.36
25th Percentile £14.47 £14.78 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.34 £21.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.91% -19.44% +54.29%
75th Percentile £35.14 £37.50 £30.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.38 £43.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.75 £40.85
% change year-on-year -41.17% +4.66% +51.39%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Information Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Information Governance in the West Midlands

Information Governance
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Information Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Information Governance

Information Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Information Governance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Information Governance

Information Governance
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
Birmingham +1 2 - - 4
Warwickshire - 1 £650 - 3
Information Governance
England

Information Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Records Management Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Records Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Document Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Records Management
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft