Data Governance Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Governance Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Governance Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £875, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 338 465
Rank change year-on-year +66 +127 +159
Contract jobs requiring a Data Governance Manager 32 7 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.046% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.049% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 4 3
10th Percentile £570 £515 -
25th Percentile £638 £538 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £575 £438
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% +31.43% -17.65%
75th Percentile £938 £644 £474
90th Percentile - £723 £492
UK median daily rate £875 £550 £503
% change year-on-year +59.09% +9.45% -6.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Data Governance Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Data Governance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Governance Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Governance Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Governance Manager.

Data Governance Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Governance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Governance Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Data Governance Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Governance Manager 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Data Governance Manager in the job title.

1 31 (96.88%) Data Governance
2 28 (87.50%) Finance
3 24 (75.00%) Roadmaps
4 23 (71.88%) Migration
4 23 (71.88%) Agile
4 23 (71.88%) Data Lake
5 22 (68.75%) Regulatory Compliance
5 22 (68.75%) Hedge funds
5 22 (68.75%) Investment Management
5 22 (68.75%) Front Office
5 22 (68.75%) Fixed Income
5 22 (68.75%) Equities
5 22 (68.75%) Derivative
5 22 (68.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 22 (68.75%) Product Ownership
6 7 (21.88%) Project Management
7 4 (12.50%) JIRA
7 4 (12.50%) Confluence
7 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (9.38%) Data Governance Strategy
8 3 (9.38%) Alation
8 3 (9.38%) IBM InfoSphere
8 3 (9.38%) SDLC
8 3 (9.38%) IBM
8 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
8 3 (9.38%) Informatica
8 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
8 3 (9.38%) MS Visio
8 3 (9.38%) Data Modelling
9 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence

Data Governance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (12.50%) Confluence
2 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (9.38%) Alation
3 2 (6.25%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (71.88%) Data Lake
2 3 (9.38%) IBM InfoSphere
3 1 (3.13%) Metadata
3 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 28 (87.50%) Finance
2 22 (68.75%) Front Office
3 2 (6.25%) Banking
3 2 (6.25%) Retail
4 1 (3.13%) Legal
4 1 (3.13%) Local Government
4 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 22 (68.75%) Derivative
1 22 (68.75%) Equities
1 22 (68.75%) Fixed Income
1 22 (68.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 22 (68.75%) Hedge funds
1 22 (68.75%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.13%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (96.88%) Data Governance
2 24 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 23 (71.88%) Agile
3 23 (71.88%) Migration
4 22 (68.75%) Investment Management
4 22 (68.75%) Regulatory Compliance
5 7 (21.88%) Project Management
6 3 (9.38%) Data Governance Strategy
6 3 (9.38%) Data Modelling
6 3 (9.38%) SDLC
7 2 (6.25%) Analytics
7 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (6.25%) Change Control
7 2 (6.25%) Change Management
7 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (6.25%) Data Analytics
7 2 (6.25%) Data Protection
7 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (3.13%) Data Management
8 1 (3.13%) Information Management
Qualifications
1 1 (3.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) IBM
1 3 (9.38%) Informatica
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft