Governance Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Governance Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Governance Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £575, 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 270 335 467
Rank change year-on-year +65 +132 +136
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 34 10 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.065% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.070% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 5 7
10th Percentile £355 £309 £435
25th Percentile £563 £313 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £341 £475
Median % change year-on-year +68.87% -28.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £713 £450 £525
90th Percentile £938 £533 £560
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £470
% change year-on-year +9.52% +11.70% -1.05%

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%

Governance Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Governance Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Governance Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Governance Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Governance Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Governance Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Governance Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Governance Analyst.

Governance Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (44.12%) Data Governance
2 12 (35.29%) Finance
3 10 (29.41%) Roadmaps
4 9 (26.47%) Agile
5 8 (23.53%) Derivative
5 8 (23.53%) Investment Management
5 8 (23.53%) Hedge funds
5 8 (23.53%) Azure
5 8 (23.53%) Fixed Income
5 8 (23.53%) Equities
5 8 (23.53%) Migration
5 8 (23.53%) Front Office
5 8 (23.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (23.53%) Product Ownership
5 8 (23.53%) Data Lake
5 8 (23.53%) Regulatory Compliance
6 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
7 4 (11.76%) GRC
8 3 (8.82%) Okta
8 3 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (8.82%) RBAC
8 3 (8.82%) Azure Certification
8 3 (8.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (8.82%) Security Posture
8 3 (8.82%) GDPR
8 3 (8.82%) PMO
8 3 (8.82%) AWS Certification
8 3 (8.82%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (8.82%) Data Quality
8 3 (8.82%) SailPoint

Governance Analyst 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) Azure
2 3 (8.82%) AWS
2 3 (8.82%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (8.82%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.88%) IaaS
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (5.88%) PaaS
3 2 (5.88%) SaaS
4 1 (2.94%) CloudFront
4 1 (2.94%) Collibra
4 1 (2.94%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (23.53%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.94%) Looker
2 1 (2.94%) Metadata
2 1 (2.94%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.94%) Power BI
General
1 12 (35.29%) Finance
2 8 (23.53%) Front Office
3 3 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.88%) Retail
4 2 (5.88%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Banking
5 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Derivative
1 8 (23.53%) Equities
1 8 (23.53%) Fixed Income
1 8 (23.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 8 (23.53%) Hedge funds
1 8 (23.53%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.82%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.88%) PMI
4 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.94%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) Data Governance
2 10 (29.41%) Roadmaps
3 9 (26.47%) Agile
4 8 (23.53%) Investment Management
4 8 (23.53%) Migration
4 8 (23.53%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (8.82%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (8.82%) RBAC
5 3 (8.82%) Risk Management
6 2 (5.88%) Analytics
6 2 (5.88%) Budgeting
6 2 (5.88%) Change Management
6 2 (5.88%) Information Security
6 2 (5.88%) PRINCE2
6 2 (5.88%) Programme Management
6 2 (5.88%) Project Management
6 2 (5.88%) Resource Management
6 2 (5.88%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) AWS Certification
1 3 (8.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 3 (8.82%) Azure Certification
1 3 (8.82%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (8.82%) Degree
1 3 (8.82%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (2.94%) CAPM
3 1 (2.94%) CRISC
3 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.94%) MBA
3 1 (2.94%) PgMP
3 1 (2.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) GRC
2 3 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.82%) GDPR
2 3 (8.82%) HIPAA
2 3 (8.82%) PCI DSS
2 3 (8.82%) PMO
2 3 (8.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (5.88%) SLA
4 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) ForgeRock
2 3 (8.82%) Okta
3 1 (2.94%) Google
3 1 (2.94%) OneTrust