Governance Manager Contract Job Trends

Governance Manager
UK

The median Governance Manager daily rate in the UK is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 465 554
Rank change year-on-year -119 +89 +112
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 61 51 46
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.19% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 38 30
10th Percentile £279 £480 £463
25th Percentile £414 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £675 £563
Median % change year-on-year -22.96% +20.00% +9.22%
75th Percentile £638 £938 £619
90th Percentile £743 - £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -3.50% -13.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.64 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £27.64 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 43,571 27,048 40,454
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.55% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,878 17,685 26,353
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +2.87% -3.55% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,816 1,030 2,658
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £44.00 £29.07 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.36% -19.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £66.00 £62.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £38.50
% change year-on-year +58.12% -25.32% -9.41%

Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Governance Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Governance Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Governance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Governance Manager over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Governance Manager
Top 12 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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2026. 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 -91 57 £500 -28.57% 18
UK excluding London -76 38 £483 -3.50% 14
London -62 20 £540 -38.29% 7
East of England - 17 £575 -
Work from Home -62 14 £700 -20.00% 8
Midlands -64 8 £420 +8.39% 2
West Midlands - 8 £420 - 2
North of England - 8 £746 - 4
North West - 6 £746 - 4
South East -48 4 £465 -2.11% 6
Yorkshire - 2 - -
Wales - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2026, Governance Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 17 (27.87%) Data Governance
1 17 (27.87%) Risk Management
2 16 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (21.31%) GRC
3 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
4 11 (18.03%) Information Governance
5 10 (16.39%) Data Protection
5 10 (16.39%) Decision-Making
6 9 (14.75%) Attestation
6 9 (14.75%) DV Cleared
6 9 (14.75%) Information Security
6 9 (14.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (11.48%) Data Management
8 7 (11.48%) GCP
8 7 (11.48%) Validation
9 6 (9.84%) Agile
9 6 (9.84%) Data Quality
9 6 (9.84%) GDPR
9 6 (9.84%) Runbook
10 5 (8.20%) ITSM
11 4 (6.56%) Analytics
11 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (6.56%) Google
11 4 (6.56%) Incident Management
11 4 (6.56%) Internet
11 4 (6.56%) IT Governance
11 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
11 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (6.56%) Project Governance

Governance Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.64%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.48%) GCP
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (4.92%) Azure
3 3 (4.92%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.28%) SaaS
5 1 (1.64%) AWS
5 1 (1.64%) Collibra
5 1 (1.64%) GitHub
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.64%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.92%) Power BI
2 2 (3.28%) Tableau
3 1 (1.64%) GIS
3 1 (1.64%) Metadata
3 1 (1.64%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (24.59%) Finance
1 15 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.84%) Legal
3 5 (8.20%) Banking
4 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.56%) Local Government
4 4 (6.56%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.64%) Automotive
7 1 (1.64%) Law
7 1 (1.64%) Marketing
7 1 (1.64%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) NHS
2 3 (4.92%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.64%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.87%) Data Governance
1 17 (27.87%) Risk Management
2 16 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (18.03%) Information Governance
4 10 (16.39%) Data Protection
4 10 (16.39%) Decision-Making
5 9 (14.75%) Attestation
5 9 (14.75%) Information Security
5 9 (14.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (11.48%) Data Management
7 7 (11.48%) Validation
8 6 (9.84%) Agile
8 6 (9.84%) Runbook
9 5 (8.20%) ITSM
10 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (6.56%) Incident Management
10 4 (6.56%) IT Governance
10 4 (6.56%) Project Governance
10 4 (6.56%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.64%) Python
1 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.75%) DV Cleared
3 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.28%) Degree
4 2 (3.28%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.64%) CISM
5 1 (1.64%) CISSP
5 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.64%) CRISC
5 1 (1.64%) ISEB
5 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.31%) GRC
2 6 (9.84%) Data Quality
2 6 (9.84%) GDPR
3 3 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.28%) PMO
5 1 (1.64%) Basel III
5 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.64%) IASME
5 1 (1.64%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.64%) NIST
5 1 (1.64%) QA
5 1 (1.64%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (6.56%) Google
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.64%) Ariba
2 1 (1.64%) Bloomberg
2 1 (1.64%) Mapinfo
2 1 (1.64%) Oracle
2 1 (1.64%) Refinitiv
2 1 (1.64%) SAP
2 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow