Governance Manager Contracts

Governance Manager
UK

The median Governance Manager daily rate in the UK is £501, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 589 786
Rank change year-on-year +70 +197 -62
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 47 57 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.12% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 43 53
10th Percentile £417 £415 £370
25th Percentile £469 £487 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £505 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% -15.83% +14.39%
75th Percentile £550 £634 £675
90th Percentile £642 £760 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% +46.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 35,672 46,944 81,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 94.15% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,921 32,148 57,528
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,658 1,511 1,784
10th Percentile £14.73 £14.93 £13.02
25th Percentile £20.30 £19.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £44.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% +71.15% +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.90 £43.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year +0.34% +98.86% +22.22%

Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Governance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Governance Manager over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Top 13 Contract 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 20 September 2024. 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 +68 40 £500 -13.04% 19
London +59 21 £515 -10.43% 11
UK excluding London +46 20 £488 -2.50% 11
Work from Home +80 16 £525 -8.70% 5
North of England +38 9 £550 -21.43% 4
North West +24 8 £550 -21.43% 2
South East +23 5 £437 -14.01% 2
South West - 3 £488 -
Scotland +29 1 £300 -40.00% 3
East of England +23 1 £363 -25.64%
Yorkshire +16 1 - - 1
Midlands +10 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -

Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, 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 job ads featuring Governance Manager in the job title.

1 16 (34.04%) Risk Management
1 16 (34.04%) Data Governance
2 14 (29.79%) Social Skills
3 12 (25.53%) Finance
4 11 (23.40%) Data Quality
4 11 (23.40%) Public Sector
5 8 (17.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (17.02%) Change Management
5 8 (17.02%) QA
5 8 (17.02%) Metadata
6 7 (14.89%) JIRA
6 7 (14.89%) Confluence
6 7 (14.89%) Records Management
6 7 (14.89%) SharePoint
6 7 (14.89%) Data Management
7 6 (12.77%) TOGAF
7 6 (12.77%) Programme Management
7 6 (12.77%) Process Management
7 6 (12.77%) Project Management
7 6 (12.77%) Security Cleared
7 6 (12.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (12.77%) Architecture Governance
8 5 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (8.51%) Information Governance
9 4 (8.51%) Banking
9 4 (8.51%) Culture Change
9 4 (8.51%) Project Delivery
10 3 (6.38%) Attestation
10 3 (6.38%) Performance Measurement
10 3 (6.38%) NIST

Governance Manager Skill Set
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 7 (14.89%) Confluence
1 7 (14.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) SAP MDG
1 2 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.26%) Collibra
2 1 (2.13%) Azure
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.13%) 2G
2 1 (2.13%) 3G
2 1 (2.13%) 4G
2 1 (2.13%) 5G
2 1 (2.13%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (2.13%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.02%) Metadata
2 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.13%) EDRMS
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) JIRA
General
1 14 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.53%) Finance
3 11 (23.40%) Public Sector
4 6 (12.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (8.51%) Banking
6 3 (6.38%) Legal
7 2 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Law
8 1 (2.13%) Local Government
8 1 (2.13%) Publishing
8 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (4.26%) Life Science
2 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) FMCG
3 1 (2.13%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.13%) LIMS
3 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.04%) Data Governance
1 16 (34.04%) Risk Management
2 8 (17.02%) Change Management
2 8 (17.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (14.89%) Data Management
3 7 (14.89%) Records Management
4 6 (12.77%) Architecture Governance
4 6 (12.77%) Process Management
4 6 (12.77%) Programme Management
4 6 (12.77%) Project Management
4 6 (12.77%) TOGAF
5 5 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (8.51%) Culture Change
6 4 (8.51%) Information Governance
6 4 (8.51%) Project Delivery
7 3 (6.38%) Attestation
7 3 (6.38%) Business Strategy
7 3 (6.38%) Data Protection
7 3 (6.38%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (6.38%) Performance Measurement
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.38%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) DV Cleared
2 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.13%) HND
3 1 (2.13%) ISEB
3 1 (2.13%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.13%) PMP
3 1 (2.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.40%) Data Quality
2 8 (17.02%) QA
3 3 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (6.38%) GDPR
3 3 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.38%) NIST
4 2 (4.26%) GRC
4 2 (4.26%) PMO
5 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.13%) GMP
Vendors
1 2 (4.26%) SAP
2 1 (2.13%) Informatica
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) OneTrust
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle