Governance Manager Contract Job Trends

Governance Manager
UK

The median Governance Manager daily rate in the UK is £498, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 512 597
Rank change year-on-year -19 +85 +184
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 37 47 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 25 40
10th Percentile £435 £417 £424
25th Percentile £438 £469 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £501 £521
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% -3.89% -13.21%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £646
90th Percentile £638 £642 £764
UK excluding London median daily rate £447 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -8.31% -2.50% -9.09%

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 30,003 35,798 46,379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 92.95% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,960 22,064 31,748
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,577 1,684 1,483
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% +4.65% +95.45%

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
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 18 September 2025.

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 10 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 18 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +7 31 £498 -0.50% 29
UK excluding London -8 19 £447 -8.31% 20
Work from Home +27 13 £481 -8.33% 16
London +14 13 £525 +1.94% 14
South West +31 8 £520 +6.67% 3
North of England -17 6 £442 -19.59% 3
North West -18 5 £442 -19.59%
Scotland +2 4 £438 +45.83%
East of England +5 1 - - 3
Yorkshire -15 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 15 (40.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (32.43%) Data Governance
3 11 (29.73%) Risk Management
4 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
5 9 (24.32%) Finance
5 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (24.32%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (21.62%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (18.92%) Banking
7 7 (18.92%) JIRA
7 7 (18.92%) Project Management
7 7 (18.92%) Strategic Thinking
7 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
7 7 (18.92%) Business Strategy
8 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
8 6 (16.22%) Decision-Making
8 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
8 6 (16.22%) Data Modelling
8 6 (16.22%) Change Management
9 5 (13.51%) Mentoring
9 5 (13.51%) Budget Management
9 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (10.81%) Metadata
10 4 (10.81%) Collaborative Culture
10 4 (10.81%) Azure
10 4 (10.81%) Informatica
10 4 (10.81%) Degree
10 4 (10.81%) BC Cleared
10 4 (10.81%) BPSS Clearance

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 4 (10.81%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Purview
2 4 (10.81%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) Alation
4 1 (2.70%) Asana
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.70%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Network Security
1 1 (2.70%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) Metadata
2 3 (8.11%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 7 (18.92%) JIRA
General
1 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (24.32%) Finance
1 9 (24.32%) Influencing Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Banking
2 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Legal
4 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.41%) Retail
4 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.70%) Back Office
5 1 (2.70%) Electronics
5 1 (2.70%) Finnish Language
5 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.70%) Marketing
5 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
5 1 (2.70%) Social Housing
5 1 (2.70%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.70%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (32.43%) Data Governance
3 11 (29.73%) Risk Management
4 8 (21.62%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (18.92%) Business Strategy
5 7 (18.92%) Project Management
5 7 (18.92%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (16.22%) Change Management
6 6 (16.22%) Data Modelling
6 6 (16.22%) Decision-Making
7 5 (13.51%) Budget Management
7 5 (13.51%) Mentoring
8 4 (10.81%) Agile
8 4 (10.81%) Collaborative Culture
9 3 (8.11%) Analytics
9 3 (8.11%) Data Governance Strategy
9 3 (8.11%) Data Management
9 3 (8.11%) IT Governance
9 3 (8.11%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) BC Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (10.81%) Degree
3 3 (8.11%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.70%) CISA
5 1 (2.70%) CISM
5 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.41%) GDPR
2 2 (5.41%) GRC
2 2 (5.41%) PMO
2 2 (5.41%) QA
3 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.70%) P3O
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) Informatica
3 3 (8.11%) IBM
4 2 (5.41%) Oracle
5 1 (2.70%) Databricks
5 1 (2.70%) SAP