Governance Manager Contract Job Trends

Governance Manager
UK

The median Governance Manager daily rate in the UK is £560, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 596 515 536
Rank change year-on-year -81 +21 +71
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 71 39 46
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 21 24
10th Percentile £423 - £434
25th Percentile £516 £438 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £520 £508
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +2.41% -8.64%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £581
90th Percentile £700 £638 £644
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £447 £488
% change year-on-year +14.65% -8.31% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.60 - -
Median hourly rate £31.60 £27.64 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.33% - -
75th Percentile £33.60 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.60 £27.64 -
% change year-on-year +7.09% - -

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 49,606 29,880 35,937
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 91.25% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,580 18,873 22,662
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,581 1,559 1,838
10th Percentile £14.96 £13.69 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.53 £17.04 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.33 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.95
% change year-on-year +68.99% -42.78% +11.13%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -84 66 £560 +12.56% 57
UK excluding London -78 38 £513 +14.65% 30
London -59 32 £560 +6.67% 35
Work from Home -51 16 £585 +11.43% 24
Midlands - 15 £404 - 1
West Midlands - 15 £404 - 1
North of England -61 12 £550 +24.36% 9
Yorkshire - 10 £550 - 4
South East - 6 £465 - 7
Scotland -21 4 - - 3
North West -58 2 - - 5
South West -46 1 £600 +15.38% 6

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

For the 6 months to 1 September 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 30 (42.25%) Data Governance
2 22 (30.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (23.94%) Data Quality
4 16 (22.54%) Data Protection
4 16 (22.54%) Security Cleared
5 15 (21.13%) SC Cleared
6 14 (19.72%) Decision-Making
7 12 (16.90%) Agile
7 12 (16.90%) Risk Management
7 12 (16.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (15.49%) Information Security
9 10 (14.08%) Analytics
9 10 (14.08%) GDPR
10 9 (12.68%) Impact Assessments
10 9 (12.68%) Information Governance
11 8 (11.27%) PRINCE2
12 7 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (9.86%) GRC
12 7 (9.86%) Roadmaps
13 6 (8.45%) AI
13 6 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
13 6 (8.45%) Metadata
13 6 (8.45%) PMO
13 6 (8.45%) Programme Governance
13 6 (8.45%) Programme Management
14 5 (7.04%) Azure
14 5 (7.04%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (7.04%) Data Management
14 5 (7.04%) PMP
14 5 (7.04%) 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 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) SAP MDG
1 1 (1.41%) SAP MDG-S
1 1 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.04%) Azure
2 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.23%) SaaS
3 2 (2.82%) Asana
3 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.82%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.82%) Smartsheet
4 1 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.41%) Collibra
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.41%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.45%) Metadata
2 3 (4.23%) Power BI
3 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (5.63%) JIRA
General
1 21 (29.58%) Finance
2 15 (21.13%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.86%) Legal
3 7 (9.86%) Local Government
4 5 (7.04%) Banking
5 4 (5.63%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (5.63%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Retail
7 2 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.41%) Automotive
8 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.41%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.41%) ADO
2 1 (1.41%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (1.41%) DAO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.86%) Freedom of Information
2 4 (5.63%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (5.63%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.63%) NHS
3 3 (4.23%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.82%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (1.41%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.41%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (42.25%) Data Governance
2 22 (30.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (22.54%) Data Protection
4 14 (19.72%) Decision-Making
5 12 (16.90%) Agile
5 12 (16.90%) Risk Management
5 12 (16.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (15.49%) Information Security
7 10 (14.08%) Analytics
8 9 (12.68%) Impact Assessments
8 9 (12.68%) Information Governance
9 8 (11.27%) PRINCE2
10 7 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (9.86%) Roadmaps
11 6 (8.45%) AI
11 6 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (8.45%) Programme Governance
11 6 (8.45%) Programme Management
12 5 (7.04%) Data Management
12 5 (7.04%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.41%) Python
1 1 (1.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (22.54%) Security Cleared
2 15 (21.13%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.04%) PMP
4 4 (5.63%) Degree
5 3 (4.23%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.82%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.82%) MBA
7 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (23.94%) Data Quality
2 10 (14.08%) GDPR
3 7 (9.86%) GRC
4 6 (8.45%) PMO
5 5 (7.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.41%) ISO 14001
7 1 (1.41%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.41%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.82%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (7.04%) ServiceNow
2 3 (4.23%) Bloomberg
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.23%) Refinitiv
3 1 (1.41%) OpenAI
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle
3 1 (1.41%) SAP