Governance Manager Contract Job Trends

Governance Manager
UK

The median Governance Manager daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 488 532
Rank change year-on-year -87 +44 +106
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 70 37 49
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 22 29
10th Percentile £276 £463 £463
25th Percentile £513 £513 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £888 £600
90th Percentile £745 £938 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £520 £575
% change year-on-year +10.58% -9.57% +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 46,278 27,307 40,582
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.32% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,166 17,569 26,038
10th Percentile £325 £289 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,090 1,147 2,946
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.79 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.30 £27.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.46% -26.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £62.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -1.45%

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 14 June 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 14 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 14 June 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 -74 63 £575 +9.52% 32
UK excluding London -79 46 £575 +10.58% 24
London -77 22 £585 -19.31% 11
East of England -14 15 £575 - 2
Work from Home -54 13 £643 +2.80% 14
Midlands -46 12 £625 +31.58%
West Midlands - 12 £625 -
North of England - 8 £746 - 11
North West - 6 £746 - 7
South East -59 5 £465 +3.33% 9
Scotland -18 4 - - 1
Yorkshire - 2 - - 4
South West -28 1 £600 +15.38% 1
Wales - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 25 (35.71%) Data Governance
2 22 (31.43%) Security Cleared
3 15 (21.43%) Data Quality
4 14 (20.00%) GRC
4 14 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 14 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (18.57%) SC Cleared
6 12 (17.14%) Data Protection
6 12 (17.14%) Decision-Making
7 11 (15.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (14.29%) DV Cleared
9 8 (11.43%) Attestation
9 8 (11.43%) Information Security
10 7 (10.00%) Agile
10 7 (10.00%) Information Governance
10 7 (10.00%) Roadmaps
11 6 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (8.57%) GCP
12 5 (7.14%) Analytics
12 5 (7.14%) Azure
12 5 (7.14%) Data Management
12 5 (7.14%) GDPR
12 5 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 5 (7.14%) Runbook
12 5 (7.14%) Validation
13 4 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 4 (5.71%) Contract Negotiation
13 4 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (5.71%) Incident Management
13 4 (5.71%) IT 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 (1.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) SAP MDG
1 1 (1.43%) SAP MDG-S
1 1 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.57%) GCP
2 5 (7.14%) Azure
3 4 (5.71%) SaaS
4 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (2.86%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.43%) AWS
5 1 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.43%) Collibra
5 1 (1.43%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.71%) Metadata
2 2 (2.86%) Power BI
2 2 (2.86%) Tableau
3 1 (1.43%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.43%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) JIRA
General
1 13 (18.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.29%) Finance
3 5 (7.14%) Legal
4 4 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (4.29%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.86%) Banking
7 1 (1.43%) Automotive
7 1 (1.43%) Law
7 1 (1.43%) Local Government
7 1 (1.43%) Marketing
7 1 (1.43%) Retail
7 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.86%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.57%) NHS
2 4 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.43%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.43%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.43%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (35.71%) Data Governance
2 14 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 14 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (17.14%) Data Protection
3 12 (17.14%) Decision-Making
4 11 (15.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (11.43%) Attestation
5 8 (11.43%) Information Security
6 7 (10.00%) Agile
6 7 (10.00%) Information Governance
6 7 (10.00%) Roadmaps
7 6 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (7.14%) Analytics
8 5 (7.14%) Data Management
8 5 (7.14%) Runbook
8 5 (7.14%) Validation
9 4 (5.71%) Contract Negotiation
9 4 (5.71%) Major Incident Management
9 4 (5.71%) Security Operations
9 4 (5.71%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.43%) Python
1 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (31.43%) Security Cleared
2 13 (18.57%) SC Cleared
3 10 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.43%) Degree
4 1 (1.43%) ISEB
4 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (21.43%) Data Quality
2 14 (20.00%) GRC
3 5 (7.14%) GDPR
3 5 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.86%) PMO
6 1 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.43%) IASME
6 1 (1.43%) ISO 14001
6 1 (1.43%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.43%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.43%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (4.29%) Bloomberg
1 3 (4.29%) Google
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (4.29%) Refinitiv
1 3 (4.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle
2 1 (1.43%) SAP