Governance Manager Contract Job Trends

Governance Manager
UK

The median Governance Manager daily rate in the UK is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 505 573
Rank change year-on-year -33 +68 +185
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 34 56 63
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 31 50
10th Percentile £324 £413 £424
25th Percentile £434 £459 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £488 £537
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -9.22% -4.96%
75th Percentile £544 £538 £721
90th Percentile £638 £600 £800
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 30,597 33,994 44,567
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.88% 93.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,332 20,491 30,405
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,703 1,312 1,533
10th Percentile £13.81 £15.07 £14.67
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.73% -10.67% +61.82%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.50% -10.11% +91.73%

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 27 October 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 11 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 27 October 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 -37 32 £450 -7.69% 21
UK excluding London -36 18 £447 -8.31% 16
London -12 12 £575 +17.95% 6
Work from Home +26 9 £438 -16.67% 7
South West +18 8 £520 +6.67% 2
North of England -44 7 £438 -12.50% 3
North West -28 6 £438 -14.63% 3
South East +1 1 £450 +2.97% 5
Scotland -4 1 £438 +45.83%
East of England -13 1 - - 1
Yorkshire -36 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 27 October 2025, 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 14 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (32.35%) Data Governance
3 10 (29.41%) Risk Management
4 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
5 8 (23.53%) AI
5 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (23.53%) Strategic Thinking
6 7 (20.59%) Business Strategy
6 7 (20.59%) Change Management
6 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Excel
7 6 (17.65%) Metadata
8 5 (14.71%) Agile
8 5 (14.71%) Analytics
8 5 (14.71%) Azure
8 5 (14.71%) Budget Management
8 5 (14.71%) Data Modelling
8 5 (14.71%) Decision-Making
8 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
8 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
9 4 (11.76%) BC Cleared
9 4 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (11.76%) Data Management
9 4 (11.76%) Degree
9 4 (11.76%) GDPR
9 4 (11.76%) JIRA
9 4 (11.76%) Metadata Management
10 3 (8.82%) Azure Certification
10 3 (8.82%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity

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 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) Azure
2 2 (5.88%) Collibra
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.94%) Alation
3 1 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.94%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) LAN
1 1 (2.94%) Network Security
1 1 (2.94%) VPN
1 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (23.53%) Influencing Skills
1 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Finance
3 5 (14.71%) Banking
4 4 (11.76%) Legal
5 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.82%) Retail
6 2 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.94%) Automotive
7 1 (2.94%) Back Office
7 1 (2.94%) Electronics
7 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.94%) Law
7 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.94%) Marketing
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Publishing
7 1 (2.94%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.94%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (2.94%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.94%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (32.35%) Data Governance
3 10 (29.41%) Risk Management
4 8 (23.53%) AI
4 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (23.53%) Strategic Thinking
5 7 (20.59%) Business Strategy
5 7 (20.59%) Change Management
6 5 (14.71%) Agile
6 5 (14.71%) Analytics
6 5 (14.71%) Budget Management
6 5 (14.71%) Data Modelling
6 5 (14.71%) Decision-Making
6 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
7 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (11.76%) Data Management
7 4 (11.76%) Metadata Management
8 3 (8.82%) Data Lineage
8 3 (8.82%) IT Governance
8 3 (8.82%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) BC Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (11.76%) Degree
3 3 (8.82%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.88%) CISM
5 1 (2.94%) CISA
5 1 (2.94%) CISSP
5 1 (2.94%) CRISC
5 1 (2.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.94%) PMP
5 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) GDPR
2 3 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.82%) GRC
3 2 (5.88%) PMO
3 2 (5.88%) QA
4 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.94%) NIST
4 1 (2.94%) P3O
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) Databricks
2 2 (5.88%) Informatica
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (2.94%) SAP
3 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow