Governance Manager Contract Job Trends

Governance Manager
UK

The median Governance Manager daily rate in the UK is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 462 528
Rank change year-on-year -104 +66 +143
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 59 56 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.19% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.21% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 39 41
10th Percentile £283 £463 £463
25th Percentile £410 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +17.39% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £938 £644
90th Percentile £739 - £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -7.00% -13.04% +6.98%
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 41,358 26,984 40,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 92.80% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,778 17,737 26,805
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.45%
75th Percentile £613 £629 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £486 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +2.37% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,581 943 2,528
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.85 £20.47 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -1.52% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.16 £31.64 £33.00
% change year-on-year +26.91% -4.12% -21.43%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -95 55 £475 -29.63% 12
UK excluding London -89 36 £465 -7.00% 12
London -75 20 £575 -34.29% 4
East of England - 17 £575 -
Work from Home -54 15 £700 -20.00% 12
North of England -67 8 £745 +56.84%
North West -44 6 £745 +61.08%
Midlands -61 6 £420 +8.39% 5
West Midlands - 6 £420 - 3
South East -51 4 £458 -3.68% 3
Yorkshire -63 2 - -
Wales - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 3 April 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 18 (30.51%) Risk Management
2 16 (27.12%) Data Governance
3 14 (23.73%) GRC
3 14 (23.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (20.34%) Information Governance
4 12 (20.34%) Security Cleared
5 11 (18.64%) Data Protection
6 9 (15.25%) Attestation
6 9 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (15.25%) DV Cleared
6 9 (15.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (13.56%) Decision-Making
7 8 (13.56%) GDPR
7 8 (13.56%) Information Security
8 7 (11.86%) Data Management
8 7 (11.86%) GCP
8 7 (11.86%) Validation
9 6 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (10.17%) Runbook
10 5 (8.47%) Incident Management
10 5 (8.47%) ITSM
10 5 (8.47%) Microsoft
10 5 (8.47%) Records Management
10 5 (8.47%) Regulatory Compliance
11 4 (6.78%) Agile
11 4 (6.78%) Azure
11 4 (6.78%) Google
11 4 (6.78%) Internet
11 4 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (6.78%) 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 (1.69%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.86%) GCP
2 4 (6.78%) Azure
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.69%) Alation
4 1 (1.69%) AWS
4 1 (1.69%) Collibra
4 1 (1.69%) GitHub
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.69%) OCI
4 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) Metadata
1 2 (3.39%) Power BI
2 1 (1.69%) GIS
2 1 (1.69%) QlikView
2 1 (1.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 12 (20.34%) Finance
3 5 (8.47%) Banking
3 5 (8.47%) Legal
3 5 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Local Government
5 2 (3.39%) Financial Institution
5 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Automotive
6 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.69%) Law
6 1 (1.69%) Publishing
6 1 (1.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) NHS
2 4 (6.78%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.69%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.69%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (1.69%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.69%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.51%) Risk Management
2 16 (27.12%) Data Governance
3 14 (23.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (20.34%) Information Governance
5 11 (18.64%) Data Protection
6 9 (15.25%) Attestation
6 9 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (15.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (13.56%) Decision-Making
7 8 (13.56%) Information Security
8 7 (11.86%) Data Management
8 7 (11.86%) Validation
9 6 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (10.17%) Runbook
10 5 (8.47%) Incident Management
10 5 (8.47%) ITSM
10 5 (8.47%) Records Management
10 5 (8.47%) Regulatory Compliance
11 4 (6.78%) IT Governance
11 4 (6.78%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 12 (20.34%) Security Cleared
2 9 (15.25%) DV Cleared
3 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.39%) CISM
4 2 (3.39%) CISSP
4 2 (3.39%) CRISC
4 2 (3.39%) Degree
4 2 (3.39%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.69%) ISEB
5 1 (1.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (1.69%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (23.73%) GRC
2 8 (13.56%) GDPR
3 4 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (5.08%) Data Quality
5 2 (3.39%) NIST
6 1 (1.69%) Basel III
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.69%) IASME
6 1 (1.69%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.69%) PMO
6 1 (1.69%) QA
6 1 (1.69%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) Google
3 1 (1.69%) Ariba
3 1 (1.69%) Databricks
3 1 (1.69%) Informatica
3 1 (1.69%) Mapinfo
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle
3 1 (1.69%) SAP
3 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow