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 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 511 523
Rank change year-on-year -88 +12 +89
Contract jobs requiring a Governance Manager 61 40 40
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 22 19
10th Percentile £415 £438 £422
25th Percentile £500 £440 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £498 £501
Median % change year-on-year +12.56% -0.60% -12.96%
75th Percentile £669 £566 £613
90th Percentile £723 £638 £784
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £449 £488
% change year-on-year +3.68% -8.00% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.64 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.09% - -
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 49,505 30,216 36,013
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 91.29% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,709 19,089 23,205
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 £621 £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 3,494 1,545 1,999
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.53 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £67.96 £53.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +21.62%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -91 54 £560 +17.89% 46
UK excluding London -90 32 £465 +3.68% 26
London -60 27 £560 +6.67% 23
Work from Home -67 14 £650 +23.81% 14
Midlands - 13 £404 - 3
West Midlands - 13 £404 - 2
South East -57 6 £465 +3.33% 5
North of England -68 6 £425 -3.90% 7
Scotland -11 4 - - 1
Yorkshire - 4 £425 - 3
North West -42 2 - - 4
East of England -20 1 £575 - 7
South West -50 1 £600 +15.38% 3
Wales - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 17 August 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 (49.18%) Data Governance
2 18 (29.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (26.23%) Security Cleared
4 15 (24.59%) Data Quality
5 14 (22.95%) SC Cleared
6 13 (21.31%) Data Protection
7 12 (19.67%) Decision-Making
7 12 (19.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (16.39%) Risk Management
9 8 (13.11%) Agile
9 8 (13.11%) Analytics
9 8 (13.11%) GDPR
9 8 (13.11%) GRC
10 7 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (11.48%) Information Security
10 7 (11.48%) Roadmaps
11 6 (9.84%) AI
11 6 (9.84%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (9.84%) Impact Assessments
11 6 (9.84%) Metadata
11 6 (9.84%) PRINCE2
12 5 (8.20%) Data Management
12 5 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 5 (8.20%) Project Management
13 4 (6.56%) Azure
13 4 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 4 (6.56%) Cost Optimisation
13 4 (6.56%) Incident Management
13 4 (6.56%) Incident Response
13 4 (6.56%) Information 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) SAP MDG
1 1 (1.64%) SAP MDG-S
1 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.56%) Azure
1 4 (6.56%) SaaS
2 2 (3.28%) Asana
2 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.28%) Smartsheet
3 1 (1.64%) AWS
3 1 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (1.64%) Collibra
3 1 (1.64%) GCP
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (1.64%) OCI
3 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.84%) Metadata
2 1 (1.64%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.64%) Power BI
2 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
General
1 14 (22.95%) Finance
2 13 (21.31%) Social Skills
3 8 (13.11%) Legal
4 5 (8.20%) Local Government
5 4 (6.56%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.92%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.92%) Retail
7 2 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Banking
7 2 (3.28%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.64%) Automotive
8 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.64%) Marketing
8 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.64%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (6.56%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.28%) Freedom of Information Act
2 2 (3.28%) NHS
2 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.64%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (49.18%) Data Governance
2 18 (29.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (21.31%) Data Protection
4 12 (19.67%) Decision-Making
4 12 (19.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (16.39%) Risk Management
6 8 (13.11%) Agile
6 8 (13.11%) Analytics
7 7 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (11.48%) Information Security
7 7 (11.48%) Roadmaps
8 6 (9.84%) AI
8 6 (9.84%) Impact Assessments
8 6 (9.84%) PRINCE2
9 5 (8.20%) Data Management
9 5 (8.20%) Project Management
10 4 (6.56%) Incident Management
10 4 (6.56%) IT Governance
10 4 (6.56%) Programme Management
10 4 (6.56%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.64%) Python
1 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (26.23%) Security Cleared
2 14 (22.95%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.56%) PMP
4 3 (4.92%) Degree
5 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.28%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.28%) MBA
5 2 (3.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (24.59%) Data Quality
2 8 (13.11%) GDPR
2 8 (13.11%) GRC
3 6 (9.84%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.64%) IASME
6 1 (1.64%) ISO 14001
6 1 (1.64%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.64%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.64%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.28%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (6.56%) ServiceNow
2 3 (4.92%) Bloomberg
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.92%) Refinitiv
3 1 (1.64%) OpenAI
3 1 (1.64%) Oracle
3 1 (1.64%) SAP