Data Governance Specialist Contracts

Data Governance Specialist
UK

The median Data Governance Specialist daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 586 702 842
Rank change year-on-year +116 +140 -149
Contract jobs requiring a Data Governance Specialist 5 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.005% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.005% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £368 £438 £417
25th Percentile £413 £456 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £541
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -3.00% +32.01%
75th Percentile £619 £656 £605
90th Percentile £645 £713 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +22.22% +12.50% -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,936 54,901 83,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.65% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,997 38,348 58,485
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,536 2,031
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.13 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £19.67
% change year-on-year -5.73% +115.78% +3.50%

Data Governance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Governance Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance Specialist in the UK

Data Governance Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Governance Specialist.

Daily rate trend for Data Governance Specialist in the UK

Data Governance Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Governance Specialist over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Governance Specialist in the UK

Data Governance Specialist
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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 +117 5 £550 +4.76% 2
London +89 3 £575 -9.80%
UK excluding London +51 1 £550 +22.22% 2
North of England - 1 £550 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £550 -

Data Governance Specialist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Data Governance Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Data Governance Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Collibra
3 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Data Science
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) TIBCO
4 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Governance Strategy

Data Governance Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Collibra
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Data Governance Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Data Science
4 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) TIBCO