Data Governance Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Data Governance
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire citing Data Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	37	42	45
Rank change year-on-year	+5	+3	-3
Contract jobs citing Data Governance	7	1	1
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire	1.84%	0.28%	0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	2.19%	0.31%	0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted	3	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£558	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£565	-	£600
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+29.73%
75^th Percentile	£576	-	-
90^th Percentile	£579	-	-
East of England median daily rate	£573	£550	£340
% change year-on-year	+4.09%	+61.65%	-28.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Data Governance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Cambridgeshire.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	320	323	324
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire	83.99%	90.99%	82.65%
Number of daily rates quoted	114	118	113
10^th Percentile	£187	£258	£275
25^th Percentile	£413	£400	£340
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£485
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	+3.09%	+2.11%
75^th Percentile	£593	£625	£575
90^th Percentile	£661	£700	£638
East of England median daily rate	£500	£500	£450
% change year-on-year	-	+11.11%	-10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	87	93	97
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£13.80	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£14.22	£14.38	£15.62
Median hourly rate	£15.92	£16.00	£16.23
Median % change year-on-year	-0.50%	-1.42%	+11.93%
75^th Percentile	£32.68	£23.00	£16.85
90^th Percentile	£48.00	£43.75	£50.25
East of England median hourly rate	£47.50	£21.00	£27.50
% change year-on-year	+126.19%	-23.64%	+38.82%

Data Governance Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Governance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Data Governance Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Data Governance.

Data Governance Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 25 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Cambridge	+13	6	£573	-	8
Data Governance East of England

Data Governance Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Governance also mentioned 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 across the Cambridgeshire region citing Data Governance.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Analytics	71.4%	5
1	Data Modelling	71.4%	5
1	Validation	71.4%	5
4	Data Quality	57.1%	4
4	Git	57.1%	4
4	Python	57.1%	4
7	Azure	42.9%	3
7	Business Intelligence	42.9%	3
7	Databricks	42.9%	3
7	Power BI	42.9%	3
7	Power Platform	42.9%	3
7	SQL	42.9%	3
7	Visualisation	42.9%	3
14	AI	28.6%	2
14	AI Transformation	28.6%	2
14	Business Analysis	28.6%	2
14	Data Pipeline	28.6%	2
14	Decision-Making	28.6%	2
14	ETL	28.6%	2
14	GitHub	28.6%	2
14	Metadata	28.6%	2
14	Microsoft	28.6%	2
14	Microsoft Copilot	28.6%	2
14	Model Validation	28.6%	2
14	Problem-Solving	28.6%	2
14	Roadmaps	28.6%	2
14	Service Management	28.6%	2
14	ServiceNow	28.6%	2
14	Stakeholder Management	28.6%	2
30	Acceptance Criteria	14.3%	1

Data Governance Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Analytics	71.4%	5
1	Data Modelling	71.4%	5
1	Validation	71.4%	5
4	Business Intelligence	42.9%	3
4	Visualisation	42.9%	3
6	AI	28.6%	2
6	AI Transformation	28.6%	2
6	Business Analysis	28.6%	2
6	Data Pipeline	28.6%	2
6	Decision-Making	28.6%	2
6	ETL	28.6%	2
6	Model Validation	28.6%	2
6	Problem-Solving	28.6%	2
6	Roadmaps	28.6%	2
6	Service Management	28.6%	2
6	Stakeholder Management	28.6%	2
17	Acceptance Criteria	14.3%	1
17	Actionable Insight	14.3%	1
17	Agile	14.3%	1
17	Architectural Patterns	14.3%	1