Data Governance Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Data Governance
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands citing Data Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	48	46	57
Rank change year-on-year	-2	+11	+5
Contract jobs citing Data Governance	42	23	6
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands	3.04%	2.69%	0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	4.01%	3.10%	0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted	21	20	6
10^th Percentile	£402	£362	£307
25^th Percentile	£413	£409	£320
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£449	£400
Median % change year-on-year	+22.63%	+12.27%	-42.93%
75^th Percentile	£625	£462	£551
90^th Percentile	£688	£579	£650
England median daily rate	£550	£525	£550
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-4.55%	-10.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	1	0
Median hourly rate	-	£38.96	-
England median hourly rate	£48.00	£22.89	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+109.70%	-23.70%	-15.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,048	741	625
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands	75.83%	86.67%	84.35%
Number of daily rates quoted	409	517	386
10^th Percentile	£217	£212	£267
25^th Percentile	£363	£350	£356
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£460	£420	£445
Median % change year-on-year	+9.52%	-5.62%	-7.48%
75^th Percentile	£575	£525	£538
90^th Percentile	£675	£638	£613
England median daily rate	£525	£508	£525
% change year-on-year	+3.45%	-3.33%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	233	68	28
10^th Percentile	£12.76	£16.17	£14.90
25^th Percentile	£13.46	£17.87	£17.00
Median hourly rate	£17.02	£18.87	£23.25
Median % change year-on-year	-9.83%	-18.84%	+3.85%
75^th Percentile	£25.75	£25.15	£50.00
90^th Percentile	£32.47	£25.56	£51.50
England median hourly rate	£35.22	£25.15	£40.00
% change year-on-year	+40.04%	-37.13%	-10.11%

Data Governance Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Data Governance Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Governance.

Data Governance Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 30 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Governance in the East Midlands

Data Governance Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Governance.

Data Governance Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 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
Nottinghamshire	0	14	£600	+100.00%	8
Northamptonshire	+7	10	£404	-9.73%	8
Lincolnshire	-6	7	£425	-	6
Leicestershire	-6	6	£575	-	6
Derbyshire	-10	4	£825	+34.80%	7
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Data Governance Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 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 East Midlands region citing Data Governance.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Quality	42.9%	18
2	Migration	38.1%	16
3	Analytics	35.7%	15
4	Stakeholder Management	31.0%	13
4	Validation	31.0%	13
6	Data Management	28.6%	12
6	Databricks	28.6%	12
8	AI	26.2%	11
8	Data Migration	26.2%	11
8	Problem-Solving	26.2%	11
11	Continuous Improvement	23.8%	10
11	Data Modelling	23.8%	10
11	Data Transformation	23.8%	10
11	Decision-Making	23.8%	10
11	Oracle	23.8%	10
11	SAP	23.8%	10
17	Business Intelligence	21.4%	9
17	Data Architecture	21.4%	9
17	Microsoft	21.4%	9
20	Data Engineering	19.0%	8
20	Data Integration	19.0%	8
20	GDPR	19.0%	8
20	Power BI	19.0%	8
20	Power Platform	19.0%	8
25	Azure	16.7%	7
25	Dashboard Development	16.7%	7
25	ETL	16.7%	7
25	Master Data Management	16.7%	7
25	Process Improvement	16.7%	7
25	Security Cleared	16.7%	7

Data Governance Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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	Migration	38.1%	16
2	Analytics	35.7%	15
3	Stakeholder Management	31.0%	13
3	Validation	31.0%	13
5	Data Management	28.6%	12
6	AI	26.2%	11
6	Data Migration	26.2%	11
6	Problem-Solving	26.2%	11
9	Continuous Improvement	23.8%	10
9	Data Modelling	23.8%	10
9	Data Transformation	23.8%	10
9	Decision-Making	23.8%	10
13	Business Intelligence	21.4%	9
13	Data Architecture	21.4%	9
15	Data Engineering	19.0%	8
15	Data Integration	19.0%	8
17	Dashboard Development	16.7%	7
17	ETL	16.7%	7
17	Master Data Management	16.7%	7
17	Process Improvement	16.7%	7