Data Governance Strategy Contract Job Trends in England

Data Governance Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Governance Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 504 571
Rank change year-on-year -25 +67 +167
Contract jobs citing Data Governance Strategy 7 11 18
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.024% 0.035% 0.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.041% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 8
10th Percentile £509 £472 £416
25th Percentile £551 £503 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £563 £560
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +0.45% -24.07%
75th Percentile £775 £625 £791
90th Percentile - £631 £800
UK median daily rate £750 £563 £500
% change year-on-year +33.33% +12.50% -32.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,438 26,981 35,634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.65% 86.62% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,783 16,466 24,522
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,710 986 1,492
10th Percentile £14.69 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.03 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.59 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.47% -11.03% +27.14%
75th Percentile £44.98 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.47 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £43.90
% change year-on-year -30.30% -17.81% +25.43%

Data Governance Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Governance Strategy job vacancy trend in England

Data Governance Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Governance Strategy

Data Governance Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Governance Strategy in England over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Governance Strategy in England

Data Governance Strategy
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 1 November 2025. 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
London +13 7 £750 +46.34% 3
Data Governance Strategy
UK

Data Governance Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Collibra
2 1 (14.29%) Alation
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Metadata
2 4 (57.14%) Data Lake
3 3 (42.86%) Big Data
4 1 (14.29%) Power BI
4 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Solutions Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Solutions Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Workstream Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Onboarding
2 3 (42.86%) Data Structures
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 5 (71.43%) Data Management
2 5 (71.43%) Data Modelling
2 5 (71.43%) Metadata Management
2 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) Data Architecture
3 4 (57.14%) Data Lineage
3 4 (57.14%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (42.86%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 3 (42.86%) Data Integration
4 3 (42.86%) Data Transformation
4 3 (42.86%) ETL
4 3 (42.86%) Integration Patterns
4 3 (42.86%) KYC
5 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (14.29%) Business Process Modelling
6 1 (14.29%) Culture Change
6 1 (14.29%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) GDPR
2 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
3 2 (28.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Informatica
2 1 (14.29%) Databricks
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Talend