Data Governance Contract Job Trends in Essex

Data Governance
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Data Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 15 32
Rank change year-on-year -16 +17 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 1 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.45% 6.17% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 6.49% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 £315 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £318 -
Median % change year-on-year +127.85% - -
75th Percentile £738 £377 -
90th Percentile - £478 -
East of England median daily rate £600 £600 £410
% change year-on-year - +46.34% -6.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 164 77 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 73.21% 95.06% 81.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 41 95
10th Percentile £300 £189 £216
25th Percentile £328 £315 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -15.79% +2.70%
75th Percentile £506 £488 £563
90th Percentile £591 £525 £600
East of England median daily rate £494 £500 £458
% change year-on-year -1.30% +9.29% -3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 11 46
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.25 £10.42
25th Percentile £15.99 £17.13 £14.57
Median hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -45.45% +27.91%
75th Percentile £34.94 £85.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £70.60 £200.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £22.68 £41.25 £40.14
% change year-on-year -45.02% +2.77% +63.03%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Data Governance job vacancy trend in Essex

Data Governance
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Data Governance

Data Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Data Governance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Data Governance

Data Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation