Data Governance Contract Job Trends in London

Data Governance
England > London

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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 72 128
Rank change year-on-year +4 +56 +79
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 673 445 339
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.04% 3.51% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.50% 3.84% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 339 258
10th Percentile £400 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £511 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +6.12% +2.08%
75th Percentile £638 £763 £738
90th Percentile £738 £938 £800
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile - - £27.81
25th Percentile £18.25 £62.50 £33.51
Median hourly rate £18.50 £65.00 £46.06
Median % change year-on-year -71.54% +41.14% -45.82%
75th Percentile £24.94 £67.50 £49.67
90th Percentile £45.38 - £50.02
England median hourly rate £67.50 £26.81 £40.00
% change year-on-year +151.75% -32.97% +23.84%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,942 11,579 15,985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.72% 91.43% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,023 7,821 11,436
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 165 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.08 £15.98
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +14.75% -21.79%
75th Percentile £57.00 £51.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 £70.50
England median hourly rate £35.25 £32.81 £33.00
% change year-on-year +7.44% -0.58% -12.00%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Data Governance job vacancy trend in London

Data Governance
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Data Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in London over the 6 months to 25 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Governance in London

Data Governance
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Data Governance
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Governance in London over the 6 months to 25 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Governance in London

Data Governance
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 25 March 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +34 92 £550 - 53
West London - 30 £603 - 8
East London -5 7 £638 +41.67% 9
South London -9 6 £500 -16.71% 5
Data Governance
England

Data Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 87 (12.93%) Apache Spark
2 34 (5.05%) Apache
3 28 (4.16%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.93%) Confluence
5 12 (1.78%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.45%) SAS
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.15%) Luigi
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 32 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.23%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.45%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.04%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.59%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.45%) Actimize
4 3 (0.45%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.15%) Maximo
6 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 273 (40.56%) Azure
2 172 (25.56%) Power Platform
3 154 (22.88%) AWS
4 99 (14.71%) Azure Data Factory
5 96 (14.26%) GCP
6 79 (11.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 59 (8.77%) Collibra
8 54 (8.02%) Microsoft Purview
9 51 (7.58%) Amazon S3
9 51 (7.58%) Snowflake
10 49 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (5.20%) GitHub
12 32 (4.75%) Serverless
13 30 (4.46%) dbt
14 28 (4.16%) AWS CloudFormation
15 24 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
16 23 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
17 21 (3.12%) Amazon SQS
18 17 (2.53%) Azure Key Vault
19 15 (2.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.74%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.45%) Network Security
3 2 (0.30%) Firewall
3 2 (0.30%) IPv4
3 2 (0.30%) IPv6
4 1 (0.15%) 4G
4 1 (0.15%) 5G
4 1 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.15%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (24.07%) Power BI
2 135 (20.06%) Data Warehouse
2 135 (20.06%) Metadata
3 99 (14.71%) Data Lake
4 53 (7.88%) Tableau
5 49 (7.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 47 (6.98%) NoSQL
7 43 (6.39%) Delta Lake
8 33 (4.90%) BigQuery
9 32 (4.75%) Big Data
10 29 (4.31%) SQL Server
11 26 (3.86%) Amazon Athena
12 24 (3.57%) Snowflake Schema
13 22 (3.27%) Mixpanel
13 22 (3.27%) OLAP
13 22 (3.27%) Relational Database
14 20 (2.97%) OLTP
15 16 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
15 16 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 15 (2.23%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 66 (9.81%) Git
2 32 (4.75%) JIRA
3 17 (2.53%) ERwin
4 14 (2.08%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.63%) PowerDesigner
6 8 (1.19%) MLflow
7 6 (0.89%) GitLab
8 3 (0.45%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.45%) LSMW
9 2 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.30%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.30%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.30%) Selenium
10 1 (0.15%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.15%) Postman
10 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 231 (34.32%) Finance
2 218 (32.39%) Social Skills
3 146 (21.69%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (9.36%) Public Sector
5 56 (8.32%) Banking
6 30 (4.46%) Legal
7 27 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
8 25 (3.71%) Marketing
9 16 (2.38%) Financial Institution
10 15 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.23%) Retail
11 9 (1.34%) Electronics
11 9 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.04%) Local Government
12 7 (1.04%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.04%) Publishing
12 7 (1.04%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.89%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.74%) Law
Job Titles
1 142 (21.10%) Data Engineer
2 122 (18.13%) Analyst
3 103 (15.30%) Lead
4 100 (14.86%) Architect
5 71 (10.55%) Data Analyst
6 66 (9.81%) Senior
7 65 (9.66%) Business Analyst
8 52 (7.73%) Data Architect
9 36 (5.35%) Azure Engineer
10 32 (4.75%) Azure Data Engineer
10 32 (4.75%) Developer
11 29 (4.31%) Data Business Analyst
12 25 (3.71%) Consultant
12 25 (3.71%) Project Manager
13 22 (3.27%) Principal Engineer
14 21 (3.12%) Data Modeller
15 19 (2.82%) Principal Data Engineer
16 18 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
17 17 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
17 17 (2.53%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (11.44%) PySpark
2 57 (8.47%) Kafka
3 28 (4.16%) REST
4 20 (2.97%) Great Expectations
5 16 (2.38%) SOAP
6 14 (2.08%) .NET
7 13 (1.93%) Middleware
8 11 (1.63%) JSON
9 10 (1.49%) Pandas
9 10 (1.49%) Web Services
10 8 (1.19%) YAML
11 7 (1.04%) OAuth
11 7 (1.04%) Spring
12 6 (0.89%) boto
12 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (0.89%) NumPy
12 6 (0.89%) PyTorch
12 6 (0.89%) scikit-learn
12 6 (0.89%) TensorFlow
12 6 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.36%) Cloud Native
2 37 (5.50%) Data Structures
3 34 (5.05%) Product Ownership
4 30 (4.46%) Onboarding
5 28 (4.16%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (3.12%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (2.97%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.53%) Reference Data
9 11 (1.63%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.63%) Marketing Technology
10 10 (1.49%) CMDB
11 9 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.34%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.34%) Taxonomies
12 8 (1.19%) Clustering
12 8 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.04%) Fixed Income
13 7 (1.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.30%) Android
1 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.15%) Unix
2 1 (0.15%) Windows
2 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (42.64%) Data Modelling
2 256 (38.04%) Analytics
3 187 (27.79%) ETL
4 186 (27.64%) Data Engineering
5 184 (27.34%) Business Intelligence
6 167 (24.81%) Data Pipeline
7 165 (24.52%) Agile
8 158 (23.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 149 (22.14%) AI
10 146 (21.69%) CI/CD
11 143 (21.25%) Data Architecture
12 120 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
13 118 (17.53%) DevOps
14 112 (16.64%) Validation
15 101 (15.01%) Data Management
16 100 (14.86%) Migration
17 98 (14.56%) Decision-Making
18 91 (13.52%) Data Integration
19 84 (12.48%) Machine Learning
20 81 (12.04%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 312 (46.36%) SQL
2 229 (34.03%) Python
3 47 (6.98%) Scala
4 38 (5.65%) C#
5 18 (2.67%) R
6 17 (2.53%) Java
7 15 (2.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 13 (1.93%) PL/SQL
9 11 (1.63%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.49%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.34%) JavaScript
12 5 (0.74%) Bicep
13 3 (0.45%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.45%) SOQL
13 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.45%) VBA
14 2 (0.30%) Bash
14 2 (0.30%) C
14 2 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.15%) C++
Qualifications
1 131 (19.47%) Security Cleared
2 115 (17.09%) SC Cleared
3 67 (9.96%) Degree
4 31 (4.61%) Azure Certification
4 31 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.82%) Master's Degree
6 18 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (2.23%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.63%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.34%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.34%) PMP
10 5 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.59%) CISSP
11 4 (0.59%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.59%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.45%) CBAP
13 1 (0.15%) HP APS
13 1 (0.15%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 297 (44.13%) Data Quality
2 108 (16.05%) GDPR
3 42 (6.24%) QA
4 18 (2.67%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.08%) Solvency II
6 12 (1.78%) IFRS
7 10 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 9 (1.34%) IFRS 17
9 7 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.74%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.74%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.74%) PERC
10 5 (0.74%) PMO
11 4 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.59%) GRC
11 4 (0.59%) NIST
12 3 (0.45%) COREP
12 3 (0.45%) FINREP
12 3 (0.45%) HL7
12 3 (0.45%) MiFID
System Software
1 33 (4.90%) Docker
2 3 (0.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) HDFS
3 1 (0.15%) RACF
Systems Management
1 70 (10.40%) Terraform
2 40 (5.94%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.89%) Grafana
4 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.74%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.59%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.30%) Istio
6 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 164 (24.37%) Databricks
2 127 (18.87%) Microsoft
3 44 (6.54%) Oracle
4 43 (6.39%) Google
5 35 (5.20%) Salesforce
6 33 (4.90%) SAP
7 31 (4.61%) Informatica
8 20 (2.97%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.93%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.49%) Adobe
10 10 (1.49%) Workday
11 9 (1.34%) Tealium
12 7 (1.04%) Sparx
13 6 (0.89%) GoldenSource
13 6 (0.89%) OneTrust
14 5 (0.74%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.74%) mParticle
14 5 (0.74%) Talend
15 4 (0.59%) Alteryx
15 4 (0.59%) CyberArk