Data Governance Contracts in London

Data Governance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Data Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Governance over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 117 211
Rank change year-on-year +36 +94 +32
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 431 383 315
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.36% 2.19% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 2.47% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 296 216
10th Percentile £413 £400 £475
25th Percentile £481 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £586 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £719 £750 £732
90th Percentile £825 £881 £791
England median daily rate £550 £575 £621
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.44% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £66.25 £31.62 £78.75
25th Percentile £71.88 £37.30 £80.63
Median hourly rate £82.50 £48.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.10% -42.94% +5.66%
75th Percentile £91.88 £64.50 £88.13
90th Percentile £96.75 £73.05 £89.25
England median hourly rate £27.28 £40.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year -31.80% +23.84% -25.32%

All Process and 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 11,841 15,477 22,900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.30% 88.55% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,918 11,029 16,574
10th Percentile £336 £343 £373
25th Percentile £425 £446 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -5.98% +1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 303 259
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.59 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.01 £23.00
Median hourly rate £32.25 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -25.00% +10.48%
75th Percentile £50.13 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.30 £68.60 £82.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.34
% change year-on-year -34.02% +2.09% +45.40%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Data Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in London

Data Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Governance in London.

Daily rate trend for Data Governance in London

Data Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in London over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Governance in London

Data Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Governance in London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Governance in London

Data Governance
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Governance in London over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

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 30 June 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
Central London +18 57 £550 -4.35% 168
East London - 3 £675 - 47
South London - 2 £681 - 5
North London -3 1 - -
West London -8 1 £425 -26.09% 25
Data Governance
England

Data Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 38 (8.82%) Apache Spark
2 22 (5.10%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (4.41%) Apache
4 14 (3.25%) Confluence
5 13 (3.02%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.16%) CMS
7 4 (0.93%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.23%) Appian
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 26 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.39%) Oracle Smart View
3 5 (1.16%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 17 (3.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.78%) SAP MDG
3 5 (1.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.93%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.46%) Magento
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.46%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.46%) SAP MDG-S
5 2 (0.46%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.46%) Shopify
5 2 (0.46%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.23%) Maximo
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 125 (29.00%) Azure
2 99 (22.97%) AWS
3 68 (15.78%) Power Platform
4 60 (13.92%) GCP
5 37 (8.58%) Snowflake
6 30 (6.96%) Collibra
7 28 (6.50%) Microsoft Purview
8 21 (4.87%) dbt
9 20 (4.64%) Azure Data Factory
10 18 (4.18%) Amazon S3
11 14 (3.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 13 (3.02%) Serverless
13 12 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (2.32%) GitHub
15 8 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (1.86%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (1.86%) SaaS
16 7 (1.62%) Alation
16 7 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
17 5 (1.16%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.23%) FTP
1 1 (0.23%) Kerberos
1 1 (0.23%) MPLS
1 1 (0.23%) Network Security
1 1 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (23.43%) Data Lake
2 85 (19.72%) Data Warehouse
3 68 (15.78%) Metadata
4 62 (14.39%) Power BI
5 34 (7.89%) Big Data
6 33 (7.66%) Tableau
7 23 (5.34%) BigQuery
7 23 (5.34%) SQL Server
8 19 (4.41%) Amazon Redshift
9 18 (4.18%) NoSQL
10 17 (3.94%) Delta Lake
11 14 (3.25%) Hadoop
12 10 (2.32%) Data Vault
12 10 (2.32%) Snowflake Schema
13 9 (2.09%) Power Query
14 8 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (1.62%) Looker
15 7 (1.62%) Qlik Sense
15 7 (1.62%) Relational Database
16 6 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 22 (5.10%) JIRA
2 15 (3.48%) ERwin
3 8 (1.86%) Git
4 6 (1.39%) ER Studio
4 6 (1.39%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (1.16%) GitLab
6 4 (0.93%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.70%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.70%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.70%) Maven
8 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.46%) MLflow
8 2 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.23%) LSMW
General
1 161 (37.35%) Finance
2 142 (32.95%) Social Skills
3 76 (17.63%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (10.44%) Front Office
5 41 (9.51%) Banking
6 19 (4.41%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (3.25%) Financial Institution
9 13 (3.02%) Investment Banking
9 13 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.78%) Legal
11 11 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.32%) Retail
13 8 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.62%) Marketing
15 6 (1.39%) Back Office
15 6 (1.39%) Police
16 3 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 100 (23.20%) Architect
2 76 (17.63%) Analyst
3 69 (16.01%) Data Architect
4 65 (15.08%) Lead
5 50 (11.60%) Data Analyst
6 48 (11.14%) Data Engineer
7 33 (7.66%) Senior
8 30 (6.96%) Business Analyst
9 20 (4.64%) Head of Finance
10 18 (4.18%) Governance Analyst
11 17 (3.94%) Data Business Analyst
11 17 (3.94%) Data Manager
11 17 (3.94%) Data Modeller
12 16 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (3.48%) Consultant
14 13 (3.02%) Azure Engineer
15 12 (2.78%) Azure Data Engineer
15 12 (2.78%) Data Consultant
16 11 (2.55%) Project Manager
16 11 (2.55%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.50%) Kafka
2 16 (3.71%) PySpark
3 11 (2.55%) REST
4 6 (1.39%) Hugging Face
4 6 (1.39%) Middleware
4 6 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.93%) FHIR
5 4 (0.93%) Great Expectations
5 4 (0.93%) PyTorch
5 4 (0.93%) TensorFlow
5 4 (0.93%) Web Services
6 3 (0.70%) Hibernate
6 3 (0.70%) JPA
6 3 (0.70%) Keras
6 3 (0.70%) SOAP
6 3 (0.70%) Spring
6 3 (0.70%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.46%) Apache NiFi
7 2 (0.46%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 40 (9.28%) Fixed Income
3 39 (9.05%) Derivative
3 39 (9.05%) Hedge funds
4 38 (8.82%) Equities
5 31 (7.19%) Data Structures
6 20 (4.64%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (4.41%) Reference Data
8 17 (3.94%) Onboarding
9 16 (3.71%) Product Ownership
10 13 (3.02%) Management Information System
11 12 (2.78%) Taxonomies
12 9 (2.09%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (1.62%) Cloud Native
15 6 (1.39%) FMCG
15 6 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (1.39%) Life Science
15 6 (1.39%) NHS
16 5 (1.16%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (35.03%) Data Modelling
2 132 (30.63%) Data Management
3 128 (29.70%) Analytics
4 107 (24.83%) ETL
5 101 (23.43%) Agile
5 101 (23.43%) Migration
6 89 (20.65%) Business Intelligence
7 84 (19.49%) Data Architecture
8 79 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
9 76 (17.63%) Roadmaps
10 71 (16.47%) Data Pipeline
11 67 (15.55%) Data Integration
12 66 (15.31%) Regulatory Compliance
13 63 (14.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 59 (13.69%) Data Engineering
15 53 (12.30%) Data Strategy
16 51 (11.83%) Data Science
17 50 (11.60%) Decision-Making
18 47 (10.90%) Data Security
18 47 (10.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 141 (32.71%) SQL
2 102 (23.67%) Python
3 17 (3.94%) Java
3 17 (3.94%) Scala
4 14 (3.25%) R
5 11 (2.55%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.39%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.16%) C#
7 5 (1.16%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.93%) Bicep
8 4 (0.93%) C
8 4 (0.93%) C++
8 4 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.93%) Perl
9 3 (0.70%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.70%) VBA
10 2 (0.46%) Bash
10 2 (0.46%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.23%) ABAP
11 1 (0.23%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 46 (10.67%) Security Cleared
2 40 (9.28%) SC Cleared
3 36 (8.35%) Degree
4 20 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.86%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.16%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.16%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.16%) PMP
7 4 (0.93%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.93%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.46%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.23%) ACCA
10 1 (0.23%) CBAP
10 1 (0.23%) CIMA
10 1 (0.23%) CSPO
10 1 (0.23%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (34.57%) Data Quality
2 55 (12.76%) GDPR
3 16 (3.71%) QA
4 15 (3.48%) Accessibility
4 15 (3.48%) MiFID
5 7 (1.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.16%) EU AI Act
6 5 (1.16%) PMO
7 4 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.93%) HL7
8 3 (0.70%) Dodd-Frank
8 3 (0.70%) GRC
8 3 (0.70%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.70%) NIST
8 3 (0.70%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) DICOM
10 1 (0.23%) GxP
10 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (2.32%) Docker
2 4 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) HDFS
3 1 (0.23%) NFS
3 1 (0.23%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 31 (7.19%) Terraform
2 10 (2.32%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.46%) Kubeflow
3 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.23%) Ansible
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Ranger
4 1 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 50 (11.60%) Databricks
1 50 (11.60%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.74%) Informatica
3 37 (8.58%) SAP
4 32 (7.42%) Google
5 24 (5.57%) Oracle
6 16 (3.71%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.09%) IBM
8 8 (1.86%) Talend
9 7 (1.62%) Sparx
10 5 (1.16%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.93%) MicroStrategy
11 4 (0.93%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.70%) Adobe
12 3 (0.70%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.70%) Apple
12 3 (0.70%) Duck Creek
12 3 (0.70%) Foundry
12 3 (0.70%) Guidewire
12 3 (0.70%) Palantir