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 citing Data Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 69 127
Rank change year-on-year +15 +58 +31
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 945 539 329
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.61% 3.86% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.12% 4.17% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 384 231
10th Percentile £375 £400 £381
25th Percentile £450 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £664 £656 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £800
England median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -10.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £21.62 - -
25th Percentile £25.56 £18.25 -
Median hourly rate £34.23 £18.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +85.03% - -
75th Percentile £53.17 £18.75 -
90th Percentile £63.27 £28.13 -
England median hourly rate £48.00 £22.89 £28.56
% change year-on-year +109.70% -19.86% -19.84%

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 citing process or methodology skills in London.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 18,466 12,913 13,828
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 90.00% 92.45% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,137 8,502 8,909
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% -2.19% -4.35%
75th Percentile £665 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 406 258 165
10th Percentile £15.58 £17.98 £17.35
25th Percentile £19.04 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.60 £29.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.90% -21.33% -
75th Percentile £58.44 £47.00 £55.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.75 £80.45
England median hourly rate £35.11 £25.15 £36.00
% change year-on-year +39.58% -30.14% -19.10%

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 12 November 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 for jobs citing Data Governance in London over the 6 months to 12 November 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 12 November 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
Central London +10 142 £570 +3.55% 135
West London +9 32 £520 -13.51% 29
East London +3 1 £750 +17.65% 12
South London -11 1 - - 3
Data Governance
England

Data Governance Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Data Modelling40.3%381
2Analytics38.6%365
3Stakeholder Management35.7%337
4AI29.2%276
5Data Architecture24.3%230
6Data Engineering23.6%223
7Business Intelligence22.6%214
8Migration22.5%213
9Agile21.5%203
10Data Pipeline21.1%199
11ETL20.6%195
12CI/CD19.8%187
13Stakeholder Engagement19.7%186
14Data Management17.2%163
14Validation17.2%163
16Decision-Making15.7%148
16Roadmaps15.7%148
18Data Transformation15.4%146
18Metadata Management15.4%146
20DevOps15.0%142