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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 74 128
Rank change year-on-year +20 +54 +45
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 889 487 338
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.37% 3.61% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 3.90% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 338 245
10th Percentile £375 £402 £404
25th Percentile £450 £463 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £750
90th Percentile £738 £750 £883
England median daily rate £540 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +2.86% -8.70% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £19.05 £38.50 £32.68
25th Percentile £19.13 £47.50 £39.94
Median hourly rate £20.00 £65.00 £52.67
Median % change year-on-year -69.23% +23.41% +6.40%
75th Percentile £28.67 £83.75 £66.02
90th Percentile £33.28 £93.50 £73.66
England median hourly rate £50.00 £37.48 £30.00
% change year-on-year +33.40% +24.93% -14.29%

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 18,096 12,500 14,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.57% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,817 8,259 9,770
10th Percentile £358 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 257 182
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.29
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.84 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% +1.18%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 +16 140 £575 +4.55% 81
West London +9 29 £520 +22.35% 14
East London +5 5 £450 -33.33% 14
South London -5 2 £500 -26.61% 2
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 58 (6.52%) Apache Airflow
2 52 (5.85%) Apache Spark
3 37 (4.16%) Apache
4 27 (3.04%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.12%) Confluence
6 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.90%) SAS
7 6 (0.67%) CMS
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) Luigi
9 1 (0.11%) Mendix
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 45 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (0.90%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.56%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.35%) SAP MDG
3 7 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.67%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.34%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.34%) Workfront
7 2 (0.22%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.22%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.22%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.22%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.11%) ENOVIA
8 1 (0.11%) Maximo
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP R/3
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 330 (37.12%) Azure
2 177 (19.91%) AWS
2 177 (19.91%) Power Platform
3 104 (11.70%) GCP
4 87 (9.79%) Azure Data Factory
5 82 (9.22%) Snowflake
6 74 (8.32%) Microsoft Purview
7 67 (7.54%) dbt
8 64 (7.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 63 (7.09%) Collibra
10 56 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
12 37 (4.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 37 (4.16%) Serverless
13 36 (4.05%) Amazon S3
14 31 (3.49%) GitHub
15 27 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
16 25 (2.81%) Azure Databricks
17 22 (2.47%) Entra ID
18 21 (2.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.90%) Cisco IPT
2 6 (0.67%) Network Security
3 3 (0.34%) Firewall
4 2 (0.22%) VPN
5 1 (0.11%) SMS
5 1 (0.11%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 225 (25.31%) Metadata
2 155 (17.44%) Power BI
3 132 (14.85%) Data Warehouse
4 95 (10.69%) Data Lake
5 50 (5.62%) Delta Lake
6 43 (4.84%) Tableau
7 33 (3.71%) SQL Server
8 32 (3.60%) BigQuery
9 25 (2.81%) Big Data
10 23 (2.59%) Data Vault
10 23 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (2.59%) Star Schema
11 22 (2.47%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (2.25%) NoSQL
13 19 (2.14%) Snowflake Schema
14 17 (1.91%) Parquet
14 17 (1.91%) Semantic Layer
15 16 (1.80%) Amazon Athena
15 16 (1.80%) Spark SQL
16 15 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 39 (4.39%) Git
2 34 (3.82%) JIRA
3 30 (3.37%) ERwin
4 20 (2.25%) ER Studio
5 12 (1.35%) PowerDesigner
6 9 (1.01%) GitLab
7 7 (0.79%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.56%) Selenium
9 4 (0.45%) RStudio
10 3 (0.34%) MLflow
11 2 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.22%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.22%) git-flow
11 2 (0.22%) JMeter
11 2 (0.22%) Postman
11 2 (0.22%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.11%) LSMW
General
1 306 (34.42%) Finance
2 289 (32.51%) Social Skills
3 158 (17.77%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (12.26%) Banking
5 93 (10.46%) Public Sector
6 45 (5.06%) Legal
7 44 (4.95%) Retail
8 32 (3.60%) Marketing
9 29 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
10 26 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (2.70%) Investment Banking
12 17 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (1.91%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
13 13 (1.46%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.46%) Local Government
14 11 (1.24%) Law
14 11 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (1.12%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 187 (21.03%) Architect
2 164 (18.45%) Analyst
3 144 (16.20%) Data Engineer
4 112 (12.60%) Lead
5 102 (11.47%) Data Architect
6 95 (10.69%) Data Analyst
7 90 (10.12%) Senior
8 64 (7.20%) Business Analyst
9 40 (4.50%) Consultant
10 38 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
11 34 (3.82%) Senior Data Engineer
12 30 (3.37%) Data Manager
12 30 (3.37%) Data Modeller
12 30 (3.37%) Governance Analyst
13 28 (3.15%) Data Business Analyst
14 27 (3.04%) Project Manager
15 23 (2.59%) Azure Engineer
16 22 (2.47%) Databricks Engineer
17 21 (2.36%) Data Consultant
17 21 (2.36%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (8.32%) PySpark
2 59 (6.64%) Terraform
3 43 (4.84%) Kafka
4 23 (2.59%) REST
5 17 (1.91%) JSON
6 13 (1.46%) Middleware
7 9 (1.01%) SOAP
8 8 (0.90%) .NET
8 8 (0.90%) Great Expectations
8 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
8 8 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (0.90%) Web Services
9 6 (0.67%) OAuth
9 6 (0.67%) React
9 6 (0.67%) YAML
10 5 (0.56%) Apache Avro
10 5 (0.56%) pytest
10 5 (0.56%) Spark Streaming
10 5 (0.56%) Spring
10 5 (0.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 77 (8.66%) Cloud Native
2 71 (7.99%) Data Structures
3 68 (7.65%) Product Ownership
4 64 (7.20%) Onboarding
5 42 (4.72%) Legacy Systems
5 42 (4.72%) Reference Data
6 36 (4.05%) Management Information System
7 30 (3.37%) AI Agents
8 22 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
10 20 (2.25%) Taxonomies
11 16 (1.80%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.69%) Life Science
13 14 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
14 13 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (1.35%) Clustering
15 12 (1.35%) FMCG
16 11 (1.24%) Distributed Computing
16 11 (1.24%) Marketing Technology
17 10 (1.12%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.67%) Linux
2 5 (0.56%) Unix
3 4 (0.45%) Windows
4 1 (0.11%) VMS
4 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (39.48%) Data Modelling
2 323 (36.33%) Analytics
3 298 (33.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 250 (28.12%) AI
5 198 (22.27%) Data Engineering
6 196 (22.05%) Data Architecture
7 194 (21.82%) Business Intelligence
8 193 (21.71%) Data Pipeline
9 192 (21.60%) Agile
10 191 (21.48%) ETL
11 180 (20.25%) CI/CD
12 173 (19.46%) Migration
13 161 (18.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 154 (17.32%) Validation
15 151 (16.99%) Data Management
16 145 (16.31%) DevOps
17 143 (16.09%) Decision-Making
18 131 (14.74%) Metadata Management
19 130 (14.62%) Roadmaps
20 127 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 338 (38.02%) SQL
2 206 (23.17%) Python
3 26 (2.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 18 (2.02%) Java
5 16 (1.80%) C#
6 15 (1.69%) Scala
7 14 (1.57%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.57%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.46%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.35%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.90%) Bicep
11 5 (0.56%) Bash
11 5 (0.56%) R
12 3 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.34%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.22%) Delphi
13 2 (0.22%) Go
13 2 (0.22%) SPARQL
13 2 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 134 (15.07%) Security Cleared
2 106 (11.92%) SC Cleared
3 42 (4.72%) Degree
4 38 (4.27%) Azure Certification
5 21 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.80%) PMP
8 15 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.69%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.35%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.35%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.90%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.79%) CISSP
13 6 (0.67%) CISM
13 6 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.56%) CEH
14 5 (0.56%) GIAC
15 4 (0.45%) SnowPro
15 4 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 420 (47.24%) Data Quality
2 116 (13.05%) GDPR
3 40 (4.50%) QA
4 15 (1.69%) Solvency II
5 14 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.46%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.35%) NIST
8 10 (1.12%) GRC
8 10 (1.12%) PMO
9 8 (0.90%) COREP
9 8 (0.90%) FINREP
9 8 (0.90%) NCSC
10 7 (0.79%) GxP
11 6 (0.67%) IFRS
11 6 (0.67%) MiFID
12 5 (0.56%) COBIT
12 5 (0.56%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.34%) EU AI Act
14 3 (0.34%) PERC
System Software
1 21 (2.36%) Docker
2 20 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.22%) HDFS
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.67%) Ansible
2 6 (0.67%) Control-M
2 6 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.56%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.45%) Grafana
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.22%) Istio
6 2 (0.22%) Puppet
7 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 208 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 169 (19.01%) Databricks
3 55 (6.19%) Oracle
4 48 (5.40%) Informatica
5 39 (4.39%) SAP
6 33 (3.71%) Google
7 26 (2.92%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.35%) Adobe
10 11 (1.24%) Foundry
10 11 (1.24%) GoldenSource
11 10 (1.12%) IBM
11 10 (1.12%) Workday
12 9 (1.01%) Bloomberg
13 8 (0.90%) Cloudera
13 8 (0.90%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.79%) Sparx
14 7 (0.79%) Talend
14 7 (0.79%) Zscaler
15 6 (0.67%) Confluent