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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 77 113
Rank change year-on-year +10 +36 +112
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 721 432 396
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.81% 3.49% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 3.78% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 312 308
10th Percentile £398 £408 £400
25th Percentile £463 £486 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -5.11%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £741
90th Percentile £738 £936 £875
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £19.10 £66.25 £31.62
25th Percentile £19.25 £71.88 £37.30
Median hourly rate £27.00 £82.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.27% +70.10% -42.94%
75th Percentile £36.35 £91.88 £64.50
90th Percentile £52.79 £96.75 £73.05
England median hourly rate £60.50 £32.73 £40.00
% change year-on-year +84.85% -18.18% +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 16,795 11,414 15,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.28% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,181 7,654 11,105
10th Percentile £360 £343 £343
25th Percentile £435 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 205 313
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.56% +13.33% -24.84%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.80
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.45 £37.75
% change year-on-year +71.22% -27.28% +7.09%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +13 93 £550 - 25
West London +6 27 £603 +41.76% 8
East London +4 9 £450 -33.33% 2
South London -7 4 £637 -6.50% 4
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 57 (7.91%) Apache Spark
2 32 (4.44%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (3.74%) Apache
4 13 (1.80%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.11%) Confluence
6 6 (0.83%) CMS
7 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.42%) SAS
8 2 (0.28%) Apache Synapse
8 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.14%) Luigi
Applications
1 33 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.66%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.69%) SAP MDG
4 4 (0.55%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.28%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.28%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.28%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.14%) Maximo
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI-GL
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 269 (37.31%) Azure
2 178 (24.69%) Power Platform
3 137 (19.00%) AWS
4 102 (14.15%) GCP
5 78 (10.82%) Azure Data Factory
6 71 (9.85%) Microsoft Purview
7 65 (9.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 61 (8.46%) Collibra
9 53 (7.35%) Snowflake
10 52 (7.21%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (5.55%) Amazon S3
12 39 (5.41%) dbt
13 38 (5.27%) GitHub
14 27 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
15 26 (3.61%) Serverless
16 23 (3.19%) Microsoft Copilot
17 20 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
18 17 (2.36%) Azure Key Vault
18 17 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
19 15 (2.08%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.55%) Network Security
2 3 (0.42%) Firewall
3 2 (0.28%) IPv4
3 2 (0.28%) IPv6
4 1 (0.14%) 4G
4 1 (0.14%) 5G
4 1 (0.14%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (0.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (21.91%) Power BI
2 151 (20.94%) Metadata
3 97 (13.45%) Data Warehouse
4 95 (13.18%) Data Lake
5 54 (7.49%) Delta Lake
6 45 (6.24%) Tableau
7 36 (4.99%) BigQuery
8 29 (4.02%) SQL Server
9 28 (3.88%) NoSQL
10 26 (3.61%) Amazon Athena
11 23 (3.19%) Azure SQL Database
11 23 (3.19%) Snowflake Schema
12 20 (2.77%) Data Vault
13 18 (2.50%) Big Data
14 16 (2.22%) OLAP
14 16 (2.22%) Spark SQL
15 15 (2.08%) Mixpanel
15 15 (2.08%) OLTP
16 14 (1.94%) Star Schema
17 13 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 53 (7.35%) Git
2 30 (4.16%) JIRA
3 24 (3.33%) ERwin
4 13 (1.80%) PowerDesigner
5 11 (1.53%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.83%) GitLab
6 6 (0.83%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.69%) MLflow
8 3 (0.42%) git-flow
9 2 (0.28%) JMeter
9 2 (0.28%) LSMW
9 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.14%) GCC
10 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.14%) Selenium
10 1 (0.14%) Snyk
10 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 241 (33.43%) Finance
2 204 (28.29%) Social Skills
3 133 (18.45%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (10.68%) Banking
5 69 (9.57%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.99%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (4.02%) Legal
8 23 (3.19%) Retail
9 16 (2.22%) Marketing
10 15 (2.08%) Investment Banking
11 14 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.66%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.53%) Local Government
13 11 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.97%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.69%) Billing
15 5 (0.69%) Law
15 5 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 130 (18.03%) Analyst
2 128 (17.75%) Data Engineer
3 115 (15.95%) Architect
4 99 (13.73%) Lead
5 82 (11.37%) Data Analyst
6 80 (11.10%) Senior
7 57 (7.91%) Business Analyst
8 54 (7.49%) Data Architect
9 29 (4.02%) Project Manager
10 28 (3.88%) Data Modeller
10 28 (3.88%) Developer
11 27 (3.74%) Data Business Analyst
12 25 (3.47%) Azure Engineer
12 25 (3.47%) Consultant
12 25 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
13 23 (3.19%) Governance Analyst
13 23 (3.19%) Senior Data Engineer
14 21 (2.91%) Data Manager
15 19 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
16 18 (2.50%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (8.04%) PySpark
2 44 (6.10%) Kafka
3 25 (3.47%) REST
4 16 (2.22%) Middleware
4 16 (2.22%) SOAP
5 15 (2.08%) Great Expectations
6 14 (1.94%) .NET
7 11 (1.53%) Web Services
8 10 (1.39%) JSON
8 10 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.11%) YAML
10 7 (0.97%) Spring
11 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Graph
11 6 (0.83%) OAuth
12 5 (0.69%) boto
12 5 (0.69%) Model Context Protocol
12 5 (0.69%) Pandas
13 4 (0.55%) PyTorch
13 4 (0.55%) Spark Streaming
13 4 (0.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 70 (9.71%) Cloud Native
2 45 (6.24%) Product Ownership
3 44 (6.10%) Data Structures
4 36 (4.99%) Onboarding
5 35 (4.85%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (3.47%) AI Agents
7 23 (3.19%) Reference Data
8 22 (3.05%) Management Information System
9 17 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
10 15 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.66%) Clustering
12 10 (1.39%) CMDB
12 10 (1.39%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.25%) Fixed Income
13 9 (1.25%) Taxonomies
14 8 (1.11%) Equities
14 8 (1.11%) Life Science
14 8 (1.11%) Low-Code
14 8 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.42%) Windows
2 2 (0.28%) Unix
3 1 (0.14%) Linux
3 1 (0.14%) VMS
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (38.00%) Data Modelling
2 261 (36.20%) Analytics
3 184 (25.52%) AI
4 177 (24.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 175 (24.27%) Business Intelligence
6 166 (23.02%) ETL
7 156 (21.64%) Data Engineering
8 152 (21.08%) CI/CD
8 152 (21.08%) Data Pipeline
9 145 (20.11%) Agile
10 142 (19.69%) Data Architecture
11 127 (17.61%) DevOps
11 127 (17.61%) Migration
12 126 (17.48%) Validation
13 120 (16.64%) Data Management
14 109 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
15 107 (14.84%) Decision-Making
16 97 (13.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 86 (11.93%) Machine Learning
18 82 (11.37%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 294 (40.78%) SQL
2 198 (27.46%) Python
3 31 (4.30%) C#
4 27 (3.74%) Scala
5 15 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 14 (1.94%) Java
6 14 (1.94%) PL/SQL
7 13 (1.80%) T-SQL
8 12 (1.66%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.39%) Bicep
10 8 (1.11%) R
11 4 (0.55%) Bash
12 3 (0.42%) VBA
13 2 (0.28%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.28%) JavaScript
14 1 (0.14%) Cypher
14 1 (0.14%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.14%) SOQL
14 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 132 (18.31%) Security Cleared
2 111 (15.40%) SC Cleared
3 59 (8.18%) Degree
4 39 (5.41%) Azure Certification
5 29 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.80%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.66%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.66%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.53%) PMP
11 10 (1.39%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.11%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.83%) CISSP
14 5 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.69%) SnowPro
15 4 (0.55%) CEH
15 4 (0.55%) CISM
15 4 (0.55%) GIAC
16 3 (0.42%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 306 (42.44%) Data Quality
2 113 (15.67%) GDPR
3 44 (6.10%) QA
4 16 (2.22%) Solvency II
5 11 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.25%) IFRS
7 7 (0.97%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.97%) COREP
7 7 (0.97%) FINREP
7 7 (0.97%) IFRS 17
7 7 (0.97%) NIST
8 6 (0.83%) PMO
9 5 (0.69%) GRC
9 5 (0.69%) MiFID
10 4 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.55%) COBIT
10 4 (0.55%) NCSC
10 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.42%) HL7
System Software
1 24 (3.33%) Docker
2 11 (1.53%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.14%) HDFS
4 1 (0.14%) RACF
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 68 (9.43%) Terraform
2 29 (4.02%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.83%) Grafana
3 6 (0.83%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.55%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.55%) Istio
6 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) Kibana
7 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 157 (21.78%) Microsoft
2 133 (18.45%) Databricks
3 54 (7.49%) Oracle
4 39 (5.41%) Google
5 38 (5.27%) SAP
6 28 (3.88%) Salesforce
7 25 (3.47%) Informatica
8 14 (1.94%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.66%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.39%) Foundry
11 9 (1.25%) GoldenSource
12 8 (1.11%) Workday
13 5 (0.69%) IBM
13 5 (0.69%) VMware
14 4 (0.55%) Ariba
14 4 (0.55%) CyberArk
14 4 (0.55%) Dynatrace
14 4 (0.55%) Sparx
15 3 (0.42%) Alteryx
15 3 (0.42%) IFS