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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 100 141
Rank change year-on-year +37 +41 +69
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 576 387 337
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.03% 2.48% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 2.76% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 272 246
10th Percentile £400 £388 £450
25th Percentile £463 £500 £532
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £738
90th Percentile £750 £875 £775
England median daily rate £525 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile - - £29.50
25th Percentile £18.25 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 - £35.32
75th Percentile £18.75 - £45.72
90th Percentile £28.13 - £49.92
England median hourly rate £18.50 £28.56 £35.63
% change year-on-year -35.23% -19.84% +59.92%

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 13,110 14,014 17,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.71% 89.83% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,647 9,052 12,526
10th Percentile £338 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 165 236
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +6.19% -11.16%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

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 December 2025.

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 December 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 11 December 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 +41 99 £575 -4.17% 41
West London -6 9 £603 -4.37% 10
South London -2 4 £487 -18.79% 5
East London -1 2 £566 +41.56% 12
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 (10.07%) Apache Spark
2 27 (4.69%) Apache
3 21 (3.65%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (3.30%) Confluence
5 15 (2.60%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.87%) CMS
7 4 (0.69%) SAS
8 3 (0.52%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.17%) Appian
9 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.17%) Luigi
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.26%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.35%) Trello
7 1 (0.17%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.17%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 17 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 7 (1.22%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.52%) Actimize
4 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.52%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.35%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.35%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.35%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.17%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 229 (39.76%) Azure
2 145 (25.17%) Power Platform
3 139 (24.13%) AWS
4 78 (13.54%) GCP
5 76 (13.19%) Snowflake
6 73 (12.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 57 (9.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 39 (6.77%) Microsoft Purview
9 38 (6.60%) Collibra
9 38 (6.60%) dbt
10 32 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
11 30 (5.21%) Amazon S3
12 25 (4.34%) Serverless
13 23 (3.99%) GitHub
14 19 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
15 18 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
16 17 (2.95%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
17 13 (2.26%) Entra ID
17 13 (2.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.69%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.17%) DKIM
2 1 (0.17%) DMARC
2 1 (0.17%) Firewall
2 1 (0.17%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.17%) Network Security
2 1 (0.17%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (21.88%) Power BI
2 123 (21.35%) Metadata
3 120 (20.83%) Data Warehouse
4 70 (12.15%) Data Lake
5 41 (7.12%) NoSQL
6 40 (6.94%) Tableau
7 36 (6.25%) Big Data
8 34 (5.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 26 (4.51%) SQL Server
10 25 (4.34%) Amazon Redshift
11 24 (4.17%) Relational Database
12 22 (3.82%) Data Vault
12 22 (3.82%) Delta Lake
12 22 (3.82%) Snowflake Schema
13 21 (3.65%) BigQuery
14 17 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
15 14 (2.43%) Star Schema
16 13 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 11 (1.91%) Power Query
18 10 (1.74%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 41 (7.12%) JIRA
2 32 (5.56%) Git
3 25 (4.34%) ERwin
4 19 (3.30%) PowerDesigner
5 14 (2.43%) ER Studio
6 11 (1.91%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.39%) MLflow
8 5 (0.87%) GitLab
9 2 (0.35%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.35%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.35%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.17%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.17%) LSMW
10 1 (0.17%) NUnit
10 1 (0.17%) Selenium
10 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 233 (40.45%) Social Skills
2 204 (35.42%) Finance
3 116 (20.14%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (11.63%) Public Sector
5 51 (8.85%) Banking
6 33 (5.73%) Legal
7 23 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (3.47%) Marketing
9 18 (3.13%) Financial Institution
10 14 (2.43%) Retail
11 13 (2.26%) Investment Banking
12 12 (2.08%) Publishing
13 11 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.74%) Electronics
15 9 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.39%) Local Government
16 8 (1.39%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 112 (19.44%) Architect
2 107 (18.58%) Analyst
3 78 (13.54%) Data Engineer
4 62 (10.76%) Data Analyst
5 61 (10.59%) Data Architect
5 61 (10.59%) Lead
6 51 (8.85%) Business Analyst
7 41 (7.12%) Senior
8 31 (5.38%) Data Modeller
9 30 (5.21%) Azure Engineer
10 26 (4.51%) Azure Data Engineer
10 26 (4.51%) Consultant
11 22 (3.82%) Data Manager
12 21 (3.65%) Governance Analyst
13 20 (3.47%) Data Business Analyst
14 19 (3.30%) Project Manager
15 14 (2.43%) Developer
16 12 (2.08%) Senior Analyst
16 12 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
16 12 (2.08%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (10.07%) PySpark
2 37 (6.42%) Kafka
3 12 (2.08%) REST
4 9 (1.56%) Middleware
4 9 (1.56%) OAuth
5 7 (1.22%) Great Expectations
5 7 (1.22%) LangChain
5 7 (1.22%) Pandas
5 7 (1.22%) PyTorch
5 7 (1.22%) SOAP
6 5 (0.87%) .NET
6 5 (0.87%) Apache NiFi
6 5 (0.87%) ARM Templates
6 5 (0.87%) JSON
6 5 (0.87%) RESTful
6 5 (0.87%) TensorFlow
7 4 (0.69%) HTML
7 4 (0.69%) NumPy
7 4 (0.69%) OpenID
7 4 (0.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.29%) Data Structures
2 33 (5.73%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.86%) Product Ownership
4 25 (4.34%) Onboarding
5 24 (4.17%) Management Information System
6 20 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.78%) Reference Data
8 15 (2.60%) Low-Code
9 14 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (2.43%) Reinsurance
10 12 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (2.08%) Taxonomies
11 10 (1.74%) Life Science
12 9 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (1.22%) Data Fabric
13 7 (1.22%) NHS
14 6 (1.04%) AI Agents
14 6 (1.04%) Distributed Computing
14 6 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.35%) Android
1 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (44.44%) Data Modelling
2 194 (33.68%) Analytics
3 157 (27.26%) Agile
4 151 (26.22%) ETL
5 149 (25.87%) Business Intelligence
6 128 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
7 123 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
8 122 (21.18%) Data Engineering
9 117 (20.31%) Stakeholder Management
10 111 (19.27%) Data Architecture
11 104 (18.06%) CI/CD
12 94 (16.32%) DevOps
13 90 (15.63%) AI
13 90 (15.63%) Data Integration
13 90 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 88 (15.28%) Data Management
15 82 (14.24%) Metadata Management
15 82 (14.24%) Migration
16 75 (13.02%) Decision-Making
17 70 (12.15%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 240 (41.67%) SQL
2 178 (30.90%) Python
3 33 (5.73%) Java
4 28 (4.86%) Scala
5 23 (3.99%) R
6 14 (2.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (2.26%) JavaScript
8 12 (2.08%) C#
9 9 (1.56%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.39%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.04%) Bicep
11 6 (1.04%) C++
11 6 (1.04%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.87%) C
12 5 (0.87%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.69%) Perl
14 3 (0.52%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.52%) Korn
15 2 (0.35%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.35%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 87 (15.10%) Security Cleared
2 74 (12.85%) SC Cleared
3 60 (10.42%) Degree
4 24 (4.17%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.65%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.78%) AWS Certification
6 16 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.08%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.91%) PMP
9 8 (1.39%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.04%) CISSP
11 4 (0.69%) MCP
12 3 (0.52%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.35%) CBAP
13 2 (0.35%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (38.19%) Data Quality
2 104 (18.06%) GDPR
3 30 (5.21%) QA
4 25 (4.34%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.08%) HIPAA
6 11 (1.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 10 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.22%) IFRS
8 7 (1.22%) MiFID
8 7 (1.22%) NIST
8 7 (1.22%) PMO
9 5 (0.87%) EU AI Act
10 4 (0.69%) IFRS 17
10 4 (0.69%) PERC
10 4 (0.69%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.52%) Basel III
11 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.52%) GMP
11 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (5.38%) Docker
2 8 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 55 (9.55%) Terraform
2 32 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.35%) Ansible
4 2 (0.35%) Grafana
4 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.17%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 123 (21.35%) Databricks
2 109 (18.92%) Microsoft
3 35 (6.08%) Google
4 32 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 28 (4.86%) SAP
6 26 (4.51%) Informatica
7 21 (3.65%) Oracle
8 13 (2.26%) Sparx
9 11 (1.91%) OpenAI
9 11 (1.91%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.74%) Adobe
11 9 (1.56%) Workday
12 8 (1.39%) Alteryx
12 8 (1.39%) OneTrust
12 8 (1.39%) Tealium
13 7 (1.22%) Talend
14 6 (1.04%) Bloomberg
15 4 (0.69%) Apple
15 4 (0.69%) Guidewire
15 4 (0.69%) Refinitiv