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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 71 127
Rank change year-on-year +6 +56 +79
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 671 448 346
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.08% 3.50% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 3.84% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 483 341 267
10th Percentile £395 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £513 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £630 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +0.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £763 £738
90th Percentile £738 £938 £800
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile - - £27.81
25th Percentile £18.25 - £33.51
Median hourly rate £18.50 - £46.06
75th Percentile £22.88 - £49.67
90th Percentile £41.70 - £50.02
England median hourly rate £67.50 £27.13 £40.00
% change year-on-year +148.85% -32.19% +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 14,745 11,676 16,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.75% 91.09% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,877 7,820 11,502
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 162 343
10th Percentile £18.14 £20.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.35% -18.49%
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £49.94
90th Percentile £71.50 £77.25 £69.35
England median hourly rate £31.00 £33.11 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.37% +1.88% -11.33%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 18 March 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 +27 89 £550 -4.35% 48
West London - 30 £603 - 12
East London -3 6 £566 +25.83% 11
South London -12 5 £500 -16.75% 5
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 87 (12.97%) Apache Spark
2 34 (5.07%) Apache
3 29 (4.32%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.79%) Confluence
4 12 (1.79%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.45%) SAS
6 2 (0.30%) Luigi
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 30 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.09%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.45%) Trello
6 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.04%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.75%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.45%) Actimize
4 3 (0.45%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.15%) Maximo
6 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 272 (40.54%) Azure
2 174 (25.93%) Power Platform
3 157 (23.40%) AWS
4 100 (14.90%) Azure Data Factory
5 98 (14.61%) GCP
6 80 (11.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (8.35%) Collibra
7 56 (8.35%) Microsoft Purview
8 55 (8.20%) Snowflake
9 50 (7.45%) Amazon S3
10 49 (7.30%) Azure DevOps
11 37 (5.51%) GitHub
12 32 (4.77%) Serverless
13 31 (4.62%) dbt
14 29 (4.32%) AWS CloudFormation
15 26 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
16 24 (3.58%) AWS Lambda
17 21 (3.13%) Amazon SQS
18 17 (2.53%) Azure Key Vault
19 16 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.75%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.45%) Network Security
3 2 (0.30%) Firewall
3 2 (0.30%) IPv4
3 2 (0.30%) IPv6
4 1 (0.15%) 4G
4 1 (0.15%) 5G
4 1 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.15%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (24.29%) Power BI
2 134 (19.97%) Metadata
3 133 (19.82%) Data Warehouse
4 98 (14.61%) Data Lake
5 52 (7.75%) Tableau
6 49 (7.30%) NoSQL
7 48 (7.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 42 (6.26%) Delta Lake
9 35 (5.22%) BigQuery
10 34 (5.07%) Big Data
11 31 (4.62%) SQL Server
12 27 (4.02%) Amazon Athena
13 25 (3.73%) Snowflake Schema
14 23 (3.43%) Relational Database
15 22 (3.28%) Mixpanel
15 22 (3.28%) OLAP
16 20 (2.98%) OLTP
17 16 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
17 16 (2.38%) Hadoop
18 15 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 66 (9.84%) Git
2 30 (4.47%) JIRA
3 18 (2.68%) ERwin
4 14 (2.09%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.79%) PowerDesigner
6 10 (1.49%) MLflow
7 6 (0.89%) GitLab
8 4 (0.60%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.45%) LSMW
10 2 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.30%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.30%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.15%) git-flow
11 1 (0.15%) Liquibase
11 1 (0.15%) Postman
11 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 225 (33.53%) Finance
1 225 (33.53%) Social Skills
2 148 (22.06%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (9.54%) Public Sector
4 56 (8.35%) Banking
5 34 (5.07%) Legal
6 24 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.43%) Marketing
8 15 (2.24%) Financial Institution
8 15 (2.24%) Retail
9 14 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.34%) Electronics
10 9 (1.34%) Publishing
11 8 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.19%) Local Government
11 8 (1.19%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.04%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.89%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 136 (20.27%) Data Engineer
2 115 (17.14%) Analyst
3 108 (16.10%) Lead
4 102 (15.20%) Architect
5 67 (9.99%) Data Analyst
6 62 (9.24%) Senior
7 60 (8.94%) Business Analyst
8 54 (8.05%) Data Architect
9 36 (5.37%) Azure Engineer
10 32 (4.77%) Azure Data Engineer
10 32 (4.77%) Developer
11 27 (4.02%) Data Business Analyst
12 25 (3.73%) Consultant
12 25 (3.73%) Project Manager
13 22 (3.28%) Data Modeller
13 22 (3.28%) Principal Engineer
14 19 (2.83%) Principal Data Engineer
15 18 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
16 17 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
16 17 (2.53%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (11.48%) PySpark
2 58 (8.64%) Kafka
3 27 (4.02%) REST
4 20 (2.98%) Great Expectations
5 14 (2.09%) .NET
5 14 (2.09%) SOAP
6 11 (1.64%) OAuth
6 11 (1.64%) Pandas
7 10 (1.49%) Middleware
8 9 (1.34%) JSON
9 8 (1.19%) PyTorch
9 8 (1.19%) YAML
10 7 (1.04%) Spring
10 7 (1.04%) Web Services
11 6 (0.89%) boto
11 6 (0.89%) NumPy
11 6 (0.89%) OpenID
11 6 (0.89%) SAML
11 6 (0.89%) scikit-learn
11 6 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.54%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.66%) Data Structures
3 31 (4.62%) Product Ownership
4 28 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
5 27 (4.02%) Onboarding
6 23 (3.43%) Management Information System
7 22 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (2.53%) Reference Data
9 12 (1.79%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.64%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.49%) Marketing Technology
12 9 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.34%) Taxonomies
13 8 (1.19%) CMDB
13 8 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.04%) Life Science
14 7 (1.04%) Replication
14 7 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.30%) Android
1 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.15%) Unix
2 1 (0.15%) Windows
2 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (42.32%) Data Modelling
2 248 (36.96%) Analytics
3 184 (27.42%) Business Intelligence
4 183 (27.27%) Data Engineering
4 183 (27.27%) ETL
5 164 (24.44%) Agile
6 163 (24.29%) Data Pipeline
7 154 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 148 (22.06%) AI
9 147 (21.91%) CI/CD
10 145 (21.61%) Data Architecture
11 121 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
12 117 (17.44%) DevOps
13 102 (15.20%) Validation
14 98 (14.61%) Decision-Making
14 98 (14.61%) Migration
15 97 (14.46%) Data Management
16 90 (13.41%) Data Integration
17 82 (12.22%) Machine Learning
18 78 (11.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 311 (46.35%) SQL
2 228 (33.98%) Python
3 47 (7.00%) Scala
4 37 (5.51%) C#
5 18 (2.68%) R
6 17 (2.53%) Java
7 16 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (2.09%) PowerShell
9 11 (1.64%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.34%) JavaScript
10 9 (1.34%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.75%) Bicep
12 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.45%) VBA
13 2 (0.30%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.30%) Bash
13 2 (0.30%) C
13 2 (0.30%) C++
13 2 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.30%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 128 (19.08%) Security Cleared
2 112 (16.69%) SC Cleared
3 73 (10.88%) Degree
4 32 (4.77%) Azure Certification
5 31 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.98%) Master's Degree
8 16 (2.38%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.79%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.49%) PMP
12 8 (1.19%) CISSP
13 7 (1.04%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
15 5 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
17 3 (0.45%) CBAP
17 3 (0.45%) SnowPro
18 2 (0.30%) CISM
19 1 (0.15%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (42.62%) Data Quality
2 111 (16.54%) GDPR
3 41 (6.11%) QA
4 22 (3.28%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.79%) IFRS
5 12 (1.79%) Solvency II
6 10 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 9 (1.34%) IFRS 17
8 7 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.89%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.75%) GRC
10 5 (0.75%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.75%) PERC
11 4 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.60%) MiFID
11 4 (0.60%) PMO
12 3 (0.45%) HL7
12 3 (0.45%) NIST
13 2 (0.30%) GAAP
13 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (5.51%) Docker
2 6 (0.89%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) HDFS
3 1 (0.15%) RACF
Systems Management
1 74 (11.03%) Terraform
2 43 (6.41%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.89%) Grafana
3 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.60%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.30%) Istio
6 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 161 (23.99%) Databricks
2 130 (19.37%) Microsoft
3 43 (6.41%) Oracle
4 42 (6.26%) Google
5 34 (5.07%) SAP
6 32 (4.77%) Salesforce
7 29 (4.32%) Informatica
8 18 (2.68%) ServiceNow
9 15 (2.24%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.49%) Adobe
10 10 (1.49%) Workday
11 9 (1.34%) Tealium
12 7 (1.04%) Sparx
13 6 (0.89%) OneTrust
14 5 (0.75%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.75%) GoldenSource
14 5 (0.75%) mParticle
14 5 (0.75%) Talend
15 4 (0.60%) Ariba
15 4 (0.60%) VMware