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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 100 137
Rank change year-on-year +38 +37 +73
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 584 373 344
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.06% 2.48% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 2.75% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 261 260
10th Percentile £400 £381 £424
25th Percentile £461 £506 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £750 £738
90th Percentile £749 £938 £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 £35.00 £27.13 £40.84
% change year-on-year +29.03% -33.59% +83.31%

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 13,143 13,541 16,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.39% 90.10% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,651 8,710 12,087
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £790
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 164 235
10th Percentile £18.17 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.80 £21.38
Median hourly rate £31.00 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.90% +5.88% -11.39%
75th Percentile £50.88 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £80.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +39 101 £575 -4.17% 20
West London -4 13 £603 - 10
South London -3 3 £475 -20.83% 5
East London -1 2 £566 +41.56% 14
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 64 (10.96%) Apache Spark
2 28 (4.79%) Apache
3 22 (3.77%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (3.08%) Confluence
5 12 (2.05%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.68%) SAS
7 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.34%) CMS
8 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.17%) Luigi
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 32 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 13 (2.23%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.51%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.17%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 7 (1.20%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.51%) Actimize
4 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.51%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.34%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.34%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.34%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.17%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 243 (41.61%) Azure
2 155 (26.54%) Power Platform
3 134 (22.95%) AWS
4 82 (14.04%) Azure Data Factory
5 75 (12.84%) GCP
6 72 (12.33%) Snowflake
7 66 (11.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 41 (7.02%) Collibra
9 39 (6.68%) Microsoft Purview
10 38 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
10 38 (6.51%) dbt
11 31 (5.31%) Amazon S3
12 26 (4.45%) Serverless
13 21 (3.60%) GitHub
14 19 (3.25%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
16 17 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (2.57%) SaaS
18 14 (2.40%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.68%) 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
2 1 (0.17%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (23.29%) Power BI
2 126 (21.58%) Data Warehouse
3 118 (20.21%) Metadata
4 72 (12.33%) Data Lake
5 42 (7.19%) NoSQL
6 41 (7.02%) Tableau
7 40 (6.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 29 (4.97%) Big Data
8 29 (4.97%) SQL Server
9 27 (4.62%) Delta Lake
10 25 (4.28%) Relational Database
11 22 (3.77%) Amazon Redshift
11 22 (3.77%) Snowflake Schema
12 21 (3.60%) Data Vault
13 17 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
14 16 (2.74%) BigQuery
14 16 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 16 (2.74%) Star Schema
15 13 (2.23%) Spark SQL
16 12 (2.05%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 40 (6.85%) JIRA
2 39 (6.68%) Git
3 23 (3.94%) ERwin
4 18 (3.08%) PowerDesigner
5 12 (2.05%) ER Studio
5 12 (2.05%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.54%) MLflow
7 5 (0.86%) GitLab
8 3 (0.51%) LSMW
9 2 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.34%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.34%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.17%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.17%) Postman
10 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 234 (40.07%) Social Skills
2 204 (34.93%) Finance
3 123 (21.06%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (11.64%) Public Sector
5 49 (8.39%) Banking
6 33 (5.65%) Legal
7 24 (4.11%) Marketing
8 23 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.91%) Financial Institution
10 15 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (2.57%) Retail
11 12 (2.05%) Investment Banking
11 12 (2.05%) Publishing
12 11 (1.88%) Electronics
12 11 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.71%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.37%) Local Government
16 5 (0.86%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 109 (18.66%) Analyst
2 106 (18.15%) Architect
3 87 (14.90%) Data Engineer
4 68 (11.64%) Lead
5 62 (10.62%) Data Analyst
6 58 (9.93%) Data Architect
7 52 (8.90%) Business Analyst
8 36 (6.16%) Senior
9 34 (5.82%) Azure Engineer
10 30 (5.14%) Azure Data Engineer
11 29 (4.97%) Data Modeller
12 27 (4.62%) Consultant
13 21 (3.60%) Project Manager
14 19 (3.25%) Data Business Analyst
14 19 (3.25%) Data Manager
14 19 (3.25%) Governance Analyst
15 18 (3.08%) Developer
16 14 (2.40%) Azure Architect
17 11 (1.88%) Solutions Architect
18 10 (1.71%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (11.99%) PySpark
2 37 (6.34%) Kafka
3 12 (2.05%) REST
4 9 (1.54%) Great Expectations
4 9 (1.54%) OAuth
5 8 (1.37%) .NET
5 8 (1.37%) Middleware
6 7 (1.20%) LangChain
6 7 (1.20%) Pandas
6 7 (1.20%) SOAP
7 6 (1.03%) JSON
7 6 (1.03%) PyTorch
8 5 (0.86%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.86%) HTML
8 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
8 5 (0.86%) RESTful
9 4 (0.68%) Apache NiFi
9 4 (0.68%) Faiss
9 4 (0.68%) scikit-learn
9 4 (0.68%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.02%) Data Structures
2 38 (6.51%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.11%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.60%) Management Information System
6 20 (3.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.74%) Reference Data
8 15 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (2.57%) Low-Code
9 13 (2.23%) Reinsurance
10 11 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.88%) Life Science
11 10 (1.71%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (1.37%) Taxonomies
13 7 (1.20%) Data Fabric
13 7 (1.20%) Distributed Computing
13 7 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (1.03%) AI Agents
14 6 (1.03%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.34%) Android
1 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (45.89%) Data Modelling
2 203 (34.76%) Analytics
3 162 (27.74%) Agile
4 160 (27.40%) Business Intelligence
5 147 (25.17%) ETL
6 133 (22.77%) Data Engineering
7 130 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
8 129 (22.09%) Data Pipeline
9 120 (20.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 115 (19.69%) Data Architecture
11 106 (18.15%) CI/CD
12 99 (16.95%) DevOps
13 97 (16.61%) AI
14 93 (15.92%) Data Integration
15 91 (15.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 87 (14.90%) Data Management
17 83 (14.21%) Migration
18 80 (13.70%) Decision-Making
19 79 (13.53%) Metadata Management
20 73 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 254 (43.49%) SQL
2 181 (30.99%) Python
3 31 (5.31%) Scala
4 23 (3.94%) Java
4 23 (3.94%) R
5 17 (2.91%) C#
6 16 (2.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (2.05%) JavaScript
8 11 (1.88%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.71%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.03%) Bicep
10 6 (1.03%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.68%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.51%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.51%) Korn
13 2 (0.34%) C++
13 2 (0.34%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.34%) SOQL
14 1 (0.17%) ABAP
14 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 94 (16.10%) Security Cleared
2 78 (13.36%) SC Cleared
3 63 (10.79%) Degree
4 29 (4.97%) Azure Certification
5 23 (3.94%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.91%) AWS Certification
8 14 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (2.23%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.88%) PMP
11 6 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.03%) CISSP
12 5 (0.86%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.68%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.68%) MCP
14 3 (0.51%) CBAP
14 3 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.34%) SnowPro
16 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (39.55%) Data Quality
2 104 (17.81%) GDPR
3 29 (4.97%) QA
4 26 (4.45%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.88%) HIPAA
6 10 (1.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 10 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.20%) IFRS
7 7 (1.20%) NIST
8 6 (1.03%) MiFID
8 6 (1.03%) PMO
9 5 (0.86%) EU AI Act
9 5 (0.86%) PERC
10 4 (0.68%) IFRS 17
10 4 (0.68%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.51%) Basel III
11 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.51%) GRC
11 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (5.48%) Docker
2 9 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 56 (9.59%) Terraform
2 32 (5.48%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.34%) Ansible
4 2 (0.34%) Grafana
4 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.17%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.17%) SCCM
5 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 145 (24.83%) Databricks
2 113 (19.35%) Microsoft
3 34 (5.82%) SAP
4 32 (5.48%) Salesforce
5 30 (5.14%) Google
6 26 (4.45%) Oracle
7 25 (4.28%) Informatica
8 12 (2.05%) Adobe
8 12 (2.05%) Sparx
9 11 (1.88%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.71%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.54%) Tealium
11 9 (1.54%) Workday
12 8 (1.37%) Alteryx
12 8 (1.37%) OneTrust
13 6 (1.03%) Bloomberg
13 6 (1.03%) Talend
14 5 (0.86%) mParticle
15 4 (0.68%) Guidewire
15 4 (0.68%) Refinitiv