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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 69 122
Rank change year-on-year +15 +53 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 894 512 342
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.39% 3.85% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.93% 4.16% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 362 236
10th Percentile £368 £406 £388
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £725
90th Percentile £738 £750 £863
England median daily rate £540 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £19.08 - £32.68
25th Percentile £19.19 £18.25 £39.94
Median hourly rate £27.12 £18.50 £52.67
Median % change year-on-year +46.57% -64.88% +50.49%
75th Percentile £44.76 £23.44 £66.02
90th Percentile £59.90 £31.88 £73.66
England median hourly rate £50.00 £27.28 £30.00
% change year-on-year +83.28% -9.07% -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 18,128 12,293 14,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.49% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,864 8,121 9,276
10th Percentile £360 £332 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 242 178
10th Percentile £15.90 £18.25 £17.43
25th Percentile £18.81 £25.02 £24.18
Median hourly rate £33.30 £30.25 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +10.08% -17.46% -8.38%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £79.88 £64.98 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 13 October 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 +11 138 £550 - 134
West London +14 36 £520 +1.46% 20
East London - 2 £600 - 10
South London -16 1 - - 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 58 (6.49%) Apache Airflow
2 53 (5.93%) Apache Spark
3 38 (4.25%) Apache
4 28 (3.13%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.45%) Confluence
6 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (1.01%) SAS
7 7 (0.78%) CMS
8 5 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
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%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 41 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.78%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.23%) SAP MDG
3 9 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 6 (0.67%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 4 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.45%) Workfront
7 3 (0.34%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.34%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.34%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.22%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.22%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 2 (0.22%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.11%) Actimize
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.11%) ENOVIA
9 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 350 (39.15%) Azure
2 186 (20.81%) Power Platform
3 182 (20.36%) AWS
4 101 (11.30%) GCP
5 95 (10.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 94 (10.51%) Snowflake
7 82 (9.17%) Microsoft Purview
8 70 (7.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 64 (7.16%) Azure DevOps
10 62 (6.94%) dbt
11 56 (6.26%) Collibra
12 44 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
13 41 (4.59%) Microsoft Copilot
14 39 (4.36%) Serverless
15 38 (4.25%) Amazon S3
16 31 (3.47%) GitHub
17 28 (3.13%) Entra ID
18 26 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
18 26 (2.91%) Azure Databricks
19 24 (2.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.01%) Cisco IPT
2 6 (0.67%) Network Security
3 4 (0.45%) Broadband
3 4 (0.45%) Firewall
4 2 (0.22%) VPN
5 1 (0.11%) DNS
5 1 (0.11%) HTTP
5 1 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.11%) SMS
5 1 (0.11%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 234 (26.17%) Metadata
2 162 (18.12%) Power BI
3 131 (14.65%) Data Warehouse
4 103 (11.52%) Data Lake
5 48 (5.37%) Delta Lake
6 41 (4.59%) Tableau
7 36 (4.03%) SQL Server
8 28 (3.13%) BigQuery
9 26 (2.91%) Big Data
10 24 (2.68%) Amazon Redshift
10 24 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (2.57%) Data Vault
12 22 (2.46%) Star Schema
13 21 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
13 21 (2.35%) NoSQL
14 19 (2.13%) Relational Database
15 18 (2.01%) Power Query
16 17 (1.90%) Amazon Athena
17 16 (1.79%) Semantic Layer
17 16 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (4.92%) Git
2 35 (3.91%) JIRA
3 24 (2.68%) ERwin
4 17 (1.90%) ER Studio
5 11 (1.23%) GitLab
6 9 (1.01%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.89%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.45%) MLflow
8 4 (0.45%) RStudio
8 4 (0.45%) Selenium
9 2 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.22%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.22%) git-flow
9 2 (0.22%) JMeter
9 2 (0.22%) Postman
9 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.11%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 300 (33.56%) Social Skills
2 286 (31.99%) Finance
3 155 (17.34%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (11.74%) Banking
5 92 (10.29%) Public Sector
6 49 (5.48%) Legal
7 40 (4.47%) Retail
8 38 (4.25%) Marketing
9 27 (3.02%) Investment Banking
10 24 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
10 24 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.13%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.45%) Local Government
16 12 (1.34%) Front Office
16 12 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (1.01%) Law
18 8 (0.89%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 193 (21.59%) Architect
2 173 (19.35%) Analyst
3 136 (15.21%) Data Engineer
4 113 (12.64%) Data Architect
5 112 (12.53%) Lead
6 93 (10.40%) Data Analyst
7 89 (9.96%) Senior
8 75 (8.39%) Business Analyst
9 42 (4.70%) Consultant
10 39 (4.36%) Solutions Architect
11 37 (4.14%) Data Business Analyst
12 32 (3.58%) Senior Data Engineer
13 30 (3.36%) Data Manager
13 30 (3.36%) Governance Analyst
14 28 (3.13%) Project Manager
15 27 (3.02%) Data Modeller
16 26 (2.91%) Developer
17 25 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
18 21 (2.35%) Azure Engineer
18 21 (2.35%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (8.61%) PySpark
2 61 (6.82%) Terraform
3 46 (5.15%) Kafka
4 26 (2.91%) REST
5 18 (2.01%) JSON
6 11 (1.23%) .NET
7 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Graph
8 8 (0.89%) OAuth
9 7 (0.78%) Apache NiFi
9 7 (0.78%) Middleware
10 6 (0.67%) GraphQL
10 6 (0.67%) Great Expectations
10 6 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.67%) YAML
11 5 (0.56%) Apache Avro
11 5 (0.56%) pytest
11 5 (0.56%) React
11 5 (0.56%) Spark Streaming
12 4 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
12 4 (0.45%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 76 (8.50%) Data Structures
2 67 (7.49%) Cloud Native
2 67 (7.49%) Product Ownership
3 57 (6.38%) Onboarding
4 49 (5.48%) Legacy Systems
4 49 (5.48%) Reference Data
5 41 (4.59%) Management Information System
6 29 (3.24%) AI Agents
7 28 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
8 27 (3.02%) Taxonomies
9 24 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (1.79%) Life Science
11 15 (1.68%) Low-Code
12 13 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.34%) FMCG
13 12 (1.34%) Reinsurance
14 10 (1.12%) Fixed Income
14 10 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (1.12%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.23%) Linux
2 6 (0.67%) Windows
3 5 (0.56%) Unix
4 1 (0.11%) Android
4 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.11%) VMS
4 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (39.60%) Data Modelling
2 328 (36.69%) Analytics
3 311 (34.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 249 (27.85%) AI
5 211 (23.60%) Data Architecture
6 197 (22.04%) Business Intelligence
7 192 (21.48%) Data Pipeline
8 191 (21.36%) Data Engineering
8 191 (21.36%) Migration
9 188 (21.03%) Agile
10 180 (20.13%) ETL
11 179 (20.02%) CI/CD
12 167 (18.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 155 (17.34%) Validation
14 150 (16.78%) Data Management
15 140 (15.66%) DevOps
16 134 (14.99%) Decision-Making
16 134 (14.99%) Roadmaps
17 130 (14.54%) Metadata Management
18 128 (14.32%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 337 (37.70%) SQL
2 210 (23.49%) Python
3 30 (3.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 19 (2.13%) C#
4 19 (2.13%) Java
4 19 (2.13%) PowerShell
5 13 (1.45%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.45%) Scala
6 12 (1.34%) Bicep
6 12 (1.34%) PL/SQL
7 9 (1.01%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.89%) Bash
9 6 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (0.67%) R
10 4 (0.45%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.45%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.22%) Delphi
11 2 (0.22%) Korn
11 2 (0.22%) SAS Macro
11 2 (0.22%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 132 (14.77%) Security Cleared
2 107 (11.97%) SC Cleared
3 48 (5.37%) Degree
4 35 (3.91%) Azure Certification
5 22 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (1.90%) PMP
8 16 (1.79%) PMI Certification
9 14 (1.57%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.34%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.34%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.89%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.56%) CISSP
12 5 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.45%) CISM
13 4 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.34%) CEH
14 3 (0.34%) CSPO
14 3 (0.34%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 419 (46.87%) Data Quality
2 118 (13.20%) GDPR
3 32 (3.58%) QA
4 14 (1.57%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.34%) GRC
6 11 (1.23%) NIST
6 11 (1.23%) Solvency II
7 10 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.01%) PMO
9 7 (0.78%) GxP
10 6 (0.67%) IFRS
10 6 (0.67%) MiFID
10 6 (0.67%) NCSC
11 5 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 5 (0.56%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.45%) COREP
12 4 (0.45%) FINREP
12 4 (0.45%) PERC
12 4 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (2.57%) Docker
2 22 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.45%) HDFS
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (3.02%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.23%) Ansible
3 8 (0.89%) Grafana
4 7 (0.78%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.67%) Control-M
5 6 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.45%) Puppet
7 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 235 (26.29%) Microsoft
2 183 (20.47%) Databricks
3 57 (6.38%) Oracle
4 46 (5.15%) Informatica
5 36 (4.03%) Google
6 35 (3.91%) SAP
7 23 (2.57%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.79%) Adobe
9 14 (1.57%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.23%) IBM
11 10 (1.12%) Bloomberg
11 10 (1.12%) Cloudera
11 10 (1.12%) Foundry
11 10 (1.12%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.12%) Workday
12 8 (0.89%) Talend
13 7 (0.78%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.78%) GoldenSource
13 7 (0.78%) Sparx
13 7 (0.78%) Zscaler