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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 79 123
Rank change year-on-year +17 +44 +73
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 777 441 374
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.97% 3.30% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.47% 3.58% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 313 288
10th Percentile £394 £409 £400
25th Percentile £462 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £750
90th Percentile £738 £798 £888
England median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -8.00%
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 £27.28 £40.00
% change year-on-year +121.77% -31.80% +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 17,398 12,312 15,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.95% 92.16% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,552 8,218 11,064
10th Percentile £358 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £524 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 230 293
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.91 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% +7.50% -27.31%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -4.70%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +23 99 £550 - 46
West London +12 30 £603 +41.76% 7
East London +5 9 £450 -33.33% 5
South London -5 4 £637 -6.50% 8
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 55 (7.08%) Apache Spark
2 40 (5.15%) Apache Airflow
3 29 (3.73%) Apache
4 18 (2.32%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.03%) Confluence
6 6 (0.77%) CMS
7 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.39%) SAS
9 2 (0.26%) Apache Synapse
9 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
10 1 (0.13%) Luigi
Applications
1 37 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.42%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.77%) SAP MDG
4 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.51%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.39%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.39%) Workfront
6 2 (0.26%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.26%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.26%) Maximo
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.26%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 290 (37.32%) Azure
2 177 (22.78%) Power Platform
3 150 (19.31%) AWS
4 111 (14.29%) GCP
5 76 (9.78%) Azure Data Factory
6 70 (9.01%) Microsoft Purview
7 62 (7.98%) Collibra
8 60 (7.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 60 (7.72%) Snowflake
9 54 (6.95%) Azure DevOps
10 50 (6.44%) dbt
11 42 (5.41%) GitHub
12 37 (4.76%) Amazon S3
13 29 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
14 28 (3.60%) Microsoft Copilot
15 24 (3.09%) Serverless
16 19 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
17 18 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (2.32%) Power Automate
18 17 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.51%) Network Security
2 3 (0.39%) Firewall
3 2 (0.26%) IPv4
3 2 (0.26%) IPv6
4 1 (0.13%) 4G
4 1 (0.13%) 5G
4 1 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (21.49%) Metadata
2 156 (20.08%) Power BI
3 103 (13.26%) Data Lake
4 101 (13.00%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (6.69%) Delta Lake
6 47 (6.05%) Tableau
7 33 (4.25%) BigQuery
8 28 (3.60%) SQL Server
9 26 (3.35%) Amazon Athena
9 26 (3.35%) NoSQL
10 23 (2.96%) Big Data
10 23 (2.96%) Data Vault
10 23 (2.96%) Snowflake Schema
11 19 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
12 18 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
13 15 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (1.93%) Star Schema
14 14 (1.80%) Hadoop
14 14 (1.80%) OLAP
15 13 (1.67%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 42 (5.41%) Git
2 30 (3.86%) JIRA
3 26 (3.35%) ERwin
4 13 (1.67%) PowerDesigner
5 12 (1.54%) ER Studio
6 8 (1.03%) GitLab
7 7 (0.90%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.51%) MLflow
9 3 (0.39%) git-flow
10 2 (0.26%) JMeter
10 2 (0.26%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.13%) LSMW
11 1 (0.13%) Postman
11 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.13%) Selenium
11 1 (0.13%) Snyk
11 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 269 (34.62%) Finance
2 228 (29.34%) Social Skills
3 140 (18.02%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (11.07%) Banking
5 75 (9.65%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (4.50%) Legal
8 31 (3.99%) Retail
9 18 (2.32%) Marketing
10 16 (2.06%) Investment Banking
11 15 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.54%) Financial Institution
13 12 (1.54%) Local Government
14 11 (1.42%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.77%) Law
16 6 (0.77%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.64%) Billing
Job Titles
1 143 (18.40%) Analyst
2 136 (17.50%) Data Engineer
3 134 (17.25%) Architect
4 93 (11.97%) Lead
5 89 (11.45%) Senior
6 86 (11.07%) Data Analyst
7 67 (8.62%) Business Analyst
8 62 (7.98%) Data Architect
9 35 (4.50%) Solutions Architect
10 32 (4.12%) Data Business Analyst
10 32 (4.12%) Project Manager
11 28 (3.60%) Consultant
12 27 (3.47%) Data Modeller
12 27 (3.47%) Senior Data Engineer
13 26 (3.35%) Data Manager
13 26 (3.35%) Developer
13 26 (3.35%) Governance Analyst
14 24 (3.09%) Azure Engineer
15 18 (2.32%) Product Owner
15 18 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (7.08%) PySpark
2 47 (6.05%) Kafka
3 26 (3.35%) REST
4 17 (2.19%) Middleware
5 16 (2.06%) SOAP
6 13 (1.67%) Great Expectations
6 13 (1.67%) JSON
7 11 (1.42%) Web Services
8 10 (1.29%) .NET
8 10 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Graph
9 9 (1.16%) Spring
10 7 (0.90%) OAuth
10 7 (0.90%) YAML
11 5 (0.64%) Spark Streaming
12 4 (0.51%) Node.js
12 4 (0.51%) OpenID
12 4 (0.51%) Pandas
12 4 (0.51%) Spring Boot
12 4 (0.51%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 74 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 49 (6.31%) Product Ownership
3 47 (6.05%) Data Structures
4 46 (5.92%) Onboarding
5 36 (4.63%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (2.96%) AI Agents
6 23 (2.96%) Reference Data
7 20 (2.57%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.93%) Taxonomies
12 12 (1.54%) Clustering
13 11 (1.42%) CMDB
13 11 (1.42%) Life Science
14 10 (1.29%) Security Posture
15 9 (1.16%) Distributed Computing
16 8 (1.03%) Fixed Income
16 8 (1.03%) Low-Code
16 8 (1.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.51%) Windows
2 2 (0.26%) Linux
2 2 (0.26%) Unix
3 1 (0.13%) VMS
3 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (36.94%) Data Modelling
2 282 (36.29%) Analytics
3 203 (26.13%) AI
4 199 (25.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 182 (23.42%) ETL
6 178 (22.91%) Business Intelligence
7 167 (21.49%) Data Pipeline
8 160 (20.59%) CI/CD
8 160 (20.59%) Data Engineering
9 149 (19.18%) Agile
10 148 (19.05%) Data Architecture
11 138 (17.76%) Migration
12 137 (17.63%) Validation
13 132 (16.99%) Data Management
13 132 (16.99%) DevOps
14 120 (15.44%) Decision-Making
15 118 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
16 108 (13.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 91 (11.71%) Machine Learning
18 85 (10.94%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 303 (39.00%) SQL
2 201 (25.87%) Python
3 27 (3.47%) C#
4 25 (3.22%) Scala
5 18 (2.32%) Java
6 14 (1.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (1.54%) PL/SQL
7 12 (1.54%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.29%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.16%) Bicep
10 6 (0.77%) R
11 5 (0.64%) Bash
12 3 (0.39%) Cypher
12 3 (0.39%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.39%) VBA
13 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.26%) Go
13 2 (0.26%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.26%) SPARQL
13 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 132 (16.99%) Security Cleared
2 108 (13.90%) SC Cleared
3 62 (7.98%) Degree
4 37 (4.76%) Azure Certification
5 27 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.93%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.93%) PMI Certification
9 14 (1.80%) PMP
10 12 (1.54%) DBS Check
11 11 (1.42%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.42%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.77%) CISSP
13 5 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.64%) SnowPro
14 4 (0.51%) CEH
14 4 (0.51%) CISM
14 4 (0.51%) GIAC
14 4 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 327 (42.08%) Data Quality
2 119 (15.32%) GDPR
3 45 (5.79%) QA
4 17 (2.19%) Solvency II
5 12 (1.54%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.29%) IFRS
8 9 (1.16%) NIST
8 9 (1.16%) PMO
9 8 (1.03%) IFRS 17
10 7 (0.90%) COREP
10 7 (0.90%) FINREP
11 5 (0.64%) GRC
11 5 (0.64%) MiFID
12 4 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.51%) COBIT
12 4 (0.51%) GxP
12 4 (0.51%) NCSC
12 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (3.22%) Docker
2 13 (1.67%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.26%) HDFS
3 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) RACF
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 68 (8.75%) Terraform
2 28 (3.60%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.03%) Grafana
4 6 (0.77%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.26%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.26%) Istio
8 1 (0.13%) Ansible
8 1 (0.13%) Kibana
8 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 167 (21.49%) Microsoft
2 133 (17.12%) Databricks
3 54 (6.95%) Oracle
4 39 (5.02%) Google
4 39 (5.02%) SAP
5 29 (3.73%) Informatica
5 29 (3.73%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.93%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.54%) OpenAI
8 11 (1.42%) Foundry
9 9 (1.16%) GoldenSource
10 8 (1.03%) Workday
11 7 (0.90%) Bloomberg
12 5 (0.64%) IBM
12 5 (0.64%) Murex
13 4 (0.51%) Sparx
14 3 (0.39%) Adobe
14 3 (0.39%) Ariba
14 3 (0.39%) VMware
14 3 (0.39%) Zscaler