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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 80 116
Rank change year-on-year +17 +36 +89
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 761 435 385
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.94% 3.35% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 3.63% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 311 297
10th Percentile £400 £408 £400
25th Percentile £463 £480 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £719 £750
90th Percentile £740 £825 £880
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -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 £56.50 £27.28 £40.00
% change year-on-year +107.11% -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 17,155 11,979 15,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.89% 92.25% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,402 8,003 11,123
10th Percentile £358 £335 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 225 302
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £23.33 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.89 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.02% +9.63% -26.90%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.55 £68.68
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +85.35% -34.02% +1.65%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +16 96 £550 - 71
West London +6 27 £603 +41.76% 11
East London +4 9 £450 -33.33% 5
South London -3 4 £637 -6.50% 6
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 (7.23%) Apache Spark
2 40 (5.26%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (3.68%) Apache
4 18 (2.37%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.05%) Confluence
6 6 (0.79%) CMS
7 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.39%) SAS
9 2 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.26%) Apache Synapse
9 2 (0.26%) Luigi
9 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
10 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
Applications
1 34 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.45%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.66%) SAP MDG
4 4 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.53%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.39%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.26%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.26%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.26%) Workfront
7 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.13%) Maximo
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG-S
7 1 (0.13%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 282 (37.06%) Azure
2 175 (23.00%) Power Platform
3 147 (19.32%) AWS
4 107 (14.06%) GCP
5 76 (9.99%) Azure Data Factory
6 72 (9.46%) Microsoft Purview
7 59 (7.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 59 (7.75%) Collibra
7 59 (7.75%) Snowflake
8 51 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
9 47 (6.18%) dbt
10 40 (5.26%) GitHub
11 38 (4.99%) Amazon S3
12 30 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
13 27 (3.55%) Microsoft Copilot
14 24 (3.15%) Serverless
15 20 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (2.23%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (2.23%) Power Automate
17 16 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.53%) 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
1 161 (21.16%) Metadata
2 154 (20.24%) Power BI
3 102 (13.40%) Data Lake
3 102 (13.40%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (6.83%) Delta Lake
5 45 (5.91%) Tableau
6 33 (4.34%) BigQuery
7 29 (3.81%) SQL Server
8 26 (3.42%) Amazon Athena
8 26 (3.42%) NoSQL
9 23 (3.02%) Big Data
9 23 (3.02%) Data Vault
10 22 (2.89%) Snowflake Schema
11 19 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
12 17 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
13 15 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (1.97%) Hadoop
14 14 (1.84%) OLAP
14 14 (1.84%) Spark SQL
14 14 (1.84%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (5.78%) Git
2 30 (3.94%) JIRA
3 26 (3.42%) ERwin
4 13 (1.71%) PowerDesigner
5 12 (1.58%) ER Studio
6 8 (1.05%) GitLab
7 6 (0.79%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.66%) 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%) GCC
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
1 266 (34.95%) Finance
2 221 (29.04%) Social Skills
3 138 (18.13%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (11.17%) Banking
5 72 (9.46%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.86%) Documentation Skills
7 32 (4.20%) Legal
8 29 (3.81%) Retail
9 19 (2.50%) Marketing
10 16 (2.10%) Investment Banking
11 15 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.58%) Financial Institution
13 12 (1.58%) Local Government
14 10 (1.31%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.79%) Law
15 6 (0.79%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.66%) Billing
Job Titles
1 142 (18.66%) Analyst
2 132 (17.35%) Data Engineer
3 131 (17.21%) Architect
4 94 (12.35%) Lead
5 87 (11.43%) Senior
6 86 (11.30%) Data Analyst
7 66 (8.67%) Business Analyst
8 61 (8.02%) Data Architect
9 35 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
10 33 (4.34%) Project Manager
11 32 (4.20%) Data Business Analyst
12 27 (3.55%) Consultant
12 27 (3.55%) Data Manager
12 27 (3.55%) Data Modeller
13 26 (3.42%) Developer
13 26 (3.42%) Governance Analyst
13 26 (3.42%) Senior Data Engineer
14 24 (3.15%) Azure Engineer
15 19 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
16 16 (2.10%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.10%) PySpark
2 46 (6.04%) Kafka
3 26 (3.42%) REST
4 17 (2.23%) Middleware
5 16 (2.10%) SOAP
6 13 (1.71%) Great Expectations
7 12 (1.58%) JSON
8 11 (1.45%) .NET
8 11 (1.45%) Web Services
9 10 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
10 9 (1.18%) Spring
11 8 (1.05%) YAML
12 6 (0.79%) OAuth
13 5 (0.66%) PyTorch
13 5 (0.66%) TensorFlow
13 5 (0.66%) XML
14 4 (0.53%) MACH
14 4 (0.53%) Node.js
14 4 (0.53%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.33%) Cloud Native
2 47 (6.18%) Product Ownership
3 46 (6.04%) Data Structures
4 42 (5.52%) Onboarding
5 33 (4.34%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (3.02%) AI Agents
6 23 (3.02%) Reference Data
7 20 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (2.63%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.84%) Taxonomies
11 12 (1.58%) Clustering
12 10 (1.31%) CMDB
12 10 (1.31%) Life Science
12 10 (1.31%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.18%) Fixed Income
14 8 (1.05%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (1.05%) Equities
14 8 (1.05%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.39%) 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
1 282 (37.06%) Data Modelling
2 279 (36.66%) Analytics
3 201 (26.41%) AI
4 196 (25.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 175 (23.00%) ETL
6 174 (22.86%) Business Intelligence
7 162 (21.29%) Data Pipeline
8 161 (21.16%) Data Engineering
9 156 (20.50%) CI/CD
10 152 (19.97%) Agile
11 147 (19.32%) Data Architecture
12 134 (17.61%) Validation
13 133 (17.48%) Migration
14 131 (17.21%) Data Management
15 127 (16.69%) DevOps
16 116 (15.24%) Decision-Making
16 116 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
17 106 (13.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 92 (12.09%) Machine Learning
19 84 (11.04%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 295 (38.76%) SQL
2 194 (25.49%) Python
3 26 (3.42%) C#
4 25 (3.29%) Scala
5 17 (2.23%) Java
6 14 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (1.71%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.58%) PL/SQL
9 11 (1.45%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.18%) Bicep
11 6 (0.79%) R
12 5 (0.66%) Bash
13 3 (0.39%) Cypher
13 3 (0.39%) JavaScript
13 3 (0.39%) VBA
14 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.26%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.26%) SPARQL
14 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 131 (17.21%) Security Cleared
2 109 (14.32%) SC Cleared
3 61 (8.02%) Degree
4 36 (4.73%) Azure Certification
5 28 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.97%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.97%) PMI Certification
9 14 (1.84%) PMP
10 12 (1.58%) DBS Check
11 11 (1.45%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.31%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.79%) CISSP
14 5 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.66%) SnowPro
15 4 (0.53%) CEH
15 4 (0.53%) CISM
15 4 (0.53%) GIAC
15 4 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 318 (41.79%) Data Quality
2 118 (15.51%) GDPR
3 46 (6.04%) QA
4 17 (2.23%) Solvency II
5 11 (1.45%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.31%) IFRS
7 8 (1.05%) IFRS 17
7 8 (1.05%) NIST
8 7 (0.92%) COREP
8 7 (0.92%) FINREP
8 7 (0.92%) PMO
9 5 (0.66%) GRC
9 5 (0.66%) MiFID
10 4 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.53%) COBIT
10 4 (0.53%) GxP
10 4 (0.53%) NCSC
10 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (3.15%) Docker
2 12 (1.58%) 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 67 (8.80%) Terraform
2 28 (3.68%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.92%) Grafana
4 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.66%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.39%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.26%) Istio
7 1 (0.13%) Ansible
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 164 (21.55%) Microsoft
2 132 (17.35%) Databricks
3 52 (6.83%) Oracle
4 38 (4.99%) Google
5 37 (4.86%) SAP
6 30 (3.94%) Salesforce
7 27 (3.55%) Informatica
8 14 (1.84%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.45%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.31%) Foundry
11 9 (1.18%) GoldenSource
12 7 (0.92%) Bloomberg
12 7 (0.92%) Workday
13 5 (0.66%) IBM
13 5 (0.66%) Murex
14 4 (0.53%) Sparx
14 4 (0.53%) VMware
15 3 (0.39%) Ariba
15 3 (0.39%) IFS
15 3 (0.39%) Zscaler