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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 69 121
Rank change year-on-year +15 +52 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 884 512 344
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.37% 3.85% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 4.16% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 365 240
10th Percentile £374 £406 £399
25th Percentile £450 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £589
Median % change year-on-year - -6.58% -9.42%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £728
90th Percentile £738 £750 £853
England median daily rate £550 £525 £554
% change year-on-year +4.76% -5.23% -9.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 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% +49.14%
75th Percentile £44.76 £28.13 £66.02
90th Percentile £59.90 £33.75 £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 17,988 12,322 14,318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.57% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,771 8,124 9,349
10th Percentile £359 £331 £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 337 241 182
10th Percentile £16.03 £17.98 £17.28
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -18.14% -5.32%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.75 £78.72
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +21 136 £560 +1.82% 134
West London +10 34 £520 +1.46% 26
East London +3 3 £450 -33.33% 13
South London -10 1 - - 7
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 (6.22%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (5.66%) Apache Spark
3 36 (4.07%) Apache
4 28 (3.17%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.47%) Confluence
6 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.90%) SAS
8 7 (0.79%) CMS
9 5 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.11%) IIS
10 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.11%) Luigi
10 1 (0.11%) Mendix
10 1 (0.11%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 42 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.79%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 24 (2.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.36%) SAP MDG
3 9 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 6 (0.68%) 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 (0.23%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.23%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 2 (0.23%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.11%) Actimize
9 1 (0.11%) Advent Moxy
9 1 (0.11%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
9 1 (0.11%) ENOVIA
9 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 339 (38.35%) Azure
2 178 (20.14%) AWS
2 178 (20.14%) Power Platform
3 104 (11.76%) GCP
4 90 (10.18%) Azure Data Factory
4 90 (10.18%) Snowflake
5 82 (9.28%) Microsoft Purview
6 66 (7.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 62 (7.01%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (7.01%) dbt
8 56 (6.33%) Collibra
9 43 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
10 40 (4.52%) Microsoft Copilot
11 38 (4.30%) Serverless
12 36 (4.07%) Amazon S3
13 31 (3.51%) GitHub
14 28 (3.17%) Entra ID
15 25 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
16 24 (2.71%) Azure Databricks
17 23 (2.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.90%) Cisco IPT
2 6 (0.68%) Network Security
3 4 (0.45%) Firewall
4 2 (0.23%) Broadband
4 2 (0.23%) VPN
5 1 (0.11%) DNS
5 1 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.11%) SMS
5 1 (0.11%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 231 (26.13%) Metadata
2 155 (17.53%) Power BI
3 128 (14.48%) Data Warehouse
4 102 (11.54%) Data Lake
5 48 (5.43%) Delta Lake
6 40 (4.52%) Tableau
7 34 (3.85%) SQL Server
8 32 (3.62%) BigQuery
9 25 (2.83%) Big Data
9 25 (2.83%) Data Vault
10 22 (2.49%) Amazon Redshift
10 22 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
11 21 (2.38%) NoSQL
11 21 (2.38%) Star Schema
12 20 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
13 17 (1.92%) Power Query
13 17 (1.92%) Semantic Layer
13 17 (1.92%) Snowflake Schema
14 16 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
14 16 (1.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (4.75%) Git
2 34 (3.85%) JIRA
3 26 (2.94%) ERwin
4 19 (2.15%) ER Studio
5 10 (1.13%) GitLab
5 10 (1.13%) PowerDesigner
6 9 (1.02%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.45%) RStudio
7 4 (0.45%) Selenium
8 3 (0.34%) MLflow
9 2 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.23%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.23%) git-flow
9 2 (0.23%) JMeter
9 2 (0.23%) Postman
9 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.11%) LSMW
General
1 295 (33.37%) Social Skills
2 290 (32.81%) Finance
3 155 (17.53%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (11.54%) Banking
5 92 (10.41%) Public Sector
6 50 (5.66%) Legal
7 41 (4.64%) Retail
8 33 (3.73%) Marketing
9 25 (2.83%) Investment Banking
10 24 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
10 24 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.15%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (1.58%) Local Government
14 14 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.13%) Front Office
15 10 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (1.02%) Law
17 8 (0.90%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 191 (21.61%) Architect
2 170 (19.23%) Analyst
3 129 (14.59%) Data Engineer
4 110 (12.44%) Data Architect
5 109 (12.33%) Lead
6 92 (10.41%) Data Analyst
6 92 (10.41%) Senior
7 73 (8.26%) Business Analyst
8 41 (4.64%) Consultant
9 39 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (3.96%) Data Business Analyst
11 33 (3.73%) Senior Data Engineer
12 30 (3.39%) Data Manager
13 29 (3.28%) Data Modeller
14 28 (3.17%) Governance Analyst
14 28 (3.17%) Project Manager
15 25 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
16 24 (2.71%) Developer
17 22 (2.49%) Azure Engineer
17 22 (2.49%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (8.14%) PySpark
2 60 (6.79%) Terraform
3 45 (5.09%) Kafka
4 24 (2.71%) REST
5 20 (2.26%) JSON
6 10 (1.13%) .NET
7 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Graph
8 8 (0.90%) OAuth
8 8 (0.90%) YAML
9 7 (0.79%) Apache NiFi
10 6 (0.68%) GraphQL
10 6 (0.68%) Great Expectations
10 6 (0.68%) Middleware
11 5 (0.57%) Apache Avro
11 5 (0.57%) Model Context Protocol
11 5 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.57%) pytest
11 5 (0.57%) React
11 5 (0.57%) Spark Streaming
12 4 (0.45%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 72 (8.14%) Data Structures
2 69 (7.81%) Cloud Native
2 69 (7.81%) Product Ownership
3 60 (6.79%) Onboarding
4 47 (5.32%) Legacy Systems
5 45 (5.09%) Reference Data
6 39 (4.41%) Management Information System
7 31 (3.51%) AI Agents
8 26 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
9 25 (2.83%) Taxonomies
10 23 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (1.81%) Life Science
12 15 (1.70%) Low-Code
13 14 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (1.36%) FMCG
15 12 (1.36%) Reinsurance
16 10 (1.13%) Clustering
16 10 (1.13%) Fixed Income
16 10 (1.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.13%) Linux
2 6 (0.68%) Windows
3 5 (0.57%) Unix
4 1 (0.11%) VMS
4 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (39.25%) Data Modelling
2 320 (36.20%) Analytics
3 313 (35.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 255 (28.85%) AI
5 212 (23.98%) Data Architecture
6 191 (21.61%) Business Intelligence
7 190 (21.49%) Agile
8 188 (21.27%) Migration
9 187 (21.15%) Data Engineering
9 187 (21.15%) Data Pipeline
10 176 (19.91%) ETL
11 174 (19.68%) CI/CD
12 165 (18.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 159 (17.99%) Validation
14 146 (16.52%) Data Management
15 139 (15.72%) Decision-Making
16 138 (15.61%) DevOps
16 138 (15.61%) Roadmaps
17 128 (14.48%) Metadata Management
18 127 (14.37%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 326 (36.88%) SQL
2 201 (22.74%) Python
3 28 (3.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 20 (2.26%) Java
5 18 (2.04%) C#
6 17 (1.92%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.58%) Scala
8 13 (1.47%) JavaScript
9 12 (1.36%) Bicep
10 11 (1.24%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.02%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.90%) Bash
13 6 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.68%) R
14 4 (0.45%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.45%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.23%) Cypher
15 2 (0.23%) Go
15 2 (0.23%) Korn
15 2 (0.23%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 131 (14.82%) Security Cleared
2 103 (11.65%) SC Cleared
3 45 (5.09%) Degree
4 35 (3.96%) Azure Certification
5 23 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (1.92%) PMP
8 16 (1.81%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.36%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.36%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.24%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.90%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.57%) CISSP
12 5 (0.57%) 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
1 413 (46.72%) Data Quality
2 117 (13.24%) GDPR
3 34 (3.85%) QA
4 14 (1.58%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.36%) GRC
6 11 (1.24%) NIST
6 11 (1.24%) Solvency II
7 10 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.02%) PMO
9 8 (0.90%) GxP
10 6 (0.68%) IFRS
10 6 (0.68%) MiFID
10 6 (0.68%) NCSC
11 5 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 5 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.57%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.45%) COREP
12 4 (0.45%) FINREP
13 3 (0.34%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 24 (2.71%) Docker
2 22 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.45%) HDFS
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.13%) Ansible
3 7 (0.79%) Grafana
3 7 (0.79%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.68%) Control-M
4 6 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.45%) Puppet
6 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.23%) Istio
8 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 229 (25.90%) Microsoft
2 174 (19.68%) Databricks
3 52 (5.88%) Oracle
4 46 (5.20%) Informatica
5 40 (4.52%) SAP
6 36 (4.07%) Google
7 22 (2.49%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.70%) Adobe
9 14 (1.58%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.24%) IBM
10 11 (1.24%) Workday
11 10 (1.13%) Bloomberg
11 10 (1.13%) Cloudera
11 10 (1.13%) Foundry
11 10 (1.13%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.79%) GoldenSource
12 7 (0.79%) Sparx
12 7 (0.79%) Talend
12 7 (0.79%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.68%) Confluent