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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 67 113
Rank change year-on-year +4 +46 +112
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 704 457 394
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.94% 3.69% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.46% 4.00% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 345 300
10th Percentile £388 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £500 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £638 £763 £738
90th Percentile £738 £938 £875
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £21.58 £66.25 £31.62
25th Percentile £25.06 £71.88 £37.30
Median hourly rate £30.62 £82.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.89% +70.10% -42.94%
75th Percentile £43.20 £91.88 £64.50
90th Percentile £55.53 £96.75 £73.05
England median hourly rate £62.50 £26.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +135.85% -33.75% +5.36%

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 15,783 11,435 15,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.30% 92.26% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,560 7,742 11,125
10th Percentile £356 £350 £346
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 176 311
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.17 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.86 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +22.13% -28.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.66
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +19 100 £550 +1.38% 59
West London - 32 £603 - 3
East London +1 9 £450 -33.33% 8
South London -7 4 £637 -2.00% 4
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 78 (11.08%) Apache Spark
2 29 (4.12%) Apache
3 25 (3.55%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.56%) Confluence
4 11 (1.56%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.71%) SAS
6 3 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.14%) Luigi
8 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 35 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.13%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.43%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.57%) SAP HCM
3 4 (0.57%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.28%) Actimize
5 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.28%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.28%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.28%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.14%) Maximo
6 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (0.14%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 276 (39.20%) Azure
2 170 (24.15%) Power Platform
3 145 (20.60%) AWS
4 107 (15.20%) GCP
5 96 (13.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 79 (11.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 63 (8.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 61 (8.66%) Collibra
9 53 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
10 45 (6.39%) Amazon S3
11 39 (5.54%) Snowflake
12 37 (5.26%) GitHub
13 36 (5.11%) dbt
14 26 (3.69%) Serverless
15 24 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
16 20 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
17 19 (2.70%) Amazon SQS
18 18 (2.56%) SaaS
19 17 (2.41%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.43%) Network Security
2 2 (0.28%) Firewall
2 2 (0.28%) IPv4
2 2 (0.28%) IPv6
3 1 (0.14%) 4G
3 1 (0.14%) 5G
3 1 (0.14%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.14%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (21.73%) Power BI
2 144 (20.45%) Metadata
3 117 (16.62%) Data Warehouse
4 99 (14.06%) Data Lake
5 54 (7.67%) Delta Lake
6 47 (6.68%) Tableau
7 38 (5.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 38 (5.40%) BigQuery
8 35 (4.97%) NoSQL
9 28 (3.98%) Amazon Athena
10 25 (3.55%) SQL Server
11 24 (3.41%) Big Data
12 22 (3.13%) Snowflake Schema
13 20 (2.84%) Mixpanel
14 19 (2.70%) OLAP
15 18 (2.56%) OLTP
16 16 (2.27%) Spark SQL
16 16 (2.27%) Star Schema
17 15 (2.13%) Data Vault
18 14 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (9.09%) Git
2 33 (4.69%) JIRA
3 20 (2.84%) ERwin
4 13 (1.85%) PowerDesigner
5 11 (1.56%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.99%) ER Studio
6 7 (0.99%) MLflow
7 6 (0.85%) GitLab
8 4 (0.57%) LSMW
9 2 (0.28%) git-flow
9 2 (0.28%) Selenium
10 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.14%) Snyk
10 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 237 (33.66%) Finance
2 203 (28.84%) Social Skills
3 141 (20.03%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (9.94%) Public Sector
5 67 (9.52%) Banking
6 35 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (4.40%) Legal
8 23 (3.27%) Marketing
9 20 (2.84%) Retail
10 15 (2.13%) Financial Institution
11 14 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (1.70%) Local Government
14 9 (1.28%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.14%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.99%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.85%) Electronics
18 5 (0.71%) Law
18 5 (0.71%) Military
Job Titles
1 143 (20.31%) Data Engineer
2 128 (18.18%) Analyst
3 107 (15.20%) Architect
4 93 (13.21%) Lead
5 79 (11.22%) Senior
6 76 (10.80%) Data Analyst
7 64 (9.09%) Business Analyst
8 49 (6.96%) Data Architect
9 38 (5.40%) Azure Engineer
10 31 (4.40%) Developer
11 30 (4.26%) Azure Data Engineer
12 28 (3.98%) Data Business Analyst
13 27 (3.84%) Project Manager
14 24 (3.41%) Consultant
15 23 (3.27%) Senior Data Engineer
16 22 (3.13%) Data Modeller
17 21 (2.98%) Principal Engineer
17 21 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
18 20 (2.84%) Senior Analyst
19 18 (2.56%) Principal Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (10.65%) PySpark
2 53 (7.53%) Kafka
3 27 (3.84%) REST
4 19 (2.70%) Great Expectations
5 17 (2.41%) SOAP
6 15 (2.13%) .NET
6 15 (2.13%) Middleware
7 12 (1.70%) JSON
8 11 (1.56%) Web Services
9 9 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (1.28%) YAML
10 7 (0.99%) Pandas
10 7 (0.99%) Spring
11 6 (0.85%) boto
12 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Graph
12 5 (0.71%) Model Context Protocol
12 5 (0.71%) OAuth
13 4 (0.57%) PyTorch
13 4 (0.57%) scikit-learn
13 4 (0.57%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 72 (10.23%) Cloud Native
2 42 (5.97%) Data Structures
3 41 (5.82%) Product Ownership
4 34 (4.83%) Onboarding
5 29 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
6 22 (3.13%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (2.70%) Management Information System
8 18 (2.56%) Reference Data
9 15 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.70%) Clustering
11 11 (1.56%) CMDB
12 10 (1.42%) Distributed Computing
13 9 (1.28%) Fixed Income
13 9 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (1.28%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.14%) Equities
14 8 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.28%) Windows
2 1 (0.14%) Unix
2 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (41.05%) Data Modelling
2 263 (37.36%) Analytics
3 178 (25.28%) Business Intelligence
4 175 (24.86%) Data Pipeline
5 174 (24.72%) ETL
6 170 (24.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 169 (24.01%) AI
7 169 (24.01%) Data Engineering
8 164 (23.30%) Agile
9 159 (22.59%) CI/CD
10 136 (19.32%) Data Architecture
11 126 (17.90%) DevOps
12 123 (17.47%) Validation
13 116 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
14 112 (15.91%) Decision-Making
15 110 (15.63%) Migration
16 101 (14.35%) Data Management
17 86 (12.22%) Machine Learning
18 80 (11.36%) Infrastructure as Code
19 79 (11.22%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 316 (44.89%) SQL
2 221 (31.39%) Python
3 41 (5.82%) Scala
4 37 (5.26%) C#
5 18 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 16 (2.27%) PL/SQL
7 14 (1.99%) Java
8 13 (1.85%) R
8 13 (1.85%) T-SQL
9 11 (1.56%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.99%) Bicep
11 5 (0.71%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.57%) VBA
13 3 (0.43%) Bash
14 2 (0.28%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.28%) C
14 2 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.28%) SOQL
15 1 (0.14%) ANSI SQL
15 1 (0.14%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 138 (19.60%) Security Cleared
2 116 (16.48%) SC Cleared
3 62 (8.81%) Degree
4 34 (4.83%) Azure Certification
5 28 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.99%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.56%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.42%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.28%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.14%) PMP
12 7 (0.99%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.71%) CISSP
13 5 (0.71%) SnowPro
14 4 (0.57%) CBAP
14 4 (0.57%) CEH
14 4 (0.57%) CISM
14 4 (0.57%) GIAC
14 4 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 300 (42.61%) Data Quality
2 108 (15.34%) GDPR
3 44 (6.25%) QA
4 13 (1.85%) Solvency II
5 12 (1.70%) IFRS
6 11 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.28%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.28%) IFRS 17
8 7 (0.99%) MiFID
8 7 (0.99%) NIST
9 6 (0.85%) COREP
9 6 (0.85%) FINREP
9 6 (0.85%) PMO
10 5 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.71%) GRC
10 5 (0.71%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.57%) COBIT
11 4 (0.57%) NCSC
11 4 (0.57%) PERC
System Software
1 27 (3.84%) Docker
2 4 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) HDFS
3 1 (0.14%) RACF
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 69 (9.80%) Terraform
2 33 (4.69%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.85%) Grafana
3 6 (0.85%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.57%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.57%) Istio
6 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.14%) Kibana
7 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 160 (22.73%) Databricks
2 142 (20.17%) Microsoft
3 47 (6.68%) Oracle
4 42 (5.97%) SAP
5 41 (5.82%) Google
6 32 (4.55%) Salesforce
7 27 (3.84%) Informatica
8 18 (2.56%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.70%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.14%) Foundry
10 8 (1.14%) GoldenSource
10 8 (1.14%) Workday
11 5 (0.71%) Adobe
11 5 (0.71%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.71%) Ariba
11 5 (0.71%) VMware
12 4 (0.57%) Bloomberg
12 4 (0.57%) CyberArk
12 4 (0.57%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.57%) Tealium