Data Governance Contracts in London

Data Governance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Data Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Governance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 107 213
Rank change year-on-year +39 +106 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 473 385 329
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.77% 2.16% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.09% 2.44% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 294 234
10th Percentile £400 £400 £463
25th Percentile £506 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £619
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £763 £738 £700
90th Percentile £938 £838 £784
England median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £66.25 £29.73 £78.75
25th Percentile £71.88 £32.57 £80.63
Median hourly rate £82.50 £38.17 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.14% -55.09% +5.66%
75th Percentile £91.88 £44.65 £88.13
90th Percentile £96.75 £48.01 £89.25
England median hourly rate £26.50 £40.00 £37.97
% change year-on-year -33.75% +5.36% +99.87%

All Process and 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 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Data Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in London

Data Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Governance in London.

Daily rate trend for Data Governance in London

Data Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Governance in London

Data Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Governance in London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Governance in London

Data Governance
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Governance in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +5 59 £550 -4.35% 37
East London +17 6 £608 +51.88% 2
North London -3 2 £714 -
South London - 1 £600 - 5
Data Governance
England

Data Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (5.92%) Apache Spark
2 14 (2.96%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.75%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.54%) Apache
5 11 (2.33%) Confluence
6 4 (0.85%) Cloud Foundry
7 3 (0.63%) SAS
8 2 (0.42%) CMS
9 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 34 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.90%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.27%) Oracle Smart View
4 5 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.42%) Notepad++
7 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.96%) SAP MDG
3 6 (1.27%) Aladdin
4 5 (1.06%) SAP MDG-S
5 3 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.42%) Magento
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.42%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.42%) Shopify
7 1 (0.21%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 111 (23.47%) Azure
2 80 (16.91%) Power Platform
3 79 (16.70%) AWS
4 38 (8.03%) GCP
5 28 (5.92%) Snowflake
6 24 (5.07%) Collibra
7 22 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
8 20 (4.23%) Amazon S3
9 17 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (2.96%) Serverless
11 13 (2.75%) GitHub
12 12 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (2.33%) Power Automate
14 10 (2.11%) PowerApps
15 9 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (1.90%) SaaS
16 8 (1.69%) dbt
17 7 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
18 6 (1.27%) Alation
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.21%) FTP
1 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
1 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (29.60%) Data Lake
2 83 (17.55%) Data Warehouse
3 70 (14.80%) Power BI
4 45 (9.51%) Tableau
5 44 (9.30%) Metadata
6 25 (5.29%) SQL Server
7 23 (4.86%) Big Data
8 15 (3.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 15 (3.17%) BigQuery
9 14 (2.96%) NoSQL
10 12 (2.54%) Relational Database
10 12 (2.54%) Snowflake Schema
11 11 (2.33%) Data Vault
11 11 (2.33%) Delta Lake
11 11 (2.33%) Hadoop
12 9 (1.90%) Power Query
13 8 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (1.48%) Data Mining
14 7 (1.48%) Oracle Database
14 7 (1.48%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (3.38%) JIRA
2 7 (1.48%) ERwin
3 6 (1.27%) GitLab
3 6 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.27%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.85%) Git
4 4 (0.85%) Terragrunt
5 3 (0.63%) Maven
6 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.42%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.42%) MagicDraw
6 2 (0.42%) XMLSpy
7 1 (0.21%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.21%) LSMW
General
1 201 (42.49%) Finance
2 127 (26.85%) Social Skills
3 98 (20.72%) Front Office
4 87 (18.39%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (8.88%) Banking
6 28 (5.92%) Public Sector
7 19 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.96%) Retail
10 13 (2.75%) Investment Banking
11 12 (2.54%) Marketing
12 11 (2.33%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.69%) Legal
15 7 (1.48%) Back Office
16 5 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.85%) Police
18 3 (0.63%) Manufacturing
18 3 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 90 (19.03%) Architect
2 87 (18.39%) Analyst
3 82 (17.34%) Lead
4 61 (12.90%) Data Architect
5 58 (12.26%) Data Analyst
6 48 (10.15%) Data Engineer
7 37 (7.82%) Head of Finance
8 29 (6.13%) Business Analyst
9 28 (5.92%) Data Governance Analyst
9 28 (5.92%) Data Governance Manager
9 28 (5.92%) Governance Manager
10 25 (5.29%) Consultant
11 24 (5.07%) Governance Analyst
11 24 (5.07%) Senior
12 23 (4.86%) Data Business Analyst
13 17 (3.59%) Data Consultant
13 17 (3.59%) Data Manager
14 16 (3.38%) Head of Data Management
15 14 (2.96%) Programme Manager
15 14 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.50%) Kafka
2 16 (3.38%) REST
3 14 (2.96%) PySpark
4 8 (1.69%) SOAP
5 7 (1.48%) Spring
5 7 (1.48%) Spring Boot
6 6 (1.27%) HTML5 Canvas
6 6 (1.27%) JSON
6 6 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.06%) .NET
8 4 (0.85%) FHIR
8 4 (0.85%) Middleware
8 4 (0.85%) Web Services
9 3 (0.63%) Hibernate
9 3 (0.63%) JPA
9 3 (0.63%) OAuth
9 3 (0.63%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.42%) FpML
10 2 (0.42%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.42%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 97 (20.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 93 (19.66%) Derivative
3 92 (19.45%) Fixed Income
3 92 (19.45%) Hedge funds
4 91 (19.24%) Equities
5 42 (8.88%) Product Ownership
6 23 (4.86%) Data Structures
6 23 (4.86%) Reference Data
7 20 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.11%) Taxonomies
9 8 (1.69%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.69%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.27%) FMCG
10 6 (1.27%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.27%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.06%) Freedom of Information
12 4 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.85%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (34.25%) Data Management
2 156 (32.98%) Migration
3 155 (32.77%) Agile
4 139 (29.39%) Data Modelling
5 136 (28.75%) Analytics
6 128 (27.06%) Roadmaps
7 104 (21.99%) Regulatory Compliance
8 100 (21.14%) Investment Management
9 96 (20.30%) Business Intelligence
10 83 (17.55%) ETL
11 81 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
12 80 (16.91%) Data Architecture
13 63 (13.32%) Data Integration
13 63 (13.32%) Visualisation
14 62 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
15 59 (12.47%) Data Strategy
16 56 (11.84%) Decision-Making
17 52 (10.99%) Data Engineering
17 52 (10.99%) Data Science
18 48 (10.15%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 123 (26.00%) SQL
2 95 (20.08%) Python
3 16 (3.38%) Scala
4 13 (2.75%) R
5 10 (2.11%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.90%) T-SQL
7 8 (1.69%) Java
7 8 (1.69%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.85%) Bicep
8 4 (0.85%) C#
9 3 (0.63%) ABAP
9 3 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.63%) VBA
10 2 (0.42%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.42%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.21%) Bash
11 1 (0.21%) Go
11 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 49 (10.36%) Security Cleared
2 47 (9.94%) Degree
3 43 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.69%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.48%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
7 6 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.06%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.06%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.06%) PMP
9 4 (0.85%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.42%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.21%) CAPM
12 1 (0.21%) CBAP
12 1 (0.21%) CSPO
12 1 (0.21%) ISEB
12 1 (0.21%) MBA
12 1 (0.21%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (32.14%) Data Quality
2 57 (12.05%) GDPR
3 24 (5.07%) MiFID
4 22 (4.65%) QA
5 18 (3.81%) Accessibility
6 11 (2.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (1.06%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.85%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.85%) PMO
9 3 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.63%) GRC
10 2 (0.42%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.42%) NIST
10 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.21%) HL7
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (3.17%) Docker
2 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) HDFS
2 1 (0.21%) NFS
2 1 (0.21%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 22 (4.65%) Terraform
2 15 (3.17%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.21%) Ansible
3 1 (0.21%) Apache Ranger
3 1 (0.21%) Hadoop YARN
3 1 (0.21%) Kubeflow
3 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.21%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 52 (10.99%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.46%) Informatica
3 37 (7.82%) SAP
4 36 (7.61%) Databricks
5 24 (5.07%) Oracle
6 22 (4.65%) Google
7 13 (2.75%) IBM
8 10 (2.11%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.48%) Talend
10 5 (1.06%) Adobe
10 5 (1.06%) BiZZdesign
10 5 (1.06%) Dataiku
10 5 (1.06%) Sparx
11 4 (0.85%) Ab Initio
11 4 (0.85%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.85%) MicroStrategy
11 4 (0.85%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.85%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.63%) Ariba
12 3 (0.63%) Dell