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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 88 134
Rank change year-on-year +23 +46 +75
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 585 402 321
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.06% 2.82% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.45% 3.13% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 288 239
10th Percentile £400 £384 £400
25th Percentile £458 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £613 £625
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% -1.88% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £763 £738
90th Percentile £738 £938 £778
England median daily rate £518 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile - - £29.50
25th Percentile £18.25 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 - £35.32
75th Percentile £18.75 - £45.72
90th Percentile £28.13 - £49.92
England median hourly rate £36.00 £27.13 £40.84
% change year-on-year +32.72% -33.59% +83.31%

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 13,159 12,860 16,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.43% 90.25% 89.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 8,233 11,465
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 159 244
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.08 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.44 £54.50 £54.34
90th Percentile £69.24 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 7 January 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 +32 101 £563 -5.26% 47
West London -3 14 £603 - 4
South London -3 3 £475 -20.83% 4
East London -2 2 £566 +41.56% 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 67 (11.45%) Apache Spark
2 24 (4.10%) Apache
3 19 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (2.39%) Confluence
5 11 (1.88%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.68%) SAS
7 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.34%) CMS
8 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.17%) Luigi
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 32 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 13 (2.22%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.68%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.17%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 20 (3.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (1.03%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.51%) Actimize
4 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.51%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.34%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.34%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.17%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 242 (41.37%) Azure
2 155 (26.50%) Power Platform
3 134 (22.91%) AWS
4 85 (14.53%) Azure Data Factory
5 75 (12.82%) GCP
6 68 (11.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 66 (11.28%) Snowflake
8 45 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 41 (7.01%) Collibra
10 40 (6.84%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (5.98%) Amazon S3
12 31 (5.30%) dbt
13 29 (4.96%) Serverless
14 21 (3.59%) GitHub
15 19 (3.25%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
17 17 (2.91%) AWS CloudFormation
17 17 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
18 14 (2.39%) Entra ID
18 14 (2.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.68%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.17%) DKIM
2 1 (0.17%) DMARC
2 1 (0.17%) Firewall
2 1 (0.17%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.17%) Network Security
2 1 (0.17%) PSTN
2 1 (0.17%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (23.42%) Power BI
2 127 (21.71%) Data Warehouse
3 116 (19.83%) Metadata
4 74 (12.65%) Data Lake
5 46 (7.86%) NoSQL
6 42 (7.18%) Azure SQL Database
7 39 (6.67%) Tableau
8 30 (5.13%) Big Data
9 29 (4.96%) SQL Server
10 27 (4.62%) Delta Lake
11 25 (4.27%) Relational Database
12 24 (4.10%) Snowflake Schema
13 21 (3.59%) Amazon Redshift
13 21 (3.59%) Data Vault
14 20 (3.42%) BigQuery
15 19 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 17 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
17 16 (2.74%) Spark SQL
17 16 (2.74%) Star Schema
18 13 (2.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 44 (7.52%) Git
2 37 (6.32%) JIRA
3 22 (3.76%) ERwin
4 17 (2.91%) PowerDesigner
5 12 (2.05%) ER Studio
6 11 (1.88%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.37%) MLflow
8 5 (0.85%) GitLab
9 3 (0.51%) LSMW
10 2 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.34%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.34%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.17%) Liquibase
11 1 (0.17%) Selenium
11 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 223 (38.12%) Social Skills
2 202 (34.53%) Finance
3 121 (20.68%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (11.97%) Public Sector
5 47 (8.03%) Banking
6 34 (5.81%) Legal
7 24 (4.10%) Marketing
8 21 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.91%) Financial Institution
10 14 (2.39%) Retail
11 13 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (1.88%) Publishing
13 10 (1.71%) Investment Banking
13 10 (1.71%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.54%) Electronics
15 8 (1.37%) Local Government
16 7 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (18.63%) Analyst
2 100 (17.09%) Architect
3 92 (15.73%) Data Engineer
4 77 (13.16%) Lead
5 62 (10.60%) Data Analyst
6 57 (9.74%) Data Architect
7 52 (8.89%) Business Analyst
8 37 (6.32%) Senior
9 36 (6.15%) Azure Engineer
10 32 (5.47%) Azure Data Engineer
11 29 (4.96%) Data Modeller
12 27 (4.62%) Consultant
13 21 (3.59%) Governance Analyst
13 21 (3.59%) Project Manager
14 20 (3.42%) Developer
15 19 (3.25%) Data Business Analyst
15 19 (3.25%) Data Manager
16 15 (2.56%) Azure Architect
17 12 (2.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 12 (2.05%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (12.65%) PySpark
2 37 (6.32%) Kafka
3 14 (2.39%) REST
4 10 (1.71%) .NET
4 10 (1.71%) Great Expectations
5 9 (1.54%) OAuth
6 8 (1.37%) Middleware
6 8 (1.37%) Pandas
6 8 (1.37%) SOAP
7 7 (1.20%) LangChain
8 6 (1.03%) PyTorch
9 5 (0.85%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.85%) HTML
9 5 (0.85%) JSON
9 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
9 5 (0.85%) NumPy
9 5 (0.85%) RESTful
10 4 (0.68%) OpenID
10 4 (0.68%) XML
10 4 (0.68%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.01%) Data Structures
2 38 (6.50%) Cloud Native
3 23 (3.93%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.76%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.39%) Low-Code
8 13 (2.22%) Reference Data
9 12 (2.05%) Reinsurance
10 11 (1.88%) Life Science
11 10 (1.71%) Marketing Technology
12 9 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.37%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.37%) Taxonomies
14 7 (1.20%) Distributed Computing
14 7 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
15 6 (1.03%) IoT
15 6 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.34%) Android
1 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (45.47%) Data Modelling
2 204 (34.87%) Analytics
3 169 (28.89%) Agile
4 158 (27.01%) Business Intelligence
5 145 (24.79%) ETL
6 143 (24.44%) Data Engineering
7 138 (23.59%) Data Pipeline
8 126 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
8 126 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 121 (20.68%) Data Architecture
10 109 (18.63%) CI/CD
11 108 (18.46%) AI
12 97 (16.58%) DevOps
13 95 (16.24%) Data Integration
14 89 (15.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 88 (15.04%) Data Management
16 80 (13.68%) Migration
17 79 (13.50%) Decision-Making
18 75 (12.82%) Metadata Management
19 71 (12.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 254 (43.42%) SQL
2 189 (32.31%) Python
3 34 (5.81%) Scala
4 23 (3.93%) R
5 21 (3.59%) Java
6 20 (3.42%) C#
7 18 (3.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 13 (2.22%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.05%) JavaScript
9 12 (2.05%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.37%) Bicep
11 6 (1.03%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.68%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.51%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.34%) C++
14 2 (0.34%) Korn
14 2 (0.34%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.34%) SOQL
15 1 (0.17%) ANSI SQL
15 1 (0.17%) Go
Qualifications
1 101 (17.26%) Security Cleared
2 85 (14.53%) SC Cleared
3 61 (10.43%) Degree
4 30 (5.13%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.59%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.39%) AWS Certification
9 12 (2.05%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.71%) PMP
11 7 (1.20%) MCP
12 6 (1.03%) CISSP
13 5 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.85%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.51%) CBAP
14 3 (0.51%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.34%) SnowPro
16 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (40.51%) Data Quality
2 106 (18.12%) GDPR
3 30 (5.13%) QA
4 25 (4.27%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 10 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.54%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.20%) IFRS
8 7 (1.20%) NIST
9 6 (1.03%) PMO
10 5 (0.85%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.85%) MiFID
10 5 (0.85%) PERC
11 4 (0.68%) IFRS 17
11 4 (0.68%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.51%) GMP
12 3 (0.51%) GRC
12 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (5.81%) Docker
2 8 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 54 (9.23%) Terraform
2 35 (5.98%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.34%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.34%) Grafana
5 2 (0.34%) Istio
6 1 (0.17%) Ansible
6 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.17%) SCCM
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 144 (24.62%) Databricks
2 117 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 33 (5.64%) SAP
4 31 (5.30%) Salesforce
5 30 (5.13%) Google
6 24 (4.10%) Informatica
7 21 (3.59%) Oracle
8 12 (2.05%) Adobe
8 12 (2.05%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.05%) Sparx
9 11 (1.88%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.54%) Tealium
10 9 (1.54%) Workday
11 8 (1.37%) Alteryx
11 8 (1.37%) OneTrust
12 5 (0.85%) Bloomberg
12 5 (0.85%) mParticle
13 4 (0.68%) Guidewire
13 4 (0.68%) Talend
14 3 (0.51%) Dynatrace