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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 67 129
Rank change year-on-year +3 +62 +72
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 681 453 337
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.09% 3.55% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.56% 3.90% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 344 256
10th Percentile £400 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £509 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £630 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £763 £738
90th Percentile £738 £938 £800
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 3
10th Percentile - - £27.81
25th Percentile £18.25 £62.50 £33.51
Median hourly rate £18.50 £65.00 £46.06
Median % change year-on-year -71.54% +41.14% -45.82%
75th Percentile £22.88 £67.50 £49.67
90th Percentile £41.70 - £50.02
England median hourly rate £67.50 £27.13 £40.00
% change year-on-year +148.85% -32.19% +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 14,942 11,630 15,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.82% 91.27% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,020 7,810 11,431
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 164 342
10th Percentile £18.09 £20.14 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.20 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +18.67% -19.47%
75th Percentile £56.97 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £71.18 £69.95
England median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -10.48%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 +29 92 £550 -2.22% 51
West London - 30 £603 - 11
East London -4 7 £638 +41.67% 8
South London -11 5 £500 -16.75% 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 87 (12.78%) Apache Spark
2 34 (4.99%) Apache
3 26 (3.82%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.91%) Confluence
5 12 (1.76%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.44%) SAS
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.15%) Luigi
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 31 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.20%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.44%) Trello
6 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.73%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.44%) Actimize
4 3 (0.44%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.44%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.29%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.15%) Maximo
6 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 274 (40.23%) Azure
2 176 (25.84%) Power Platform
3 154 (22.61%) AWS
4 100 (14.68%) Azure Data Factory
5 96 (14.10%) GCP
6 81 (11.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 59 (8.66%) Collibra
8 58 (8.52%) Microsoft Purview
9 54 (7.93%) Snowflake
10 50 (7.34%) Amazon S3
10 50 (7.34%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (4.99%) GitHub
12 31 (4.55%) Serverless
13 30 (4.41%) dbt
14 28 (4.11%) AWS CloudFormation
15 27 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
16 23 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
17 21 (3.08%) Amazon SQS
18 17 (2.50%) Azure Key Vault
19 15 (2.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.73%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.44%) Network Security
3 2 (0.29%) Firewall
3 2 (0.29%) IPv4
3 2 (0.29%) IPv6
4 1 (0.15%) 4G
4 1 (0.15%) 5G
4 1 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.15%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (24.38%) Power BI
2 137 (20.12%) Metadata
3 135 (19.82%) Data Warehouse
4 99 (14.54%) Data Lake
5 53 (7.78%) Tableau
6 49 (7.20%) Azure SQL Database
7 48 (7.05%) NoSQL
8 41 (6.02%) Delta Lake
9 34 (4.99%) Big Data
10 33 (4.85%) SQL Server
11 31 (4.55%) BigQuery
12 26 (3.82%) Amazon Athena
12 26 (3.82%) Snowflake Schema
13 24 (3.52%) Relational Database
14 22 (3.23%) Mixpanel
14 22 (3.23%) OLAP
15 20 (2.94%) OLTP
16 16 (2.35%) Hadoop
17 15 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
17 15 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 66 (9.69%) Git
2 32 (4.70%) JIRA
3 18 (2.64%) ERwin
4 14 (2.06%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.76%) PowerDesigner
6 8 (1.17%) MLflow
7 5 (0.73%) GitLab
8 4 (0.59%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.44%) LSMW
10 2 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.29%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.29%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.15%) git-flow
11 1 (0.15%) Liquibase
11 1 (0.15%) Postman
11 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 230 (33.77%) Finance
2 226 (33.19%) Social Skills
3 148 (21.73%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (9.40%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.08%) Banking
6 34 (4.99%) Legal
7 24 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.52%) Marketing
8 15 (2.20%) Financial Institution
8 15 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.20%) Retail
9 9 (1.32%) Electronics
9 9 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.32%) Publishing
10 8 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.17%) Local Government
10 8 (1.17%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.03%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.88%) Law
12 6 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 141 (20.70%) Data Engineer
2 121 (17.77%) Analyst
3 106 (15.57%) Lead
4 101 (14.83%) Architect
5 71 (10.43%) Data Analyst
6 65 (9.54%) Senior
7 64 (9.40%) Business Analyst
8 53 (7.78%) Data Architect
9 36 (5.29%) Azure Engineer
10 32 (4.70%) Azure Data Engineer
11 31 (4.55%) Developer
12 29 (4.26%) Data Business Analyst
13 27 (3.96%) Project Manager
14 26 (3.82%) Consultant
15 22 (3.23%) Data Modeller
15 22 (3.23%) Principal Engineer
16 19 (2.79%) Principal Data Engineer
17 18 (2.64%) Senior Data Engineer
17 18 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
18 17 (2.50%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (11.31%) PySpark
2 58 (8.52%) Kafka
3 24 (3.52%) REST
4 20 (2.94%) Great Expectations
5 14 (2.06%) .NET
6 13 (1.91%) SOAP
7 12 (1.76%) Middleware
8 11 (1.62%) JSON
9 10 (1.47%) OAuth
10 9 (1.32%) Pandas
11 8 (1.17%) YAML
12 7 (1.03%) Spring
12 7 (1.03%) Web Services
13 6 (0.88%) boto
13 6 (0.88%) NumPy
13 6 (0.88%) OpenID
13 6 (0.88%) SAML
13 6 (0.88%) scikit-learn
13 6 (0.88%) TensorFlow
13 6 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.10%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.58%) Data Structures
3 32 (4.70%) Product Ownership
4 30 (4.41%) Onboarding
5 29 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (3.38%) Management Information System
7 22 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (2.50%) Reference Data
9 12 (1.76%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.62%) Marketing Technology
10 11 (1.62%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.47%) Taxonomies
12 9 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.17%) Clustering
13 8 (1.17%) CMDB
13 8 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.03%) Fixed Income
14 7 (1.03%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.29%) Android
1 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.15%) Unix
2 1 (0.15%) Windows
2 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (42.58%) Data Modelling
2 253 (37.15%) Analytics
3 187 (27.46%) Data Engineering
3 187 (27.46%) ETL
4 186 (27.31%) Business Intelligence
5 166 (24.38%) Agile
6 165 (24.23%) Data Pipeline
7 158 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 151 (22.17%) AI
9 146 (21.44%) Data Architecture
10 144 (21.15%) CI/CD
11 121 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
12 117 (17.18%) DevOps
13 107 (15.71%) Validation
14 102 (14.98%) Decision-Making
15 101 (14.83%) Migration
16 100 (14.68%) Data Management
17 94 (13.80%) Data Integration
18 83 (12.19%) Machine Learning
19 78 (11.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 313 (45.96%) SQL
2 229 (33.63%) Python
3 47 (6.90%) Scala
4 38 (5.58%) C#
5 18 (2.64%) R
6 17 (2.50%) Java
7 15 (2.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (2.06%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.76%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.47%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.32%) JavaScript
12 5 (0.73%) Bicep
13 3 (0.44%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.44%) SOQL
13 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.44%) VBA
14 2 (0.29%) Bash
14 2 (0.29%) C
14 2 (0.29%) C++
14 2 (0.29%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 129 (18.94%) Security Cleared
2 113 (16.59%) SC Cleared
3 72 (10.57%) Degree
4 32 (4.70%) Azure Certification
5 31 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.94%) Master's Degree
8 15 (2.20%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.76%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.47%) PMP
12 8 (1.17%) CISSP
13 7 (1.03%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.59%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.59%) SnowPro
16 3 (0.44%) CBAP
17 2 (0.29%) CISM
18 1 (0.15%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 296 (43.47%) Data Quality
2 113 (16.59%) GDPR
3 40 (5.87%) QA
4 21 (3.08%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.06%) Solvency II
6 12 (1.76%) IFRS
7 10 (1.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 9 (1.32%) IFRS 17
9 8 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.73%) GRC
10 5 (0.73%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.73%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.73%) PERC
11 4 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.59%) MiFID
11 4 (0.59%) PMO
12 3 (0.44%) HL7
12 3 (0.44%) NIST
13 2 (0.29%) GAAP
13 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (5.14%) Docker
2 6 (0.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) HDFS
3 1 (0.15%) RACF
Systems Management
1 71 (10.43%) Terraform
2 42 (6.17%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.88%) Grafana
3 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.73%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.59%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.29%) Istio
6 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 160 (23.49%) Databricks
2 134 (19.68%) Microsoft
3 44 (6.46%) Oracle
4 42 (6.17%) Google
5 35 (5.14%) SAP
6 34 (4.99%) Salesforce
7 30 (4.41%) Informatica
8 18 (2.64%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.91%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.47%) Adobe
10 10 (1.47%) Workday
11 9 (1.32%) Tealium
12 7 (1.03%) Sparx
13 6 (0.88%) OneTrust
14 5 (0.73%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.73%) GoldenSource
14 5 (0.73%) mParticle
14 5 (0.73%) Talend
15 4 (0.59%) Ariba
15 4 (0.59%) VMware