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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 119 160
Rank change year-on-year +54 +41 +64
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 544 331 314
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.87% 2.12% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.19% 2.37% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 232 227
10th Percentile £400 £382 £475
25th Percentile £463 £500 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £661 £688 £743
90th Percentile £750 £799 £788
England median daily rate £525 £550 £613
% change year-on-year -4.55% -10.20% +2.08%
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 £22.89 £28.56 £35.63
% change year-on-year -19.86% -19.84% +59.92%

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 12,998 13,947 17,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.41% 89.16% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,554 8,992 12,876
10th Percentile £331 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 166 245
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.53
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% - -
75th Percentile £46.88 £55.56 £60.00
90th Percentile £65.50 £80.38 £77.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.30% -18.92% +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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 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 13 November 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 +42 86 £550 -10.02% 160
West London -12 6 £601 +2.34% 8
South London -1 5 £500 -16.75% 4
East London -3 1 £638 +59.38% 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 51 (9.38%) Apache Spark
2 30 (5.51%) Apache
3 26 (4.78%) Apache Airflow
4 21 (3.86%) Confluence
5 12 (2.21%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.92%) CMS
7 3 (0.55%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.18%) Appian
9 1 (0.18%) Luigi
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.47%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.18%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.18%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.18%) Revit
6 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 10 (1.84%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.55%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.37%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.37%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.37%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.37%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.18%) Actimize
6 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.18%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 208 (38.24%) Azure
2 140 (25.74%) AWS
3 124 (22.79%) Power Platform
4 84 (15.44%) GCP
5 76 (13.97%) Snowflake
6 51 (9.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 43 (7.90%) dbt
8 39 (7.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 37 (6.80%) Microsoft Purview
10 36 (6.62%) Collibra
11 28 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (4.41%) Amazon S3
13 20 (3.68%) Serverless
14 19 (3.49%) GitHub
15 16 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
16 15 (2.76%) AWS CloudFormation
16 15 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (2.57%) AWS Lambda
17 14 (2.57%) Entra ID
18 11 (2.02%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.74%) Cisco IPT
2 2 (0.37%) Network Security
3 1 (0.18%) DKIM
3 1 (0.18%) DMARC
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.18%) MPLS
3 1 (0.18%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (21.69%) Metadata
2 106 (19.49%) Power BI
3 105 (19.30%) Data Warehouse
4 67 (12.32%) Data Lake
5 35 (6.43%) Big Data
6 33 (6.07%) NoSQL
6 33 (6.07%) Tableau
7 28 (5.15%) SQL Server
8 27 (4.96%) Amazon Redshift
9 24 (4.41%) Delta Lake
10 22 (4.04%) BigQuery
10 22 (4.04%) Relational Database
11 21 (3.86%) Data Vault
12 20 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
13 19 (3.49%) Snowflake Schema
14 17 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
15 13 (2.39%) Star Schema
16 12 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 11 (2.02%) Power Query
18 10 (1.84%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 41 (7.54%) JIRA
2 30 (5.51%) ERwin
3 21 (3.86%) Git
4 20 (3.68%) PowerDesigner
5 17 (3.13%) ER Studio
6 8 (1.47%) MLflow
7 6 (1.10%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.92%) GitLab
9 2 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.37%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.37%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.37%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.18%) Postman
10 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 225 (41.36%) Social Skills
2 178 (32.72%) Finance
3 105 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (11.03%) Public Sector
5 51 (9.38%) Banking
6 29 (5.33%) Legal
7 18 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.94%) Financial Institution
9 15 (2.76%) Investment Banking
9 15 (2.76%) Marketing
10 14 (2.57%) Retail
11 13 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (2.21%) Publishing
13 9 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.29%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.10%) Back Office
15 6 (1.10%) Electronics
15 6 (1.10%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 116 (21.32%) Architect
2 91 (16.73%) Analyst
3 66 (12.13%) Data Engineer
4 64 (11.76%) Data Architect
5 62 (11.40%) Lead
6 48 (8.82%) Data Analyst
7 47 (8.64%) Business Analyst
8 38 (6.99%) Senior
9 37 (6.80%) Data Modeller
10 24 (4.41%) Azure Engineer
11 23 (4.23%) Consultant
12 21 (3.86%) Azure Data Engineer
13 19 (3.49%) Governance Analyst
14 18 (3.31%) Data Manager
15 17 (3.13%) Data Business Analyst
16 15 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
17 14 (2.57%) Project Manager
18 13 (2.39%) Developer
18 13 (2.39%) Technical Architect
19 12 (2.21%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.46%) PySpark
2 32 (5.88%) Kafka
3 12 (2.21%) REST
4 10 (1.84%) Middleware
5 9 (1.65%) OAuth
6 7 (1.29%) Great Expectations
6 7 (1.29%) LangChain
6 7 (1.29%) PyTorch
7 5 (0.92%) Apache NiFi
7 5 (0.92%) ARM Templates
7 5 (0.92%) Pandas
7 5 (0.92%) RESTful
7 5 (0.92%) SOAP
7 5 (0.92%) TensorFlow
8 4 (0.74%) .NET
8 4 (0.74%) FHIR
8 4 (0.74%) JSON
8 4 (0.74%) OpenID
8 4 (0.74%) SAML
8 4 (0.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.17%) Data Structures
2 30 (5.51%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.15%) Onboarding
3 28 (5.15%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.04%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (2.94%) Reference Data
7 15 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (2.76%) Low-Code
7 15 (2.76%) Reinsurance
8 13 (2.39%) Taxonomies
9 11 (2.02%) Life Science
10 8 (1.47%) NHS
11 7 (1.29%) Data Fabric
12 6 (1.10%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.10%) IoT
12 6 (1.10%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.37%) Android
1 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (43.93%) Data Modelling
2 167 (30.70%) Analytics
3 142 (26.10%) ETL
4 132 (24.26%) Agile
4 132 (24.26%) Business Intelligence
5 112 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
6 109 (20.04%) Data Pipeline
7 104 (19.12%) Data Architecture
7 104 (19.12%) Data Engineering
8 94 (17.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 92 (16.91%) CI/CD
10 87 (15.99%) Data Management
10 87 (15.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 85 (15.63%) DevOps
12 84 (15.44%) Metadata Management
13 83 (15.26%) AI
14 77 (14.15%) Data Integration
14 77 (14.15%) Migration
15 66 (12.13%) Data Lineage
15 66 (12.13%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 208 (38.24%) SQL
2 157 (28.86%) Python
3 33 (6.07%) Java
4 23 (4.23%) Scala
5 19 (3.49%) R
6 11 (2.02%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (1.47%) C#
9 7 (1.29%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.10%) Bicep
10 6 (1.10%) C++
10 6 (1.10%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.10%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.74%) C
11 4 (0.74%) Perl
11 4 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.55%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.55%) Korn
13 2 (0.37%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 71 (13.05%) Security Cleared
2 60 (11.03%) SC Cleared
3 54 (9.93%) Degree
4 20 (3.68%) Azure Certification
5 19 (3.49%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.57%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.84%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.84%) PMP
10 8 (1.47%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.10%) CISSP
12 5 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.74%) MCP
14 3 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.37%) SnowPro
15 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
16 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
16 1 (0.18%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (35.66%) Data Quality
2 96 (17.65%) GDPR
3 29 (5.33%) QA
4 25 (4.60%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.21%) HIPAA
6 11 (2.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 10 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.47%) NIST
9 6 (1.10%) PMO
10 5 (0.92%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.92%) MiFID
10 5 (0.92%) Solvency II
11 4 (0.74%) HL7
12 3 (0.55%) Basel III
12 3 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.55%) GMP
12 3 (0.55%) IFRS
12 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.55%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.37%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 28 (5.15%) Docker
2 11 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 52 (9.56%) Terraform
2 30 (5.51%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.37%) Ansible
4 2 (0.37%) Grafana
4 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.18%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 103 (18.93%) Databricks
2 99 (18.20%) Microsoft
3 35 (6.43%) Google
4 32 (5.88%) Salesforce
5 27 (4.96%) SAP
6 23 (4.23%) Informatica
7 20 (3.68%) Oracle
8 14 (2.57%) Sparx
9 10 (1.84%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.65%) Workday
11 8 (1.47%) OneTrust
11 8 (1.47%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.47%) Talend
12 7 (1.29%) Adobe
12 7 (1.29%) Guidewire
13 6 (1.10%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.92%) Tealium
15 4 (0.74%) Apple
15 4 (0.74%) Bloomberg
15 4 (0.74%) MuleSoft