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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 75 119
Rank change year-on-year +13 +44 +106
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 724 425 386
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.95% 3.52% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.46% 3.81% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 319 298
10th Percentile £400 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £495 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £638 £750 £747
90th Percentile £745 £938 £875
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -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 £60.50 £32.73 £40.00
% change year-on-year +84.85% -18.18% +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 16,241 11,146 15,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.51% 92.25% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,846 7,494 11,093
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £434 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.25% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 187 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.60 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +21.73% +10.33% -29.54%
75th Percentile £58.84 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.73 £63.10 £66.98
England median hourly rate £46.43 £28.18 £36.50
% change year-on-year +64.76% -22.79% -2.46%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +20 101 £550 - 54
West London +5 31 £603 +41.76% 8
East London +1 10 £473 -30.00% 5
South London -10 4 £637 -2.00% 3
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 71 (9.81%) Apache Spark
2 31 (4.28%) Apache
2 31 (4.28%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.38%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.10%) Confluence
5 6 (0.83%) CMS
6 5 (0.69%) SAS
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Synapse
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.14%) Luigi
Applications
1 40 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.80%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.41%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.69%) SAP MDG
4 4 (0.55%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.28%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.28%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.28%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.14%) Maximo
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI-GL
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 284 (39.23%) Azure
2 179 (24.72%) Power Platform
3 143 (19.75%) AWS
4 105 (14.50%) GCP
5 90 (12.43%) Azure Data Factory
6 74 (10.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 65 (8.98%) Microsoft Purview
8 60 (8.29%) Collibra
9 56 (7.73%) Azure DevOps
10 45 (6.22%) Snowflake
11 42 (5.80%) Amazon S3
12 37 (5.11%) dbt
12 37 (5.11%) GitHub
13 26 (3.59%) Serverless
14 24 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (2.76%) Microsoft Copilot
16 19 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
17 18 (2.49%) Amazon SQS
17 18 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
18 17 (2.35%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.41%) 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
3 1 (0.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (21.96%) Power BI
2 152 (20.99%) Metadata
3 109 (15.06%) Data Warehouse
4 99 (13.67%) Data Lake
5 57 (7.87%) Delta Lake
6 47 (6.49%) Tableau
7 37 (5.11%) BigQuery
8 34 (4.70%) NoSQL
9 33 (4.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 28 (3.87%) Amazon Athena
10 28 (3.87%) SQL Server
11 24 (3.31%) Snowflake Schema
12 20 (2.76%) Big Data
12 20 (2.76%) Data Vault
13 19 (2.62%) Mixpanel
13 19 (2.62%) OLAP
14 18 (2.49%) OLTP
15 17 (2.35%) Spark SQL
16 16 (2.21%) Star Schema
17 14 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 61 (8.43%) Git
2 32 (4.42%) JIRA
3 23 (3.18%) ERwin
4 13 (1.80%) PowerDesigner
5 10 (1.38%) ER Studio
6 8 (1.10%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.83%) MLflow
8 5 (0.69%) GitLab
9 4 (0.55%) LSMW
10 3 (0.41%) git-flow
11 2 (0.28%) JMeter
11 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
12 1 (0.14%) GCC
12 1 (0.14%) Postman
12 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.14%) Selenium
12 1 (0.14%) Snyk
12 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 243 (33.56%) Finance
2 207 (28.59%) Social Skills
3 140 (19.34%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (9.94%) Banking
5 70 (9.67%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (3.87%) Legal
8 24 (3.31%) Retail
9 20 (2.76%) Marketing
10 15 (2.07%) Financial Institution
11 14 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.80%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.80%) Local Government
13 12 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.97%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.83%) Law
16 6 (0.83%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.69%) Billing
17 5 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 141 (19.48%) Data Engineer
2 133 (18.37%) Analyst
3 108 (14.92%) Architect
4 96 (13.26%) Lead
5 83 (11.46%) Data Analyst
6 80 (11.05%) Senior
7 60 (8.29%) Business Analyst
8 54 (7.46%) Data Architect
9 32 (4.42%) Azure Engineer
9 32 (4.42%) Project Manager
10 30 (4.14%) Developer
11 26 (3.59%) Data Business Analyst
11 26 (3.59%) Data Modeller
12 24 (3.31%) Azure Data Engineer
13 23 (3.18%) Consultant
13 23 (3.18%) Governance Analyst
13 23 (3.18%) Senior Data Engineer
14 21 (2.90%) Data Manager
14 21 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
15 20 (2.76%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (9.67%) PySpark
2 48 (6.63%) Kafka
3 25 (3.45%) REST
4 18 (2.49%) Great Expectations
5 16 (2.21%) Middleware
6 15 (2.07%) .NET
6 15 (2.07%) SOAP
7 11 (1.52%) JSON
7 11 (1.52%) Web Services
8 9 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (1.24%) YAML
9 7 (0.97%) Spring
10 6 (0.83%) OAuth
11 5 (0.69%) boto
11 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
11 5 (0.69%) Model Context Protocol
11 5 (0.69%) Pandas
12 4 (0.55%) Node.js
12 4 (0.55%) Spark Streaming
12 4 (0.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.81%) Cloud Native
2 45 (6.22%) Data Structures
3 43 (5.94%) Product Ownership
4 35 (4.83%) Onboarding
5 32 (4.42%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (3.31%) AI Agents
7 22 (3.04%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.62%) Reference Data
9 18 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.52%) Clustering
12 10 (1.38%) CMDB
13 9 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.24%) Fixed Income
13 9 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (1.24%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (1.10%) Equities
15 7 (0.97%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.28%) Windows
2 1 (0.14%) Unix
2 1 (0.14%) VMS
2 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (39.64%) Data Modelling
2 271 (37.43%) Analytics
3 183 (25.28%) Business Intelligence
4 178 (24.59%) AI
5 177 (24.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 172 (23.76%) ETL
7 169 (23.34%) Data Engineering
7 169 (23.34%) Data Pipeline
8 158 (21.82%) Agile
9 156 (21.55%) CI/CD
10 140 (19.34%) Data Architecture
11 131 (18.09%) DevOps
12 124 (17.13%) Validation
13 119 (16.44%) Migration
13 119 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
14 116 (16.02%) Decision-Making
15 115 (15.88%) Data Management
16 88 (12.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 87 (12.02%) Machine Learning
18 79 (10.91%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 318 (43.92%) SQL
2 215 (29.70%) Python
3 36 (4.97%) Scala
4 35 (4.83%) C#
5 19 (2.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 16 (2.21%) Java
7 15 (2.07%) PL/SQL
8 13 (1.80%) T-SQL
9 11 (1.52%) PowerShell
9 11 (1.52%) R
10 9 (1.24%) Bicep
11 4 (0.55%) Bash
11 4 (0.55%) VBA
12 3 (0.41%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.28%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.14%) ANSI SQL
14 1 (0.14%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.14%) SOQL
14 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 138 (19.06%) Security Cleared
2 115 (15.88%) SC Cleared
3 60 (8.29%) Degree
4 36 (4.97%) Azure Certification
5 26 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.66%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.52%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.38%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.38%) PMP
10 7 (0.97%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.83%) CISSP
12 5 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (0.69%) SnowPro
13 4 (0.55%) CEH
13 4 (0.55%) CISM
13 4 (0.55%) GIAC
14 3 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 314 (43.37%) Data Quality
2 110 (15.19%) GDPR
3 46 (6.35%) QA
4 13 (1.80%) Solvency II
5 11 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.24%) IFRS
7 7 (0.97%) COREP
7 7 (0.97%) FINREP
7 7 (0.97%) NIST
8 6 (0.83%) IFRS 17
8 6 (0.83%) PMO
9 5 (0.69%) GRC
9 5 (0.69%) MiFID
10 4 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.55%) COBIT
10 4 (0.55%) NCSC
10 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.41%) HL7
System Software
1 26 (3.59%) Docker
2 6 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.14%) HDFS
4 1 (0.14%) RACF
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 69 (9.53%) Terraform
2 31 (4.28%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.83%) Grafana
3 6 (0.83%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.55%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.55%) Istio
6 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) Kibana
7 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 158 (21.82%) Databricks
2 148 (20.44%) Microsoft
3 51 (7.04%) Oracle
4 42 (5.80%) SAP
5 40 (5.52%) Google
6 30 (4.14%) Salesforce
7 29 (4.01%) Informatica
8 16 (2.21%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.52%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.24%) Foundry
10 9 (1.24%) GoldenSource
11 8 (1.10%) Workday
12 5 (0.69%) Alteryx
12 5 (0.69%) VMware
13 4 (0.55%) Ariba
13 4 (0.55%) CyberArk
13 4 (0.55%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.55%) Sparx
14 3 (0.41%) Bloomberg
14 3 (0.41%) Zscaler