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 citing Data Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 67 123
Rank change year-on-year +11 +56 +34
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 925 530 333
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.55% 3.81% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% 4.12% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 378 229
10th Percentile £375 £400 £370
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £669 £656 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £801
England median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £21.62 - -
25th Percentile £25.56 £18.25 £76.25
Median hourly rate £34.23 £18.50 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.03% -76.13% +119.45%
75th Percentile £53.17 £18.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £63.27 £28.13 -
England median hourly rate £48.00 £22.89 £30.00
% change year-on-year +109.70% -23.70% -26.55%

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 citing process or methodology skills in London.

6 months to
7 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 18,268 12,859 13,969
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 89.90% 92.45% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,010 8,460 8,988
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 260 163
10th Percentile £15.58 £17.93 £17.30
25th Percentile £18.83 £25.00 £24.75
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £57.50 £46.81 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £80.60
England median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £37.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% -32.03% -16.85%

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 November 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 for jobs citing Data Governance in London over the 6 months to 7 November 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 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +14 139 £575 +4.55% 30
West London +10 32 £520 -13.51% 17
East London +3 1 £750 +17.65% 8
South London -10 1 - - 3
Data Governance
England

Data Governance Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Data Modelling40.9%378
2Analytics38.7%358
3Stakeholder Management35.5%328
4AI29.2%270
5Data Architecture24.5%227
6Data Engineering23.2%215
7Business Intelligence22.6%209
8Migration22.3%206
9Agile21.3%197
10Data Pipeline21.0%194
11ETL20.5%190
12CI/CD19.9%184
13Stakeholder Engagement19.8%183
14Data Management17.0%157
15Validation16.9%156
16Decision-Making16.0%148
17Roadmaps15.8%146
18DevOps15.2%141
19Metadata Management15.1%140
20Data Transformation14.8%137