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 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 71 112
Rank change year-on-year +7 +41 +103
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 733 437 389
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.85% 3.49% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 3.77% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 316 301
10th Percentile £400 £405 £400
25th Percentile £463 £481 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £750
90th Percentile £738 £841 £875
England median daily rate £535 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £19.10 £66.25 £31.62
25th Percentile £19.25 £71.88 £37.30
Median hourly rate £27.00 £82.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.27% +70.10% -42.94%
75th Percentile £36.35 £91.88 £64.50
90th Percentile £52.79 £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 16,939 11,581 15,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.38% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,285 7,760 11,134
10th Percentile £360 £338 £340
25th Percentile £437 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 212 312
10th Percentile £17.96 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.18 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +16.24% -26.88%
75th Percentile £59.85 £50.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.90
England median hourly rate £47.50 £27.06 £38.12
% change year-on-year +75.52% -29.01% +8.82%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 22 June 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 +15 96 £550 - 16
West London +1 27 £603 +41.76% 10
East London +5 9 £450 -33.33% 3
South London -3 4 £637 -6.50% 4
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 58 (7.91%) Apache Spark
2 36 (4.91%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (3.68%) Apache
4 16 (2.18%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.09%) Confluence
6 6 (0.82%) CMS
7 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.41%) SAS
8 2 (0.27%) Apache Synapse
8 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.14%) Luigi
Applications
1 33 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.50%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.68%) SAP MDG
4 4 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.55%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.27%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.27%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.14%) Maximo
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 273 (37.24%) Azure
2 179 (24.42%) Power Platform
3 144 (19.65%) AWS
4 106 (14.46%) GCP
5 78 (10.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 73 (9.96%) Microsoft Purview
7 63 (8.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 59 (8.05%) Collibra
9 56 (7.64%) Snowflake
10 52 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
11 41 (5.59%) Amazon S3
11 41 (5.59%) dbt
12 39 (5.32%) GitHub
13 30 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
14 28 (3.82%) Serverless
15 26 (3.55%) Microsoft Copilot
16 22 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (2.32%) Azure Monitor
17 17 (2.32%) Power Automate
18 16 (2.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.55%) Network Security
2 3 (0.41%) Firewall
3 2 (0.27%) IPv4
3 2 (0.27%) IPv6
4 1 (0.14%) 4G
4 1 (0.14%) 5G
4 1 (0.14%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (0.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (21.56%) Power BI
2 156 (21.28%) Metadata
3 98 (13.37%) Data Lake
3 98 (13.37%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (7.23%) Delta Lake
5 45 (6.14%) Tableau
6 36 (4.91%) BigQuery
7 29 (3.96%) SQL Server
8 28 (3.82%) NoSQL
9 25 (3.41%) Amazon Athena
10 23 (3.14%) Snowflake Schema
11 22 (3.00%) Data Vault
12 21 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
12 21 (2.86%) Big Data
13 15 (2.05%) Hadoop
13 15 (2.05%) OLAP
13 15 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
13 15 (2.05%) Spark SQL
14 14 (1.91%) OLTP
14 14 (1.91%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 50 (6.82%) Git
2 30 (4.09%) JIRA
3 25 (3.41%) ERwin
4 13 (1.77%) PowerDesigner
5 12 (1.64%) ER Studio
6 7 (0.95%) GitLab
7 6 (0.82%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.68%) MLflow
9 3 (0.41%) git-flow
10 2 (0.27%) JMeter
10 2 (0.27%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.14%) GCC
11 1 (0.14%) LSMW
11 1 (0.14%) Postman
11 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.14%) Snyk
11 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 250 (34.11%) Finance
2 210 (28.65%) Social Skills
3 133 (18.14%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (10.91%) Banking
5 68 (9.28%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.91%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (3.82%) Legal
8 24 (3.27%) Retail
9 17 (2.32%) Marketing
10 16 (2.18%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.64%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.64%) Local Government
12 12 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.95%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.68%) Billing
14 5 (0.68%) Law
14 5 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 135 (18.42%) Analyst
2 130 (17.74%) Data Engineer
3 119 (16.23%) Architect
4 99 (13.51%) Lead
5 84 (11.46%) Data Analyst
5 84 (11.46%) Senior
6 59 (8.05%) Business Analyst
7 53 (7.23%) Data Architect
8 28 (3.82%) Data Business Analyst
8 28 (3.82%) Project Manager
8 28 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
9 27 (3.68%) Data Modeller
9 27 (3.68%) Developer
10 26 (3.55%) Consultant
11 24 (3.27%) Azure Engineer
11 24 (3.27%) Governance Analyst
12 23 (3.14%) Data Manager
12 23 (3.14%) Senior Data Engineer
13 19 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (2.32%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (7.78%) PySpark
2 46 (6.28%) Kafka
3 27 (3.68%) REST
4 17 (2.32%) Middleware
4 17 (2.32%) SOAP
5 14 (1.91%) Great Expectations
6 12 (1.64%) .NET
6 12 (1.64%) JSON
7 11 (1.50%) Web Services
8 10 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.09%) Spring
9 8 (1.09%) YAML
10 7 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
11 6 (0.82%) OAuth
12 5 (0.68%) boto
12 5 (0.68%) Model Context Protocol
12 5 (0.68%) Pandas
12 5 (0.68%) XML
13 4 (0.55%) OpenTelemetry
13 4 (0.55%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 69 (9.41%) Cloud Native
2 46 (6.28%) Data Structures
3 44 (6.00%) Product Ownership
4 37 (5.05%) Onboarding
5 34 (4.64%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (3.41%) AI Agents
7 23 (3.14%) Management Information System
8 22 (3.00%) Reference Data
9 18 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.64%) Clustering
12 12 (1.64%) Taxonomies
13 10 (1.36%) CMDB
13 10 (1.36%) Security Posture
14 9 (1.23%) Fixed Income
15 8 (1.09%) Equities
15 8 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (1.09%) Low-Code
15 8 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.41%) Windows
2 2 (0.27%) Linux
2 2 (0.27%) Unix
3 1 (0.14%) VMS
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (37.93%) Data Modelling
2 269 (36.70%) Analytics
3 193 (26.33%) AI
4 181 (24.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 176 (24.01%) Business Intelligence
6 168 (22.92%) ETL
7 159 (21.69%) Data Engineering
7 159 (21.69%) Data Pipeline
8 154 (21.01%) CI/CD
9 147 (20.05%) Agile
10 144 (19.65%) Data Architecture
11 132 (18.01%) Validation
12 128 (17.46%) DevOps
12 128 (17.46%) Migration
13 123 (16.78%) Data Management
14 110 (15.01%) Decision-Making
14 110 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
15 101 (13.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 90 (12.28%) Machine Learning
17 84 (11.46%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 291 (39.70%) SQL
2 198 (27.01%) Python
3 28 (3.82%) C#
4 27 (3.68%) Scala
5 15 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 15 (2.05%) Java
6 12 (1.64%) PL/SQL
7 11 (1.50%) Bicep
7 11 (1.50%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.50%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.09%) R
9 5 (0.68%) Bash
10 3 (0.41%) Cypher
10 3 (0.41%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.41%) VBA
11 2 (0.27%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.27%) SPARQL
11 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 132 (18.01%) Security Cleared
2 112 (15.28%) SC Cleared
3 60 (8.19%) Degree
4 38 (5.18%) Azure Certification
5 30 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.91%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.64%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.50%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.50%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.50%) PMP
11 9 (1.23%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.82%) CISSP
13 5 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.68%) SnowPro
14 4 (0.55%) CEH
14 4 (0.55%) CISM
14 4 (0.55%) GIAC
15 3 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (42.43%) Data Quality
2 114 (15.55%) GDPR
3 45 (6.14%) QA
4 17 (2.32%) Solvency II
5 11 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.36%) IFRS
7 8 (1.09%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.09%) IFRS 17
8 7 (0.95%) COREP
8 7 (0.95%) FINREP
8 7 (0.95%) NIST
8 7 (0.95%) PMO
9 5 (0.68%) MiFID
10 4 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.55%) COBIT
10 4 (0.55%) GRC
10 4 (0.55%) NCSC
10 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.41%) HL7
System Software
1 25 (3.41%) Docker
2 11 (1.50%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) HDFS
3 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.14%) RACF
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 68 (9.28%) Terraform
2 30 (4.09%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.95%) Grafana
3 7 (0.95%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.55%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.55%) Istio
6 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) Ansible
7 1 (0.14%) Kibana
7 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 161 (21.96%) Microsoft
2 131 (17.87%) Databricks
3 52 (7.09%) Oracle
4 38 (5.18%) Google
5 35 (4.77%) SAP
6 31 (4.23%) Salesforce
7 26 (3.55%) Informatica
8 14 (1.91%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.64%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.36%) Foundry
11 9 (1.23%) GoldenSource
12 8 (1.09%) Workday
13 5 (0.68%) IBM
13 5 (0.68%) VMware
14 4 (0.55%) Bloomberg
14 4 (0.55%) CyberArk
14 4 (0.55%) Dynatrace
14 4 (0.55%) Murex
14 4 (0.55%) Sparx
15 3 (0.41%) MuleSoft