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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 75 116
Rank change year-on-year +11 +41 +97
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 743 433 389
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.88% 3.44% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.37% 3.72% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 313 301
10th Percentile £400 £404 £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 £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -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 17,007 11,628 15,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.90% 92.40% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,350 7,788 11,072
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
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 261 214 309
10th Percentile £18.00 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +17.35% -28.75%
75th Percentile £60.25 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.15
England median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 97 £550 - 11
West London -2 26 £603 +41.76% 12
East London +5 9 £450 -33.33% 3
South London -9 4 £637 -6.50% 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 57 (7.67%) Apache Spark
2 36 (4.85%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (3.50%) Apache
4 16 (2.15%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.08%) Confluence
6 6 (0.81%) CMS
7 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.40%) SAS
8 2 (0.27%) Apache Synapse
8 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.13%) IIS
9 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.13%) Luigi
Applications
1 33 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.48%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.67%) SAP MDG
4 4 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.54%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.54%) 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 (0.13%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.13%) Maximo
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG-S
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 278 (37.42%) Azure
2 178 (23.96%) Power Platform
3 145 (19.52%) AWS
4 106 (14.27%) GCP
5 80 (10.77%) Azure Data Factory
6 74 (9.96%) Microsoft Purview
7 64 (8.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 58 (7.81%) Collibra
9 57 (7.67%) Snowflake
10 52 (7.00%) Azure DevOps
11 42 (5.65%) dbt
12 40 (5.38%) Amazon S3
12 40 (5.38%) GitHub
13 30 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
14 27 (3.63%) Serverless
15 26 (3.50%) Microsoft Copilot
16 21 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (2.29%) Azure Monitor
17 17 (2.29%) Power Automate
18 16 (2.15%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.54%) Network Security
2 3 (0.40%) Firewall
3 2 (0.27%) IPv4
3 2 (0.27%) IPv6
4 1 (0.13%) 4G
4 1 (0.13%) 5G
4 1 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (21.13%) Metadata
1 157 (21.13%) Power BI
2 101 (13.59%) Data Warehouse
3 98 (13.19%) Data Lake
4 53 (7.13%) Delta Lake
5 44 (5.92%) Tableau
6 33 (4.44%) BigQuery
7 29 (3.90%) SQL Server
8 26 (3.50%) NoSQL
9 25 (3.36%) Amazon Athena
10 23 (3.10%) Data Vault
11 22 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
11 22 (2.96%) Snowflake Schema
12 21 (2.83%) Big Data
13 15 (2.02%) Hadoop
13 15 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
13 15 (2.02%) Spark SQL
14 14 (1.88%) OLAP
14 14 (1.88%) Star Schema
15 13 (1.75%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 49 (6.59%) Git
2 30 (4.04%) JIRA
3 25 (3.36%) ERwin
4 13 (1.75%) PowerDesigner
5 12 (1.62%) ER Studio
6 7 (0.94%) GitLab
7 6 (0.81%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.67%) MLflow
9 3 (0.40%) git-flow
10 2 (0.27%) JMeter
10 2 (0.27%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.13%) GCC
11 1 (0.13%) LSMW
11 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.13%) Selenium
11 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 253 (34.05%) Finance
2 216 (29.07%) Social Skills
3 135 (18.17%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (11.04%) Banking
5 70 (9.42%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (4.17%) Legal
8 25 (3.36%) Retail
9 17 (2.29%) Marketing
10 16 (2.15%) Investment Banking
11 14 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.62%) Financial Institution
13 12 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.62%) Local Government
14 9 (1.21%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.81%) Law
16 5 (0.67%) Billing
16 5 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 138 (18.57%) Analyst
2 132 (17.77%) Data Engineer
3 122 (16.42%) Architect
4 98 (13.19%) Lead
5 87 (11.71%) Senior
6 85 (11.44%) Data Analyst
7 62 (8.34%) Business Analyst
8 54 (7.27%) Data Architect
9 30 (4.04%) Data Business Analyst
9 30 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
10 29 (3.90%) Project Manager
11 27 (3.63%) Data Modeller
11 27 (3.63%) Developer
12 26 (3.50%) Azure Engineer
12 26 (3.50%) Consultant
13 25 (3.36%) Data Manager
13 25 (3.36%) Governance Analyst
13 25 (3.36%) Senior Data Engineer
14 20 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (2.42%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (7.54%) PySpark
2 45 (6.06%) Kafka
3 26 (3.50%) REST
4 17 (2.29%) Middleware
4 17 (2.29%) SOAP
5 13 (1.75%) Great Expectations
6 12 (1.62%) .NET
6 12 (1.62%) JSON
7 11 (1.48%) Web Services
8 10 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
9 8 (1.08%) Spring
9 8 (1.08%) YAML
10 6 (0.81%) OAuth
11 5 (0.67%) XML
12 4 (0.54%) Node.js
12 4 (0.54%) OpenID
12 4 (0.54%) RESTful
12 4 (0.54%) Spark Streaming
12 4 (0.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 70 (9.42%) Cloud Native
2 46 (6.19%) Product Ownership
3 45 (6.06%) Data Structures
4 41 (5.52%) Onboarding
5 35 (4.71%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (3.23%) AI Agents
7 22 (2.96%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.96%) Reference Data
8 20 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.62%) Clustering
10 12 (1.62%) Taxonomies
11 10 (1.35%) CMDB
11 10 (1.35%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.21%) Fixed Income
12 9 (1.21%) Life Science
13 8 (1.08%) Equities
13 8 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.08%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.40%) Windows
2 2 (0.27%) Linux
2 2 (0.27%) Unix
3 1 (0.13%) VMS
3 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (37.82%) Data Modelling
2 272 (36.61%) Analytics
3 192 (25.84%) AI
4 187 (25.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 176 (23.69%) Business Intelligence
6 169 (22.75%) ETL
7 161 (21.67%) Data Engineering
7 161 (21.67%) Data Pipeline
8 153 (20.59%) CI/CD
9 152 (20.46%) Agile
10 146 (19.65%) Data Architecture
11 133 (17.90%) Validation
12 130 (17.50%) Migration
13 128 (17.23%) DevOps
14 125 (16.82%) Data Management
15 111 (14.94%) Decision-Making
15 111 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
16 101 (13.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 87 (11.71%) Machine Learning
18 84 (11.31%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 294 (39.57%) SQL
2 195 (26.24%) Python
3 27 (3.63%) C#
3 27 (3.63%) Scala
4 15 (2.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (2.02%) Java
5 12 (1.62%) PL/SQL
5 12 (1.62%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.62%) T-SQL
6 11 (1.48%) Bicep
7 7 (0.94%) R
8 5 (0.67%) Bash
9 3 (0.40%) Cypher
9 3 (0.40%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.40%) VBA
10 2 (0.27%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
10 2 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.27%) SPARQL
10 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 134 (18.03%) Security Cleared
2 112 (15.07%) SC Cleared
3 60 (8.08%) Degree
4 38 (5.11%) Azure Certification
5 29 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.88%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.75%) PMI Certification
10 12 (1.62%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.62%) PMP
11 11 (1.48%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.21%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.81%) CISSP
14 5 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.67%) SnowPro
15 4 (0.54%) CEH
15 4 (0.54%) CISM
15 4 (0.54%) GIAC
16 3 (0.40%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 316 (42.53%) Data Quality
2 113 (15.21%) GDPR
3 46 (6.19%) QA
4 17 (2.29%) Solvency II
5 11 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.35%) IFRS
7 8 (1.08%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.08%) IFRS 17
8 7 (0.94%) COREP
8 7 (0.94%) FINREP
8 7 (0.94%) NIST
8 7 (0.94%) PMO
9 5 (0.67%) MiFID
10 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.54%) COBIT
10 4 (0.54%) GRC
10 4 (0.54%) GxP
10 4 (0.54%) NCSC
10 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (3.23%) Docker
2 11 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) HDFS
3 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) RACF
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 68 (9.15%) Terraform
2 29 (3.90%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.94%) Grafana
4 6 (0.81%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.54%) AirWatch
7 3 (0.40%) Istio
7 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.13%) Ansible
8 1 (0.13%) Kibana
8 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 164 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 134 (18.03%) Databricks
3 52 (7.00%) Oracle
4 37 (4.98%) Google
5 34 (4.58%) SAP
6 31 (4.17%) Salesforce
7 26 (3.50%) Informatica
8 14 (1.88%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.62%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.35%) Foundry
11 9 (1.21%) GoldenSource
12 8 (1.08%) Workday
13 5 (0.67%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.67%) IBM
13 5 (0.67%) VMware
14 4 (0.54%) CyberArk
14 4 (0.54%) Murex
14 4 (0.54%) Sparx
15 3 (0.40%) Alteryx
15 3 (0.40%) MuleSoft