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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 73 127
Rank change year-on-year +10 +54 +82
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 665 447 341
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.11% 3.46% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 3.80% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 483 339 263
10th Percentile £395 £400 £400
25th Percentile £458 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £630 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +0.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £763 £738
90th Percentile £738 £938 £788
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile - - £27.49
25th Percentile £18.25 - £32.72
Median hourly rate £18.50 - £40.84
75th Percentile £22.88 - £49.37
90th Percentile £41.70 - £49.90
England median hourly rate £67.50 £26.81 £40.00
% change year-on-year +151.75% -32.97% +53.85%

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 14,548 11,757 16,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.83% 91.07% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,771 7,824 11,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 159 352
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.36 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.66 £19.54
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.96 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.68 £69.95
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 12 March 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 +22 89 £550 -4.35% 63
West London - 29 £603 - 11
East London -1 6 £566 +25.83% 7
South London -7 5 £500 -16.75% 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 86 (12.93%) Apache Spark
2 35 (5.26%) Apache
3 26 (3.91%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.80%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.65%) Confluence
6 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.45%) SAS
7 2 (0.30%) Luigi
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 29 (4.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.11%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.45%) Trello
6 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.75%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.45%) Actimize
4 3 (0.45%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.15%) Maximo
6 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 268 (40.30%) Azure
2 171 (25.71%) Power Platform
3 155 (23.31%) AWS
4 102 (15.34%) Azure Data Factory
5 96 (14.44%) GCP
6 79 (11.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (8.42%) Microsoft Purview
7 56 (8.42%) Snowflake
8 55 (8.27%) Collibra
9 52 (7.82%) Azure DevOps
10 48 (7.22%) Amazon S3
11 40 (6.02%) GitHub
12 32 (4.81%) Serverless
13 30 (4.51%) dbt
14 28 (4.21%) AWS CloudFormation
15 26 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
16 24 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
17 20 (3.01%) Amazon SQS
18 19 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
19 17 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.75%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.45%) Network Security
3 2 (0.30%) Firewall
3 2 (0.30%) IPv4
3 2 (0.30%) IPv6
4 1 (0.15%) 4G
4 1 (0.15%) 5G
4 1 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.15%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (24.06%) Power BI
2 131 (19.70%) Metadata
3 130 (19.55%) Data Warehouse
4 97 (14.59%) Data Lake
5 52 (7.82%) Tableau
6 49 (7.37%) NoSQL
7 48 (7.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 41 (6.17%) Delta Lake
9 34 (5.11%) BigQuery
10 33 (4.96%) Big Data
11 32 (4.81%) SQL Server
12 27 (4.06%) Snowflake Schema
13 26 (3.91%) Amazon Athena
14 23 (3.46%) Relational Database
15 21 (3.16%) Mixpanel
15 21 (3.16%) OLAP
16 19 (2.86%) OLTP
17 16 (2.41%) Amazon Redshift
17 16 (2.41%) Hadoop
17 16 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 65 (9.77%) Git
2 30 (4.51%) JIRA
3 18 (2.71%) ERwin
4 14 (2.11%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.95%) PowerDesigner
6 10 (1.50%) MLflow
7 6 (0.90%) GitLab
8 5 (0.75%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.45%) LSMW
10 2 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.30%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.30%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.15%) git-flow
11 1 (0.15%) Liquibase
11 1 (0.15%) Postman
11 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 224 (33.68%) Social Skills
2 218 (32.78%) Finance
3 144 (21.65%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.32%) Public Sector
5 53 (7.97%) Banking
6 35 (5.26%) Legal
7 24 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (3.16%) Marketing
9 16 (2.41%) Retail
10 14 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.95%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.50%) Publishing
13 9 (1.35%) Electronics
14 8 (1.20%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.05%) Local Government
15 7 (1.05%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.90%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 131 (19.70%) Data Engineer
2 113 (16.99%) Analyst
3 106 (15.94%) Lead
4 104 (15.64%) Architect
5 65 (9.77%) Data Analyst
6 62 (9.32%) Senior
7 60 (9.02%) Business Analyst
8 54 (8.12%) Data Architect
9 36 (5.41%) Azure Engineer
10 33 (4.96%) Developer
11 32 (4.81%) Azure Data Engineer
12 26 (3.91%) Data Business Analyst
13 25 (3.76%) Consultant
13 25 (3.76%) Project Manager
14 23 (3.46%) Data Modeller
15 21 (3.16%) Principal Engineer
16 19 (2.86%) Azure Architect
17 18 (2.71%) Principal Data Engineer
17 18 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
17 18 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (12.18%) PySpark
2 55 (8.27%) Kafka
3 27 (4.06%) REST
4 19 (2.86%) Great Expectations
5 17 (2.56%) .NET
6 14 (2.11%) SOAP
7 11 (1.65%) OAuth
7 11 (1.65%) Pandas
8 10 (1.50%) Middleware
9 9 (1.35%) JSON
10 8 (1.20%) PyTorch
10 8 (1.20%) YAML
11 7 (1.05%) Spring
11 7 (1.05%) Web Services
12 6 (0.90%) boto
12 6 (0.90%) NumPy
12 6 (0.90%) OpenID
12 6 (0.90%) SAML
12 6 (0.90%) scikit-learn
12 6 (0.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.62%) Cloud Native
2 41 (6.17%) Data Structures
3 30 (4.51%) Product Ownership
4 26 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
5 25 (3.76%) Onboarding
6 22 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 22 (3.31%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.26%) Reference Data
8 12 (1.80%) AI Agents
8 12 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.65%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.20%) CMDB
11 8 (1.20%) Taxonomies
12 7 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.05%) Life Science
12 7 (1.05%) Replication
12 7 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.30%) Android
1 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.15%) Unix
2 1 (0.15%) Windows
2 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (41.80%) Data Modelling
2 240 (36.09%) Analytics
3 181 (27.22%) Business Intelligence
3 181 (27.22%) Data Engineering
4 178 (26.77%) ETL
5 171 (25.71%) Agile
6 162 (24.36%) Data Pipeline
7 152 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
8 145 (21.80%) AI
8 145 (21.80%) CI/CD
9 140 (21.05%) Data Architecture
10 121 (18.20%) Problem-Solving
11 117 (17.59%) DevOps
12 96 (14.44%) Validation
13 95 (14.29%) Data Management
13 95 (14.29%) Migration
14 93 (13.98%) Decision-Making
15 88 (13.23%) Data Integration
16 80 (12.03%) Machine Learning
17 79 (11.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 307 (46.17%) SQL
2 224 (33.68%) Python
3 47 (7.07%) Scala
4 36 (5.41%) C#
5 19 (2.86%) R
6 17 (2.56%) Java
7 15 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (2.11%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.80%) JavaScript
10 11 (1.65%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.35%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.20%) Bicep
13 6 (0.90%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.45%) VBA
15 2 (0.30%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.30%) Bash
15 2 (0.30%) C
15 2 (0.30%) C++
15 2 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.30%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 127 (19.10%) Security Cleared
2 111 (16.69%) SC Cleared
3 75 (11.28%) Degree
4 33 (4.96%) Azure Certification
5 32 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (3.46%) Master's Degree
8 16 (2.41%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.80%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.50%) PMP
11 8 (1.20%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.05%) CISSP
13 6 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
16 3 (0.45%) CBAP
17 2 (0.30%) SnowPro
18 1 (0.15%) HP APS
18 1 (0.15%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (42.11%) Data Quality
2 112 (16.84%) GDPR
3 39 (5.86%) QA
4 22 (3.31%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.80%) IFRS
6 11 (1.65%) Solvency II
7 10 (1.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 9 (1.35%) IFRS 17
9 7 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.90%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.75%) GRC
11 5 (0.75%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.75%) PERC
12 4 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.60%) MiFID
12 4 (0.60%) PMO
13 3 (0.45%) HL7
13 3 (0.45%) NIST
14 2 (0.30%) GAAP
14 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 40 (6.02%) Docker
2 6 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) HDFS
3 1 (0.15%) RACF
Systems Management
1 76 (11.43%) Terraform
2 46 (6.92%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.90%) Grafana
3 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.60%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.30%) Istio
6 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 163 (24.51%) Databricks
2 131 (19.70%) Microsoft
3 42 (6.32%) Oracle
4 40 (6.02%) Google
5 34 (5.11%) SAP
6 33 (4.96%) Salesforce
7 28 (4.21%) Informatica
8 18 (2.71%) ServiceNow
9 15 (2.26%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.50%) Adobe
10 10 (1.50%) Workday
11 9 (1.35%) Tealium
12 7 (1.05%) Sparx
13 6 (0.90%) OneTrust
14 5 (0.75%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.75%) mParticle
14 5 (0.75%) Talend
15 4 (0.60%) Ariba
15 4 (0.60%) Guidewire
15 4 (0.60%) VMware