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 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 73 126
Rank change year-on-year +22 +53 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 890 477 339
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.41% 3.59% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.95% 3.88% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 330 243
10th Percentile £375 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £465 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £738
90th Percentile £738 £750 £885
England median daily rate £540 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +2.86% -8.70% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £19.05 £38.50 £32.68
25th Percentile £19.13 £47.50 £39.94
Median hourly rate £20.00 £65.00 £52.67
Median % change year-on-year -69.23% +23.41% +6.40%
75th Percentile £28.67 £83.75 £66.02
90th Percentile £33.28 £93.50 £73.66
England median hourly rate £50.00 £37.48 £30.00
% change year-on-year +33.40% +24.93% -14.29%

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 17,974 12,284 14,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.05% 92.47% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,755 8,122 9,734
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% -2.19% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £681
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 289 253 181
10th Percentile £17.21 £17.02 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.02 £25.01 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £86.40 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 8 September 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 8 September 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 8 September 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 +10 136 £560 +2.71% 77
West London +14 30 £520 +22.35% 16
East London +5 5 £450 -33.33% 10
South London -6 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 59 (6.63%) Apache Airflow
2 56 (6.29%) Apache Spark
3 38 (4.27%) Apache
4 24 (2.70%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.12%) Confluence
6 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.90%) SAS
7 6 (0.67%) CMS
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.11%) IIS
10 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.11%) Luigi
10 1 (0.11%) Mendix
10 1 (0.11%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 40 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (0.90%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.35%) SAP MDG
3 11 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 6 (0.67%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.34%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.34%) Workfront
8 2 (0.22%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.22%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.22%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.11%) ENOVIA
9 1 (0.11%) Maximo
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.11%) SAP R/3
9 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 332 (37.30%) Azure
2 182 (20.45%) AWS
3 176 (19.78%) Power Platform
4 105 (11.80%) GCP
5 89 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 82 (9.21%) Snowflake
7 72 (8.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 69 (7.75%) dbt
9 67 (7.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 63 (7.08%) Collibra
11 60 (6.74%) Azure DevOps
12 41 (4.61%) Amazon S3
13 39 (4.38%) Serverless
14 36 (4.04%) GitHub
15 34 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
16 33 (3.71%) Microsoft Copilot
17 29 (3.26%) AWS Lambda
18 26 (2.92%) Azure Databricks
19 22 (2.47%) Entra ID
20 21 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.67%) Cisco IPT
1 6 (0.67%) Network Security
2 3 (0.34%) Firewall
3 2 (0.22%) IPv4
3 2 (0.22%) IPv6
3 2 (0.22%) VPN
4 1 (0.11%) SMS
4 1 (0.11%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 225 (25.28%) Metadata
2 155 (17.42%) Power BI
3 132 (14.83%) Data Warehouse
4 97 (10.90%) Data Lake
5 51 (5.73%) Delta Lake
6 42 (4.72%) Tableau
7 33 (3.71%) SQL Server
8 32 (3.60%) BigQuery
9 29 (3.26%) Big Data
10 25 (2.81%) Star Schema
11 24 (2.70%) NoSQL
12 23 (2.58%) Amazon Redshift
12 23 (2.58%) Data Vault
12 23 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
13 21 (2.36%) Snowflake Schema
14 18 (2.02%) Amazon Athena
15 17 (1.91%) Parquet
15 17 (1.91%) Semantic Layer
15 17 (1.91%) Spark SQL
16 15 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 39 (4.38%) Git
2 35 (3.93%) JIRA
3 30 (3.37%) ERwin
4 20 (2.25%) ER Studio
5 12 (1.35%) PowerDesigner
6 11 (1.24%) GitLab
7 9 (1.01%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.56%) Selenium
9 4 (0.45%) MLflow
9 4 (0.45%) RStudio
10 2 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.22%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.22%) git-flow
10 2 (0.22%) JMeter
10 2 (0.22%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.11%) LSMW
11 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.11%) Terragrunt
General
1 303 (34.04%) Finance
2 287 (32.25%) Social Skills
3 160 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (12.13%) Banking
5 91 (10.22%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.94%) Legal
6 44 (4.94%) Retail
7 32 (3.60%) Marketing
8 31 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (2.58%) Investment Banking
11 17 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.69%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.46%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.46%) Local Government
15 11 (1.24%) Law
15 11 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (1.01%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 192 (21.57%) Architect
2 165 (18.54%) Analyst
3 148 (16.63%) Data Engineer
4 110 (12.36%) Lead
5 102 (11.46%) Data Architect
6 95 (10.67%) Data Analyst
7 89 (10.00%) Senior
8 65 (7.30%) Business Analyst
9 40 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
10 39 (4.38%) Consultant
11 35 (3.93%) Senior Data Engineer
12 31 (3.48%) Data Modeller
13 30 (3.37%) Data Manager
13 30 (3.37%) Governance Analyst
14 28 (3.15%) Data Business Analyst
15 27 (3.03%) Project Manager
16 23 (2.58%) Azure Engineer
17 22 (2.47%) Databricks Engineer
18 21 (2.36%) Product Owner
19 20 (2.25%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (8.54%) PySpark
2 61 (6.85%) Terraform
3 48 (5.39%) Kafka
4 26 (2.92%) REST
5 17 (1.91%) JSON
6 15 (1.69%) Middleware
7 13 (1.46%) SOAP
8 12 (1.35%) Web Services
9 10 (1.12%) Great Expectations
10 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
10 8 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (0.90%) Spring
11 7 (0.79%) .NET
12 6 (0.67%) OAuth
12 6 (0.67%) React
12 6 (0.67%) Spark Streaming
12 6 (0.67%) YAML
13 5 (0.56%) Apache NiFi
13 5 (0.56%) pytest
13 5 (0.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 83 (9.33%) Cloud Native
2 73 (8.20%) Product Ownership
3 72 (8.09%) Data Structures
4 64 (7.19%) Onboarding
5 44 (4.94%) Legacy Systems
6 42 (4.72%) Reference Data
7 33 (3.71%) Management Information System
8 27 (3.03%) AI Agents
9 21 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
10 19 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (2.02%) Taxonomies
12 17 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
13 16 (1.80%) Low-Code
14 13 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (1.35%) Clustering
15 12 (1.35%) FMCG
16 11 (1.24%) Distributed Computing
16 11 (1.24%) Life Science
16 11 (1.24%) Marketing Technology
16 11 (1.24%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.67%) Linux
1 6 (0.67%) Unix
2 4 (0.45%) Windows
3 1 (0.11%) VMS
3 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 321 (36.07%) Analytics
3 288 (32.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 244 (27.42%) AI
5 204 (22.92%) Data Engineering
6 196 (22.02%) Data Architecture
7 195 (21.91%) Data Pipeline
7 195 (21.91%) ETL
8 194 (21.80%) Business Intelligence
9 192 (21.57%) Agile
10 189 (21.24%) CI/CD
11 174 (19.55%) Migration
12 155 (17.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 151 (16.97%) DevOps
13 151 (16.97%) Validation
14 149 (16.74%) Data Management
15 138 (15.51%) Decision-Making
16 129 (14.49%) Metadata Management
17 126 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
17 126 (14.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 342 (38.43%) SQL
2 210 (23.60%) Python
3 27 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 21 (2.36%) Java
5 16 (1.80%) C#
5 16 (1.80%) Scala
6 14 (1.57%) PowerShell
7 13 (1.46%) PL/SQL
8 12 (1.35%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.35%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.90%) Bicep
10 5 (0.56%) Bash
10 5 (0.56%) R
11 3 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.34%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.22%) Cypher
12 2 (0.22%) Go
12 2 (0.22%) SPARQL
12 2 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 142 (15.96%) Security Cleared
2 115 (12.92%) SC Cleared
3 45 (5.06%) Degree
4 39 (4.38%) Azure Certification
5 22 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.57%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.46%) PMP
10 12 (1.35%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.35%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.35%) PMI Certification
11 11 (1.24%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.67%) CISSP
13 5 (0.56%) CISM
13 5 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.56%) SnowPro
14 4 (0.45%) CEH
14 4 (0.45%) GIAC
14 4 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 420 (47.19%) Data Quality
2 115 (12.92%) GDPR
3 40 (4.49%) QA
4 15 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.69%) Solvency II
5 13 (1.46%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.46%) NIST
6 10 (1.12%) GRC
7 8 (0.90%) COREP
7 8 (0.90%) FINREP
8 7 (0.79%) GxP
8 7 (0.79%) NCSC
8 7 (0.79%) PMO
9 6 (0.67%) IFRS
9 6 (0.67%) MiFID
10 4 (0.45%) COBIT
10 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.34%) EU AI Act
11 3 (0.34%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (2.70%) Docker
2 20 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.22%) HDFS
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.79%) Grafana
2 7 (0.79%) Prometheus
3 6 (0.67%) Ansible
3 6 (0.67%) Control-M
4 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.22%) Istio
6 2 (0.22%) Puppet
7 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 200 (22.47%) Microsoft
2 169 (18.99%) Databricks
3 53 (5.96%) Oracle
4 48 (5.39%) Informatica
5 38 (4.27%) Google
6 37 (4.16%) SAP
7 26 (2.92%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.02%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.35%) Adobe
9 12 (1.35%) Foundry
10 11 (1.24%) GoldenSource
11 10 (1.12%) Workday
12 9 (1.01%) Bloomberg
13 8 (0.90%) Cloudera
13 8 (0.90%) IBM
14 7 (0.79%) Sparx
14 7 (0.79%) Talend
14 7 (0.79%) Zscaler
15 6 (0.67%) Confluent
15 6 (0.67%) OpenAI