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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 75 123
Rank change year-on-year +13 +48 +56
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 827 475 349
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.10% 3.49% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.61% 3.78% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 335 265
10th Percentile £400 £401 £379
25th Percentile £460 £469 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £750
90th Percentile £738 £750 £883
England median daily rate £537 £530 £575
% change year-on-year +1.32% -7.83% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile £19.10 £38.50 £32.68
25th Percentile £19.25 £47.50 £39.94
Median hourly rate £27.00 £65.00 £52.67
Median % change year-on-year -58.46% +23.41% -34.16%
75th Percentile £36.35 £83.75 £66.02
90th Percentile £52.79 £93.50 £73.66
England median hourly rate £50.00 £35.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +40.85% +1.43% +8.36%

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 17,953 12,554 14,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.10% 92.35% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,817 8,388 10,113
10th Percentile £363 £325 £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 £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 250 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -16.44% -12.67%
75th Percentile £56.25 £48.44 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.30 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +18 117 £560 +9.22% 63
West London +13 33 £520 +22.35% 28
East London +7 5 £450 -33.33% 7
South London -8 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 53 (6.41%) Apache Spark
2 45 (5.44%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (4.11%) Apache
4 20 (2.42%) SharePoint
5 7 (0.85%) Confluence
6 6 (0.73%) CMS
7 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.60%) SAS
8 3 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.12%) Luigi
10 1 (0.12%) Mendix
Applications
1 39 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.09%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 17 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.85%) SAP MDG
4 5 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.60%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.36%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.36%) Workfront
7 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.24%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.24%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.12%) Advent Geneva
8 1 (0.12%) Maximo
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.12%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG-S
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 302 (36.52%) Azure
2 171 (20.68%) Power Platform
3 163 (19.71%) AWS
4 104 (12.58%) GCP
5 81 (9.79%) Azure Data Factory
6 71 (8.59%) Snowflake
7 67 (8.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 59 (7.13%) Azure DevOps
9 57 (6.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 57 (6.89%) Collibra
10 54 (6.53%) dbt
11 39 (4.72%) GitHub
12 35 (4.23%) Amazon S3
13 27 (3.26%) Microsoft Copilot
14 26 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
15 25 (3.02%) Serverless
16 22 (2.66%) Entra ID
17 19 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
17 19 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
18 17 (2.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.85%) Network Security
2 4 (0.48%) Firewall
3 3 (0.36%) Cisco IPT
4 2 (0.24%) IPv4
4 2 (0.24%) IPv6
4 2 (0.24%) VPN
5 1 (0.12%) 4G
5 1 (0.12%) 5G
5 1 (0.12%) SMS
5 1 (0.12%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (22.25%) Metadata
2 152 (18.38%) Power BI
3 117 (14.15%) Data Warehouse
4 101 (12.21%) Data Lake
5 52 (6.29%) Delta Lake
6 41 (4.96%) Tableau
7 30 (3.63%) BigQuery
8 27 (3.26%) SQL Server
9 25 (3.02%) Big Data
10 23 (2.78%) NoSQL
10 23 (2.78%) Snowflake Schema
11 21 (2.54%) Data Vault
11 21 (2.54%) Star Schema
12 20 (2.42%) Amazon Athena
13 16 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
14 15 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
14 15 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
15 14 (1.69%) Semantic Layer
16 13 (1.57%) Parquet
16 13 (1.57%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 36 (4.35%) Git
2 33 (3.99%) JIRA
3 29 (3.51%) ERwin
4 19 (2.30%) ER Studio
5 12 (1.45%) PowerDesigner
6 10 (1.21%) GitLab
7 8 (0.97%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.24%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.24%) git-flow
8 2 (0.24%) JMeter
8 2 (0.24%) MLflow
8 2 (0.24%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.12%) LSMW
9 1 (0.12%) Postman
9 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.12%) Snyk
9 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.12%) Terragrunt
General
1 280 (33.86%) Finance
2 245 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 154 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (11.85%) Banking
5 79 (9.55%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.84%) Legal
6 40 (4.84%) Retail
7 34 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
8 27 (3.26%) Marketing
9 19 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (2.06%) Investment Banking
11 15 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.45%) Financial Institution
13 12 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (1.33%) Local Government
15 9 (1.09%) Front Office
15 9 (1.09%) Law
16 6 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 167 (20.19%) Architect
2 156 (18.86%) Analyst
3 135 (16.32%) Data Engineer
4 94 (11.37%) Data Analyst
4 94 (11.37%) Lead
5 85 (10.28%) Senior
6 84 (10.16%) Data Architect
7 66 (7.98%) Business Analyst
8 43 (5.20%) Solutions Architect
9 34 (4.11%) Project Manager
10 31 (3.75%) Consultant
10 31 (3.75%) Data Business Analyst
11 29 (3.51%) Data Modeller
11 29 (3.51%) Governance Analyst
12 28 (3.39%) Senior Data Engineer
13 27 (3.26%) Data Manager
14 23 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
15 20 (2.42%) Developer
15 20 (2.42%) Product Owner
16 19 (2.30%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.26%) PySpark
2 44 (5.32%) Kafka
3 25 (3.02%) REST
4 17 (2.06%) JSON
5 16 (1.93%) Middleware
6 14 (1.69%) SOAP
7 13 (1.57%) Web Services
8 10 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
8 10 (1.21%) Spring
9 8 (0.97%) Great Expectations
10 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.85%) OAuth
11 6 (0.73%) Spark Streaming
11 6 (0.73%) YAML
12 5 (0.60%) .NET
12 5 (0.60%) MACH
12 5 (0.60%) Pandas
12 5 (0.60%) PyTorch
12 5 (0.60%) Spring Boot
12 5 (0.60%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 79 (9.55%) Cloud Native
2 69 (8.34%) Product Ownership
3 65 (7.86%) Data Structures
4 54 (6.53%) Onboarding
5 43 (5.20%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (4.23%) Reference Data
7 27 (3.26%) Management Information System
8 23 (2.78%) AI Agents
9 21 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.69%) Taxonomies
12 13 (1.57%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.33%) Clustering
13 11 (1.33%) CMDB
13 11 (1.33%) FMCG
13 11 (1.33%) Life Science
13 11 (1.33%) Low-Code
13 11 (1.33%) NHS
14 10 (1.21%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.60%) Linux
1 5 (0.60%) Unix
2 3 (0.36%) Windows
3 1 (0.12%) VMS
3 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (38.81%) Data Modelling
2 296 (35.79%) Analytics
3 240 (29.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 215 (26.00%) AI
5 184 (22.25%) Business Intelligence
5 184 (22.25%) Data Pipeline
6 183 (22.13%) ETL
7 178 (21.52%) Data Engineering
8 170 (20.56%) Data Architecture
9 164 (19.83%) CI/CD
10 162 (19.59%) Agile
11 151 (18.26%) Migration
12 143 (17.29%) Validation
13 137 (16.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 136 (16.44%) DevOps
15 134 (16.20%) Data Management
16 125 (15.11%) Decision-Making
17 115 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
18 103 (12.45%) Data Lineage
19 99 (11.97%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 321 (38.81%) SQL
2 200 (24.18%) Python
3 22 (2.66%) Java
4 20 (2.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 18 (2.18%) Scala
6 15 (1.81%) C#
6 15 (1.81%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.21%) PL/SQL
7 10 (1.21%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.09%) Bicep
9 8 (0.97%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.73%) Bash
11 3 (0.36%) R
11 3 (0.36%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.36%) VBA
12 2 (0.24%) Cypher
12 2 (0.24%) Delphi
12 2 (0.24%) Go
12 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.24%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 131 (15.84%) Security Cleared
2 110 (13.30%) SC Cleared
3 47 (5.68%) Degree
4 36 (4.35%) Azure Certification
5 27 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.81%) PMP
8 14 (1.69%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.33%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.33%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.09%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.73%) CISSP
14 5 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (0.48%) CEH
15 4 (0.48%) CISM
15 4 (0.48%) GIAC
15 4 (0.48%) SnowPro
16 3 (0.36%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 366 (44.26%) Data Quality
2 109 (13.18%) GDPR
3 38 (4.59%) QA
4 15 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.81%) Solvency II
5 13 (1.57%) NIST
6 12 (1.45%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.09%) COREP
7 9 (1.09%) FINREP
7 9 (1.09%) PMO
8 7 (0.85%) GRC
8 7 (0.85%) IFRS
9 6 (0.73%) GxP
10 5 (0.60%) MiFID
10 5 (0.60%) NCSC
10 5 (0.60%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.48%) COBIT
11 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.36%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 21 (2.54%) Docker
2 19 (2.30%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.24%) HDFS
5 1 (0.12%) RACF
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (7.26%) Terraform
2 28 (3.39%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.97%) Grafana
4 7 (0.85%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.48%) Control-M
5 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.36%) Ansible
6 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.24%) Istio
7 2 (0.24%) Puppet
8 1 (0.12%) Kibana
Vendors
1 176 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 147 (17.78%) Databricks
3 51 (6.17%) Oracle
4 37 (4.47%) Google
5 34 (4.11%) SAP
6 32 (3.87%) Informatica
7 24 (2.90%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.18%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.45%) Foundry
10 10 (1.21%) Adobe
10 10 (1.21%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.21%) GoldenSource
10 10 (1.21%) Workday
11 8 (0.97%) Cloudera
11 8 (0.97%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.85%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.73%) IBM
14 5 (0.60%) Sparx
15 4 (0.48%) Confluent
15 4 (0.48%) Murex