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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 117 159
Rank change year-on-year +52 +42 +58
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 537 342 321
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.85% 2.18% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.17% 2.44% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 380 240 231
10th Percentile £400 £385 £475
25th Percentile £463 £500 £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £656 £703 £743
90th Percentile £750 £831 £788
England median daily rate £525 £550 £610
% change year-on-year -4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile - - £29.50
25th Percentile £18.25 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 - £35.32
75th Percentile £18.75 - £45.72
90th Percentile £28.13 - £49.92
England median hourly rate £18.50 £28.56 £35.63
% change year-on-year -35.23% -19.84% +59.92%

All Process and 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 12,878 14,024 18,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.35% 89.20% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,465 9,048 13,116
10th Percentile £333 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.06% -2.84%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 166 254
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.52
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.98 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.79 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -21.93% +1.65% -0.88%
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.94 £61.31
90th Percentile £67.50 £80.38 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.93% -15.73% +27.14%

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 16 November 2025.

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 16 November 2025.

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 16 November 2025. 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 +34 83 £575 -5.93% 155
West London -13 6 £601 +2.34% 9
South London -3 4 £487 -18.79% 2
East London -1 1 £638 +59.38% 9
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 51 (9.50%) Apache Spark
2 30 (5.59%) Apache
3 26 (4.84%) Apache Airflow
4 21 (3.91%) Confluence
5 11 (2.05%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.93%) CMS
7 3 (0.56%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.19%) Appian
8 1 (0.19%) Luigi
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.49%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.19%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.19%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.19%) Revit
6 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 10 (1.86%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.56%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.37%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.37%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.37%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.37%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.19%) Actimize
6 1 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.19%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 208 (38.73%) Azure
2 139 (25.88%) AWS
3 125 (23.28%) Power Platform
4 85 (15.83%) GCP
5 76 (14.15%) Snowflake
6 53 (9.87%) Azure Data Factory
7 44 (8.19%) dbt
8 41 (7.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 35 (6.52%) Microsoft Purview
10 32 (5.96%) Collibra
11 28 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (4.47%) Amazon S3
13 20 (3.72%) Serverless
14 19 (3.54%) GitHub
15 15 (2.79%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
17 13 (2.42%) Entra ID
18 10 (1.86%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.74%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.19%) DKIM
2 1 (0.19%) DMARC
2 1 (0.19%) Firewall
2 1 (0.19%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.19%) Network Security
2 1 (0.19%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (21.42%) Metadata
2 107 (19.93%) Data Warehouse
2 107 (19.93%) Power BI
3 64 (11.92%) Data Lake
4 34 (6.33%) Tableau
5 33 (6.15%) Big Data
5 33 (6.15%) NoSQL
6 27 (5.03%) Amazon Redshift
6 27 (5.03%) SQL Server
7 22 (4.10%) BigQuery
7 22 (4.10%) Delta Lake
7 22 (4.10%) Relational Database
8 21 (3.91%) Azure SQL Database
8 21 (3.91%) Data Vault
9 19 (3.54%) Snowflake Schema
10 17 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (2.42%) Star Schema
12 12 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (2.05%) Power Query
14 10 (1.86%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 41 (7.64%) JIRA
2 30 (5.59%) ERwin
3 22 (4.10%) Git
4 20 (3.72%) PowerDesigner
5 17 (3.17%) ER Studio
6 8 (1.49%) MLflow
7 6 (1.12%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.74%) GitLab
9 2 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.37%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.37%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.19%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.19%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.19%) Postman
10 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 225 (41.90%) Social Skills
2 173 (32.22%) Finance
3 106 (19.74%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (11.17%) Public Sector
5 47 (8.75%) Banking
6 28 (5.21%) Legal
7 19 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.79%) Financial Institution
8 15 (2.79%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.79%) Marketing
9 14 (2.61%) Retail
10 12 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.23%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.23%) Publishing
11 9 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.30%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.12%) Electronics
13 6 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 115 (21.42%) Architect
2 89 (16.57%) Analyst
3 66 (12.29%) Data Engineer
4 63 (11.73%) Data Architect
5 62 (11.55%) Lead
6 48 (8.94%) Data Analyst
7 46 (8.57%) Business Analyst
8 38 (7.08%) Senior
9 37 (6.89%) Data Modeller
10 23 (4.28%) Azure Engineer
10 23 (4.28%) Consultant
11 20 (3.72%) Azure Data Engineer
12 18 (3.35%) Governance Analyst
13 17 (3.17%) Data Business Analyst
13 17 (3.17%) Data Manager
14 14 (2.61%) Project Manager
15 13 (2.42%) Developer
15 13 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
15 13 (2.42%) Technical Architect
16 12 (2.23%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (8.19%) PySpark
2 32 (5.96%) Kafka
3 12 (2.23%) REST
4 10 (1.86%) Middleware
5 9 (1.68%) OAuth
6 7 (1.30%) Great Expectations
6 7 (1.30%) LangChain
6 7 (1.30%) PyTorch
7 5 (0.93%) Apache NiFi
7 5 (0.93%) ARM Templates
7 5 (0.93%) Pandas
7 5 (0.93%) RESTful
7 5 (0.93%) SOAP
7 5 (0.93%) TensorFlow
8 4 (0.74%) .NET
8 4 (0.74%) FHIR
8 4 (0.74%) JSON
8 4 (0.74%) OpenID
8 4 (0.74%) SAML
8 4 (0.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.89%) Data Structures
2 29 (5.40%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.21%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.47%) Onboarding
5 22 (4.10%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.98%) Reference Data
8 15 (2.79%) Low-Code
8 15 (2.79%) Reinsurance
9 14 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (2.42%) Taxonomies
11 11 (2.05%) Life Science
12 8 (1.49%) NHS
13 7 (1.30%) Data Fabric
14 6 (1.12%) Fixed Income
14 6 (1.12%) IoT
14 6 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
14 6 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.37%) Android
1 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (44.32%) Data Modelling
2 169 (31.47%) Analytics
3 139 (25.88%) ETL
4 132 (24.58%) Agile
4 132 (24.58%) Business Intelligence
5 113 (21.04%) Problem-Solving
6 111 (20.67%) Data Pipeline
7 102 (18.99%) Data Engineering
8 100 (18.62%) Data Architecture
9 94 (17.50%) CI/CD
10 90 (16.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 87 (16.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 85 (15.83%) DevOps
13 84 (15.64%) Data Management
13 84 (15.64%) Metadata Management
14 83 (15.46%) AI
15 75 (13.97%) Data Integration
15 75 (13.97%) Migration
16 65 (12.10%) Decision-Making
17 64 (11.92%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 210 (39.11%) SQL
2 157 (29.24%) Python
3 33 (6.15%) Java
4 21 (3.91%) Scala
5 19 (3.54%) R
6 11 (2.05%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (1.49%) C#
9 7 (1.30%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.12%) Bicep
10 6 (1.12%) C++
10 6 (1.12%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.12%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.74%) C
11 4 (0.74%) Perl
11 4 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.56%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.56%) Korn
13 2 (0.37%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 71 (13.22%) Security Cleared
2 60 (11.17%) SC Cleared
3 54 (10.06%) Degree
4 20 (3.72%) Azure Certification
5 19 (3.54%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.61%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.86%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.86%) PMP
10 8 (1.49%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.12%) CISSP
12 5 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.74%) MCP
14 3 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.37%) SnowPro
15 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
16 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
16 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (35.75%) Data Quality
2 94 (17.50%) GDPR
3 29 (5.40%) QA
4 25 (4.66%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.23%) HIPAA
6 11 (2.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 10 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.30%) NIST
9 6 (1.12%) PMO
10 5 (0.93%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.93%) MiFID
10 5 (0.93%) Solvency II
11 4 (0.74%) HL7
12 3 (0.56%) Basel III
12 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.56%) GMP
12 3 (0.56%) IFRS
12 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.56%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.37%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 28 (5.21%) Docker
2 9 (1.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 51 (9.50%) Terraform
2 30 (5.59%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.37%) Ansible
4 2 (0.37%) Grafana
4 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 102 (18.99%) Databricks
2 99 (18.44%) Microsoft
3 35 (6.52%) Google
4 32 (5.96%) Salesforce
5 26 (4.84%) SAP
6 20 (3.72%) Informatica
6 20 (3.72%) Oracle
7 14 (2.61%) Sparx
8 10 (1.86%) OpenAI
9 9 (1.68%) Workday
10 8 (1.49%) OneTrust
10 8 (1.49%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.30%) Adobe
11 7 (1.30%) Guidewire
11 7 (1.30%) Talend
12 6 (1.12%) Alteryx
13 5 (0.93%) Tealium
14 4 (0.74%) Apple
14 4 (0.74%) Bloomberg
14 4 (0.74%) MuleSoft