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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 67 111
Rank change year-on-year +1 +44 +104
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 693 469 390
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.92% 3.73% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 4.05% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 357 297
10th Percentile £384 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £638 £763 £738
90th Percentile £738 £938 £850
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £20.80 £66.25 £29.73
25th Percentile £23.13 £71.88 £32.57
Median hourly rate £27.00 £82.50 £38.17
Median % change year-on-year -67.27% +116.14% -55.09%
75th Percentile £45.38 £91.88 £44.65
90th Percentile £56.40 £96.75 £48.01
England median hourly rate £67.50 £26.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +154.72% -33.75% +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 15,622 11,589 15,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.42% 92.20% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,456 7,858 11,248
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 172 322
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.16 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +20.18% -26.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.56 £47.34
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £65.68
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -2.97%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 4 May 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 99 £550 - 68
West London - 31 £603 - 7
East London -2 8 £473 -22.22% 6
South London -10 4 £637 +6.17% 6
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 79 (11.40%) Apache Spark
2 30 (4.33%) Apache
3 25 (3.61%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.59%) Confluence
4 11 (1.59%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.72%) SAS
6 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.29%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) CMS
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.14%) Luigi
8 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 32 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.16%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.43%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.58%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.43%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.43%) SAP HCM
3 3 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.29%) Actimize
4 2 (0.29%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.29%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.14%) Maximo
5 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.14%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.14%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 278 (40.12%) Azure
2 171 (24.68%) Power Platform
3 145 (20.92%) AWS
4 106 (15.30%) GCP
5 98 (14.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 82 (11.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 61 (8.80%) Collibra
7 61 (8.80%) Microsoft Purview
8 52 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
9 46 (6.64%) Amazon S3
10 41 (5.92%) Snowflake
11 36 (5.19%) GitHub
12 34 (4.91%) dbt
13 26 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
13 26 (3.75%) Serverless
14 23 (3.32%) AWS CloudFormation
15 20 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
16 19 (2.74%) Amazon SQS
17 17 (2.45%) Azure Key Vault
17 17 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.43%) Network Security
2 2 (0.29%) Cisco IPT
2 2 (0.29%) Firewall
2 2 (0.29%) IPv4
2 2 (0.29%) IPv6
3 1 (0.14%) 4G
3 1 (0.14%) 5G
3 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.14%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (22.80%) Power BI
2 143 (20.63%) Metadata
3 123 (17.75%) Data Warehouse
4 98 (14.14%) Data Lake
5 50 (7.22%) Delta Lake
6 49 (7.07%) Tableau
7 43 (6.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 37 (5.34%) BigQuery
8 37 (5.34%) NoSQL
9 26 (3.75%) Big Data
10 25 (3.61%) Amazon Athena
10 25 (3.61%) SQL Server
11 24 (3.46%) Snowflake Schema
12 20 (2.89%) Mixpanel
12 20 (2.89%) OLAP
13 19 (2.74%) OLTP
14 16 (2.31%) Spark SQL
15 15 (2.16%) Data Vault
15 15 (2.16%) Star Schema
16 14 (2.02%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 65 (9.38%) Git
2 33 (4.76%) JIRA
3 19 (2.74%) ERwin
4 13 (1.88%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.73%) PowerDesigner
6 7 (1.01%) GitLab
6 7 (1.01%) MLflow
7 6 (0.87%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.58%) LSMW
9 2 (0.29%) Selenium
10 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.14%) GCC
10 1 (0.14%) NUnit
10 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 236 (34.05%) Finance
2 217 (31.31%) Social Skills
3 148 (21.36%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (10.10%) Public Sector
5 64 (9.24%) Banking
6 35 (5.05%) Legal
7 33 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
8 28 (4.04%) Marketing
9 17 (2.45%) Retail
10 16 (2.31%) Financial Institution
11 14 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.44%) Local Government
14 9 (1.30%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.15%) Electronics
15 8 (1.15%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.01%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.72%) Military
17 5 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 143 (20.63%) Data Engineer
2 130 (18.76%) Analyst
3 96 (13.85%) Architect
4 95 (13.71%) Lead
5 79 (11.40%) Senior
6 78 (11.26%) Data Analyst
7 65 (9.38%) Business Analyst
8 45 (6.49%) Data Architect
9 37 (5.34%) Azure Engineer
10 30 (4.33%) Azure Data Engineer
10 30 (4.33%) Developer
11 28 (4.04%) Data Business Analyst
12 27 (3.90%) Project Manager
13 23 (3.32%) Consultant
14 22 (3.17%) Senior Data Engineer
15 21 (3.03%) Principal Engineer
16 20 (2.89%) Data Modeller
17 19 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
18 18 (2.60%) Principal Data Engineer
18 18 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (10.53%) PySpark
2 52 (7.50%) Kafka
3 27 (3.90%) REST
4 19 (2.74%) Great Expectations
5 17 (2.45%) Middleware
5 17 (2.45%) SOAP
6 14 (2.02%) .NET
7 13 (1.88%) JSON
8 11 (1.59%) Web Services
9 10 (1.44%) YAML
10 9 (1.30%) Pandas
10 9 (1.30%) Spring
11 8 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
12 6 (0.87%) boto
12 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (0.87%) scikit-learn
13 5 (0.72%) HTML
13 5 (0.72%) NumPy
13 5 (0.72%) OAuth
13 5 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (10.25%) Cloud Native
2 42 (6.06%) Data Structures
3 41 (5.92%) Product Ownership
4 32 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 28 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.89%) AI Agents
6 20 (2.89%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (2.31%) Reference Data
9 12 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.73%) Marketing Technology
10 11 (1.59%) Clustering
11 10 (1.44%) CMDB
11 10 (1.44%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.30%) Distributed Computing
12 9 (1.30%) Fixed Income
12 9 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.01%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.29%) Windows
2 1 (0.14%) Android
2 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.14%) Unix
2 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (40.55%) Data Modelling
2 267 (38.53%) Analytics
3 181 (26.12%) Business Intelligence
4 177 (25.54%) Data Pipeline
5 175 (25.25%) ETL
6 170 (24.53%) Data Engineering
7 165 (23.81%) Agile
8 164 (23.67%) AI
9 163 (23.52%) Stakeholder Management
10 157 (22.66%) CI/CD
11 131 (18.90%) Data Architecture
12 124 (17.89%) DevOps
13 120 (17.32%) Validation
14 117 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
15 110 (15.87%) Decision-Making
16 102 (14.72%) Data Management
17 101 (14.57%) Migration
18 88 (12.70%) Machine Learning
19 80 (11.54%) Integration Patterns
20 79 (11.40%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 314 (45.31%) SQL
2 225 (32.47%) Python
3 43 (6.20%) Scala
4 36 (5.19%) C#
5 18 (2.60%) R
6 17 (2.45%) Java
7 16 (2.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (2.16%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.73%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.73%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.30%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.87%) Bicep
12 4 (0.58%) VBA
13 3 (0.43%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.43%) Bash
13 3 (0.43%) SOQL
13 3 (0.43%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.29%) C
14 2 (0.29%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.14%) C++
Qualifications
1 132 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 110 (15.87%) SC Cleared
3 63 (9.09%) Degree
4 34 (4.91%) Azure Certification
5 28 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (2.16%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.73%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.59%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.15%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.15%) PMP
11 6 (0.87%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.58%) CBAP
12 4 (0.58%) CISSP
12 4 (0.58%) SnowPro
12 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.29%) CISM
14 2 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 295 (42.57%) Data Quality
2 112 (16.16%) GDPR
3 44 (6.35%) QA
4 13 (1.88%) Solvency II
5 12 (1.73%) IFRS
6 9 (1.30%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.30%) IFRS 17
6 9 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.87%) COREP
8 6 (0.87%) FINREP
8 6 (0.87%) MiFID
8 6 (0.87%) PMO
9 5 (0.72%) NIST
9 5 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.72%) PERC
10 4 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.58%) GRC
11 3 (0.43%) HL7
11 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (3.90%) Docker
2 4 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) HDFS
3 1 (0.14%) RACF
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 70 (10.10%) Terraform
2 35 (5.05%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.01%) Grafana
3 7 (1.01%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.58%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.58%) Istio
6 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.14%) Kibana
7 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 157 (22.66%) Databricks
2 143 (20.63%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.49%) Oracle
4 43 (6.20%) Google
5 39 (5.63%) SAP
6 36 (5.19%) Salesforce
7 29 (4.18%) Informatica
8 17 (2.45%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.73%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.30%) Adobe
10 9 (1.30%) GoldenSource
11 8 (1.15%) Tealium
11 8 (1.15%) Workday
12 7 (1.01%) Foundry
13 6 (0.87%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.72%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.72%) Ariba
14 5 (0.72%) mParticle
14 5 (0.72%) OneTrust
14 5 (0.72%) VMware