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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 71 134
Rank change year-on-year +9 +63 +78
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 659 453 339
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.09% 3.49% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 3.84% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 343 261
10th Percentile £389 £400 £400
25th Percentile £456 £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 £58.00 £26.81 £40.00
% change year-on-year +116.32% -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 14,486 11,803 16,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.91% 91.01% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,750 7,835 11,536
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 £681 £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 220 158 354
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.32 £16.01
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.25 £35.25 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year - +17.19% -16.44%
75th Percentile £56.62 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.77 £69.85
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -8.84%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 £568 +0.89% 26
West London +9 29 £603 - 9
East London -1 6 £566 +25.83% 8
South London -9 5 £500 -16.75% 5
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 83 (12.59%) Apache Spark
2 34 (5.16%) Apache
3 26 (3.95%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.82%) Confluence
5 11 (1.67%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.46%) 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
Applications
1 28 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.97%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.46%) Trello
6 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.76%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.46%) Actimize
4 3 (0.46%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.46%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
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%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
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
1 263 (39.91%) Azure
2 167 (25.34%) Power Platform
3 152 (23.07%) AWS
4 99 (15.02%) Azure Data Factory
5 94 (14.26%) GCP
6 78 (11.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (8.50%) Microsoft Purview
8 55 (8.35%) Snowflake
9 54 (8.19%) Collibra
10 51 (7.74%) Azure DevOps
11 46 (6.98%) Amazon S3
12 38 (5.77%) GitHub
13 32 (4.86%) Serverless
14 30 (4.55%) dbt
15 28 (4.25%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
17 24 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
18 20 (3.03%) Amazon SQS
19 17 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
20 16 (2.43%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.76%) Cisco IPT
2 2 (0.30%) IPv4
2 2 (0.30%) IPv6
2 2 (0.30%) Network Security
3 1 (0.15%) 4G
3 1 (0.15%) 5G
3 1 (0.15%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.15%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (23.67%) Power BI
2 129 (19.58%) Data Warehouse
3 128 (19.42%) Metadata
4 96 (14.57%) Data Lake
5 50 (7.59%) Tableau
6 49 (7.44%) NoSQL
7 48 (7.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 41 (6.22%) Delta Lake
9 35 (5.31%) BigQuery
10 33 (5.01%) SQL Server
11 31 (4.70%) Big Data
12 26 (3.95%) Amazon Athena
13 25 (3.79%) Snowflake Schema
14 24 (3.64%) Relational Database
15 21 (3.19%) Mixpanel
15 21 (3.19%) OLAP
16 19 (2.88%) OLTP
17 16 (2.43%) Data Vault
17 16 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
17 16 (2.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 65 (9.86%) Git
2 31 (4.70%) JIRA
3 17 (2.58%) ERwin
4 13 (1.97%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.82%) PowerDesigner
6 10 (1.52%) MLflow
7 6 (0.91%) GitLab
8 5 (0.76%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.46%) 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%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
General
1 222 (33.69%) Social Skills
2 218 (33.08%) Finance
3 141 (21.40%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (9.26%) Public Sector
5 54 (8.19%) Banking
6 35 (5.31%) Legal
7 22 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (3.19%) Marketing
9 18 (2.73%) Retail
10 14 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.97%) Financial Institution
12 11 (1.67%) Publishing
13 9 (1.37%) Electronics
14 8 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.21%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.21%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.06%) Local Government
15 7 (1.06%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 129 (19.58%) Data Engineer
2 111 (16.84%) Analyst
3 106 (16.08%) Lead
4 104 (15.78%) Architect
5 65 (9.86%) Data Analyst
6 61 (9.26%) Senior
7 59 (8.95%) Business Analyst
8 53 (8.04%) Data Architect
9 37 (5.61%) Azure Engineer
10 34 (5.16%) Developer
11 33 (5.01%) Azure Data Engineer
12 26 (3.95%) Data Business Analyst
13 25 (3.79%) Project Manager
14 24 (3.64%) Consultant
15 22 (3.34%) Data Modeller
16 21 (3.19%) Principal Engineer
17 19 (2.88%) Azure Architect
17 19 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
18 18 (2.73%) Principal Data Engineer
18 18 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (12.14%) PySpark
2 51 (7.74%) Kafka
3 25 (3.79%) REST
4 18 (2.73%) Great Expectations
5 17 (2.58%) .NET
6 13 (1.97%) SOAP
7 11 (1.67%) OAuth
7 11 (1.67%) Pandas
8 9 (1.37%) JSON
9 8 (1.21%) Middleware
9 8 (1.21%) PyTorch
9 8 (1.21%) YAML
10 7 (1.06%) Spring
11 6 (0.91%) boto
11 6 (0.91%) NumPy
11 6 (0.91%) OpenID
11 6 (0.91%) SAML
11 6 (0.91%) scikit-learn
11 6 (0.91%) Web Services
11 6 (0.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.41%) Cloud Native
2 39 (5.92%) Data Structures
3 30 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 26 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
5 25 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 22 (3.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 21 (3.19%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.12%) Reference Data
9 12 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.67%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.52%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.37%) Marketing Technology
13 8 (1.21%) CMDB
13 8 (1.21%) Taxonomies
14 7 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.06%) Life Science
14 7 (1.06%) Reinsurance
14 7 (1.06%) Replication
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
1 275 (41.73%) Data Modelling
2 237 (35.96%) Analytics
3 179 (27.16%) Business Intelligence
3 179 (27.16%) Data Engineering
4 176 (26.71%) ETL
5 171 (25.95%) Agile
6 159 (24.13%) Data Pipeline
7 151 (22.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 143 (21.70%) CI/CD
9 142 (21.55%) AI
10 140 (21.24%) Data Architecture
11 120 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
12 112 (17.00%) DevOps
13 96 (14.57%) Data Management
14 95 (14.42%) Decision-Making
15 94 (14.26%) Validation
16 93 (14.11%) Migration
17 88 (13.35%) Data Integration
18 79 (11.99%) Machine Learning
19 78 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 301 (45.68%) SQL
2 221 (33.54%) Python
3 46 (6.98%) Scala
4 36 (5.46%) C#
5 19 (2.88%) R
6 17 (2.58%) Java
7 15 (2.28%) PowerShell
8 14 (2.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (1.82%) JavaScript
10 10 (1.52%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.37%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.21%) Bicep
13 6 (0.91%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.30%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.30%) Bash
14 2 (0.30%) C
14 2 (0.30%) C++
14 2 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.30%) SOQL
14 2 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 124 (18.82%) Security Cleared
2 108 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 74 (11.23%) Degree
4 33 (5.01%) Azure Certification
5 31 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (3.34%) Master's Degree
8 16 (2.43%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.82%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.52%) PMP
11 8 (1.21%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.06%) CISSP
13 6 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.61%) DBS Check
16 3 (0.46%) CBAP
17 1 (0.15%) HP APS
17 1 (0.15%) IIBA
17 1 (0.15%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 273 (41.43%) Data Quality
2 109 (16.54%) GDPR
3 39 (5.92%) QA
4 22 (3.34%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.82%) IFRS
6 10 (1.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 10 (1.52%) Solvency II
7 9 (1.37%) IFRS 17
8 7 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.91%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.76%) GRC
10 5 (0.76%) PERC
11 4 (0.61%) MiFID
11 4 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.61%) PMO
12 3 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.46%) HL7
12 3 (0.46%) NIST
13 2 (0.30%) GAAP
13 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (5.92%) Docker
2 6 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) HDFS
3 1 (0.15%) RACF
Systems Management
1 75 (11.38%) Terraform
2 44 (6.68%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.76%) AirWatch
4 5 (0.76%) Grafana
4 5 (0.76%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.30%) Istio
6 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.15%) Kibana
6 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.15%) SCCM
6 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 163 (24.73%) Databricks
2 129 (19.58%) Microsoft
3 41 (6.22%) Oracle
4 37 (5.61%) Google
5 34 (5.16%) SAP
6 32 (4.86%) Salesforce
7 27 (4.10%) Informatica
8 18 (2.73%) ServiceNow
9 14 (2.12%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.52%) Adobe
10 10 (1.52%) Workday
11 9 (1.37%) Tealium
12 7 (1.06%) Sparx
13 6 (0.91%) OneTrust
14 5 (0.76%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.76%) CyberArk
14 5 (0.76%) mParticle
14 5 (0.76%) Talend
14 5 (0.76%) VMware
15 4 (0.61%) Ariba