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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 109 155
Rank change year-on-year +43 +46 +59
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 559 376 321
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.93% 2.36% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.26% 2.64% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 263 234
10th Percentile £400 £388 £475
25th Percentile £463 £500 £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £718 £743
90th Percentile £750 £875 £784
England median daily rate £525 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
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 13,115 14,259 17,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.27% 89.59% 89.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,616 9,203 12,553
10th Percentile £335 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.14% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £799
England median daily rate £501 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 172 238
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.55
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £35.44
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% +5.81% -10.28%
75th Percentile £47.50 £55.81 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.30 £80.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.43 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.01% -21.27% +23.29%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +25 87 £550 -9.84% 43
West London -12 6 £603 +2.55% 6
South London +1 4 £487 -18.79%
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 58 (10.38%) Apache Spark
2 31 (5.55%) Apache
3 25 (4.47%) Apache Airflow
4 24 (4.29%) Confluence
5 14 (2.50%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.89%) CMS
7 3 (0.54%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.18%) Appian
9 1 (0.18%) Luigi
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (1.97%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.18%) Navisworks
5 1 (0.18%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.18%) Revit
5 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 10 (1.79%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.54%) Actimize
4 3 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.54%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.36%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.36%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.36%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.18%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 222 (39.71%) Azure
2 149 (26.65%) AWS
3 133 (23.79%) Power Platform
4 86 (15.38%) GCP
5 77 (13.77%) Snowflake
6 62 (11.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 49 (8.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 43 (7.69%) dbt
9 38 (6.80%) Microsoft Purview
10 33 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
10 33 (5.90%) Collibra
11 29 (5.19%) Amazon S3
12 23 (4.11%) GitHub
12 23 (4.11%) Serverless
13 18 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
14 17 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (2.33%) SaaS
16 12 (2.15%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.72%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.18%) DKIM
2 1 (0.18%) DMARC
2 1 (0.18%) Firewall
2 1 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.18%) Network Security
2 1 (0.18%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (21.65%) Metadata
2 115 (20.57%) Data Warehouse
3 114 (20.39%) Power BI
4 70 (12.52%) Data Lake
5 38 (6.80%) NoSQL
6 37 (6.62%) Big Data
7 34 (6.08%) Tableau
8 27 (4.83%) Amazon Redshift
8 27 (4.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 27 (4.83%) SQL Server
9 23 (4.11%) Delta Lake
9 23 (4.11%) Relational Database
10 22 (3.94%) BigQuery
11 21 (3.76%) Data Vault
12 20 (3.58%) Snowflake Schema
13 17 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
14 13 (2.33%) Star Schema
15 12 (2.15%) Hadoop
15 12 (2.15%) Power Query
15 12 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 45 (8.05%) JIRA
2 30 (5.37%) ERwin
3 25 (4.47%) Git
4 20 (3.58%) PowerDesigner
5 17 (3.04%) ER Studio
6 9 (1.61%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.61%) MLflow
7 5 (0.89%) GitLab
8 2 (0.36%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.36%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.36%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.18%) NUnit
9 1 (0.18%) Postman
9 1 (0.18%) Selenium
9 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 231 (41.32%) Social Skills
2 186 (33.27%) Finance
3 114 (20.39%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.45%) Public Sector
5 50 (8.94%) Banking
6 31 (5.55%) Legal
7 21 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (3.22%) Marketing
9 14 (2.50%) Financial Institution
9 14 (2.50%) Retail
10 13 (2.33%) Investment Banking
11 12 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.15%) Publishing
12 9 (1.61%) Electronics
12 9 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.43%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 116 (20.75%) Architect
2 97 (17.35%) Analyst
3 71 (12.70%) Data Engineer
4 64 (11.45%) Data Architect
5 62 (11.09%) Lead
6 52 (9.30%) Business Analyst
7 51 (9.12%) Data Analyst
8 43 (7.69%) Senior
9 36 (6.44%) Data Modeller
10 26 (4.65%) Consultant
11 25 (4.47%) Azure Engineer
12 22 (3.94%) Azure Data Engineer
13 19 (3.40%) Data Business Analyst
13 19 (3.40%) Governance Analyst
14 17 (3.04%) Data Manager
15 14 (2.50%) Project Manager
16 13 (2.33%) Developer
16 13 (2.33%) Senior Data Engineer
16 13 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (2.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (9.30%) PySpark
2 37 (6.62%) Kafka
3 12 (2.15%) REST
4 10 (1.79%) Middleware
5 9 (1.61%) OAuth
6 7 (1.25%) Great Expectations
6 7 (1.25%) LangChain
6 7 (1.25%) PyTorch
7 6 (1.07%) Pandas
7 6 (1.07%) SOAP
8 5 (0.89%) .NET
8 5 (0.89%) Apache NiFi
8 5 (0.89%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.89%) JSON
8 5 (0.89%) RESTful
8 5 (0.89%) TensorFlow
9 4 (0.72%) FHIR
9 4 (0.72%) HTML
9 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (0.72%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.98%) Data Structures
2 33 (5.90%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.01%) Product Ownership
4 25 (4.47%) Onboarding
5 23 (4.11%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (2.86%) Reference Data
9 15 (2.68%) Low-Code
9 15 (2.68%) Reinsurance
10 14 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (2.15%) Taxonomies
12 11 (1.97%) Life Science
13 8 (1.43%) Marketing Technology
13 8 (1.43%) NHS
14 7 (1.25%) Data Fabric
14 7 (1.25%) Distributed Computing
15 6 (1.07%) AI Agents
15 6 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.36%) Android
1 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (44.54%) Data Modelling
2 183 (32.74%) Analytics
3 151 (27.01%) ETL
4 147 (26.30%) Agile
5 138 (24.69%) Business Intelligence
6 123 (22.00%) Data Pipeline
7 119 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
8 110 (19.68%) Data Engineering
9 108 (19.32%) Data Architecture
10 103 (18.43%) CI/CD
10 103 (18.43%) Stakeholder Management
11 91 (16.28%) DevOps
12 89 (15.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 87 (15.56%) AI
14 85 (15.21%) Data Management
15 83 (14.85%) Data Integration
15 83 (14.85%) Metadata Management
16 78 (13.95%) Migration
17 70 (12.52%) Decision-Making
18 68 (12.16%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 228 (40.79%) SQL
2 170 (30.41%) Python
3 33 (5.90%) Java
4 23 (4.11%) Scala
5 21 (3.76%) R
6 13 (2.33%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.79%) C#
7 10 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (1.43%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.25%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.07%) Bicep
10 6 (1.07%) C++
10 6 (1.07%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.89%) C
11 5 (0.89%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.72%) Perl
13 3 (0.54%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.54%) Korn
14 2 (0.36%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.36%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 78 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 68 (12.16%) SC Cleared
3 58 (10.38%) Degree
4 22 (3.94%) Master's Degree
5 21 (3.76%) Azure Certification
6 17 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.86%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.97%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.79%) PMP
11 8 (1.43%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.07%) CISSP
13 4 (0.72%) MCP
14 3 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.36%) CBAP
15 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.36%) SnowPro
16 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (35.78%) Data Quality
2 101 (18.07%) GDPR
3 29 (5.19%) QA
4 26 (4.65%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.33%) HIPAA
6 11 (1.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 10 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.25%) MiFID
8 7 (1.25%) NIST
9 6 (1.07%) IFRS
9 6 (1.07%) PMO
9 6 (1.07%) Solvency II
10 5 (0.89%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.72%) HL7
11 4 (0.72%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.54%) Basel III
12 3 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.54%) GMP
12 3 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (5.37%) Docker
2 8 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 55 (9.84%) Terraform
2 32 (5.72%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.36%) Ansible
4 2 (0.36%) Grafana
4 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.18%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.18%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 112 (20.04%) Databricks
2 104 (18.60%) Microsoft
3 35 (6.26%) Google
4 34 (6.08%) Salesforce
5 29 (5.19%) SAP
6 21 (3.76%) Informatica
6 21 (3.76%) Oracle
7 14 (2.50%) Sparx
8 11 (1.97%) OpenAI
9 9 (1.61%) Adobe
9 9 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.61%) Workday
10 8 (1.43%) OneTrust
11 7 (1.25%) Guidewire
11 7 (1.25%) Tealium
12 6 (1.07%) Alteryx
12 6 (1.07%) Bloomberg
12 6 (1.07%) Talend
13 4 (0.72%) Apple
13 4 (0.72%) MuleSoft