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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 76 136
Rank change year-on-year +6 +60 +68
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 618 439 328
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.98% 3.26% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 3.59% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 324 248
10th Percentile £387 £397 £400
25th Percentile £450 £507 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £636 £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 5 0 6
10th Percentile - - £29.50
25th Percentile £18.25 - £35.16
Median hourly rate £18.50 - £40.84
75th Percentile £18.75 - £49.96
90th Percentile - - £50.50
England median hourly rate £56.50 £27.13 £40.00
% change year-on-year +108.29% -32.19% +79.53%

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 14,067 12,226 16,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.56% 90.66% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,398 7,826 11,604
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% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 153 343
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.00 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +24.34% -17.37%
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.68 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.89 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.04% - -

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 18 February 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
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 18 February 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 +24 95 £559 -4.89% 35
West London +1 22 £603 - 8
East London -3 6 £566 +25.83% 7
South London -9 3 £475 -20.83% 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 78 (12.62%) Apache Spark
2 30 (4.85%) Apache
3 23 (3.72%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.59%) Confluence
5 11 (1.78%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.65%) SAS
7 3 (0.49%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.32%) Luigi
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 26 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.94%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.49%) Trello
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.16%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.16%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.16%) Revit
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.97%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.49%) Actimize
4 3 (0.49%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.49%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.32%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.16%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.16%) Maximo
6 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (0.16%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 264 (42.72%) Azure
2 159 (25.73%) Power Platform
3 152 (24.60%) AWS
4 101 (16.34%) Azure Data Factory
5 91 (14.72%) GCP
6 77 (12.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 60 (9.71%) Snowflake
8 49 (7.93%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (7.93%) Microsoft Purview
9 46 (7.44%) Collibra
10 41 (6.63%) Amazon S3
11 34 (5.50%) GitHub
12 31 (5.02%) dbt
12 31 (5.02%) Serverless
13 25 (4.05%) AWS CloudFormation
14 23 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
15 22 (3.56%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (3.24%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (2.91%) Azure Key Vault
18 16 (2.59%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.81%) Cisco IPT
2 2 (0.32%) Firewall
2 2 (0.32%) Network Security
3 1 (0.16%) 4G
3 1 (0.16%) 5G
3 1 (0.16%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.16%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (23.62%) Power BI
2 130 (21.04%) Metadata
3 125 (20.23%) Data Warehouse
4 91 (14.72%) Data Lake
5 49 (7.93%) NoSQL
6 48 (7.77%) Tableau
7 43 (6.96%) Azure SQL Database
8 34 (5.50%) Delta Lake
9 32 (5.18%) Big Data
10 30 (4.85%) Snowflake Schema
10 30 (4.85%) SQL Server
11 27 (4.37%) BigQuery
12 24 (3.88%) Data Vault
13 23 (3.72%) Relational Database
14 21 (3.40%) Amazon Athena
15 18 (2.91%) OLAP
15 18 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
16 17 (2.75%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (2.75%) Mixpanel
17 16 (2.59%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 55 (8.90%) Git
2 37 (5.99%) JIRA
3 25 (4.05%) ERwin
4 17 (2.75%) PowerDesigner
5 12 (1.94%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.78%) ER Studio
7 10 (1.62%) MLflow
8 6 (0.97%) GitLab
9 3 (0.49%) LSMW
10 2 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.32%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.32%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.16%) Liquibase
11 1 (0.16%) NUnit
11 1 (0.16%) Selenium
11 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 222 (35.92%) Social Skills
2 210 (33.98%) Finance
3 126 (20.39%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (10.03%) Public Sector
5 47 (7.61%) Banking
6 31 (5.02%) Legal
7 22 (3.56%) Marketing
8 21 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (2.91%) Retail
10 15 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (1.94%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.94%) Publishing
12 9 (1.46%) Electronics
12 9 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.46%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.13%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.13%) Local Government
13 7 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 117 (18.93%) Data Engineer
2 104 (16.83%) Analyst
3 97 (15.70%) Lead
4 94 (15.21%) Architect
5 64 (10.36%) Data Analyst
6 59 (9.55%) Senior
7 54 (8.74%) Data Architect
8 53 (8.58%) Business Analyst
9 39 (6.31%) Azure Engineer
10 33 (5.34%) Azure Data Engineer
11 32 (5.18%) Data Modeller
11 32 (5.18%) Developer
12 23 (3.72%) Consultant
12 23 (3.72%) Data Business Analyst
13 19 (3.07%) Project Manager
14 17 (2.75%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 16 (2.59%) Senior Data Engineer
16 15 (2.43%) Data Manager
16 15 (2.43%) Governance Analyst
16 15 (2.43%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (12.94%) PySpark
2 45 (7.28%) Kafka
3 18 (2.91%) REST
4 17 (2.75%) .NET
5 15 (2.43%) Great Expectations
6 10 (1.62%) OAuth
7 9 (1.46%) Pandas
7 9 (1.46%) SOAP
8 8 (1.29%) JSON
8 8 (1.29%) YAML
9 7 (1.13%) Middleware
9 7 (1.13%) Model Context Protocol
9 7 (1.13%) PyTorch
10 6 (0.97%) boto
10 6 (0.97%) LangChain
10 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (0.97%) NumPy
10 6 (0.97%) XML
11 5 (0.81%) OpenID
11 5 (0.81%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.09%) Cloud Native
2 39 (6.31%) Data Structures
3 23 (3.72%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (3.40%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.40%) Onboarding
6 20 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.59%) Reference Data
8 13 (2.10%) AI Agents
8 13 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.94%) Reinsurance
10 10 (1.62%) Marketing Technology
11 9 (1.46%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.13%) Distributed Computing
13 7 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.13%) Replication
13 7 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.13%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.32%) Android
1 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.16%) Windows
2 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (44.82%) Data Modelling
2 221 (35.76%) Analytics
3 178 (28.80%) Agile
4 171 (27.67%) Business Intelligence
5 170 (27.51%) ETL
6 167 (27.02%) Data Engineering
7 146 (23.62%) Data Pipeline
8 139 (22.49%) Stakeholder Management
9 130 (21.04%) Data Architecture
10 129 (20.87%) AI
11 127 (20.55%) CI/CD
12 122 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
13 108 (17.48%) DevOps
14 92 (14.89%) Data Integration
14 92 (14.89%) Decision-Making
15 90 (14.56%) Data Management
16 87 (14.08%) Validation
17 80 (12.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 79 (12.78%) Machine Learning
18 79 (12.78%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 279 (45.15%) SQL
2 208 (33.66%) Python
3 43 (6.96%) Scala
4 33 (5.34%) C#
5 20 (3.24%) R
6 15 (2.43%) Java
7 14 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 13 (2.10%) JavaScript
8 13 (2.10%) PowerShell
9 11 (1.78%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.46%) Bicep
10 9 (1.46%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.97%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.49%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.32%) C++
13 2 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.32%) Korn
13 2 (0.32%) SOQL
14 1 (0.16%) C
14 1 (0.16%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 111 (17.96%) Security Cleared
2 95 (15.37%) SC Cleared
3 68 (11.00%) Degree
4 34 (5.50%) Azure Certification
5 26 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (3.88%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.27%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.78%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.46%) PMP
12 6 (0.97%) CISSP
12 6 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.65%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.65%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.49%) CBAP
14 3 (0.49%) SnowPro
15 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 1 (0.16%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (42.56%) Data Quality
2 115 (18.61%) GDPR
3 38 (6.15%) QA
4 22 (3.56%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 11 (1.78%) IFRS
7 10 (1.62%) Solvency II
8 9 (1.46%) IFRS 17
9 7 (1.13%) HIPAA
9 7 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (1.13%) NIST
10 5 (0.81%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.81%) GRC
10 5 (0.81%) PERC
11 4 (0.65%) MiFID
12 3 (0.49%) PMO
12 3 (0.49%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.32%) HL7
13 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (5.83%) Docker
2 7 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 72 (11.65%) Terraform
2 39 (6.31%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.81%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.65%) Grafana
5 4 (0.65%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.32%) Istio
6 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.16%) Kibana
7 1 (0.16%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 160 (25.89%) Databricks
2 119 (19.26%) Microsoft
3 35 (5.66%) Oracle
3 35 (5.66%) Salesforce
3 35 (5.66%) SAP
4 33 (5.34%) Google
5 28 (4.53%) Informatica
6 17 (2.75%) OpenAI
7 11 (1.78%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.78%) Sparx
7 11 (1.78%) Workday
8 10 (1.62%) Adobe
9 9 (1.46%) Tealium
10 7 (1.13%) OneTrust
11 5 (0.81%) Bloomberg
11 5 (0.81%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.81%) mParticle
11 5 (0.81%) Talend
11 5 (0.81%) VMware
12 4 (0.65%) Ariba