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 citing Data Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	56	65	119
Rank change year-on-year	+9	+54	+41
Contract jobs citing Data Governance	945	544	331
As % of all contract jobs in London	4.61%	3.87%	2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	5.12%	4.18%	2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted	661	388	232
10^th Percentile	£375	£400	£382
25^th Percentile	£450	£463	£500
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-11.54%
75^th Percentile	£669	£661	£688
90^th Percentile	£750	£750	£799
England median daily rate	£550	£525	£550
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-4.55%	-10.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	6	0
10^th Percentile	£24.10	-	-
25^th Percentile	£31.75	£18.25	-
Median hourly rate	£45.00	£18.50	-
Median % change year-on-year	+143.24%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£57.75	£18.75	-
90^th Percentile	£65.10	£28.13	-
England median hourly rate	£49.00	£22.89	£28.56
% change year-on-year	+114.07%	-19.86%	-19.84%

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 citing process or methodology skills in London.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	18,460	13,000	13,950
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	90.02%	92.42%	89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted	12,126	8,556	8,995
10^th Percentile	£360	£331	£350
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£540	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+1.85%	-1.82%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£668	£663	£675
90^th Percentile	£775	£775	£800
England median daily rate	£525	£508	£525
% change year-on-year	+3.45%	-3.33%	-3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted	405	259	166
10^th Percentile	£15.58	£17.98	£17.38
25^th Percentile	£19.03	£24.77	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£33.60	£29.50	£37.50
Median % change year-on-year	+13.90%	-21.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£58.75	£46.88	£55.56
90^th Percentile	£81.25	£65.50	£80.38
England median hourly rate	£35.45	£25.15	£36.08
% change year-on-year	+40.95%	-30.30%	-18.92%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 13 November 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.

Data Governance Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in London over the 6 months to 13 November 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 13 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	+6	142	£570	+3.55%	133
West London	+8	32	£520	-13.51%	25
East London	+3	1	£750	+17.65%	7
South London	-7	1	-	-	4
Data Governance England

Data Governance Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Governance also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region citing Data Governance.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Quality	48.9%	462
2	Data Modelling	40.5%	383
3	Analytics	38.8%	367
4	Azure	38.3%	362
5	SQL	37.8%	357
6	Stakeholder Management	35.4%	335
7	AI	29.2%	276
8	Microsoft	27.4%	259
9	Metadata	27.3%	258
10	Data Architecture	24.4%	231
11	Python	24.3%	230
12	Data Engineering	23.8%	225
13	Business Intelligence	22.6%	214
14	Migration	22.2%	210
15	Agile	21.4%	202
16	Data Pipeline	21.1%	199
16	Databricks	21.1%	199
18	AWS	20.7%	196
18	ETL	20.7%	196
18	Power Platform	20.7%	196
21	CI/CD	19.9%	188
22	Stakeholder Engagement	19.7%	186
23	Power BI	18.4%	174
24	Validation	17.1%	162
25	Data Management	17.0%	161
26	Metadata Management	15.7%	148
27	Data Warehouse	15.6%	147
27	Decision-Making	15.6%	147
27	Roadmaps	15.6%	147
30	Data Transformation	15.4%	146

Data Governance Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Modelling	40.5%	383
2	Analytics	38.8%	367
3	Stakeholder Management	35.4%	335
4	AI	29.2%	276
5	Data Architecture	24.4%	231
6	Data Engineering	23.8%	225
7	Business Intelligence	22.6%	214
8	Migration	22.2%	210
9	Agile	21.4%	202
10	Data Pipeline	21.1%	199
11	ETL	20.7%	196
12	CI/CD	19.9%	188
13	Stakeholder Engagement	19.7%	186
14	Validation	17.1%	162
15	Data Management	17.0%	161
16	Metadata Management	15.7%	148
17	Decision-Making	15.6%	147
17	Roadmaps	15.6%	147
19	Data Transformation	15.4%	146
20	DevOps	15.1%	143