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 14 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	57	65	127
Rank change year-on-year	+8	+62	+34
Contract jobs citing Data Governance	936	545	333
As % of all contract jobs in London	4.57%	3.87%	2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	5.08%	4.19%	2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted	655	389	234
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	£671	£675	£688
90^th Percentile	£750	£755	£804
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	£18.50	£28.56
% change year-on-year	+164.86%	-35.23%	-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 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	18,438	13,004	14,027
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	90.08%	92.39%	89.20%
Number of daily rates quoted	12,108	8,558	9,054
10^th Percentile	£360	£332	£350
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£538	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+2.33%	-2.27%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£668	£662	£675
90^th Percentile	£775	£775	£800
England median daily rate	£525	£507	£525
% change year-on-year	+3.55%	-3.43%	-3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted	408	262	168
10^th Percentile	£15.58	£17.98	£17.43
25^th Percentile	£19.05	£24.77	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£34.30	£29.50	£37.50
Median % change year-on-year	+16.27%	-21.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£61.25	£47.00	£55.19
90^th Percentile	£81.25	£67.25	£80.23
England median hourly rate	£35.67	£25.15	£36.17
% change year-on-year	+41.81%	-30.46%	-18.73%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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	+8	139	£570	-0.96%	136
West London	+6	32	£520	-13.51%	22
East London	+4	1	£750	+17.65%	8
South London	-7	1	-	-	4
Data Governance England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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%	458
2	Data Modelling	40.4%	378
3	Analytics	39.0%	365
4	Azure	37.8%	354
4	SQL	37.8%	354
6	Stakeholder Management	36.0%	337
7	AI	29.0%	271
8	Microsoft	27.6%	258
9	Metadata	27.4%	256
10	Data Architecture	24.5%	229
11	Python	24.3%	227
12	Data Engineering	23.9%	224
13	Business Intelligence	22.5%	211
14	Migration	22.2%	208
15	Agile	21.8%	204
16	Data Pipeline	20.9%	196
16	Databricks	20.9%	196
18	AWS	20.7%	194
18	ETL	20.7%	194
20	Power Platform	20.5%	192
21	Stakeholder Engagement	19.4%	182
22	CI/CD	19.3%	181
23	Power BI	18.3%	171
24	Data Management	17.3%	162
25	Validation	17.2%	161
26	Decision-Making	15.7%	147
26	Metadata Management	15.7%	147
28	Data Warehouse	15.6%	146
28	Roadmaps	15.6%	146
30	Data Transformation	15.4%	144

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	40.4%	378
2	Analytics	39.0%	365
3	Stakeholder Management	36.0%	337
4	AI	29.0%	271
5	Data Architecture	24.5%	229
6	Data Engineering	23.9%	224
7	Business Intelligence	22.5%	211
8	Migration	22.2%	208
9	Agile	21.8%	204
10	Data Pipeline	20.9%	196
11	ETL	20.7%	194
12	Stakeholder Engagement	19.4%	182
13	CI/CD	19.3%	181
14	Data Management	17.3%	162
15	Validation	17.2%	161
16	Decision-Making	15.7%	147
16	Metadata Management	15.7%	147
18	Roadmaps	15.6%	146
19	Data Transformation	15.4%	144
20	DevOps	14.6%	137