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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 79 137
Rank change year-on-year +12 +58 +59
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 593 426 317
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.07% 3.07% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.46% 3.39% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 312 239
10th Percentile £384 £388 £400
25th Percentile £456 £507 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £620 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £763 £738
90th Percentile £745 £938 £775
England median daily rate £520 £575 £581
% change year-on-year -9.57% -1.08% -3.13%
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 £55.00 £27.13 £40.84
% change year-on-year +102.76% -33.59% +83.31%

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 13,291 12,555 16,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.17% 90.44% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,813 8,005 11,559
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.43% -7.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 154 294
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.23 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.61 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £32.98 £35.00 £31.13
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +12.45% -12.32%
75th Percentile £55.25 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.53 £73.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £38.16
% change year-on-year -28.14% -8.27% +9.67%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 21 January 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 +29 97 £550 -7.37% 44
West London -1 18 £603 - 8
East London -3 6 £566 +25.83% 6
South London -4 3 £475 -20.83% 6
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 71 (11.97%) Apache Spark
2 24 (4.05%) Apache
3 19 (3.20%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (2.53%) Confluence
5 12 (2.02%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.67%) SAS
7 3 (0.51%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.34%) Luigi
9 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.17%) CMS
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 32 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.36%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.67%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.17%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 20 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.02%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (1.01%) SAP MDG
4 4 (0.67%) Markit EDM
5 3 (0.51%) Actimize
5 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.51%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.17%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 240 (40.47%) Azure
2 151 (25.46%) Power Platform
3 141 (23.78%) AWS
4 90 (15.18%) Azure Data Factory
5 76 (12.82%) GCP
6 70 (11.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 64 (10.79%) Snowflake
8 50 (8.43%) Microsoft Purview
9 43 (7.25%) Azure DevOps
10 39 (6.58%) Collibra
11 36 (6.07%) Amazon S3
12 30 (5.06%) dbt
13 28 (4.72%) Serverless
14 24 (4.05%) GitHub
15 21 (3.54%) AWS CloudFormation
16 19 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
16 19 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
17 18 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
18 15 (2.53%) SaaS
19 14 (2.36%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.84%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.17%) Firewall
2 1 (0.17%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.17%) Network Security
2 1 (0.17%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (22.93%) Power BI
2 126 (21.25%) Data Warehouse
3 121 (20.40%) Metadata
4 79 (13.32%) Data Lake
5 45 (7.59%) NoSQL
6 39 (6.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 38 (6.41%) Tableau
8 33 (5.56%) Big Data
9 32 (5.40%) SQL Server
10 29 (4.89%) Delta Lake
11 25 (4.22%) Relational Database
11 25 (4.22%) Snowflake Schema
12 23 (3.88%) Data Vault
13 20 (3.37%) BigQuery
14 18 (3.04%) Amazon Redshift
14 18 (3.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 17 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
15 17 (2.87%) Star Schema
16 16 (2.70%) Amazon Athena
17 15 (2.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 44 (7.42%) Git
2 39 (6.58%) JIRA
3 24 (4.05%) ERwin
4 16 (2.70%) PowerDesigner
5 12 (2.02%) ER Studio
6 11 (1.85%) Jenkins
7 10 (1.69%) MLflow
8 5 (0.84%) GitLab
9 3 (0.51%) LSMW
10 2 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.34%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.34%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.17%) Liquibase
11 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.17%) Selenium
11 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.17%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 223 (37.61%) Social Skills
2 201 (33.90%) Finance
3 114 (19.22%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (11.13%) Public Sector
5 44 (7.42%) Banking
6 31 (5.23%) Legal
7 24 (4.05%) Marketing
8 18 (3.04%) Retail
9 17 (2.87%) Financial Institution
10 16 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.85%) Publishing
12 10 (1.69%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.52%) Electronics
14 8 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.35%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.18%) Local Government
15 7 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (18.38%) Analyst
2 104 (17.54%) Data Engineer
3 93 (15.68%) Architect
4 85 (14.33%) Lead
5 64 (10.79%) Data Analyst
6 54 (9.11%) Data Architect
7 51 (8.60%) Business Analyst
8 42 (7.08%) Senior
9 38 (6.41%) Azure Engineer
10 34 (5.73%) Azure Data Engineer
11 32 (5.40%) Data Modeller
12 27 (4.55%) Consultant
13 23 (3.88%) Developer
14 20 (3.37%) Project Manager
15 19 (3.20%) Data Business Analyst
16 18 (3.04%) Data Manager
16 18 (3.04%) Governance Analyst
17 13 (2.19%) Azure Architect
18 12 (2.02%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
18 12 (2.02%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (12.82%) PySpark
2 40 (6.75%) Kafka
3 14 (2.36%) REST
4 12 (2.02%) .NET
5 10 (1.69%) Great Expectations
6 9 (1.52%) OAuth
6 9 (1.52%) Pandas
7 8 (1.35%) SOAP
8 7 (1.18%) LangChain
8 7 (1.18%) PyTorch
8 7 (1.18%) YAML
9 6 (1.01%) JSON
9 6 (1.01%) Middleware
9 6 (1.01%) NumPy
10 5 (0.84%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.84%) HTML
10 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
10 5 (0.84%) scikit-learn
10 5 (0.84%) TensorFlow
10 5 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.25%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.24%) Data Structures
3 24 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.71%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.54%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (2.02%) Reference Data
9 12 (2.02%) Reinsurance
10 11 (1.85%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.69%) Life Science
11 10 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
12 9 (1.52%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.35%) Distributed Computing
14 7 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.18%) Taxonomies
15 6 (1.01%) Data Fabric
16 5 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.34%) Android
1 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (44.86%) Data Modelling
2 201 (33.90%) Analytics
3 174 (29.34%) Agile
4 157 (26.48%) Business Intelligence
5 156 (26.31%) Data Engineering
6 151 (25.46%) ETL
7 139 (23.44%) Data Pipeline
8 127 (21.42%) Data Architecture
9 125 (21.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 118 (19.90%) AI
11 117 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
12 116 (19.56%) CI/CD
13 103 (17.37%) DevOps
14 97 (16.36%) Data Integration
15 90 (15.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 86 (14.50%) Data Management
16 86 (14.50%) Decision-Making
17 77 (12.98%) Machine Learning
17 77 (12.98%) Migration
18 76 (12.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 261 (44.01%) SQL
2 194 (32.72%) Python
3 37 (6.24%) Scala
4 24 (4.05%) C#
5 21 (3.54%) R
6 18 (3.04%) Java
7 16 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 13 (2.19%) JavaScript
8 13 (2.19%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.69%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.35%) Bicep
11 6 (1.01%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.01%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.34%) C++
12 2 (0.34%) Korn
12 2 (0.34%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.34%) SOQL
13 1 (0.17%) ABAP
13 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 103 (17.37%) Security Cleared
2 88 (14.84%) SC Cleared
3 61 (10.29%) Degree
4 33 (5.56%) Azure Certification
5 22 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (3.54%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.36%) AWS Certification
9 13 (2.19%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.85%) PMP
11 7 (1.18%) MCP
12 6 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.01%) CISSP
13 5 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.67%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.51%) CBAP
15 3 (0.51%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
16 2 (0.34%) SnowPro
17 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 243 (40.98%) Data Quality
2 110 (18.55%) GDPR
3 31 (5.23%) QA
4 25 (4.22%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 10 (1.69%) IFRS
7 9 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.18%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.18%) IFRS 17
8 7 (1.18%) NIST
9 5 (0.84%) EU AI Act
9 5 (0.84%) GRC
9 5 (0.84%) MiFID
9 5 (0.84%) PERC
9 5 (0.84%) PMO
9 5 (0.84%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.51%) GMP
10 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.51%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.34%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 36 (6.07%) Docker
2 6 (1.01%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 60 (10.12%) Terraform
2 37 (6.24%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.67%) AirWatch
4 4 (0.67%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.34%) Grafana
5 2 (0.34%) Istio
6 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.17%) SCCM
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 151 (25.46%) Databricks
2 116 (19.56%) Microsoft
3 33 (5.56%) Salesforce
4 32 (5.40%) SAP
5 30 (5.06%) Google
6 28 (4.72%) Oracle
7 25 (4.22%) Informatica
8 12 (2.02%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.02%) Sparx
9 11 (1.85%) Adobe
9 11 (1.85%) Workday
10 10 (1.69%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.52%) Tealium
12 7 (1.18%) OneTrust
13 5 (0.84%) Alteryx
13 5 (0.84%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.84%) mParticle
13 5 (0.84%) Talend
14 4 (0.67%) Guidewire
14 4 (0.67%) VMware