Data Governance Contracts in Northern Ireland

Data Governance
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Data Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Governance over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 4.09% - 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.46% - 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £321 - £527
25th Percentile £338 - £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £625
75th Percentile £488 - £638
90th Percentile £567 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 157 108 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 91.81% 75.52% 76.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 53 75
10th Percentile £155 £224 £162
25th Percentile £306 £375 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +29.41% -1.73%
75th Percentile £551 £625 £526
90th Percentile £625 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 13
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.78
25th Percentile £18.63 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £24.18 £14.19 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.46% -8.48% -1.52%
75th Percentile £44.65 £23.54 £16.88
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.22
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £35.65
% change year-on-year -22.81% +1.75% +38.82%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Data Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in Northern Ireland

Data Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Governance in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Data Governance in Northern Ireland

Data Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Governance in Northern Ireland

Data Governance
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
County Antrim - 7 £375 - 8
Data Governance
UK

Data Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
4 3 (42.86%) Banking
5 1 (14.29%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Project Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Derivative
1 2 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (28.57%) Reference Data
2 1 (14.29%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Data Management
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Data Lineage
4 1 (14.29%) Data Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Internal Audit
4 1 (14.29%) Model Validation
4 1 (14.29%) PnL Attribution
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Stress Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft