Data Governance Specialist Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Data Governance Specialist
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Data Governance Specialist daily rate in Stevenage is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Governance Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 0.44% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £650 £550 -
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Stevenage with a recognized job title 443 163 295
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.79% 79.13% 98.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 35 62
10th Percentile £326 £225 £307
25th Percentile £450 £450 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.92%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £575
90th Percentile £820 £815 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 94 151
10th Percentile £31.24 £36.00 £40.85
25th Percentile £53.13 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £72.25 £67.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £64.00 £52.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% +4.00% -23.08%

Data Governance Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 28 September 2026, Data Governance Specialist contract job roles required 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 Stevenage region featuring Data Governance Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Data Stewardship
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Data Governance Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Stewardship
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
Data Governance Specialist jobs