Data Governance Analyst Contracts

Data Governance Analyst
UK

The median Data Governance Analyst daily rate in the UK is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 490 551 683
Rank change year-on-year +61 +132 +163
Contract jobs requiring a Data Governance Analyst 37 20 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.047% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.051% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 13 7
10th Percentile £510 £503 £431
25th Percentile £600 £550 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +20.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £938 £700 £580
90th Percentile - £775 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.82% -11.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 26,668 39,416 53,669
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 92.82% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,330 25,679 37,466
10th Percentile £290 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -3.31% +3.43%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,024 2,675 1,499
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.82 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -18.89% +87.50%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.74 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.13 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -32.19% -5.88% +112.50%

Data Governance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Governance Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance Analyst in the UK

Data Governance Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Governance Analyst in the UK

Data Governance Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Governance Analyst over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Governance Analyst in the UK

Data Governance Analyst
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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
England +87 31 £875 +45.83% 27
Work from Home +65 29 £875 +52.17% 11
London +60 27 £875 +29.63% 6
UK excluding London +61 7 £500 -9.09% 22
Scotland - 4 £550 -
East Midlands - 2 £475 - 1
Midlands - 2 £475 - 9
South East +47 1 £500 -28.57% 5

Data Governance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Data Governance Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Data Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 36 (97.30%) Data Governance
2 26 (70.27%) Finance
3 23 (62.16%) Roadmaps
4 20 (54.05%) Data Lake
4 20 (54.05%) Regulatory Compliance
4 20 (54.05%) Migration
4 20 (54.05%) Agile
5 19 (51.35%) Fixed Income
5 19 (51.35%) Equities
5 19 (51.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (51.35%) Front Office
5 19 (51.35%) Hedge funds
5 19 (51.35%) Derivative
5 19 (51.35%) Investment Management
5 19 (51.35%) Product Ownership
6 7 (18.92%) Project Management
7 6 (16.22%) Data Quality
8 5 (13.51%) SharePoint
9 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (10.81%) Confluence
9 4 (10.81%) Data Protection
9 4 (10.81%) Data Management
9 4 (10.81%) JIRA
9 4 (10.81%) Data Strategy
9 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
9 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (8.11%) Data Governance Strategy
10 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (8.11%) Alation
10 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving

Data Governance Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.51%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (8.11%) Alation
3 2 (5.41%) Azure
3 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (54.05%) Data Lake
2 3 (8.11%) IBM InfoSphere
3 2 (5.41%) Metadata
4 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
General
1 26 (70.27%) Finance
2 19 (51.35%) Front Office
3 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Retail
5 2 (5.41%) Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Advertising
6 1 (2.70%) Back Office
6 1 (2.70%) Legal
6 1 (2.70%) Local Government
6 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 19 (51.35%) Derivative
1 19 (51.35%) Equities
1 19 (51.35%) Fixed Income
1 19 (51.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 19 (51.35%) Hedge funds
1 19 (51.35%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.70%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (97.30%) Data Governance
2 23 (62.16%) Roadmaps
3 20 (54.05%) Agile
3 20 (54.05%) Migration
3 20 (54.05%) Regulatory Compliance
4 19 (51.35%) Investment Management
5 7 (18.92%) Project Management
6 4 (10.81%) Data Management
6 4 (10.81%) Data Protection
6 4 (10.81%) Data Strategy
6 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (8.11%) Analytics
7 3 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (8.11%) Change Management
7 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (8.11%) Data Governance Strategy
7 3 (8.11%) Data Modelling
7 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.11%) Risk Management
7 3 (8.11%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.41%) GDPR
3 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) IBM
1 3 (8.11%) Informatica
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft