Data Governance Consultant Contract Job Trends

Data Governance Consultant
UK

The median Data Governance Consultant daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 580 541 599
Rank change year-on-year -39 +58 +185
Contract jobs requiring a Data Governance Consultant 4 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.009% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.009% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £423 - £474
25th Percentile £438 £675 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £700 £500
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +40.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £513 £725 £534
90th Percentile £528 - £596
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 33,513 31,718 41,239
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 92.78% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,192 19,534 27,738
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £720 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,975 999 1,468
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.52 £15.14
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £72.55 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.76%

Data Governance Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Governance Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Governance Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Governance Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Governance Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Governance Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Data Governance Consultant
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 19 December 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 -29 3 £475 -32.14% 19
Work from Home -1 1 £425 -39.29% 20
London -13 1 £425 -39.29% 4

Data Governance Consultant Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Data Governance Consultant 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 featuring Data Governance Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (50.00%) CRM
3 2 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Ataccama
4 1 (25.00%) Collibra
4 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
4 1 (25.00%) Data Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (25.00%) Informatica
4 1 (25.00%) OneTrust
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register

Data Governance Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (25.00%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Ataccama
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Informatica
2 1 (25.00%) OneTrust