Data Governance Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Data Governance
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Data Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 30 27
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 9 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 3.96% 1.20% 4.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.37% 1.53% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile £426 - £463
25th Percentile £428 £713 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £725 £500
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +45.00% -23.14%
75th Percentile £550 £738 -
90th Percentile £603 - £530
East of England median daily rate £550 £340 £475
% change year-on-year +61.65% -28.37% -28.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 206 131 198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 90.75% 78.44% 91.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 66 132
10th Percentile £255 £201 £325
25th Percentile £425 £372 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £581 £550
90th Percentile £650 £675 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 16 4
10th Percentile £37.50 £45.38 £51.63
25th Percentile £62.75 £53.53 £52.19
Median hourly rate £84.75 £58.45 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% +6.27% +0.64%
75th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £58.88
90th Percentile £91.80 £67.75 £61.35
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £26.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +31.25% -8.05%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Governance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Data Governance job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Data Governance
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Data Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Data Governance

Data Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Governance in Bedfordshire

Data Governance
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Luton -5 9 £500 -31.03% 3
Data Governance
East of England

Data Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (11.11%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
1 3 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Metadata
2 3 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (11.11%) Cognos Framework Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Cognos Report Studio
3 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (11.11%) DataStage
3 1 (11.11%) DB2
3 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Aviation
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Data Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Data Steward
2 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Cognos Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft BI Architect
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) EDI
1 1 (11.11%) IDoc
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) REST
1 1 (11.11%) SOAP
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Life Science
2 1 (11.11%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Analytics
2 5 (55.56%) Data Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Validation
3 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
4 3 (33.33%) Anomaly Detection
4 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 3 (33.33%) CRM
4 3 (33.33%) Data Management
4 3 (33.33%) Data Privacy
4 3 (33.33%) Data Sharing
4 3 (33.33%) DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) Master Data Management
4 3 (33.33%) Metadata Management
4 3 (33.33%) Monte Carlo Method
4 3 (33.33%) Observability
4 3 (33.33%) Personalization
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (22.22%) API Integration
5 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Azure Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (11.11%) GxP
2 1 (11.11%) HL7
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) Cognos
3 1 (11.11%) IBM
3 1 (11.11%) Informatica
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle