Governance Manager Jobs in England

Governance Manager
UK > England

The median Governance Manager salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 718 874 1026
Rank change year-on-year +156 +152 -238
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Manager 96 72 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.076% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.083% 0.083%
Number of salaries quoted 73 64 66
10th Percentile £35,500 £55,695 £42,731
25th Percentile £47,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% - +26.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,313 £82,875
90th Percentile £104,000 £94,625 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £66,250
% change year-on-year -18.52% +1.89% +26.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 79,522 86,974 124,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.61% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 59,823 54,838 76,240
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,386
25th Percentile £38,087 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Manager in England

Governance Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Governance Manager in England.

Salary trend for Governance Manager in England

Governance Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Governance Manager in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Governance Manager in England

Governance Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Governance Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +150 36 £72,500 -3.33% 18
South East +16 18 £52,500 -10.71% 6
West Midlands +38 17 £55,000 -18.52%
Midlands +20 17 £55,000 -18.52% 1
North of England +63 15 £51,250 -13.90% 1
North West +20 9 £60,000 +0.80% 1
Yorkshire +101 6 £43,742 -32.96%
South West -6 6 £45,250 -23.98%
East of England - 4 £65,000 - 2
Governance Manager
UK

Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Governance Manager 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Governance Manager in the job title.

1 47 (48.96%) Data Governance
2 40 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 30 (31.25%) Data Protection
4 24 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 23 (23.96%) Data Quality
6 20 (20.83%) Data Management
7 17 (17.71%) Finance
8 16 (16.67%) Management Information System
8 16 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (15.63%) Degree
9 15 (15.63%) Legal
9 15 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (13.54%) Information Security
10 13 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
10 13 (13.54%) GDPR
11 12 (12.50%) Decision-Making
11 12 (12.50%) Freedom of Information
11 12 (12.50%) Information Governance
12 11 (11.46%) Business Continuity
12 11 (11.46%) Banking
12 11 (11.46%) Data Privacy
13 10 (10.42%) Data Science
13 10 (10.42%) Technology Strategy
13 10 (10.42%) Information Management
13 10 (10.42%) Change Management
13 10 (10.42%) Analytics
13 10 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
14 9 (9.38%) Azure
14 9 (9.38%) Ontologies
14 9 (9.38%) Master Data Management

Governance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (6.25%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.38%) Azure
2 6 (6.25%) Collibra
2 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.04%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.04%) SaaS
4 1 (1.04%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.04%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (8.33%) Metadata
2 2 (2.08%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (1.04%) Power BI
General
1 40 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.71%) Finance
3 15 (15.63%) Legal
4 13 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (11.46%) Banking
6 8 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.17%) Social Housing
8 4 (4.17%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.13%) Law
10 2 (2.08%) Electronics
10 2 (2.08%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.08%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.08%) Marketing
10 2 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Advertising
11 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.04%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.04%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 12 (12.50%) Freedom of Information
3 8 (8.33%) Taxonomies
4 6 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (6.25%) Reference Data
5 4 (4.17%) NHS
6 3 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.08%) PMI
8 1 (1.04%) Life Science
8 1 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.13%) Windows
1 3 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (48.96%) Data Governance
2 30 (31.25%) Data Protection
3 24 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 20 (20.83%) Data Management
5 16 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (13.54%) Information Security
8 12 (12.50%) Decision-Making
8 12 (12.50%) Information Governance
9 11 (11.46%) Business Continuity
9 11 (11.46%) Data Privacy
10 10 (10.42%) Analytics
10 10 (10.42%) Change Management
10 10 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (10.42%) Data Science
10 10 (10.42%) Information Management
10 10 (10.42%) Technology Strategy
11 9 (9.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 9 (9.38%) Master Data Management
11 9 (9.38%) Records Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (15.63%) Degree
2 6 (6.25%) CISSP
3 4 (4.17%) CISM
4 3 (3.13%) CRISC
4 3 (3.13%) PMI Certification
4 3 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.13%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.08%) APMG
5 2 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.04%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (23.96%) Data Quality
2 13 (13.54%) GDPR
3 9 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (8.33%) GRC
5 6 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (4.17%) ISO 22301
6 4 (4.17%) PCI DSS
7 3 (3.13%) NIST
8 2 (2.08%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.04%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.04%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.04%) PMO
Vendors
1 9 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.17%) Datix
3 3 (3.13%) SAP