Data Governance Manager Jobs

Data Governance Manager
UK

The median Data Governance Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 850 934 1176
Rank change year-on-year +84 +242 -277
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Governance Manager 52 38 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.037% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.041% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 34 35 29
10th Percentile £44,000 £56,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,325 £61,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% - +16.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,000 £113,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,650 £71,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.57% +36.19% +2.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Data Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance Manager in the UK

Data Governance Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Governance Manager in the UK

Data Governance Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance Manager over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Governance Manager in the UK

Data Governance Manager
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
England +108 46 £55,000 -24.14% 8
UK excluding London +20 31 £54,650 -23.57% 6
Work from Home +72 23 £55,000 -26.67% 1
West Midlands +20 17 £55,000 -38.03%
Midlands -2 17 £55,000 -38.03%
London +99 16 £97,500 +30.00% 3
North of England +57 6 £50,000 -29.08%
North West - 6 £50,000 -
South East +3 4 £50,000 -16.67% 4
South West - 3 £40,000 - 1
Scotland -65 1 £60,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Data 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 featuring Data Governance Manager in the job title.

1 52 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 30 (57.69%) Social Skills
3 26 (50.00%) Data Quality
4 25 (48.08%) Data Management
5 14 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (26.92%) Data Protection
6 12 (23.08%) Data Privacy
6 12 (23.08%) Change Management
6 12 (23.08%) Management Information System
6 12 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (21.15%) Finance
7 11 (21.15%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 10 (19.23%) Data Science
8 10 (19.23%) Decision-Making
8 10 (19.23%) Records Management
8 10 (19.23%) Banking
9 9 (17.31%) Ontologies
9 9 (17.31%) Analytics
9 9 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (17.31%) Information Security
9 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
9 9 (17.31%) Data Modelling
10 8 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (15.38%) Information Management
10 8 (15.38%) Freedom of Information
10 8 (15.38%) Legal
10 8 (15.38%) Risk Management
10 8 (15.38%) Master Data Management
10 8 (15.38%) Microservices
10 8 (15.38%) Taxonomies

Data Governance Manager 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 6 (11.54%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.92%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.54%) Azure
1 6 (11.54%) Collibra
1 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Purview
2 4 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.92%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (15.38%) Metadata
2 4 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 30 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (21.15%) Finance
4 10 (19.23%) Banking
5 8 (15.38%) Legal
6 7 (13.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.77%) Social Housing
9 2 (3.85%) Law
10 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.92%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 8 (15.38%) Freedom of Information
2 8 (15.38%) Taxonomies
3 6 (11.54%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (11.54%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.92%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 25 (48.08%) Data Management
3 14 (26.92%) Data Protection
4 12 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (23.08%) Change Management
4 12 (23.08%) Data Privacy
5 11 (21.15%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 10 (19.23%) Data Science
6 10 (19.23%) Decision-Making
6 10 (19.23%) Records Management
7 9 (17.31%) Analytics
7 9 (17.31%) Data Modelling
7 9 (17.31%) Information Security
7 9 (17.31%) Ontologies
7 9 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (15.38%) Information Assurance
8 8 (15.38%) Master Data Management
8 8 (15.38%) Microservices
8 8 (15.38%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (13.46%) Degree
2 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.92%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 8 (15.38%) GDPR
3 1 (1.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (1.92%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.69%) SAP
3 3 (5.77%) Oracle
3 3 (5.77%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.92%) Informatica