Data Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Governance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 224 346
Rank change year-on-year -4 +122 +41
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 1,273 1,766 1,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 1.69% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.76% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 768 977 915
10th Percentile £39,850 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £49,589
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +4.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Governance is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in the UK

Data Governance
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Governance in the UK

Data Governance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Governance in the UK

Data Governance
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England -1 1,144 £70,000 +3.70% 256
UK excluding London +46 764 £65,000 +8.33% 108
Work from Home -30 447 £70,000 +10.24% 128
London -42 437 £75,000 +3.45% 153
North of England +80 298 £70,500 +8.46% 31
Midlands +75 159 £55,000 -18.52% 25
North West +108 130 £70,500 +8.46% 16
Yorkshire +34 125 £70,000 +15.70% 10
South East -36 124 £70,000 +21.74% 24
West Midlands +67 112 £55,000 -20.00% 16
South West +57 85 £59,556 -1.15% 11
Scotland -45 60 £60,000 - 7
North East +33 43 £79,932 +22.97% 5
East Midlands +18 43 £60,000 +20.00% 9
East of England -5 22 £52,500 -17.32% 6
Wales +10 14 £97,500 +68.10% 5
Isle of Man - 2 £82,500 -
Northern Ireland +31 1 £35,000 -30.00% 2

Data Governance
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 91 (7.15%) SharePoint
2 53 (4.16%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (1.73%) Confluence
4 21 (1.65%) SAS
5 17 (1.34%) Apache
6 9 (0.71%) WordPress
7 3 (0.24%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.079%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.079%) CMS
8 1 (0.079%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 132 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.47%) Trello
6 5 (0.39%) SPSS
7 1 (0.079%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 9 (0.71%) SAP MDG
2 6 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.31%) Finacle
3 4 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
3 4 (0.31%) Temenos T24
4 3 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.079%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.079%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.079%) FastStats
6 1 (0.079%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.079%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.079%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.079%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.079%) Shopify
6 1 (0.079%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 425 (33.39%) Azure
2 327 (25.69%) Power Platform
3 250 (19.64%) AWS
4 232 (18.22%) GCP
5 83 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (4.32%) Azure Data Factory
7 48 (3.77%) Microsoft Purview
8 41 (3.22%) Collibra
9 40 (3.14%) Snowflake
10 38 (2.99%) SaaS
11 31 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 27 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
13 26 (2.04%) Power Automate
14 25 (1.96%) PowerApps
14 25 (1.96%) Serverless
15 17 (1.34%) Amazon S3
15 17 (1.34%) dbt
16 13 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
17 11 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
18 9 (0.71%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.34%) Intranet
2 7 (0.55%) Cisco IPT
3 4 (0.31%) VPN
4 3 (0.24%) Firewall
5 2 (0.16%) Network Security
5 2 (0.16%) WebEx
6 1 (0.079%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.079%) 5G
6 1 (0.079%) RIP
6 1 (0.079%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 323 (25.37%) Power BI
2 309 (24.27%) Data Warehouse
3 146 (11.47%) BigQuery
4 138 (10.84%) Looker
5 116 (9.11%) Tableau
6 110 (8.64%) Metadata
7 109 (8.56%) Data Lake
8 63 (4.95%) Big Data
9 48 (3.77%) SQL Server
10 42 (3.30%) Hadoop
11 38 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
12 35 (2.75%) Data Mining
13 29 (2.28%) Amazon Redshift
14 27 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 26 (2.04%) Apache Ignite
16 21 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
16 21 (1.65%) Data Hub
17 16 (1.26%) NoSQL
18 14 (1.10%) Data Vault
18 14 (1.10%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 96 (7.54%) JIRA
2 42 (3.30%) Git
3 13 (1.02%) ERwin
4 10 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.55%) GitLab
6 6 (0.47%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.47%) RStudio
7 4 (0.31%) MLflow
8 2 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.079%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.079%) Selenium
9 1 (0.079%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.079%) Toad
9 1 (0.079%) WebDriver
General
1 447 (35.11%) Social Skills
2 413 (32.44%) Finance
3 398 (31.26%) Analytical Skills
4 199 (15.63%) Banking
5 179 (14.06%) Legal
6 74 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 60 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (3.77%) Retail
9 36 (2.83%) Law
10 35 (2.75%) Marketing
11 34 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
12 31 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.10%) Games
14 13 (1.02%) Advertising
14 13 (1.02%) Manufacturing
15 12 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (0.79%) Investment Banking
17 9 (0.71%) Back Office
18 8 (0.63%) Health Technology
18 8 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 279 (21.92%) Architect
2 219 (17.20%) Data Architect
3 203 (15.95%) Senior
4 199 (15.63%) Analyst
5 163 (12.80%) Lead
6 126 (9.90%) Data Engineer
7 120 (9.43%) Data Manager
8 91 (7.15%) Data Analyst
9 85 (6.68%) Senior Analyst
10 60 (4.71%) Developer
11 51 (4.01%) Data Governance Analyst
11 51 (4.01%) Data Governance Manager
11 51 (4.01%) Governance Manager
12 46 (3.61%) Consultant
13 38 (2.99%) Senior Architect
14 36 (2.83%) IT Manager
15 31 (2.44%) Governance Analyst
16 29 (2.28%) IT Architect
16 29 (2.28%) Senior Data Engineer
17 27 (2.12%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.69%) Kafka
2 26 (2.04%) PySpark
3 17 (1.34%) Apache Beam
4 13 (1.02%) PyTorch
4 13 (1.02%) TensorFlow
5 9 (0.71%) Pandas
6 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (0.55%) ModSecurity
7 6 (0.47%) Anaconda
7 6 (0.47%) Flask
7 6 (0.47%) JSON
7 6 (0.47%) Plotly
7 6 (0.47%) SQLAlchemy
8 5 (0.39%) .NET
8 5 (0.39%) Middleware
9 4 (0.31%) D3.js
10 3 (0.24%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.24%) Google Chart
11 2 (0.16%) Great Expectations
11 2 (0.16%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 128 (10.05%) Self-Motivation
2 115 (9.03%) Management Information System
3 45 (3.53%) Algorithms
4 37 (2.91%) Data Structures
5 28 (2.20%) Reference Data
6 27 (2.12%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.12%) Taxonomies
7 24 (1.89%) Cloud Native
8 23 (1.81%) Product Ownership
9 21 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.57%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (1.18%) IoT
13 14 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (1.10%) NHS
14 13 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
15 10 (0.79%) Mainframe
16 9 (0.71%) Virtual Team
17 8 (0.63%) Mobile App
18 7 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.10%) Windows
2 9 (0.71%) Linux
3 8 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.55%) Unix
5 4 (0.31%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (34.09%) Data Modelling
2 430 (33.78%) Data Management
3 403 (31.66%) Business Intelligence
4 376 (29.54%) Analytics
5 364 (28.59%) Data Architecture
6 362 (28.44%) Problem-Solving
7 321 (25.22%) ETL
8 294 (23.10%) Data Engineering
9 260 (20.42%) Data Integration
10 254 (19.95%) Mentoring
11 240 (18.85%) Agile
12 210 (16.50%) Data Strategy
13 209 (16.42%) Visualisation
14 200 (15.71%) Data Protection
15 183 (14.38%) Data Security
16 175 (13.75%) Data Analysis
16 175 (13.75%) Data Science
17 167 (13.12%) Decision-Making
18 162 (12.73%) Data Privacy
19 152 (11.94%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 381 (29.93%) SQL
2 176 (13.83%) Python
3 36 (2.83%) Java
4 35 (2.75%) R
5 34 (2.67%) T-SQL
6 19 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 19 (1.49%) Scala
7 13 (1.02%) C#
8 8 (0.63%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.55%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.47%) Perl
10 6 (0.47%) VBA
11 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.24%) VB
13 2 (0.16%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.079%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.079%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 195 (15.32%) Degree
2 70 (5.50%) Master's Degree
3 68 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 35 (2.75%) Security Cleared
5 19 (1.49%) CISM
5 19 (1.49%) CISSP
5 19 (1.49%) SC Cleared
6 16 (1.26%) PhD
7 12 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (0.79%) CISA
9 9 (0.71%) DBS Check
9 9 (0.71%) MBA
10 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.47%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.47%) IIBA
12 5 (0.39%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.24%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.079%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 551 (43.28%) Data Quality
2 339 (26.63%) GDPR
3 37 (2.91%) QA
4 31 (2.44%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 20 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 12 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.79%) GRC
9 8 (0.63%) COBIT
9 8 (0.63%) NCSC
10 7 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.55%) NIST
11 4 (0.31%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.24%) SLA
13 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.16%) HL7
13 2 (0.16%) PMO
13 2 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
14 1 (0.079%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.79%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 20 (1.57%) Terraform
2 18 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.55%) SysTrack
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (0.24%) WebSphere Cast Iron
5 1 (0.079%) Ansible
5 1 (0.079%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.079%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.079%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 202 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 173 (13.59%) Google
3 87 (6.83%) Databricks
4 35 (2.75%) Informatica
5 34 (2.67%) SAP
6 23 (1.81%) Oracle
7 17 (1.34%) Alteryx
7 17 (1.34%) Sophos
8 15 (1.18%) Aderant
8 15 (1.18%) iManage
9 13 (1.02%) Salesforce
10 12 (0.94%) OpenAI
10 12 (0.94%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.79%) Teradata
12 9 (0.71%) IBM
13 8 (0.63%) Cognos
13 8 (0.63%) Northgate
14 7 (0.55%) Cisco
14 7 (0.55%) Snow
15 6 (0.47%) Talend