Governance Manager
UK

The median Governance Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 812 930 1101
Rank change year-on-year +118 +171 -257
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Manager 99 69 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.067% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.073% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 72 62 67
10th Percentile £35,250 £56,219 £42,778
25th Percentile £47,688 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +3.85% +20.37%
75th Percentile £69,600 £78,813 £82,750
90th Percentile £105,750 £93,500 £105,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% +16.82%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
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 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Governance Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Governance Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +122 94 £55,000 -18.52% 26
UK excluding London +14 61 £55,000 -8.33% 12
Work from Home +83 39 £55,000 -24.01% 10
London +128 34 £72,500 -3.33% 16
South East +28 18 £52,500 -8.84% 6
Midlands +18 17 £55,000 -21.43% 1
West Midlands +17 17 £55,000 -21.43%
North of England +41 13 £46,871 -21.26% 2
North West +15 8 £57,500 -3.40% 1
South West -19 6 £45,250 -23.98% 1
East of England - 6 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire +92 5 £43,742 -37.95% 1
Scotland -67 1 £60,000 +0.80% 2

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 featuring Governance Manager in the job title.

1 51 (51.52%) Data Governance
2 43 (43.43%) Social Skills
3 30 (30.30%) Data Protection
4 25 (25.25%) Data Quality
5 24 (24.24%) Risk Management
5 24 (24.24%) Data Management
6 17 (17.17%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (16.16%) Finance
8 15 (15.15%) Degree
8 15 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (15.15%) Management Information System
8 15 (15.15%) Legal
9 14 (14.14%) Decision-Making
10 13 (13.13%) GDPR
10 13 (13.13%) Data Privacy
11 12 (12.12%) Information Governance
11 12 (12.12%) Freedom of Information
11 12 (12.12%) Change Management
12 11 (11.11%) Banking
12 11 (11.11%) Business Continuity
12 11 (11.11%) Information Security
12 11 (11.11%) Records Management
12 11 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 10 (10.10%) Data Science
13 10 (10.10%) Analytics
13 10 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (10.10%) Information Management
14 9 (9.09%) Data Modelling
14 9 (9.09%) Microsoft

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 (6.06%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.01%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.09%) Azure
2 6 (6.06%) Collibra
2 6 (6.06%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.03%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.01%) SaaS
4 1 (1.01%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.01%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.08%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (8.08%) Metadata
2 3 (3.03%) Power BI
3 2 (2.02%) NonStop SQL
General
1 43 (43.43%) Social Skills
2 16 (16.16%) Finance
3 15 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (15.15%) Legal
4 11 (11.11%) Banking
5 8 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.04%) Social Housing
6 4 (4.04%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.03%) Law
8 2 (2.02%) Electronics
8 2 (2.02%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.02%) Marketing
8 2 (2.02%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.01%) Advertising
9 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.01%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.15%) Management Information System
2 12 (12.12%) Freedom of Information
3 8 (8.08%) Taxonomies
4 6 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (6.06%) Reference Data
5 4 (4.04%) NHS
6 3 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.01%) Life Science
7 1 (1.01%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.03%) Windows
1 3 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (51.52%) Data Governance
2 30 (30.30%) Data Protection
3 24 (24.24%) Data Management
3 24 (24.24%) Risk Management
4 17 (17.17%) Business Intelligence
5 15 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (14.14%) Decision-Making
7 13 (13.13%) Data Privacy
8 12 (12.12%) Change Management
8 12 (12.12%) Information Governance
9 11 (11.11%) Business Continuity
9 11 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 11 (11.11%) Information Security
9 11 (11.11%) Records Management
10 10 (10.10%) Analytics
10 10 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (10.10%) Data Science
10 10 (10.10%) Information Management
11 9 (9.09%) Data Modelling
11 9 (9.09%) Ontologies
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.01%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (15.15%) Degree
2 6 (6.06%) CISSP
3 4 (4.04%) CISM
4 3 (3.03%) CRISC
5 2 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.02%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.02%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.01%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.01%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.01%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (25.25%) Data Quality
2 13 (13.13%) GDPR
3 9 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (8.08%) GRC
5 6 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (4.04%) ISO 22301
6 4 (4.04%) PCI DSS
7 3 (3.03%) NIST
8 2 (2.02%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.01%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.01%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.01%) PMO
Vendors
1 9 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.05%) SAP
3 4 (4.04%) Datix
4 2 (2.02%) Oracle
4 2 (2.02%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.01%) Informatica