Data Governance Job Trends in Dorset

Data Governance
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Data Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 48 46
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 3 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.65% 0.53% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.58% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £37,525 -
25th Percentile £59,125 £37,938 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,850 £41,750 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.75% - -
75th Percentile £62,575 £47,438 -
90th Percentile - £48,975 -
South West median annual salary £64,350 £72,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.24% +45.00% -16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

Data Governance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 358 345 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 77.83% 91.27% 89.89%
Number of salaries quoted 266 180 281
10th Percentile £27,707 £34,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,344 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% -9.09% +13.99%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £75,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +2.94%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Data Governance job vacancy trend in Dorset

Data Governance
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Data Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Data Governance

Data Governance
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Weymouth - 2 £60,850 -
Data Governance
South West

Data Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (66.67%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Data Design
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Data Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) Master Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree