Data Governance Jobs in Edinburgh

Data Governance
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Data Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Governance over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 84 129
Rank change year-on-year +11 +45 +25
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 12 20 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.38% 1.33% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.50% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 15
10th Percentile £41,117 £59,145 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,110 £60,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,971 £60,743 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.07% +1.24% +4.35%
75th Percentile £104,688 £67,500 £73,644
90th Percentile £106,250 £86,157 £78,376
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £60,743 £63,000
% change year-on-year -14.39% -3.58% +29.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 846 1,331 1,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.13% 88.56% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 360 934 1,082
10th Percentile £26,156 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,063 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in Edinburgh

Data Governance
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Data Governance in Edinburgh

Data Governance
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Governance in Edinburgh

Data Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (16.67%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Stack
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (16.67%) Collibra
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (16.67%) Hadoop
1 2 (16.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (8.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) ERwin
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (16.67%) Marketing
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Advertising
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Architect
1 5 (41.67%) Data Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Data Governance Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Data Governance Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Data Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Governance Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Data Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Data Quality Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Fraud Manager
3 2 (16.67%) QA Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Quality Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Data Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Product Owner
4 1 (8.33%) Technology Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Data Management
2 8 (66.67%) Data Architecture
3 5 (41.67%) Analytics
3 5 (41.67%) Architectural Design
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (25.00%) Design Patterns
5 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 2 (16.67%) Coaching
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (16.67%) ETL
5 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
5 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 2 (16.67%) Scrum
5 2 (16.67%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) C#
1 2 (16.67%) Python
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
1 2 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 3 (25.00%) GDPR
2 3 (25.00%) QA
3 2 (16.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Informatica