Information Governance Jobs in England

Information Governance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Information Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Governance over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 639 658 758
Rank change year-on-year +19 +100 -30
Permanent jobs citing Information Governance 52 183 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.25% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 28 159 111
10th Percentile £38,150 £31,140 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £36,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,392 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.18% -24.35% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,813 £63,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,750 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £45,802 £60,000
% change year-on-year +31.00% -23.66% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Information 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,063 73,227 85,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.14% 85.42% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,601 53,820 50,635
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Information Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Information Governance in England

Information Governance
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Information Governance in England

Information Governance
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Governance in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Governance in England

Information Governance
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Governance within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
London +62 24 £49,500 +5.32% 23
South East +91 10 £23,197 -62.88% 15
Midlands +47 10 £81,250 +116.67% 3
West Midlands +39 9 £100,000 +166.67% 1
North of England +23 3 £60,000 +8.75% 11
North West -8 3 £60,000 +18.03% 8
East Midlands +36 1 £62,500 +8.71% 1
East of England +25 1 £60,000 +95.56% 4
Information Governance
UK

Information Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.77%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (5.77%) nginx
3 1 (1.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.31%) AWS
1 9 (17.31%) Azure
2 4 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.77%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (5.77%) GitHub
3 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Copilot
3 3 (5.77%) npm
4 2 (3.85%) Asana
4 2 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.85%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.92%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (1.92%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (3.85%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (1.92%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.31%) Metadata
2 7 (13.46%) SQL Server
3 4 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (5.77%) Airbyte
4 3 (5.77%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.77%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (3.85%) Power BI
6 1 (1.92%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (1.92%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Babel
1 3 (5.77%) Git
1 3 (5.77%) gulp
1 3 (5.77%) webpack
2 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 11 (21.15%) Legal
1 11 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.31%) Finance
2 9 (17.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.62%) Law
5 4 (7.69%) Publishing
6 3 (5.77%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.92%) Banking
7 1 (1.92%) Local Government
7 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (17.31%) Information Manager
2 7 (13.46%) Lead
3 6 (11.54%) Governance Manager
3 6 (11.54%) Information Governance Manager
4 5 (9.62%) Data Governance Analyst
4 5 (9.62%) Data Governance Manager
4 5 (9.62%) Data Manager
4 5 (9.62%) Data Protection Manager
4 5 (9.62%) Security Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Developer
5 4 (7.69%) Technology Director
6 3 (5.77%) Data Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 3 (5.77%) Information Security Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Senior
6 3 (5.77%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Applications Manager
7 2 (3.85%) ICT Manager
7 2 (3.85%) IT Security Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) IT Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.69%) OAuth
1 4 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (5.77%) CSS
2 3 (5.77%) EDI
2 3 (5.77%) HTML
2 3 (5.77%) Node.js
2 3 (5.77%) NumPy
2 3 (5.77%) Pandas
2 3 (5.77%) React
2 3 (5.77%) REST
2 3 (5.77%) Sass
2 3 (5.77%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (5.77%) Svelte
2 3 (5.77%) Vue
3 1 (1.92%) LDAP
3 1 (1.92%) Middleware
3 1 (1.92%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (36.54%) Management Information System
2 11 (21.15%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (19.23%) Freedom of Information
4 7 (13.46%) Freedom of Information Act
5 6 (11.54%) Smart City
6 4 (7.69%) NHS
7 2 (3.85%) Cyberattack
7 2 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.92%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.92%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Linux
1 6 (11.54%) Ubuntu
2 5 (9.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (38.46%) Information Security
2 16 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (30.77%) Data Privacy
2 16 (30.77%) Data Protection
3 15 (28.85%) Data Management
4 14 (26.92%) Decision-Making
5 13 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (23.08%) Data Sharing
7 9 (17.31%) Artificial Intelligence
7 9 (17.31%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (17.31%) Facilities Management
8 8 (15.38%) Agile
8 8 (15.38%) Analytics
8 8 (15.38%) DevOps
9 7 (13.46%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 7 (13.46%) Information Security Management
9 7 (13.46%) Security Management
10 6 (11.54%) Data Science
10 6 (11.54%) Data Security
10 6 (11.54%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.38%) SQL
2 6 (11.54%) Python
3 3 (5.77%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.77%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.77%) R
3 3 (5.77%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.92%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (15.38%) CISM
2 7 (13.46%) CISSP
3 6 (11.54%) ISEB
4 5 (9.62%) Degree
5 4 (7.69%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.85%) CIPFA
6 2 (3.85%) CRISC
6 2 (3.85%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (1.92%) CISA
7 1 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.92%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (1.92%) OSCP
7 1 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (44.23%) GDPR
2 20 (38.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 4 (7.69%) NIST
4 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.85%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.85%) QA
5 1 (1.92%) COBIT
5 1 (1.92%) DICOM
5 1 (1.92%) GRC
5 1 (1.92%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.92%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.69%) Oracle
3 3 (5.77%) Red Hat
4 2 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.92%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.92%) iManage
5 1 (1.92%) Sage