Data Governance Jobs in the Midlands

Data Governance
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 193 158 235
Rank change year-on-year -35 +77 +35
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 69 179 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.02% 1.42% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.76% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 48 95 55
10th Percentile £40,536 £36,250 £45,717
25th Percentile £47,188 £42,649 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,718 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.76% -18.52% +28.57%
75th Percentile £64,688 £67,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,250 £84,985 £94,500
England median annual salary £85,000 £72,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +18.06% +6.67% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,225 10,156 8,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.57% 80.56% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,443 7,358 4,443
10th Percentile £26,974 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £38,276
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in the Midlands

Data Governance
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Data Governance in the Midlands

Data Governance
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Data Governance in the Midlands

Data Governance
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
West Midlands +3 55 £60,000 +9.09% 253
East Midlands -1 13 £42,000 -30.00% 194
Data Governance
England

Data Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (7.25%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 21 (30.43%) Power Platform
2 18 (26.09%) Azure
3 13 (18.84%) AWS
4 10 (14.49%) GCP
5 9 (13.04%) Snowflake
6 6 (8.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.90%) Lucidchart
8 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.90%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.90%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.90%) SaaS
9 1 (1.45%) Azure Storage
9 1 (1.45%) OCI
9 1 (1.45%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (30.43%) Power BI
2 15 (21.74%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (14.49%) Big Data
4 9 (13.04%) Metadata
4 9 (13.04%) Tableau
5 8 (11.59%) NoSQL
6 6 (8.70%) SQL Server
7 5 (7.25%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (7.25%) BigQuery
7 5 (7.25%) Metadata Repository
8 4 (5.80%) Looker
9 3 (4.35%) Hadoop
9 3 (4.35%) MongoDB
10 2 (2.90%) Data Lake
10 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (2.90%) MySQL
10 2 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) ERwin
2 2 (2.90%) ER Studio
2 2 (2.90%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 22 (31.88%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (27.54%) Social Skills
3 16 (23.19%) Finance
4 14 (20.29%) Public Sector
5 8 (11.59%) Marketing
6 7 (10.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.80%) Advertising
7 4 (5.80%) Law
7 4 (5.80%) Tech for Good
8 3 (4.35%) Banking
9 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Social Housing
10 1 (1.45%) Billing
10 1 (1.45%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.45%) Legal
10 1 (1.45%) Local Government
10 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (18.84%) Data Manager
2 11 (15.94%) Architect
2 11 (15.94%) Lead
3 9 (13.04%) Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) Data Architect
5 7 (10.14%) Data Engineer
5 7 (10.14%) Data Governance Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Data Governance Manager
5 7 (10.14%) Governance Manager
6 6 (8.70%) Marketing Manager
6 6 (8.70%) Operations Manager
7 5 (7.25%) Data Modeller
7 5 (7.25%) Lead Architect
7 5 (7.25%) Lead Data Architect
7 5 (7.25%) Senior
8 4 (5.80%) Senior Data Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 3 (4.35%) Platform Manager
10 2 (2.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 2 (2.90%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) Dask
1 4 (5.80%) Polars
2 3 (4.35%) PySpark
3 2 (2.90%) NumPy
3 2 (2.90%) Pandas
4 1 (1.45%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Data Structures
2 6 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (8.70%) Marketing Technology
3 5 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.90%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (44.93%) Analytics
2 25 (36.23%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 23 (33.33%) ETL
4 20 (28.99%) Data Migration
4 20 (28.99%) Decision-Making
4 20 (28.99%) Migration
5 19 (27.54%) Data Architecture
6 17 (24.64%) Data Management
6 17 (24.64%) Data Pipeline
7 16 (23.19%) Data Security
8 15 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (18.84%) Data Integration
10 12 (17.39%) Software Engineering
10 12 (17.39%) Visualisation
11 11 (15.94%) Collaborative Working
11 11 (15.94%) Data Analysis
11 11 (15.94%) Data Engineering
11 11 (15.94%) Intelligent Automation
12 10 (14.49%) Logical Data Model
Programming Languages
1 27 (39.13%) SQL
2 13 (18.84%) Python
3 5 (7.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.90%) Java
4 2 (2.90%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.45%) C#
5 1 (1.45%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.25%) DBS Check
2 4 (5.80%) Degree
3 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (55.07%) Data Quality
2 12 (17.39%) GDPR
2 12 (17.39%) QA
3 10 (14.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 11 (15.94%) Databricks
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.70%) Google
4 4 (5.80%) Oracle
5 3 (4.35%) Informatica
5 3 (4.35%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.90%) IBM
7 1 (1.45%) JD Edwards