Data Governance Jobs in the North of England

Data Governance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 281 153 246
Rank change year-on-year -128 +93 +49
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 65 301 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.56% 1.66% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 2.03% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 51 162 80
10th Percentile £41,750 £31,250 £36,024
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,743 £77,466 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.59% +19.18% +13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £80,782
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £92,500
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
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,913 14,844 16,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.30% 81.98% 96.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,415 11,360 7,881
10th Percentile £25,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in the North of England

Data Governance
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Governance in the North of England.

Salary trend for Data Governance in the North of England

Data Governance
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Data Governance in the North of England

Data Governance
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance within the North of England 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
North West -94 35 £55,000 -26.67% 287
Yorkshire -26 27 £60,743 -24.01% 250
North East +5 3 £62,500 -21.81% 69
Data Governance
England

Data Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (3.08%) SugarCRM
2 1 (1.54%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.54%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.54%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.54%) SAP MDG
1 1 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (36.92%) Power Platform
2 15 (23.08%) Azure
3 9 (13.85%) AWS
4 7 (10.77%) Snowflake
5 3 (4.62%) Amazon S3
5 3 (4.62%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (4.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (4.62%) Collibra
5 3 (4.62%) GCP
5 3 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.08%) Amazon Kinesis
6 2 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (3.08%) Serverless
7 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.54%) OCI
7 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (36.92%) Power BI
2 7 (10.77%) Data Lake
2 7 (10.77%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (10.77%) Tableau
3 4 (6.15%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (6.15%) Metadata
4 3 (4.62%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (4.62%) Data Hub
5 2 (3.08%) Ataccama
5 2 (3.08%) BigQuery
5 2 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (3.08%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.54%) Data Mart
6 1 (1.54%) Looker
6 1 (1.54%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.54%) SAP HANA
6 1 (1.54%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Git
General
1 29 (44.62%) Social Skills
2 24 (36.92%) Finance
3 15 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (20.00%) Banking
5 6 (9.23%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.15%) Law
7 3 (4.62%) Advertising
7 3 (4.62%) Legal
7 3 (4.62%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.62%) Retail
8 2 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.08%) Military
8 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.54%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 12 (18.46%) Data Manager
2 11 (16.92%) Analyst
3 10 (15.38%) Senior
4 8 (12.31%) Data Engineer
4 8 (12.31%) Lead
5 6 (9.23%) Data Analyst
6 5 (7.69%) Architect
7 4 (6.15%) Insight Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 3 (4.62%) Data Scientist
8 3 (4.62%) Developer
8 3 (4.62%) Engineering Manager
8 3 (4.62%) Governance Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Senior Data Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Senior Data Scientist
9 2 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
9 2 (3.08%) Consultant
9 2 (3.08%) Data Governance Analyst
9 2 (3.08%) Data Governance Consultant
9 2 (3.08%) Data Protection Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.62%) Kafka
1 3 (4.62%) PySpark
1 3 (4.62%) PyTorch
1 3 (4.62%) scikit-learn
1 3 (4.62%) TensorFlow
2 2 (3.08%) Middleware
3 1 (1.54%) CSS
3 1 (1.54%) HTML
3 1 (1.54%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.08%) CMDB
1 2 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.54%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.54%) Hedge funds
2 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.54%) NHS
2 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.54%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (41.54%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (38.46%) Analytics
3 23 (35.38%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (33.85%) Data Management
5 19 (29.23%) Decision-Making
6 17 (26.15%) Visualisation
7 16 (24.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
9 13 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
10 12 (18.46%) Data Engineering
10 12 (18.46%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (16.92%) Data Strategy
11 11 (16.92%) Project Delivery
12 10 (15.38%) Data Analytics
12 10 (15.38%) Project Management
12 10 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 9 (13.85%) Data Visualisation
14 8 (12.31%) Data Privacy
14 8 (12.31%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 8 (12.31%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 25 (38.46%) SQL
2 13 (20.00%) Python
3 2 (3.08%) Java
3 2 (3.08%) Scala
4 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (10.77%) DBS Check
2 3 (4.62%) Degree
3 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.08%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.54%) HNC
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (50.77%) Data Quality
2 8 (12.31%) QA
3 6 (9.23%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (9.23%) GDPR
4 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (3.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.31%) SAP
3 6 (9.23%) Databricks
4 4 (6.15%) Salesforce
4 4 (6.15%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.08%) Alteryx
5 2 (3.08%) Informatica
5 2 (3.08%) Oracle
5 2 (3.08%) Sage
6 1 (1.54%) Google
6 1 (1.54%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.54%) MicroStrategy