Data Governance Jobs in the North West

Data Governance
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 257 166 280
Rank change year-on-year -91 +114 -26
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 34 132 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.42% 1.34% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 1.61% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 22 70 19
10th Percentile £38,500 £38,750 £43,500
25th Percentile £42,875 £47,500 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,750 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.67% +15.38% -
75th Percentile £72,188 £84,964 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £101,125 £77,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +21.43% +3.70% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,677 8,179 7,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.83% 82.75% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,992 6,212 3,861
10th Percentile £25,895 £27,500 £30,831
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in the North West

Data Governance
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Data Governance in the North West

Data Governance
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in the North West over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Governance in the North West

Data Governance
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 16 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
Manchester -13 21 £66,367 -16.97% 40
Merseyside +18 5 £54,000 +66.15% 6
Cheshire +7 5 £34,755 - 15
Lancashire -84 3 £67,500 +16.38% 24
Data Governance
England

Data Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (2.94%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (44.12%) Power Platform
2 9 (26.47%) Azure
3 4 (11.76%) AWS
4 3 (8.82%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (8.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (8.82%) Snowflake
5 2 (5.88%) GCP
6 1 (2.94%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.94%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (44.12%) Power BI
2 4 (11.76%) Data Lake
2 4 (11.76%) Tableau
3 3 (8.82%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (5.88%) NoSQL
4 2 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (2.94%) Data Mart
5 1 (2.94%) Data Vault
5 1 (2.94%) Metadata
5 1 (2.94%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Git
General
1 20 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 18 (52.94%) Finance
3 9 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (23.53%) Banking
5 6 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (8.82%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.82%) Retail
7 2 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (5.88%) Military
7 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Data Manager
3 5 (14.71%) Data Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Insight Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 3 (8.82%) Developer
5 3 (8.82%) Senior
6 2 (5.88%) Azure Data Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Data Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Data Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Data Governance Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Fraud Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Governance Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Lead
6 2 (5.88%) QA Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Quality Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Resilience Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) Middleware
2 1 (2.94%) CSS
2 1 (2.94%) HTML
2 1 (2.94%) Kafka
2 1 (2.94%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (44.12%) Data Management
3 12 (35.29%) Analytics
4 11 (32.35%) Decision-Making
5 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (26.47%) Visualisation
7 8 (23.53%) Actionable Insight
7 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (23.53%) Data Visualisation
8 7 (20.59%) Business Strategy
8 7 (20.59%) Dashboard Development
8 7 (20.59%) Data Analysis
8 7 (20.59%) Data Strategy
8 7 (20.59%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (17.65%) Agile
9 6 (17.65%) Data Modelling
9 6 (17.65%) Data Privacy
9 6 (17.65%) Project Management
9 6 (17.65%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (29.41%) SQL
2 4 (11.76%) Python
3 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) DBS Check
2 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
3 1 (2.94%) HNC
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (52.94%) Data Quality
2 8 (23.53%) QA
3 1 (2.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (2.94%) GDPR
3 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) SAP
3 4 (11.76%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.88%) Alteryx
4 2 (5.88%) Informatica
4 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.94%) Databricks
5 1 (2.94%) HubSpot
5 1 (2.94%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (2.94%) Oracle