Information Governance Jobs in the North West

Information Governance
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 281 283
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +15
Permanent jobs citing Information Governance 3 10 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.038% 0.096% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 5
10th Percentile - £28,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £33,241 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,837 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.03% -24.69% +28.57%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,001 £82,500
90th Percentile - £58,050 £83,434
England median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,516 8,426 7,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 80.99% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,815 6,336 3,833
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
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 £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Governance in the North West

Information Governance
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Information Governance in the North West

Information 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 Information Governance within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 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 +55 2 £60,000 +8.75% 1
Merseyside +30 1 £60,000 +35.73% 1
Information Governance
England

Information 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Data Governance Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Governance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Data Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Governance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Information Governance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Information Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) EDI
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) ISMS
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Records Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) SFIA
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001