Information Governance Job Trends in the North West

Information Governance
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Information Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 201 190
Rank change year-on-year +24 -11 +98
Permanent jobs citing Information Governance 2 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.032% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.039% 0.13% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 7
10th Percentile £35,125 £56,000 £40,596
25th Percentile £35,313 £57,500 £45,918
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £65,000 £50,803
Median % change year-on-year -44.23% +27.95% +8.89%
75th Percentile £37,813 £87,500 £57,331
90th Percentile £38,375 - £63,750
England median annual salary £56,840 £81,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -30.04% +35.42% +9.09%

All Process & 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 5,155 4,593 3,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.26% 91.15% 87.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,531 2,248 3,069
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,114 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Governance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Information Governance job vacancy trend in the North West

Information Governance
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Information Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Information Governance

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 13 January 2026. 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 +22 2 £36,250 -44.23% 2
Information Governance
England

Information Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Governance Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Information Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) iManage
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow