Data Governance Jobs in the South West

Data Governance
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 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 150 207 230
Rank change year-on-year +57 +23 +31
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 29 85 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.82% 0.87% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.07% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 22 46 17
10th Percentile £41,167 £40,000 £48,091
25th Percentile £45,593 £50,000 £58,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +1.66% +20.50%
75th Percentile £74,319 £71,164 £65,500
90th Percentile £78,625 £84,161 £72,647
England median annual salary £84,750 £72,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +17.71% +6.67% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,300 7,971 6,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.04% 81.38% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,860 5,719 3,481
10th Percentile £27,225 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in the South West

Data Governance
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Data Governance in the South West

Data Governance
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in the South West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Governance in the South West

Data Governance
Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Bristol +31 16 £59,000 -18.02% 23
Wiltshire +36 7 £68,525 +37.05% 1
Gloucestershire +68 3 £55,000 - 11
Dorset +35 2 - - 2
Somerset +9 1 - - 8
Data Governance
England

Data Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 2 (6.90%) ArcGIS
1 2 (6.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 14 (48.28%) Power Platform
2 10 (34.48%) Azure
3 6 (20.69%) GCP
4 5 (17.24%) AWS
5 3 (10.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (10.34%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (10.34%) Snowflake
6 2 (6.90%) Azure AI
6 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Functions
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (6.90%) Power Automate
6 2 (6.90%) PowerApps
6 2 (6.90%) SaaS
6 2 (6.90%) Serverless
7 1 (3.45%) Boomi
7 1 (3.45%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (41.38%) Power BI
2 5 (17.24%) Metadata
2 5 (17.24%) NoSQL
2 5 (17.24%) Tableau
3 4 (13.79%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (13.79%) Metadata Repository
3 4 (13.79%) MongoDB
4 3 (10.34%) Data Hub
4 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
5 2 (6.90%) GIS
5 2 (6.90%) ThoughtSpot
6 1 (3.45%) Data Lake
6 1 (3.45%) Data Mining
6 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (3.45%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Git
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 10 (34.48%) Finance
2 9 (31.03%) Banking
3 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (24.14%) Retail
5 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Law
7 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Data Manager
2 5 (17.24%) Lead
3 3 (10.34%) Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Developer
4 2 (6.90%) Data Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Power Platform Developer
4 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Strategic Project Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Technical Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) C# Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Lead Enterprise Architect
5 1 (3.45%) MI Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Snowflake Data Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) GraphQL
2 2 (6.90%) Pyramid
2 2 (6.90%) REST
3 1 (3.45%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.90%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.45%) Data Fabric
3 1 (3.45%) FMCG
3 1 (3.45%) Life Science
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.45%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Agile
1 14 (48.28%) Analytics
2 13 (44.83%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (41.38%) Decision-Making
4 11 (37.93%) Data Management
5 10 (34.48%) Data Architecture
6 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (24.14%) Technology Strategy
8 6 (20.69%) Data Modelling
8 6 (20.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 6 (20.69%) IT Strategy
8 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
8 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (17.24%) Backlog Refinement
9 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (17.24%) DevOps
9 5 (17.24%) ETL
9 5 (17.24%) Metadata Management
9 5 (17.24%) Product Backlog
9 5 (17.24%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (41.38%) SQL
2 4 (13.79%) C#
3 2 (6.90%) Python
3 2 (6.90%) VB
4 1 (3.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) Tableau Certification
3 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) MBA
3 1 (3.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (34.48%) Data Quality
2 4 (13.79%) Accessibility
3 3 (10.34%) GDPR
4 1 (3.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Google
3 3 (10.34%) Databricks
3 3 (10.34%) Talend
4 2 (6.90%) iManage
4 2 (6.90%) UiPath
5 1 (3.45%) Informatica
5 1 (3.45%) MuleSoft
5 1 (3.45%) SnapLogic