Data Governance Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Governance Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Governance Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 740 723
Rank change year-on-year +176 -17 +111
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Governance Manager 18 31 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.046% 0.043% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.046% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 10 22 11
10th Percentile £48,075 £40,250 £57,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £61,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,650 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% -24.62% +38.10%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £94,375
90th Percentile - £59,300 £95,000
UK median annual salary £115,000 £55,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year +109.09% -25.42% -1.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,201 68,043 52,511
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 94.85% 89.20%
Number of salaries quoted 17,750 48,018 29,945
10th Percentile £26,929 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,325
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -6.24% +6.65%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Data Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Data Governance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance Manager in the UK excluding London

Data Governance Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Governance Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Governance Manager in the UK excluding London

Data Governance Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Governance Manager in the UK excluding London

Data Governance Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
West Midlands +58 7 £52,500 -4.55% 8
Midlands +47 7 £52,500 -4.55% 9
Scotland +128 3 £50,000 -16.67%
South East +91 3 £44,000 -12.00% 6
North of England +49 3 £60,000 +20.00% 8
North West -3 3 £60,000 +20.00%
East of England - 2 - - 1
Data Governance Manager
UK

Data Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Data Governance Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Data Governance Manager in the job title.

1 17 (94.44%) Data Governance
2 16 (88.89%) Data Quality
3 12 (66.67%) Data Management
4 9 (50.00%) Mentoring
5 6 (33.33%) Coaching
5 6 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 6 (33.33%) QA
5 6 (33.33%) Banking
6 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (22.22%) Data Enrichment
6 4 (22.22%) Tech for Good
6 4 (22.22%) Data Collection
6 4 (22.22%) Data Governance Strategy
7 3 (16.67%) Data Strategy
7 3 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
7 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 3 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (16.67%) ERP
7 3 (16.67%) Migration
7 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
7 3 (16.67%) Logistics
7 3 (16.67%) Degree
7 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
7 3 (16.67%) Data Migration
7 3 (16.67%) Analytics
7 3 (16.67%) Master Data Management
7 3 (16.67%) Data Transformation

Data Governance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 6 (33.33%) Banking
2 4 (22.22%) Tech for Good
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.56%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (5.56%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Data Governance
2 12 (66.67%) Data Management
3 9 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 6 (33.33%) Coaching
4 6 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 4 (22.22%) Data Collection
5 4 (22.22%) Data Enrichment
5 4 (22.22%) Data Governance Strategy
6 3 (16.67%) Analytics
6 3 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
6 3 (16.67%) Data Migration
6 3 (16.67%) Data Strategy
6 3 (16.67%) Data Transformation
6 3 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (16.67%) ERP
6 3 (16.67%) Logistics
6 3 (16.67%) Master Data Management
6 3 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
6 3 (16.67%) Migration
6 3 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (88.89%) Data Quality
2 6 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.56%) GDPR
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001