Data Governance Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Governance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 261 299
Rank change year-on-year +98 +38 +33
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 512 391 276
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.22% 1.05% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.19% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 280 212 187
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,188 £51,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,175 £60,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% -0.41% -5.12%
75th Percentile £79,625 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £98,625 £92,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £71,450
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.97% +5.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,380 32,892 27,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.58% 88.28% 90.59%
Number of salaries quoted 19,063 15,104 20,736
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,755 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,070
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Governance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Data Governance job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Governance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Governance

Data Governance
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Governance in the UK excluding London

Data Governance
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +87 190 £60,000 +1.27% 131
North of England +30 116 £67,500 +28.57% 103
Midlands +43 103 £63,500 -2.31% 62
West Midlands +30 70 £63,500 -2.31% 49
Scotland +39 59 £60,000 -17.24% 25
Yorkshire +12 59 £68,000 +29.52% 36
North West +28 53 £57,750 +10.00% 56
East Midlands +4 30 £65,000 - 12
East of England +26 21 £97,500 +30.00% 49
South West -12 21 £64,350 +0.94% 47
North East -1 4 £53,750 -14.00% 12
Northern Ireland - 4 £56,750 - 3
Wales 0 2 £60,000 -7.69% 9
Data Governance
UK

Data Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.56%) CMS
2 6 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.98%) Confluence
4 4 (0.78%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.59%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.59%) Magnolia
5 3 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.59%) SAS
5 3 (0.59%) WordPress
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 69 (13.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.20%) Civil 3D
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.20%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (4.10%) Oracle ERP
2 14 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.78%) Maximo
4 3 (0.59%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.39%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.39%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 216 (42.19%) Azure
2 131 (25.59%) Power Platform
3 101 (19.73%) AWS
4 41 (8.01%) Snowflake
5 39 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
6 38 (7.42%) GCP
7 30 (5.86%) GitHub
8 26 (5.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 25 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
9 25 (4.88%) Entra ID
10 24 (4.69%) SaaS
11 23 (4.49%) OCI
12 15 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (2.54%) Veeva
14 11 (2.15%) Collibra
14 11 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (1.37%) GitHub Copilot
17 6 (1.17%) dbt
17 6 (1.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.39%) Broadband
2 1 (0.20%) 5G
2 1 (0.20%) Firewall
2 1 (0.20%) Intranet
2 1 (0.20%) TETRA
2 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (23.63%) Metadata
2 113 (22.07%) Power BI
3 81 (15.82%) Data Warehouse
4 67 (13.09%) Data Lake
5 42 (8.20%) SQL Server
6 32 (6.25%) SAP BW
7 28 (5.47%) Tableau
8 19 (3.71%) NoSQL
9 14 (2.73%) Data Vault
9 14 (2.73%) Relational Database
9 14 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.95%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.56%) Big Data
12 7 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.17%) Delta Lake
13 6 (1.17%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.17%) Neo4j
13 6 (1.17%) Qlik Sense
13 6 (1.17%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (3.91%) Jenkins
1 20 (3.91%) Oracle Forms
2 16 (3.13%) ERwin
3 12 (2.34%) ER Studio
4 8 (1.56%) Git
5 6 (1.17%) JIRA
6 5 (0.98%) GitLab
7 4 (0.78%) MLflow
8 3 (0.59%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.20%) LSMW
General
1 209 (40.82%) Social Skills
2 171 (33.40%) Finance
3 110 (21.48%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (8.40%) Law
5 26 (5.08%) Marketing
6 21 (4.10%) Manufacturing
6 21 (4.10%) Public Sector
7 20 (3.91%) Legal
8 19 (3.71%) Banking
9 13 (2.54%) Publishing
10 12 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.76%) Retail
13 6 (1.17%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.98%) Back Office
14 5 (0.98%) Digital Health
15 4 (0.78%) Advertising
15 4 (0.78%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 89 (17.38%) Architect
2 88 (17.19%) Lead
3 71 (13.87%) Senior
4 70 (13.67%) Data Manager
5 69 (13.48%) Data Architect
6 56 (10.94%) Analyst
7 38 (7.42%) Data Engineer
8 33 (6.45%) Data Analyst
9 31 (6.05%) Business Intelligence Lead
10 21 (4.10%) Senior Architect
10 21 (4.10%) Senior Data Architect
11 20 (3.91%) Applications Engineer
11 20 (3.91%) Cloud Engineer
11 20 (3.91%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 19 (3.71%) Developer
13 16 (3.13%) Data Modeller
14 13 (2.54%) Governance Manager
14 13 (2.54%) Senior Manager
15 12 (2.34%) Data Governance Analyst
15 12 (2.34%) Data Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.47%) JSON
1 28 (5.47%) XML
2 25 (4.88%) SOAP
3 20 (3.91%) RESTful
4 10 (1.95%) FHIR
5 9 (1.76%) TensorFlow
6 8 (1.56%) PySpark
7 7 (1.37%) REST
8 6 (1.17%) EDI
8 6 (1.17%) Middleware
8 6 (1.17%) PyTorch
8 6 (1.17%) Snowpark
9 5 (0.98%) Keras
9 5 (0.98%) Web Services
10 3 (0.59%) Kafka
10 3 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.59%) scikit-learn
11 2 (0.39%) Hugging Face
11 2 (0.39%) SAP Fiori
12 1 (0.20%) React
Miscellaneous
1 64 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 40 (7.81%) Cloud Native
3 31 (6.05%) Life Science
4 30 (5.86%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (3.71%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.93%) Data Structures
7 14 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.34%) Algorithms
8 12 (2.34%) Low-Code
8 12 (2.34%) Taxonomies
9 10 (1.95%) Omics
10 9 (1.76%) Biopharmaceutical
10 9 (1.76%) Reference Data
11 8 (1.56%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.17%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.98%) FMCG
13 5 (0.98%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.59%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.37%) Windows
2 4 (0.78%) Unix
3 3 (0.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (38.28%) Data Modelling
2 191 (37.30%) Analytics
3 147 (28.71%) Business Intelligence
4 136 (26.56%) Data Architecture
5 126 (24.61%) Data Management
6 122 (23.83%) Agile
7 117 (22.85%) Data Strategy
8 111 (21.68%) Decision-Making
9 110 (21.48%) AI
9 110 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
10 97 (18.95%) ETL
11 90 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
12 89 (17.38%) Roadmaps
13 88 (17.19%) Data Engineering
13 88 (17.19%) Stakeholder Management
14 83 (16.21%) Mentoring
15 80 (15.63%) Data Pipeline
15 80 (15.63%) ERP
16 78 (15.23%) Data Integration
17 77 (15.04%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 172 (33.59%) SQL
2 133 (25.98%) Python
3 25 (4.88%) PL/SQL
4 22 (4.30%) Shell Script
5 21 (4.10%) Java
6 14 (2.73%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.37%) C#
7 7 (1.37%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.17%) ANSI SQL
9 3 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.39%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.20%) Bash
11 1 (0.20%) Bicep
11 1 (0.20%) R
11 1 (0.20%) Scala
11 1 (0.20%) SHACL
11 1 (0.20%) SPARQL
11 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 118 (23.05%) Degree
2 27 (5.27%) Master's Degree
3 21 (4.10%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.73%) AWS Certification
4 14 (2.73%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 10 (1.95%) PhD
7 10 (1.95%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (0.98%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.59%) CIPD
10 3 (0.59%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.59%) PMP
10 3 (0.59%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.39%) CISSP
11 2 (0.39%) CITP
11 2 (0.39%) OCP
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (41.99%) Data Quality
2 49 (9.57%) GDPR
3 28 (5.47%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.15%) QA
5 10 (1.95%) CDISC
5 10 (1.95%) GxP
5 10 (1.95%) HL7
6 9 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.98%) SLA
8 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.59%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.20%) GRC
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.20%) NCSC
10 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (4.69%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.34%) Docker
3 4 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (5.66%) Terraform
2 20 (3.91%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.59%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.39%) Control-M
5 1 (0.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 61 (11.91%) Microsoft
1 61 (11.91%) SAP
2 56 (10.94%) Databricks
3 43 (8.40%) Oracle
4 20 (3.91%) Okta
5 10 (1.95%) Workday
6 8 (1.56%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.37%) Informatica
8 4 (0.78%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.59%) Google
9 3 (0.59%) IFS
9 3 (0.59%) Software AG
9 3 (0.59%) TIBCO
9 3 (0.59%) webMethods
10 2 (0.39%) Autodesk
10 2 (0.39%) Cognos
10 2 (0.39%) Dell
10 2 (0.39%) Foundry
10 2 (0.39%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.39%) Talend