Information Governance Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Governance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 631 688
Rank change year-on-year +81 +57 +8
Permanent jobs citing Information Governance 18 124 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.046% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.20% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12 110 44
10th Percentile £24,857 £28,000 £40,450
25th Percentile £53,125 £36,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,802 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.00% -16.72% +18.28%
75th Percentile £100,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - £87,500 £82,751
UK median annual salary £60,000 £45,597 £58,991
% change year-on-year +31.59% -22.71% +7.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,974 60,639 55,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.75% 82.65% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17,037 41,817 28,998
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Information Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Governance in the UK excluding London

Information Governance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Information Governance in the UK excluding London

Information Governance
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Governance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Governance in the UK excluding London

Information 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 Information Governance within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
South East +77 7 £23,197 -62.88% 51
Midlands +43 5 £100,000 +166.67% 25
West Midlands +46 4 £100,000 +166.67% 16
North of England +15 3 £60,000 +8.75% 37
North West -9 3 £60,000 +18.03% 18
Scotland +106 1 £60,000 - 4
Wales +40 1 £40,000 -55.10% 5
East Midlands +38 1 £62,500 +8.71% 8
East of England +19 1 £60,000 +95.56% 15
Information Governance
UK

Information Governance
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Airbyte
1 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.56%) Metadata
1 1 (5.56%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Law
4 3 (16.67%) Legal
5 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Technology Director
2 3 (16.67%) Information Governance Officer
2 3 (16.67%) Information Officer
2 3 (16.67%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Information Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Data Governance Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Data Governance Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Governance Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Head of Information
4 1 (5.56%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (5.56%) Head of Security
4 1 (5.56%) Information Governance Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) EDI
1 1 (5.56%) Middleware
1 1 (5.56%) NumPy
1 1 (5.56%) Pandas
1 1 (5.56%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (22.22%) Freedom of Information
2 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.11%) NHS
4 1 (5.56%) e-Learning
4 1 (5.56%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Ubuntu
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Data Protection
2 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (38.89%) Data Privacy
2 7 (38.89%) Information Security
3 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (27.78%) Data Management
5 4 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
5 4 (22.22%) Data Security
5 4 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (22.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 4 (22.22%) Incident Management
5 4 (22.22%) Information Security Management
5 4 (22.22%) ISMS
5 4 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (22.22%) Security Management
5 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 4 (22.22%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
1 1 (5.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) CISSP
1 3 (16.67%) DBS Check
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) CISM
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.56%) OSCP
3 1 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (72.22%) GDPR
2 7 (38.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (27.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (11.11%) NIST
4 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (5.56%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.56%) Sage