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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 635 690
Rank change year-on-year +89 +55 -3
Permanent jobs citing Information Governance 27 124 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.069% 0.17% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.21% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 18 110 40
10th Percentile £34,952 £28,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £43,125 £36,250 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,802 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.00% -16.72% +18.28%
75th Percentile £90,938 £60,000 £67,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £82,751
UK median annual salary £60,000 £45,802 £60,000
% change year-on-year +31.00% -23.66% +9.09%

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 36,295 59,625 57,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.88% 84.00% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,237 41,241 29,486
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

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 11 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 11 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 +96 10 £23,197 -62.88% 23
Midlands +46 10 £81,250 +116.67% 6
West Midlands +43 9 £100,000 +166.67% 2
North of England +31 4 £60,000 +8.75% 14
North West -4 4 £60,000 +18.03% 11
Scotland +114 1 £60,000 - 3
East Midlands +42 1 £62,500 +8.71% 3
Wales +34 1 £40,000 -55.10%
East of England +23 1 £60,000 +95.56% 4
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 (11.11%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) AWS
1 3 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Airbyte
1 3 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (11.11%) Metadata
1 3 (11.11%) Qlik Sense
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Legal
3 4 (14.81%) Law
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (14.81%) Technology Director
2 3 (11.11%) Data Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Governance Manager
2 3 (11.11%) Information Governance Officer
2 3 (11.11%) Information Manager
2 3 (11.11%) Information Officer
2 3 (11.11%) Lead
2 3 (11.11%) Security Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Information Governance Manager
3 2 (7.41%) IT Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) IT Manager
3 2 (7.41%) IT Security Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) IT Security Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Risk Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Data Governance Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Data Governance Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 1 (3.70%) Head of Information
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) NumPy
1 3 (11.11%) Pandas
1 3 (11.11%) SQLAlchemy
2 1 (3.70%) EDI
2 1 (3.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
2 5 (18.52%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (18.52%) Freedom of Information
3 4 (14.81%) NHS
4 2 (7.41%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (3.70%) Cyberattack
5 1 (3.70%) e-Learning
5 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
1 3 (11.11%) Ubuntu
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Information Security
2 10 (37.04%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 8 (29.63%) Data Privacy
5 7 (25.93%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (25.93%) Data Management
6 6 (22.22%) Information Security Management
6 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (22.22%) Security Management
7 5 (18.52%) Incident Management
7 5 (18.52%) ISMS
7 5 (18.52%) Roadmaps
8 4 (14.81%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (14.81%) Data Security
8 4 (14.81%) Data Visualisation
8 4 (14.81%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
8 4 (14.81%) Threat Analysis
8 4 (14.81%) Threat Modelling
8 4 (14.81%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 3 (11.11%) Python
1 3 (11.11%) SQL
1 3 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) CISM
1 6 (22.22%) CISSP
1 6 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) DBS Check
3 2 (7.41%) CISA
4 1 (3.70%) CIPFA
4 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.70%) CRISC
4 1 (3.70%) ISEB
4 1 (3.70%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.70%) OSCP
4 1 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (51.85%) GDPR
2 13 (48.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (40.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (11.11%) NIST
5 2 (7.41%) COBIT
5 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (7.41%) GRC
5 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
6 1 (3.70%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.70%) Sage