Data Governance Consultant Jobs

Data Governance Consultant
UK

The median Data Governance Consultant salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 698 877 959
Rank change year-on-year +179 +82 +257
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Governance Consultant 13 18 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.018% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.019% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 12
10th Percentile £45,550 £60,375 £45,125
25th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £72,500 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% +1.75% -10.94%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,625
90th Percentile - - £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,250 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.70% -3.57% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Data Governance Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Governance Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance Consultant in the UK

Data Governance Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Governance Consultant.

Salary trend for Data Governance Consultant in the UK

Data Governance Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance Consultant over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Governance Consultant in the UK

Data Governance Consultant
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +146 12 £85,000 +17.24% 3
London +103 9 £85,000 +15.25% 2
UK excluding London +186 4 £58,250 -13.70%
Work from Home +119 4 £58,250 -22.33% 5
North of England +51 2 £39,000 -29.09%
North West - 2 £39,000 -
South West - 1 £80,000 -
Wales - 1 £77,500 -

Data Governance Consultant Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Data Governance Consultant 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 featuring Data Governance Consultant in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 11 (84.62%) Finance
3 9 (69.23%) Degree
3 9 (69.23%) Economics
4 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Data Privacy
6 1 (7.69%) GDPR
6 1 (7.69%) Databricks
6 1 (7.69%) DAMA
6 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Metadata
6 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
6 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (7.69%) Data Governance Strategy
6 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
6 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
6 1 (7.69%) Metadata Management
6 1 (7.69%) Data Cleansing
6 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (7.69%) QA
6 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
6 1 (7.69%) Migration
6 1 (7.69%) Quality Management
6 1 (7.69%) Information Security
6 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
6 1 (7.69%) Data Management

Data Governance Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Metadata
General
1 11 (84.62%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 9 (69.23%) Economics
3 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
4 2 (15.38%) Data Privacy
5 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
5 1 (7.69%) DAMA
5 1 (7.69%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (7.69%) Data Governance Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Data Management
5 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
5 1 (7.69%) Information Security
5 1 (7.69%) Metadata Management
5 1 (7.69%) Migration
5 1 (7.69%) Quality Management
5 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Databricks
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft