Data Governance Manager
UK
The median Data Governance Manager salary in the UK is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 663 | 855 | 928 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +192 | +73 | +264 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Data Governance Manager | 48 | 55 | 36 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.088% | 0.054% | 0.037% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.097% | 0.057% | 0.040% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 38 | 37 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,750 | £41,500 | £56,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £58,438 | £52,325 | £61,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £115,000 | £55,000 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +109.09% | -26.67% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £145,000 | £90,000 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £160,000 | £107,500 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £54,650 | £77,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.93% | -29.48% | +47.62% |
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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Data Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Data Governance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Data Governance Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Governance Manager.
Data Governance Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance Manager over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
Data Governance Manager
Top 11 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 28 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 | +155 | 43 | £115,000 | +109.09% | 23 |
| Work from Home | +128 | 31 | £115,000 | +109.09% | 5 |
| London | +127 | 24 | £115,000 | +27.78% | 7 |
| UK excluding London | +181 | 18 | £52,500 | -3.93% | 17 |
| West Midlands | +54 | 7 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 4 |
| Midlands | +50 | 7 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 5 |
| Scotland | +126 | 3 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 1 |
| South East | +89 | 3 | £44,000 | -12.00% | 4 |
| North of England | +38 | 3 | £60,000 | +20.00% | 6 |
| North West | -2 | 3 | £60,000 | +20.00% | |
| East of England | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
Data Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 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 featuring Data Governance Manager in the job title.
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Data Governance Manager 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: