Data Governance Manager
UK
The median Data Governance Manager salary in the UK is £92,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 659 | 850 | 933 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +191 | +83 | +281 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Data Governance Manager | 43 | 57 | 35 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.077% | 0.055% | 0.037% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.085% | 0.058% | 0.040% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 33 | 39 | 32 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,750 | £42,000 | £56,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | £52,325 | £60,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £92,000 | £55,000 | £73,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +67.27% | -25.42% | -1.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £122,500 | £90,000 | £88,125 |
| 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 | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £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 | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
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 31 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 31 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 | +160 | 38 | £103,500 | +88.18% | 15 |
| Work from Home | +123 | 26 | £115,000 | +109.09% | 2 |
| London | +106 | 19 | £115,000 | +27.78% | 8 |
| UK excluding London | +169 | 18 | £52,500 | -3.93% | 7 |
| Midlands | +55 | 7 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +46 | 7 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 1 |
| Scotland | +124 | 3 | £50,000 | -16.67% | |
| South East | +77 | 3 | £44,000 | -12.00% | 1 |
| North of England | +34 | 3 | £60,000 | +14.29% | 5 |
| North West | -2 | 3 | £60,000 | +14.29% | |
| East of England | - | 2 | - | - |
Data Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 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: