Data Governance Specialist Job Trends

Data Governance Specialist
UK

The median Data Governance Specialist salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 707 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Governance Specialist 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £49,250 - -
25th Percentile £55,625 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £78,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 80,529 37,301 89,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 89.33% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 51,589 23,381 66,338
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Data Governance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Governance Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Governance Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Governance Specialist
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Data Governance Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Data Governance Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Data Governance Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance Specialist over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Governance Specialist in the UK

Data Governance Specialist
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. 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 - 9 £72,500 - 4
London - 6 - - 2
UK excluding London - 3 £72,500 - 4
East of England - 2 £72,500 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £45,000 -
North of England - 1 £45,000 - 1

Data Governance Specialist Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2026, Data Governance Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Data Governance Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Data Governance
2 3 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) ERP
3 2 (22.22%) Model Validation
3 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 2 (22.22%) SAP MDG
3 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (22.22%) Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (11.11%) Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) Metadata

Data Governance Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP MDG
1 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Metadata
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Data Governance
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) ERP
3 2 (22.22%) Model Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (22.22%) Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (11.11%) Data Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) SAP