Data Governance Strategy Jobs

Data Governance Strategy
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Governance Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Governance Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 690 872 926
Rank change year-on-year +182 +54 +272
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance Strategy 21 38 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.037% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.044% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 19 28 25
10th Percentile £49,500 £36,250 £39,099
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £87,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +75.00% -51.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £107,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £69,840 £109,750 £86,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -33.33% +172.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Governance Strategy 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Governance Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Governance Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance Strategy in the UK

Data Governance Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Governance Strategy in the UK

Data Governance Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance Strategy over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Governance Strategy in the UK

Data Governance Strategy
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance Strategy 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
UK excluding London +188 17 £60,000 +20.00% 17
England +142 17 £60,000 -25.00% 27
Work from Home +123 10 £66,250 -33.75% 16
West Midlands +67 9 £60,000 - 4
Midlands +63 9 £60,000 - 7
North of England +38 4 £60,000 +20.00% 4
South East +86 3 £69,840 +39.68% 6
Yorkshire +58 2 £60,000 +20.00%
North West +2 2 - - 4
Scotland +123 1 £50,000 -

Data Governance Strategy
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 4 (19.05%) Azure
3 3 (14.29%) Alation
3 3 (14.29%) Collibra
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.76%) GCP
5 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
5 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (42.86%) Power BI
2 8 (38.10%) Metadata
3 4 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (19.05%) Metadata Repository
4 3 (14.29%) BigQuery
4 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
5 1 (4.76%) Looker
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Legal
3 5 (23.81%) Finance
4 3 (14.29%) Advertising
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Games
5 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Military
5 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Lead
2 4 (19.05%) Data Governance Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Data Governance Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Data Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Governance Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Architect
3 1 (4.76%) Data Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Data Quality Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Governance Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Junior
3 1 (4.76%) Junior Architect
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform Architect
3 1 (4.76%) Quality Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (9.52%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 19 (90.48%) Data Management
3 11 (52.38%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (38.10%) Analytics
4 8 (38.10%) Data Stewardship
5 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
6 6 (28.57%) Data Privacy
6 6 (28.57%) Data Security
7 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (23.81%) Metadata Management
8 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
8 4 (19.05%) Data Strategy
8 4 (19.05%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
8 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (19.05%) Project Management
9 3 (14.29%) Quality Management
9 3 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) C#
1 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (85.71%) Data Quality
2 10 (47.62%) GDPR
3 7 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 7 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 7 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Informatica
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Google