Data Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Governance over the 6 months to 28 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 260 281 321
Rank change year-on-year +21 +40 +126
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 686 1,641 1,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.26% 1.31% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.37% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 520 1,075 972
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,507 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,988 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,450 £65,900 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% +1.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £85,625
90th Percentile £110,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,249 £62,166 £55,750
% change year-on-year -3.08% +11.51% +8.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Governance is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,121 120,104 122,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36,956 73,203 81,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in the UK

Data Governance
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Governance in the UK

Data Governance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance over the 6 months to 28 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Data Governance in the UK

Data Governance
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance within the UK over the 6 months to 28 November 2023. 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 +22 609 £72,500 +9.85% 294
London +25 338 £75,000 +3.45% 171
Work from Home +65 280 £62,250 -12.32% 140
UK excluding London +17 277 £60,249 -3.08% 138
South East +54 73 £67,500 +3.85% 31
North of England +25 66 £60,249 -7.29% 37
Midlands +35 44 £65,000 +8.33% 34
South West +93 41 £55,000 -8.33% 11
West Midlands +41 36 £67,500 +15.93% 24
Yorkshire +39 33 £75,000 +42.86% 9
Scotland +49 29 £60,249 +6.64% 5
North West +58 28 £60,000 -7.69% 23
Wales -7 14 £71,649 +32.68% 13
East of England +87 9 £95,250 +5.83% 7
East Midlands +24 8 £48,750 -27.78% 10
North East +37 5 £68,750 -16.67% 5
Northern Ireland +32 1 - -

Data Governance
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 47 (6.85%) Confluence
2 34 (4.96%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.60%) Apache
4 10 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.02%) SAS
6 6 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.58%) JBoss
7 4 (0.58%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.58%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.29%) MS Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.15%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Luigi
9 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.29%) Trello
6 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.60%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.87%) SAP MDG
4 4 (0.58%) HFM
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.58%) SAP MDM
5 2 (0.29%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.15%) FastStats
6 1 (0.15%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.15%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 212 (30.90%) Azure
2 151 (22.01%) Power Platform
3 137 (19.97%) AWS
4 89 (12.97%) GCP
5 41 (5.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 32 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (4.66%) FinancialForce
7 29 (4.23%) Snowflake
8 27 (3.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 21 (3.06%) Collibra
10 17 (2.48%) Amazon S3
10 17 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
11 15 (2.19%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (1.90%) Power Automate
13 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (1.46%) Serverless
15 8 (1.17%) PaaS
16 7 (1.02%) Google Analytics
17 6 (0.87%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.60%) VPN
2 10 (1.46%) Cisco IPT
3 7 (1.02%) IPv4
3 7 (1.02%) OSPF
3 7 (1.02%) VLAN
4 4 (0.58%) Firewall
5 2 (0.29%) SAN
5 2 (0.29%) Wireless
6 1 (0.15%) DHCP
6 1 (0.15%) DNS
6 1 (0.15%) IPsec
6 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (21.14%) Data Warehouse
1 145 (21.14%) Power BI
2 109 (15.89%) Metadata
3 96 (13.99%) Data Lake
4 75 (10.93%) Tableau
5 40 (5.83%) Big Data
6 38 (5.54%) SQL Server
7 37 (5.39%) Data Hub
8 35 (5.10%) Hadoop
9 30 (4.37%) Data Mining
10 27 (3.94%) NoSQL
11 23 (3.35%) Relational Database
12 20 (2.92%) BusinessObjects
13 19 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
13 19 (2.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 19 (2.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 17 (2.48%) Apache Ignite
14 17 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
14 17 (2.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 16 (2.33%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 59 (8.60%) JIRA
2 20 (2.92%) ERwin
3 5 (0.73%) ER Studio
3 5 (0.73%) Git
4 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.29%) GitLab
5 2 (0.29%) MLflow
5 2 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.15%) LSMW
6 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.15%) TestRail
6 1 (0.15%) Toad
6 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 235 (34.26%) Social Skills
2 215 (31.34%) Finance
3 152 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (9.77%) Banking
5 47 (6.85%) Manufacturing
6 37 (5.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (4.08%) Retail
9 24 (3.50%) Marketing
10 20 (2.92%) Public Sector
11 19 (2.77%) Law
11 19 (2.77%) Legal
12 17 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (2.19%) Publishing
14 13 (1.90%) Military
15 11 (1.60%) Advertising
15 11 (1.60%) Investment Banking
15 11 (1.60%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.17%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.17%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 141 (20.55%) Architect
2 107 (15.60%) Data Architect
3 95 (13.85%) Analyst
4 78 (11.37%) Lead
5 69 (10.06%) Data Engineer
6 67 (9.77%) Senior
7 66 (9.62%) Data Analyst
8 59 (8.60%) Data Manager
9 49 (7.14%) Consultant
10 45 (6.56%) Solutions Architect
11 27 (3.94%) Governance Manager
12 26 (3.79%) Data Governance Analyst
12 26 (3.79%) Data Governance Manager
13 25 (3.64%) Cloud Architect
14 24 (3.50%) Enterprise Architect
14 24 (3.50%) Governance Analyst
15 21 (3.06%) Data Consultant
16 20 (2.92%) IT Architect
17 18 (2.62%) Enterprise Data Architect
17 18 (2.62%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.52%) Kafka
2 14 (2.04%) PySpark
3 11 (1.60%) REST
4 10 (1.46%) Pandas
5 9 (1.31%) ModSecurity
6 7 (1.02%) JSON
6 7 (1.02%) NumPy
6 7 (1.02%) XML
7 6 (0.87%) Matplotlib
8 5 (0.73%) RAML
8 5 (0.73%) YAML
9 4 (0.58%) SOAP
10 3 (0.44%) Anaconda
10 3 (0.44%) Flask
10 3 (0.44%) Middleware
10 3 (0.44%) OAuth
10 3 (0.44%) Plotly
10 3 (0.44%) SQLAlchemy
11 2 (0.29%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (0.29%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 38 (5.54%) Management Information System
3 35 (5.10%) Data Structures
4 27 (3.94%) Public Cloud
5 21 (3.06%) Algorithms
5 21 (3.06%) Data Fabric
5 21 (3.06%) Reference Data
6 18 (2.62%) Renewable Energy
7 17 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.48%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.46%) Data Centre
8 10 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.17%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (0.87%) Life Science
10 6 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.58%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.21%) Windows
2 11 (1.60%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.46%) Linux
4 6 (0.87%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (34.69%) Analytics
2 232 (33.82%) Business Intelligence
3 218 (31.78%) Data Management
4 209 (30.47%) Data Modelling
5 199 (29.01%) Agile
6 183 (26.68%) Visualisation
7 128 (18.66%) ETL
8 127 (18.51%) Data Strategy
8 127 (18.51%) Roadmaps
9 126 (18.37%) Data Visualisation
10 122 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
11 114 (16.62%) Migration
12 111 (16.18%) Data Analytics
13 110 (16.03%) Data Integration
14 103 (15.01%) Data Engineering
15 102 (14.87%) Data Architecture
16 95 (13.85%) Machine Learning
17 91 (13.27%) Data Analysis
18 84 (12.24%) Decision-Making
19 78 (11.37%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 197 (28.72%) SQL
2 114 (16.62%) Python
3 24 (3.50%) T-SQL
4 19 (2.77%) R
5 17 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (1.46%) C#
6 10 (1.46%) Java
7 9 (1.31%) Bash
7 9 (1.31%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.17%) Scala
9 2 (0.29%) Ruby
9 2 (0.29%) VBA
10 1 (0.15%) ABAP
10 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.15%) VBScript
10 1 (0.15%) XAML
Qualifications
1 118 (17.20%) Degree
2 40 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (3.94%) Security Cleared
4 22 (3.21%) Master's Degree
5 21 (3.06%) SC Cleared
6 13 (1.90%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.60%) CISA
7 11 (1.60%) CISM
7 11 (1.60%) CISSP
8 10 (1.46%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.87%) MCSA
10 4 (0.58%) MCSE
11 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.29%) IIBA
13 1 (0.15%) CRISC
13 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (37.46%) Data Quality
2 75 (10.93%) GDPR
3 35 (5.10%) NIST
4 31 (4.52%) QA
5 24 (3.50%) Actionable Recommendations
6 19 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (1.31%) NCSC
9 8 (1.17%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.29%) SLA
12 1 (0.15%) COBIT
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.15%) MiFID
12 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.73%) Docker
3 1 (0.15%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (1.46%) Puppet
1 10 (1.46%) Terraform
2 9 (1.31%) Ansible
3 7 (1.02%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.44%) WebSphere Cast Iron
6 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.15%) Oozie
7 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 110 (16.03%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.75%) Databricks
3 54 (7.87%) Informatica
4 49 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 49 (7.14%) SAP
5 42 (6.12%) Google
6 37 (5.39%) HubSpot
7 32 (4.66%) Atlassian
7 32 (4.66%) Pardot
7 32 (4.66%) Sage
8 13 (1.90%) IBM
8 13 (1.90%) Oracle
8 13 (1.90%) Talend
9 10 (1.46%) MuleSoft
10 9 (1.31%) Alteryx
11 8 (1.17%) JD Edwards
12 7 (1.02%) Adobe
12 7 (1.02%) Workday
13 5 (0.73%) Cisco
13 5 (0.73%) Facebook