Data Governance Jobs

Data Governance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Governance over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 263 290
Rank change year-on-year +140 +27 +47
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 1,628 761 1,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.14% 1.30% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 1.37% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 467 569 1,073
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,548
25th Percentile £54,793 £58,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,250 £64,827 £62,166
% change year-on-year -8.60% +4.28% +11.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Governance 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 63,908 55,391 135,614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.07% 94.35% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 30,608 39,736 76,629
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,497 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,125 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.10% - +5.00%

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 26 October 2024.

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 26 October 2024. 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 +131 1,560 £70,000 -3.45% 333
Work from Home +194 1,148 £68,750 -1.79% 191
London +130 918 £80,000 +6.67% 169
UK excluding London +103 624 £59,250 -8.60% 190
South West +101 163 £48,750 -11.03% 19
North of England +76 154 £55,750 -25.67% 56
South East +16 137 £55,000 -6.38% 34
Midlands +28 117 £65,000 -1.89% 36
North West +46 96 £58,750 -2.49% 33
West Midlands +11 86 £65,000 -3.70% 29
Yorkshire +37 41 £52,500 -41.67% 13
East Midlands -3 31 £55,000 +10.00% 7
Scotland -16 24 £60,743 +0.82% 19
East of England -34 22 £95,000 -0.26% 17
North East -18 17 £42,500 -38.18% 10
Wales +26 6 £54,000 -24.63% 6
Channel Islands - 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 43 (2.64%) Apache Spark
2 18 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (0.86%) Confluence
4 13 (0.80%) Apache
4 13 (0.80%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.68%) SAS
6 6 (0.37%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.18%) TPMS
8 2 (0.12%) CMS
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 57 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.49%) SAP MDG
3 7 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.31%) Maximo
5 3 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.18%) SAP GTM
6 2 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.061%) Aareon QL
7 1 (0.061%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.061%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.061%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.061%) Magento
7 1 (0.061%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 713 (43.80%) GCP
2 228 (14.00%) Azure
3 199 (12.22%) Power Platform
4 166 (10.20%) Collibra
5 99 (6.08%) AWS
6 75 (4.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 62 (3.81%) Azure Data Factory
8 39 (2.40%) Snowflake
9 32 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
10 25 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (1.54%) Serverless
11 24 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
13 16 (0.98%) Amazon S3
13 16 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (0.92%) Alation
14 15 (0.92%) Power Automate
14 15 (0.92%) PowerApps
14 15 (0.92%) SaaS
15 14 (0.86%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 822 (50.49%) Broadband
2 5 (0.31%) Intranet
3 2 (0.12%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (0.061%) Internet
4 1 (0.061%) VPN
4 1 (0.061%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 824 (50.61%) Data Hub
2 241 (14.80%) Metadata
3 189 (11.61%) Data Warehouse
4 187 (11.49%) BigQuery
5 186 (11.43%) Power BI
6 112 (6.88%) Data Lake
7 78 (4.79%) Tableau
8 49 (3.01%) Azure SQL Database
9 48 (2.95%) Big Data
10 39 (2.40%) NoSQL
11 34 (2.09%) Semantic Layer
12 29 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
12 29 (1.78%) Data Mart
13 27 (1.66%) Qlik Sense
13 27 (1.66%) SQL Server
14 25 (1.54%) Hadoop
15 21 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 20 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
17 19 (1.17%) Data Mining
17 19 (1.17%) Looker
Development Applications
1 15 (0.92%) JIRA
2 11 (0.68%) Git
3 7 (0.43%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.43%) MLflow
4 6 (0.37%) Terragrunt
5 5 (0.31%) GitLab
6 4 (0.25%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.12%) ERwin
9 1 (0.061%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.061%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.061%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,032 (63.39%) Social Skills
2 598 (36.73%) Influencing Skills
3 308 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
4 258 (15.85%) Finance
5 84 (5.16%) Legal
6 63 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 57 (3.50%) Banking
8 42 (2.58%) Public Sector
9 39 (2.40%) Marketing
10 37 (2.27%) Law
11 13 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (0.74%) Retail
13 9 (0.55%) Publishing
14 8 (0.49%) Advertising
14 8 (0.49%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.31%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.31%) Military
16 5 (0.31%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 872 (53.56%) Senior
2 853 (52.40%) Analyst
3 764 (46.93%) Senior Analyst
4 384 (23.59%) IT Analyst
5 381 (23.40%) Audit Analyst
6 325 (19.96%) Data Analyst
7 205 (12.59%) Lead
8 121 (7.43%) Architect
9 109 (6.70%) Data Engineer
10 99 (6.08%) Data Architect
10 99 (6.08%) Data Manager
11 47 (2.89%) Senior Data Engineer
12 34 (2.09%) Developer
13 32 (1.97%) Analytics Manager
13 32 (1.97%) Data Analytics Manager
13 32 (1.97%) Governance Analyst
14 30 (1.84%) Data Modeller
15 28 (1.72%) Governance Manager
16 27 (1.66%) Data Governance Analyst
16 27 (1.66%) Data Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (2.09%) Kafka
2 33 (2.03%) HTML
3 31 (1.90%) PySpark
4 10 (0.61%) Pandas
5 9 (0.55%) pytest
6 7 (0.43%) CSS
6 7 (0.43%) JSON
6 7 (0.43%) XML
7 6 (0.37%) React
7 6 (0.37%) TensorFlow
8 5 (0.31%) EDI
8 5 (0.31%) PyTorch
8 5 (0.31%) RESTful
8 5 (0.31%) scikit-learn
9 4 (0.25%) SOAP
9 4 (0.25%) XBRL
10 3 (0.18%) Flash
10 3 (0.18%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.18%) Node.js
10 3 (0.18%) PyArrow
Miscellaneous
1 143 (8.78%) Over-the-Top Content
2 75 (4.61%) Management Information System
3 28 (1.72%) Data Structures
4 26 (1.60%) Cyberattack
5 20 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 19 (1.17%) Product Ownership
7 16 (0.98%) Onboarding
8 14 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (0.80%) Reference Data
10 12 (0.74%) Data Fabric
11 9 (0.55%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.49%) Data Centre
12 8 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.49%) Taxonomies
13 7 (0.43%) Driving Licence
13 7 (0.43%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (0.37%) Cloud Native
15 5 (0.31%) Freedom of Information
15 5 (0.31%) Reinsurance
15 5 (0.31%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.80%) Linux
2 11 (0.68%) Windows
3 5 (0.31%) Unix
4 4 (0.25%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.25%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,133 (69.59%) Analytics
2 1,086 (66.71%) Data Management
3 864 (53.07%) Data Transformation
3 864 (53.07%) Problem-Solving
4 847 (52.03%) Customer Experience
5 670 (41.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 504 (30.96%) Data Analysis
7 389 (23.89%) IT Audit
8 271 (16.65%) Risk Management
9 239 (14.68%) Business Intelligence
10 221 (13.57%) Data Modelling
11 219 (13.45%) Roadmaps
12 201 (12.35%) Data Strategy
13 195 (11.98%) Metadata Management
14 186 (11.43%) Data Lineage
15 164 (10.07%) Data Architecture
16 148 (9.09%) Decision-Making
17 146 (8.97%) ETL
18 142 (8.72%) Agile
19 141 (8.66%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 278 (17.08%) SQL
2 135 (8.29%) Python
3 32 (1.97%) VBA
4 19 (1.17%) T-SQL
5 17 (1.04%) Java
6 16 (0.98%) Scala
7 9 (0.55%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.49%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.37%) R
10 5 (0.31%) C#
11 4 (0.25%) PHP
11 4 (0.25%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.12%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.12%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.12%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.061%) ABAP
13 1 (0.061%) Go
13 1 (0.061%) VB
Qualifications
1 610 (37.47%) CISA
2 158 (9.71%) Degree
3 63 (3.87%) Security Cleared
4 62 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.69%) DBS Check
6 34 (2.09%) Master's Degree
7 27 (1.66%) DV Cleared
8 26 (1.60%) CCAB
9 24 (1.47%) SC Cleared
10 18 (1.11%) PMI Certification
11 14 (0.86%) Azure Certification
12 13 (0.80%) PMP
13 12 (0.74%) CISSP
14 10 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.43%) CISM
16 5 (0.31%) PhD
17 4 (0.25%) AWS Certification
18 3 (0.18%) ACCA
18 3 (0.18%) CIMA
18 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 582 (35.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 497 (30.53%) Data Quality
3 89 (5.47%) GDPR
4 59 (3.62%) Accessibility
5 46 (2.83%) QA
6 37 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 26 (1.60%) ITGC
8 16 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (0.98%) GRC
9 13 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.43%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.37%) NCSC
13 5 (0.31%) NIST
14 4 (0.25%) COBIT
14 4 (0.25%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.25%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.25%) SLA
15 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 1 (0.061%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (0.92%) Docker
2 7 (0.43%) HDFS
3 3 (0.18%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.12%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 27 (1.66%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.04%) Terraform
3 6 (0.37%) Ansible
4 1 (0.061%) CASB
Vendors
1 550 (33.78%) Google
2 180 (11.06%) Informatica
3 169 (10.38%) Oracle
4 152 (9.34%) Microsoft
5 144 (8.85%) Cloudera
6 112 (6.88%) Databricks
7 45 (2.76%) Salesforce
8 37 (2.27%) SAP
9 7 (0.43%) Alteryx
9 7 (0.43%) Cognos
9 7 (0.43%) MicroStrategy
10 5 (0.31%) Foundry
10 5 (0.31%) Palantir
10 5 (0.31%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.31%) SnapLogic
10 5 (0.31%) Talend
10 5 (0.31%) TIBCO
11 4 (0.25%) IBM
11 4 (0.25%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.25%) QAD