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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 224 340
Rank change year-on-year -6 +116 +53
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 1,277 1,759 1,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 1.67% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.74% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 770 969 911
10th Percentile £39,950 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,159 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.27% +9.09% +2.80%

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 84,343 100,922 147,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,769 59,097 83,311
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Governance in the UK

Data Governance
Top 18 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 24 April 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 +1 1,147 £70,000 +3.70% 301
UK excluding London +52 767 £60,159 +0.27% 131
Work from Home -25 447 £70,000 +8.21% 149
London -32 438 £75,000 +3.45% 186
North of England +89 302 £70,250 +12.40% 29
Midlands +73 157 £55,000 -18.52% 28
North West +107 131 £70,250 +8.08% 14
Yorkshire +33 128 £67,533 +17.45% 10
South East -44 125 £70,000 +17.67% 33
West Midlands +71 111 £55,000 -18.52% 18
South West +46 85 £59,556 -1.15% 10
Scotland -41 60 £60,000 - 14
North East +40 43 £79,932 +33.22% 5
East Midlands +15 42 £60,000 +20.00% 10
East of England +10 22 £52,500 -11.39% 10
Wales +6 14 £97,500 +68.10% 9
Isle of Man - 2 £82,500 -
Northern Ireland +24 1 £35,000 -30.00% 4

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 91 (7.13%) SharePoint
2 55 (4.31%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (1.72%) Confluence
4 21 (1.64%) SAS
5 17 (1.33%) Apache
6 9 (0.70%) WordPress
7 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.16%) CMS
9 1 (0.078%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.078%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 130 (10.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.47%) Trello
6 5 (0.39%) SPSS
7 1 (0.078%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 10 (0.78%) SAP MDG
2 8 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.31%) Finacle
3 4 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
3 4 (0.31%) Temenos T24
4 3 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.16%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.078%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.078%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.078%) FastStats
6 1 (0.078%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.078%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.078%) Shopify
6 1 (0.078%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 426 (33.36%) Azure
2 331 (25.92%) Power Platform
3 251 (19.66%) AWS
4 236 (18.48%) GCP
5 83 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 45 (3.52%) Microsoft Purview
8 41 (3.21%) Collibra
9 39 (3.05%) Snowflake
10 38 (2.98%) SaaS
11 30 (2.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 27 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
13 26 (2.04%) Power Automate
13 26 (2.04%) Serverless
14 25 (1.96%) PowerApps
15 19 (1.49%) Amazon S3
16 17 (1.33%) dbt
17 13 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
18 11 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
19 9 (0.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.33%) Intranet
2 7 (0.55%) Cisco IPT
3 4 (0.31%) VPN
4 3 (0.23%) Firewall
5 2 (0.16%) Network Security
5 2 (0.16%) WebEx
6 1 (0.078%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.078%) 5G
6 1 (0.078%) RIP
6 1 (0.078%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 327 (25.61%) Power BI
2 304 (23.81%) Data Warehouse
3 146 (11.43%) BigQuery
4 138 (10.81%) Looker
5 116 (9.08%) Tableau
6 111 (8.69%) Data Lake
7 108 (8.46%) Metadata
8 62 (4.86%) Big Data
9 48 (3.76%) SQL Server
10 45 (3.52%) Hadoop
11 41 (3.21%) Elasticsearch
12 38 (2.98%) Data Mining
13 29 (2.27%) Apache Ignite
14 28 (2.19%) Amazon Redshift
15 27 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 26 (2.04%) Data Hub
17 21 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
18 16 (1.25%) NoSQL
19 14 (1.10%) Data Vault
19 14 (1.10%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 97 (7.60%) JIRA
2 43 (3.37%) Git
3 13 (1.02%) ERwin
4 10 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.55%) GitLab
6 6 (0.47%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.47%) RStudio
7 4 (0.31%) MLflow
8 2 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.078%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.078%) Selenium
9 1 (0.078%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.078%) TestRail
9 1 (0.078%) Toad
9 1 (0.078%) WebDriver
General
1 453 (35.47%) Social Skills
2 419 (32.81%) Finance
3 406 (31.79%) Analytical Skills
4 199 (15.58%) Banking
5 179 (14.02%) Legal
6 74 (5.79%) Public Sector
7 56 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (3.76%) Retail
9 35 (2.74%) Marketing
10 34 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
10 34 (2.66%) Law
11 31 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.10%) Games
13 13 (1.02%) Advertising
13 13 (1.02%) Manufacturing
14 12 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (0.70%) Back Office
16 8 (0.63%) Health Technology
16 8 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 282 (22.08%) Architect
2 221 (17.31%) Data Architect
3 204 (15.97%) Senior
4 200 (15.66%) Analyst
5 167 (13.08%) Lead
6 125 (9.79%) Data Engineer
7 116 (9.08%) Data Manager
8 91 (7.13%) Data Analyst
9 86 (6.73%) Senior Analyst
10 60 (4.70%) Developer
11 51 (3.99%) Data Governance Analyst
11 51 (3.99%) Data Governance Manager
11 51 (3.99%) Governance Manager
12 46 (3.60%) Consultant
13 39 (3.05%) Senior Architect
14 36 (2.82%) IT Manager
15 32 (2.51%) IT Architect
16 31 (2.43%) Governance Analyst
17 30 (2.35%) Cloud Architect
18 29 (2.27%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.92%) Kafka
2 25 (1.96%) PySpark
3 17 (1.33%) Apache Beam
4 13 (1.02%) PyTorch
4 13 (1.02%) TensorFlow
5 9 (0.70%) Pandas
6 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (0.55%) ModSecurity
7 6 (0.47%) Anaconda
7 6 (0.47%) Flask
7 6 (0.47%) JSON
7 6 (0.47%) Middleware
7 6 (0.47%) Plotly
7 6 (0.47%) SQLAlchemy
8 5 (0.39%) .NET
9 4 (0.31%) D3.js
10 3 (0.23%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.23%) Google Chart
11 2 (0.16%) Great Expectations
11 2 (0.16%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 128 (10.02%) Self-Motivation
2 111 (8.69%) Management Information System
3 45 (3.52%) Algorithms
4 36 (2.82%) Data Structures
5 26 (2.04%) Taxonomies
6 25 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 25 (1.96%) Product Ownership
7 24 (1.88%) Reference Data
8 23 (1.80%) Cloud Native
9 21 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.57%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (1.17%) IoT
13 14 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (1.10%) NHS
14 13 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
15 10 (0.78%) Mainframe
16 9 (0.70%) Virtual Team
17 8 (0.63%) Mobile App
18 7 (0.55%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.10%) Windows
2 8 (0.63%) Linux
2 8 (0.63%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.55%) Unix
4 4 (0.31%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (33.67%) Data Modelling
2 428 (33.52%) Data Management
3 400 (31.32%) Business Intelligence
4 375 (29.37%) Analytics
5 365 (28.58%) Problem-Solving
6 357 (27.96%) Data Architecture
7 320 (25.06%) ETL
8 287 (22.47%) Data Engineering
9 261 (20.44%) Data Integration
10 255 (19.97%) Mentoring
11 250 (19.58%) Agile
12 219 (17.15%) Visualisation
13 208 (16.29%) Data Strategy
14 200 (15.66%) Data Protection
15 179 (14.02%) Data Security
16 173 (13.55%) Data Science
17 171 (13.39%) Data Analysis
18 168 (13.16%) Decision-Making
19 163 (12.76%) Data Privacy
20 155 (12.14%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 381 (29.84%) SQL
2 175 (13.70%) Python
3 35 (2.74%) Java
3 35 (2.74%) R
3 35 (2.74%) T-SQL
4 19 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 18 (1.41%) Scala
6 13 (1.02%) C#
7 8 (0.63%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.55%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.47%) Perl
9 6 (0.47%) VBA
10 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.23%) VB
12 2 (0.16%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.078%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.078%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 199 (15.58%) Degree
2 70 (5.48%) Master's Degree
3 68 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 35 (2.74%) Security Cleared
5 19 (1.49%) CISM
5 19 (1.49%) CISSP
5 19 (1.49%) SC Cleared
6 16 (1.25%) PhD
7 12 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (0.78%) CISA
9 9 (0.70%) MBA
10 8 (0.63%) DBS Check
10 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.47%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.47%) IIBA
12 5 (0.39%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.23%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 1 (0.078%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 550 (43.07%) Data Quality
2 340 (26.62%) GDPR
3 37 (2.90%) QA
4 28 (2.19%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
5 25 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 12 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.78%) GRC
8 8 (0.63%) COBIT
8 8 (0.63%) NCSC
9 7 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.55%) NIST
10 4 (0.31%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.23%) SLA
12 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.16%) HL7
12 2 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
13 1 (0.078%) MiFID
13 1 (0.078%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.78%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 19 (1.49%) Terraform
2 18 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.55%) SysTrack
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (0.23%) WebSphere Cast Iron
5 1 (0.078%) Ansible
5 1 (0.078%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.078%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.078%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 204 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 176 (13.78%) Google
3 86 (6.73%) Databricks
4 39 (3.05%) SAP
5 35 (2.74%) Informatica
6 23 (1.80%) Oracle
7 17 (1.33%) Alteryx
7 17 (1.33%) Sophos
8 15 (1.17%) Aderant
8 15 (1.17%) iManage
9 13 (1.02%) Salesforce
10 12 (0.94%) OpenAI
10 12 (0.94%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.78%) Teradata
12 9 (0.70%) IBM
13 8 (0.63%) Cognos
13 8 (0.63%) Northgate
14 7 (0.55%) Cisco
14 7 (0.55%) Snow
15 6 (0.47%) Talend