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 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 216 230 227
Rank change year-on-year +14 -3 +110
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 861 1,334 1,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.52% 1.19% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.45% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 506 806 863
10th Percentile £47,000 £41,197 £46,570
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £108,750 £88,563 £85,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +12.73%

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 52,087 91,737 86,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 92.16% 82.04% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 26,282 63,381 53,040
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,824 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year - -9.54% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,453
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

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 22 June 2025.

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 22 June 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
England +20 789 £82,500 +13.79% 3,347
UK excluding London -3 406 £60,000 -7.69% 2,017
London +83 389 £100,000 +25.00% 1,554
Work from Home -1 269 £76,687 +9.55% 1,511
South East +148 203 £64,750 -4.07% 510
Midlands -9 68 £55,000 - 344
North of England -134 62 £61,622 -17.84% 507
West Midlands -1 54 £60,000 +9.09% 206
North West -89 34 £57,500 -20.69% 248
South West +59 31 £60,000 -7.69% 217
Yorkshire -31 26 £64,000 -19.93% 217
East of England +46 22 £57,000 -26.45% 225
Scotland +56 15 £55,971 -7.86% 107
East Midlands +5 13 £41,000 -25.45% 137
Wales +36 3 £80,000 -17.95% 58
North East +8 2 £55,250 -28.68% 42
Northern Ireland +40 1 - - 58
Isle of Man +14 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 69 (8.01%) Apache Spark
2 42 (4.88%) SharePoint
3 34 (3.95%) CMS
4 28 (3.25%) Apache
5 16 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.81%) Confluence
7 5 (0.58%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.35%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 36 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.35%) Maya
6 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.46%) Dynamics GP
4 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.46%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.35%) Shopify
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.23%) SAP MDG-S
6 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.12%) FastStats
7 1 (0.12%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.12%) Maximo
7 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.12%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 335 (38.91%) Azure
2 237 (27.53%) Power Platform
3 154 (17.89%) AWS
4 108 (12.54%) GCP
5 80 (9.29%) Snowflake
6 62 (7.20%) Microsoft Purview
7 53 (6.16%) SaaS
8 52 (6.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 52 (6.04%) Power Automate
9 51 (5.92%) PowerApps
10 43 (4.99%) Azure Data Factory
11 41 (4.76%) PaaS
12 35 (4.07%) Collibra
13 30 (3.48%) iPaaS
14 25 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
14 25 (2.90%) Serverless
15 24 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
16 17 (1.97%) Amazon S3
16 17 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
17 13 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.28%) HTTP
2 2 (0.23%) Firewall
3 1 (0.12%) DHCP
3 1 (0.12%) DNS
3 1 (0.12%) Intranet
3 1 (0.12%) SAN
3 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (26.60%) Power BI
2 168 (19.51%) Data Lake
3 155 (18.00%) Data Warehouse
4 116 (13.47%) Metadata
5 101 (11.73%) Tableau
6 86 (9.99%) Big Data
7 49 (5.69%) NoSQL
8 44 (5.11%) Hadoop
9 38 (4.41%) SQL Server
10 30 (3.48%) Amazon Redshift
11 29 (3.37%) BigQuery
12 23 (2.67%) Relational Database
13 21 (2.44%) Power Query
14 18 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 14 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
17 13 (1.51%) MySQL
18 12 (1.39%) Looker
19 11 (1.28%) IBM InfoSphere
19 11 (1.28%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 20 (2.32%) JIRA
2 13 (1.51%) Git
3 11 (1.28%) PowerBuilder
4 9 (1.05%) ERwin
5 6 (0.70%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.58%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.35%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.35%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.23%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.12%) GitLab
9 1 (0.12%) JUnit
9 1 (0.12%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) TestComplete
General
1 330 (38.33%) Finance
2 264 (30.66%) Social Skills
3 205 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (18.23%) Law
5 92 (10.69%) Legal
6 86 (9.99%) Marketing
7 61 (7.08%) Front Office
8 59 (6.85%) Banking
9 44 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
11 39 (4.53%) Public Sector
12 34 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 26 (3.02%) Retail
14 23 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
15 20 (2.32%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.51%) Investment Banking
17 11 (1.28%) Advertising
17 11 (1.28%) Local Government
18 10 (1.16%) Health Technology
19 8 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 238 (27.64%) Lead
2 160 (18.58%) Architect
3 107 (12.43%) Senior
4 86 (9.99%) Data Architect
5 83 (9.64%) Analyst
6 80 (9.29%) Data Engineer
7 71 (8.25%) Data Manager
8 46 (5.34%) Data Analyst
9 32 (3.72%) Governance Manager
10 31 (3.60%) Data Governance Analyst
10 31 (3.60%) Data Governance Manager
10 31 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
11 30 (3.48%) IT Architect
12 28 (3.25%) Senior Data Engineer
13 26 (3.02%) Applications Architect
14 25 (2.90%) Data Analytics Director
14 25 (2.90%) Developer
15 23 (2.67%) Lead Architect
16 22 (2.56%) Consultant
17 20 (2.32%) Head of Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.88%) Kafka
2 34 (3.95%) REST
3 27 (3.14%) PySpark
4 22 (2.56%) SOAP
5 17 (1.97%) .NET
5 17 (1.97%) Middleware
5 17 (1.97%) React
6 15 (1.74%) GraphQL
7 10 (1.16%) ADO
8 9 (1.05%) XML
9 8 (0.93%) MERN Stack
9 8 (0.93%) WebSockets
10 7 (0.81%) JSON
11 5 (0.58%) Dask
11 5 (0.58%) PyArrow
12 4 (0.46%) Great Expectations
12 4 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
12 4 (0.46%) Polars
12 4 (0.46%) pytest
13 3 (0.35%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.50%) Derivative
2 55 (6.39%) Hedge funds
3 54 (6.27%) Equities
3 54 (6.27%) Fixed Income
3 54 (6.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 49 (5.69%) Management Information System
5 43 (4.99%) Product Ownership
6 34 (3.95%) Cloud Native
7 33 (3.83%) Data Structures
7 33 (3.83%) FMCG
8 32 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.28%) Reinsurance
13 10 (1.16%) Taxonomies
14 8 (0.93%) Low-Code
15 6 (0.70%) Data Centre
15 6 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
15 6 (0.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.51%) Windows
2 6 (0.70%) Linux
2 6 (0.70%) Unix
3 4 (0.46%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (40.42%) Analytics
2 316 (36.70%) Data Management
3 280 (32.52%) Business Intelligence
4 253 (29.38%) Data Modelling
5 245 (28.46%) Agile
6 229 (26.60%) Decision-Making
7 202 (23.46%) Data Engineering
8 195 (22.65%) Data Strategy
9 190 (22.07%) Data Architecture
10 175 (20.33%) ETL
11 171 (19.86%) Roadmaps
12 166 (19.28%) Migration
13 156 (18.12%) Data Pipeline
14 153 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
15 144 (16.72%) Mentoring
16 136 (15.80%) Artificial Intelligence
17 133 (15.45%) Data Integration
17 133 (15.45%) Data Science
18 131 (15.21%) Regulatory Compliance
19 129 (14.98%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 299 (34.73%) SQL
2 168 (19.51%) Python
3 28 (3.25%) Java
4 24 (2.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 23 (2.67%) C#
6 21 (2.44%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.21%) PL/SQL
7 19 (2.21%) Scala
8 15 (1.74%) R
9 13 (1.51%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.16%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.70%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.58%) Bash
12 5 (0.58%) SPARQL
13 2 (0.23%) Bicep
13 2 (0.23%) C
13 2 (0.23%) Ruby
13 2 (0.23%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.23%) VB
14 1 (0.12%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 227 (26.36%) Degree
2 47 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 45 (5.23%) Master's Degree
4 36 (4.18%) Azure Certification
5 23 (2.67%) Security Cleared
6 20 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.21%) SC Cleared
8 17 (1.97%) AWS Certification
9 15 (1.74%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.70%) MBA
12 5 (0.58%) ACCA
12 5 (0.58%) CIMA
12 5 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.58%) PhD
13 4 (0.46%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.46%) PMP
14 3 (0.35%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.23%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 324 (37.63%) Data Quality
2 115 (13.36%) GDPR
3 94 (10.92%) Accessibility
4 64 (7.43%) QA
5 26 (3.02%) MiFID
6 22 (2.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 14 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.46%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.46%) NIST
11 3 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 3 (0.35%) Good Clinical Practice
11 3 (0.35%) GRC
11 3 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.23%) COBIT
12 2 (0.23%) Dublin Core
12 2 (0.23%) SLA
12 2 (0.23%) Solvency II
System Software
1 24 (2.79%) Docker
2 12 (1.39%) HDFS
3 5 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (3.48%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.14%) Terraform
3 4 (0.46%) SCCM
4 2 (0.23%) Ansible
4 2 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 193 (22.42%) Microsoft
2 98 (11.38%) Databricks
3 59 (6.85%) Informatica
4 57 (6.62%) Google
5 35 (4.07%) Oracle
5 35 (4.07%) SAP
5 35 (4.07%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.74%) IBM
6 15 (1.74%) Talend
7 12 (1.39%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.28%) Alteryx
9 7 (0.81%) Sage
10 5 (0.58%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.46%) iManage
11 4 (0.46%) Remedy
11 4 (0.46%) Teradata
11 4 (0.46%) Workday
12 3 (0.35%) Cloudera
12 3 (0.35%) Nintex
12 3 (0.35%) Snowplow