Data Governance Job Trends

Data Governance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Data Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 177 223
Rank change year-on-year +51 +46 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 1,379 865 1,326
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.49% 1.95% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 2.10% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 920 520 792
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,400 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +17.86% +3.70%
75th Percentile £92,500 £110,000 £88,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% +4.42%

All Process & 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 67,552 41,143 88,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.85% 92.63% 82.27%
Number of salaries quoted 46,362 21,911 62,510
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,556
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Governance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Governance job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Governance
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Governance

Data Governance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

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 13 June 2026. 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 +49 1,272 £75,000 -9.09% 472
UK excluding London +52 703 £67,500 +12.50% 347
London +23 572 £82,500 -17.50% 211
Work from Home +76 420 £75,000 -9.09% 241
North of England +108 245 £62,750 +3.30% 92
South East -29 168 £72,500 +11.97% 111
Midlands +47 154 £63,076 +14.68% 56
North West +84 119 £54,500 -5.22% 58
West Midlands +29 116 £65,000 +8.33% 36
Yorkshire +29 100 £70,932 +16.77% 23
East of England +24 58 £72,500 +27.19% 21
East Midlands +3 37 £47,500 +15.85% 19
Scotland +34 35 £85,000 +33.33% 20
South West -52 34 £70,752 +17.92% 35
North East -16 26 £67,500 +8.00% 12
Northern Ireland -26 5 £45,000 - 8
Wales -44 4 £39,511 -50.61% 11

Data Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 128 (9.28%) Apache Airflow
2 90 (6.53%) Apache Spark
3 59 (4.28%) Apache
4 35 (2.54%) SharePoint
5 22 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.65%) Confluence
6 9 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (0.36%) SAS
8 3 (0.22%) CMS
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
Applications
1 59 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 48 (3.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.67%) SAP MDG
3 15 (1.09%) SAP PM
4 14 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (0.58%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.51%) SAP MDG-BP
7 4 (0.29%) SAP MDG-F
7 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.22%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.22%) iTrent
8 3 (0.22%) Misys Opics
8 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.15%) SAP EWM
9 2 (0.15%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.15%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 465 (33.72%) Azure
2 298 (21.61%) AWS
3 289 (20.96%) Power Platform
4 183 (13.27%) GCP
5 170 (12.33%) Snowflake
6 145 (10.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 95 (6.89%) Microsoft Purview
8 77 (5.58%) Azure Data Factory
9 76 (5.51%) dbt
10 72 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
11 70 (5.08%) Azure Machine Learning
12 68 (4.93%) Amazon S3
13 66 (4.79%) Azure AI
14 54 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
15 48 (3.48%) SaaS
16 36 (2.61%) Serverless
17 29 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
17 29 (2.10%) OpenShift
18 22 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
18 22 (1.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.87%) Firewall
2 11 (0.80%) CHAP
3 10 (0.73%) Broadband
4 9 (0.65%) DHCP
4 9 (0.65%) DNS
5 5 (0.36%) 5G
5 5 (0.36%) SMS
5 5 (0.36%) WAN
6 4 (0.29%) Network Security
7 3 (0.22%) NGN
7 3 (0.22%) VPN
7 3 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.15%) 4G
8 2 (0.15%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (0.15%) Tactical Data Link
9 1 (0.073%) HTTP
9 1 (0.073%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 250 (18.13%) Power BI
2 193 (14.00%) Metadata
3 187 (13.56%) Data Warehouse
4 166 (12.04%) Tableau
5 162 (11.75%) Data Lake
6 75 (5.44%) SQL Server
7 71 (5.15%) BigQuery
8 63 (4.57%) Amazon Redshift
9 49 (3.55%) Relational Database
10 48 (3.48%) NoSQL
11 44 (3.19%) Spark SQL
12 37 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
12 37 (2.68%) Delta Lake
13 34 (2.47%) Looker
14 31 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
15 28 (2.03%) Oracle Database
16 27 (1.96%) Snowflake Schema
17 26 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
18 25 (1.81%) Apache Hive
18 25 (1.81%) Impala
Development Applications
1 69 (5.00%) Git
2 32 (2.32%) MLflow
3 25 (1.81%) IBM UrbanCode
4 22 (1.60%) JIRA
5 14 (1.02%) ERwin
6 8 (0.58%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.36%) Toad
8 3 (0.22%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.15%) GitLab
9 2 (0.15%) Jaeger
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.15%) rollup.js
9 2 (0.15%) TestDirector
10 1 (0.073%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.073%) JUnit
10 1 (0.073%) RStudio
10 1 (0.073%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 499 (36.19%) Finance
2 452 (32.78%) Social Skills
3 396 (28.72%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 98 (7.11%) Public Sector
5 79 (5.73%) Law
6 77 (5.58%) Legal
7 72 (5.22%) Banking
8 60 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
9 59 (4.28%) Retail
10 50 (3.63%) Manufacturing
11 45 (3.26%) Financial Institution
12 41 (2.97%) Marketing
13 37 (2.68%) Telecoms
14 31 (2.25%) Investment Banking
15 30 (2.18%) Military
16 27 (1.96%) Back Office
17 20 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
18 18 (1.31%) Advertising
19 16 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 285 (20.67%) Architect
2 230 (16.68%) Data Architect
2 230 (16.68%) Senior
3 201 (14.58%) Analyst
4 177 (12.84%) Data Engineer
5 162 (11.75%) Data Manager
6 150 (10.88%) Lead
7 82 (5.95%) Data Analyst
8 70 (5.08%) Governance Manager
9 69 (5.00%) Data Governance Analyst
9 69 (5.00%) Data Governance Manager
10 63 (4.57%) Consultant
11 53 (3.84%) Senior Manager
12 44 (3.19%) Senior Architect
13 43 (3.12%) Senior Data Engineer
14 41 (2.97%) Azure Architect
14 41 (2.97%) Business Analyst
15 40 (2.90%) Data Consultant
16 37 (2.68%) Engineering Manager
17 35 (2.54%) Azure Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (5.73%) PySpark
2 72 (5.22%) Kafka
3 35 (2.54%) PyTorch
3 35 (2.54%) TensorFlow
4 32 (2.32%) LangChain
5 25 (1.81%) Middleware
5 25 (1.81%) scikit-learn
6 23 (1.67%) LlamaIndex
6 23 (1.67%) pgvector
6 23 (1.67%) REST
7 21 (1.52%) JSON
8 15 (1.09%) XML
9 14 (1.02%) Pandas
10 13 (0.94%) CSS
11 11 (0.80%) EDI
12 10 (0.73%) ARM Templates
12 10 (0.73%) HTML
13 9 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
14 7 (0.51%) SOAP
14 7 (0.51%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.54%) Cloud Native
2 97 (7.03%) Management Information System
3 78 (5.66%) Data Structures
4 75 (5.44%) Product Ownership
5 36 (2.61%) Public Cloud
6 30 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 30 (2.18%) Onboarding
7 29 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
8 28 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (2.03%) Low-Code
8 28 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (1.89%) Clustering
9 26 (1.89%) Life Science
10 22 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
10 22 (1.60%) Reference Data
11 18 (1.31%) Reinsurance
12 17 (1.23%) NHS
13 15 (1.09%) Blockchain
14 14 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.02%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.31%) Windows
2 10 (0.73%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.51%) Linux
3 7 (0.51%) Unix
4 3 (0.22%) AIX
5 1 (0.073%) Android
5 1 (0.073%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.073%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (40.10%) Analytics
2 509 (36.91%) Data Modelling
3 420 (30.46%) AI
4 395 (28.64%) Data Engineering
5 366 (26.54%) Data Architecture
6 349 (25.31%) Business Intelligence
7 338 (24.51%) Agile
8 301 (21.83%) Roadmaps
9 288 (20.88%) ETL
10 278 (20.16%) Decision-Making
11 272 (19.72%) Data Pipeline
12 266 (19.29%) Problem-Solving
13 245 (17.77%) Data Management
14 234 (16.97%) Data Strategy
15 229 (16.61%) Machine Learning
16 217 (15.74%) CI/CD
17 208 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
18 191 (13.85%) Stakeholder Management
19 178 (12.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 175 (12.69%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 519 (37.64%) SQL
2 348 (25.24%) Python
3 30 (2.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 29 (2.10%) Java
5 25 (1.81%) Scala
6 22 (1.60%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.23%) R
8 14 (1.02%) C#
9 13 (0.94%) PL/SQL
10 10 (0.73%) Bash
11 9 (0.65%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.65%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.44%) C++
13 5 (0.36%) ABAP
13 5 (0.36%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.29%) Groovy
15 3 (0.22%) Bicep
15 3 (0.22%) Go
15 3 (0.22%) TypeScript
16 1 (0.073%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 165 (11.97%) Degree
2 97 (7.03%) Security Cleared
3 67 (4.86%) SC Cleared
4 34 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.39%) Master's Degree
6 32 (2.32%) Azure Certification
7 24 (1.74%) DBS Check
8 21 (1.52%) AWS Certification
9 19 (1.38%) CISA
10 18 (1.31%) CISSP
10 18 (1.31%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.16%) CISM
12 13 (0.94%) ACCA
12 13 (0.94%) CIMA
12 13 (0.94%) SANS
13 12 (0.87%) CGEIT
13 12 (0.87%) FFIEC
13 12 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 520 (37.71%) Data Quality
2 235 (17.04%) GDPR
3 53 (3.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 45 (3.26%) Accessibility
5 36 (2.61%) QA
6 26 (1.89%) NIST
7 24 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 19 (1.38%) PERC
9 17 (1.23%) PMO
10 15 (1.09%) HIPAA
11 13 (0.94%) COBIT
11 13 (0.94%) GRC
12 9 (0.65%) Solvency II
13 8 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.51%) SLA
15 6 (0.44%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.36%) TickIT
17 4 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 56 (4.06%) Virtual Machines
2 36 (2.61%) Docker
3 21 (1.52%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) IAG
5 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.073%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 61 (4.42%) Terraform
2 31 (2.25%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.58%) Grafana
4 7 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.36%) Ansible
6 4 (0.29%) Control-M
6 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 1 (0.073%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.073%) CASB
8 1 (0.073%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.073%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.073%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.073%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 280 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 279 (20.23%) Databricks
3 112 (8.12%) SAP
4 75 (5.44%) Salesforce
5 69 (5.00%) Oracle
6 64 (4.64%) Google
7 32 (2.32%) Informatica
8 27 (1.96%) Dell
9 25 (1.81%) Red Hat
10 24 (1.74%) Cloudera
11 15 (1.09%) Palantir
11 15 (1.09%) Sage
12 14 (1.02%) Talend
13 13 (0.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 12 (0.87%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.87%) ServiceNow
14 12 (0.87%) VMware
15 9 (0.65%) Foundry
15 9 (0.65%) Planon
16 8 (0.58%) Concur