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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 227 226 339
Rank change year-on-year -1 +113 +46
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 1,277 1,730 1,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 1.67% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.75% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 767 953 913
10th Percentile £39,800 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
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 £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,249 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.89% +9.54% +4.11%

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 84,620 99,018 149,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,724 58,165 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -7 1,147 £70,000 +3.70% 264
UK excluding London +46 759 £65,000 +7.89% 111
Work from Home -32 452 £70,000 +10.24% 152
London -37 444 £75,000 +3.45% 154
North of England +68 292 £75,000 +15.38% 35
Midlands +93 164 £55,000 -18.52% 21
North West +108 128 £71,250 +9.62% 18
South East -57 123 £67,500 +17.77% 29
Yorkshire +26 120 £79,932 +27.89% 14
West Midlands +62 114 £55,000 -20.00% 14
South West +35 84 £59,556 -1.15% 10
Scotland -48 59 £60,743 +1.24% 7
East Midlands +24 46 £60,000 +9.09% 7
North East +33 44 £79,932 +22.97% 3
East of England +5 22 £52,500 -17.32% 5
Wales +9 13 £97,500 +68.10% 4
Isle of Man - 2 £82,500 -
Northern Ireland +26 1 £35,000 -30.00% 2

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 53 (4.15%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
4 21 (1.64%) Confluence
4 21 (1.64%) SAS
5 17 (1.33%) Apache
6 9 (0.70%) WordPress
7 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.078%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.078%) CMS
8 1 (0.078%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 132 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.70%) 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 7 (0.55%) 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
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%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.078%) Shopify
6 1 (0.078%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 422 (33.05%) Azure
2 329 (25.76%) Power Platform
3 249 (19.50%) AWS
4 232 (18.17%) GCP
5 83 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
6 56 (4.39%) Azure Data Factory
7 48 (3.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 40 (3.13%) Collibra
9 38 (2.98%) SaaS
9 38 (2.98%) Snowflake
10 31 (2.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 27 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (2.04%) Power Automate
13 25 (1.96%) PowerApps
13 25 (1.96%) Serverless
14 17 (1.33%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.33%) dbt
15 13 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
17 10 (0.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.33%) Intranet
2 8 (0.63%) 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
1 325 (25.45%) Power BI
2 312 (24.43%) Data Warehouse
3 149 (11.67%) BigQuery
4 138 (10.81%) Looker
5 121 (9.48%) Tableau
6 110 (8.61%) Metadata
7 107 (8.38%) Data Lake
8 66 (5.17%) Big Data
9 47 (3.68%) SQL Server
10 39 (3.05%) Hadoop
11 35 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
12 32 (2.51%) Data Mining
13 31 (2.43%) Amazon Redshift
14 26 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 23 (1.80%) Apache Ignite
16 22 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
17 16 (1.25%) NoSQL
18 15 (1.17%) Relational Database
19 14 (1.10%) MySQL
20 13 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 94 (7.36%) JIRA
2 42 (3.29%) Git
3 11 (0.86%) ERwin
4 10 (0.78%) GitLab
4 10 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.47%) ER Studio
5 6 (0.47%) RStudio
6 5 (0.39%) MLflow
7 2 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.078%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.078%) Selenium
8 1 (0.078%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.078%) Toad
8 1 (0.078%) WebDriver
General
1 445 (34.85%) Social Skills
2 407 (31.87%) Finance
3 388 (30.38%) Analytical Skills
4 195 (15.27%) Banking
5 181 (14.17%) Legal
6 73 (5.72%) Public Sector
7 63 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 49 (3.84%) Retail
9 36 (2.82%) Law
9 36 (2.82%) Marketing
10 32 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.10%) Games
13 12 (0.94%) Advertising
13 12 (0.94%) Manufacturing
13 12 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (0.78%) Investment Banking
15 9 (0.70%) Back Office
16 8 (0.63%) Health Technology
16 8 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 272 (21.30%) Architect
2 215 (16.84%) Data Architect
3 208 (16.29%) Senior
4 199 (15.58%) Analyst
5 167 (13.08%) Lead
6 134 (10.49%) Data Engineer
7 122 (9.55%) Data Manager
8 91 (7.13%) Data Analyst
9 84 (6.58%) Senior Analyst
10 59 (4.62%) Developer
11 51 (3.99%) Data Governance Analyst
11 51 (3.99%) Data Governance Manager
11 51 (3.99%) Governance Manager
12 42 (3.29%) Consultant
13 37 (2.90%) Senior Architect
14 36 (2.82%) IT Manager
15 35 (2.74%) Senior Data Engineer
16 31 (2.43%) Governance Analyst
17 28 (2.19%) Lead Data Engineer
18 26 (2.04%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.45%) Kafka
2 28 (2.19%) PySpark
3 17 (1.33%) Apache Beam
4 14 (1.10%) PyTorch
4 14 (1.10%) TensorFlow
5 9 (0.70%) Pandas
6 8 (0.63%) ModSecurity
7 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
8 6 (0.47%) Anaconda
8 6 (0.47%) Flask
8 6 (0.47%) JSON
8 6 (0.47%) Plotly
8 6 (0.47%) SQLAlchemy
9 5 (0.39%) .NET
9 5 (0.39%) Middleware
10 4 (0.31%) D3.js
11 3 (0.23%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.23%) Google Chart
11 3 (0.23%) scikit-learn
12 2 (0.16%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 128 (10.02%) Self-Motivation
2 119 (9.32%) Management Information System
3 45 (3.52%) Algorithms
4 40 (3.13%) Data Structures
5 28 (2.19%) Onboarding
5 28 (2.19%) Reference Data
5 28 (2.19%) Taxonomies
6 23 (1.80%) Cloud Native
6 23 (1.80%) Product Ownership
7 22 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 21 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (1.17%) IoT
11 14 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (1.10%) NHS
12 13 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
13 10 (0.78%) Mainframe
14 9 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
14 9 (0.70%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.10%) Windows
2 12 (0.94%) Linux
3 8 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.47%) Unix
5 4 (0.31%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (34.22%) Data Modelling
2 433 (33.91%) Data Management
3 413 (32.34%) Business Intelligence
4 380 (29.76%) Analytics
5 365 (28.58%) Data Architecture
6 356 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
7 322 (25.22%) ETL
8 302 (23.65%) Data Engineering
9 260 (20.36%) Mentoring
10 258 (20.20%) Data Integration
11 235 (18.40%) Agile
12 216 (16.91%) Data Strategy
13 201 (15.74%) Data Protection
14 198 (15.51%) Visualisation
15 184 (14.41%) Data Security
16 179 (14.02%) Data Analysis
17 178 (13.94%) Data Science
18 163 (12.76%) Decision-Making
19 162 (12.69%) Data Privacy
20 151 (11.82%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 387 (30.31%) SQL
2 186 (14.57%) Python
3 36 (2.82%) Java
3 36 (2.82%) T-SQL
4 35 (2.74%) R
5 19 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 19 (1.49%) Scala
6 13 (1.02%) C#
7 8 (0.63%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.55%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.55%) VBA
9 6 (0.47%) Perl
10 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.23%) VB
12 2 (0.16%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.16%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.078%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 201 (15.74%) Degree
2 71 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 69 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (2.90%) Security Cleared
5 21 (1.64%) SC Cleared
6 20 (1.57%) CISM
6 20 (1.57%) CISSP
7 17 (1.33%) PhD
8 13 (1.02%) DBS Check
9 12 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (0.86%) CISA
11 9 (0.70%) MBA
12 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.47%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.47%) IIBA
14 5 (0.39%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.23%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 558 (43.70%) Data Quality
2 339 (26.55%) GDPR
3 37 (2.90%) QA
4 32 (2.51%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 11 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.78%) GRC
10 9 (0.70%) NCSC
11 8 (0.63%) COBIT
11 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.47%) NIST
13 4 (0.31%) Solvency II
14 3 (0.23%) SLA
15 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.16%) HL7
15 2 (0.16%) PMO
15 2 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
16 1 (0.078%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.78%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 23 (1.80%) Terraform
2 22 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.55%) SysTrack
4 4 (0.31%) Ansible
5 3 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Cast Iron
7 1 (0.078%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.078%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.078%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 203 (15.90%) Microsoft
2 171 (13.39%) Google
3 91 (7.13%) Databricks
4 36 (2.82%) SAP
5 32 (2.51%) Informatica
6 24 (1.88%) Oracle
7 17 (1.33%) Alteryx
7 17 (1.33%) Sophos
8 15 (1.17%) Aderant
8 15 (1.17%) iManage
9 14 (1.10%) Salesforce
10 12 (0.94%) OpenAI
10 12 (0.94%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.78%) Teradata
12 8 (0.63%) Cognos
12 8 (0.63%) Northgate
13 7 (0.55%) Cisco
13 7 (0.55%) IBM
13 7 (0.55%) Snow
14 6 (0.47%) Talend