Governance Manager
UK

The median Governance Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 800 915 1091
Rank change year-on-year +115 +176 -230
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Manager 98 65 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.099% 0.064% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.070% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 70 59 66
10th Percentile £35,000 £56,219 £42,731
25th Percentile £47,563 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,000 £65,625
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +0.57% +21.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,625 £82,875
90th Percentile £107,500 £91,750 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% +16.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Governance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Governance Manager.

Salary trend for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Governance Manager over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Governance Manager in the UK

Governance Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Governance Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +131 92 £55,000 -17.60% 27
UK excluding London +13 60 £55,000 -8.33% 16
Work from Home +71 38 £55,000 -21.99% 6
London +125 33 £80,000 +6.67% 13
South East +22 18 £52,500 -8.84% 6
West Midlands +1 17 £55,000 -21.43%
Midlands -14 17 £55,000 -21.43% 1
North of England +53 12 £43,742 -26.52% 5
North West +7 8 £57,500 -3.40% 2
South West -19 6 £45,250 -23.98% 3
East of England - 6 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire +89 4 £43,742 -37.95% 3
Scotland -61 1 £60,000 +0.80% 1

Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Governance Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Governance Manager in the job title.

1 52 (53.06%) Data Governance
2 43 (43.88%) Social Skills
3 30 (30.61%) Data Protection
4 26 (26.53%) Data Quality
5 25 (25.51%) Data Management
6 23 (23.47%) Risk Management
7 18 (18.37%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (16.33%) Management Information System
8 16 (16.33%) Finance
8 16 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (16.33%) Degree
9 14 (14.29%) Data Privacy
9 14 (14.29%) Legal
9 14 (14.29%) GDPR
9 14 (14.29%) Decision-Making
10 12 (12.24%) Change Management
10 12 (12.24%) Information Governance
11 11 (11.22%) Records Management
11 11 (11.22%) Information Security
11 11 (11.22%) Freedom of Information
11 11 (11.22%) Banking
11 11 (11.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 10 (10.20%) Data Science
12 10 (10.20%) Information Management
12 10 (10.20%) Business Continuity
12 10 (10.20%) Microsoft
12 10 (10.20%) Analytics
13 9 (9.18%) Azure
13 9 (9.18%) Ontologies

Governance Manager Skill Set
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 6 (6.12%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.02%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.18%) Azure
2 6 (6.12%) Collibra
2 6 (6.12%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (4.08%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.02%) SaaS
5 1 (1.02%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.02%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.16%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (8.16%) Metadata
2 4 (4.08%) Power BI
3 2 (2.04%) NonStop SQL
General
1 43 (43.88%) Social Skills
2 16 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (16.33%) Finance
3 14 (14.29%) Legal
4 11 (11.22%) Banking
5 8 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.08%) Social Housing
6 4 (4.08%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.06%) Law
8 2 (2.04%) Electronics
8 2 (2.04%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.04%) Marketing
8 2 (2.04%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.02%) Advertising
9 1 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.02%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.33%) Management Information System
2 11 (11.22%) Freedom of Information
3 8 (8.16%) Taxonomies
4 6 (6.12%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (6.12%) Reference Data
5 4 (4.08%) NHS
6 3 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.02%) Life Science
7 1 (1.02%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.06%) Windows
1 3 (3.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (53.06%) Data Governance
2 30 (30.61%) Data Protection
3 25 (25.51%) Data Management
4 23 (23.47%) Risk Management
5 18 (18.37%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (14.29%) Data Privacy
7 14 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 12 (12.24%) Change Management
8 12 (12.24%) Information Governance
9 11 (11.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 11 (11.22%) Information Security
9 11 (11.22%) Records Management
10 10 (10.20%) Analytics
10 10 (10.20%) Business Continuity
10 10 (10.20%) Data Science
10 10 (10.20%) Information Management
11 9 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (9.18%) Data Modelling
11 9 (9.18%) Ontologies
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (16.33%) Degree
2 6 (6.12%) CISSP
3 4 (4.08%) CISM
4 3 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.06%) CRISC
5 2 (2.04%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.04%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.02%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.02%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.02%) PMP
6 1 (1.02%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (26.53%) Data Quality
2 14 (14.29%) GDPR
3 8 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (7.14%) GRC
5 6 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (4.08%) PCI DSS
7 3 (3.06%) ISO 22301
7 3 (3.06%) NIST
8 2 (2.04%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.02%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.02%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.02%) PMO
Vendors
1 10 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.12%) SAP
3 4 (4.08%) Datix
4 3 (3.06%) Oracle
4 3 (3.06%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.02%) Informatica