Information Governance Manager Jobs

Information Governance Manager
UK

The median Information Governance Manager salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 692 880 971
Rank change year-on-year +188 +91 +253
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Governance Manager 13 17 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.017% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.018% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 6
10th Percentile £59,375 - £47,625
25th Percentile £61,250 £35,000 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £37,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -38.78% +25.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £43,742 £66,813
90th Percentile £68,125 £93,500 £70,188
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £43,742 £58,750
% change year-on-year +48.60% -25.55% +36.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 49,982 93,747 91,844
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 94.66% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 26,989 67,111 57,934
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £74,014 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

Information Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Governance Manager in the UK

Information Governance Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Information Governance Manager in the UK

Information Governance Manager
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Governance Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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 +144 13 £62,500 +66.67% 1
UK excluding London +179 9 £65,000 +48.60% 1
South East +100 7 - -
Work from Home +137 6 £62,500 +72.41% 2
North of England +53 2 £65,000 +48.60%
North West -1 1 £60,000 -7.69%
North East - 1 £70,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Information 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 Information Governance Manager in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
1 13 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (92.31%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (92.31%) Freedom of Information Act
2 12 (92.31%) Freedom of Information
2 12 (92.31%) Data Protection
2 12 (92.31%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
3 8 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (61.54%) CISA
3 8 (61.54%) CISSP
3 8 (61.54%) Management Information System
4 7 (53.85%) CISM
4 7 (53.85%) Information Security Management
4 7 (53.85%) Security Management
4 7 (53.85%) Publishing
4 7 (53.85%) HIPAA
4 7 (53.85%) Incident Management
4 7 (53.85%) Psychology
4 7 (53.85%) ISMS
4 7 (53.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (53.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 6 (46.15%) Information Governance
5 6 (46.15%) GDPR
6 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (38.46%) Data Sharing
6 5 (38.46%) Impact Assessments
6 5 (38.46%) Data Privacy
6 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (38.46%) Legal

Information 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:

General
1 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
2 7 (53.85%) Publishing
3 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 12 (92.31%) Data Protection Act
1 12 (92.31%) Freedom of Information
1 12 (92.31%) Freedom of Information Act
2 8 (61.54%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
2 12 (92.31%) Data Protection
3 8 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (53.85%) Incident Management
4 7 (53.85%) Information Security Management
4 7 (53.85%) ISMS
4 7 (53.85%) Psychology
4 7 (53.85%) Security Management
5 6 (46.15%) Information Governance
6 5 (38.46%) Data Privacy
6 5 (38.46%) Data Sharing
6 5 (38.46%) Impact Assessments
6 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (7.69%) Business Continuity
7 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) CISA
1 8 (61.54%) CISSP
2 7 (53.85%) CISM
2 7 (53.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 4 (30.77%) ISEB
4 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (92.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (53.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (53.85%) HIPAA
4 6 (46.15%) GDPR
5 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)