Information Governance Jobs

Information Governance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Information Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Governance over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 651 702 789
Rank change year-on-year +51 +87 -5
Permanent jobs citing Information Governance 51 207 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.098% 0.24% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 25 177 124
10th Percentile £32,800 £31,345 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £36,250 £51,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,392 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.18% -24.35% +9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,933 £99,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £45,802 £55,000
% change year-on-year +31.00% -16.72% +18.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information 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 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Governance over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Governance within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 +30 44 £60,000 +33.33% 82
London +62 24 £49,500 +7.15% 28
Work from Home +98 20 £62,500 +13.64% 50
UK excluding London +76 18 £60,000 +31.00% 56
South East +69 7 £23,197 -62.88% 14
Midlands +41 5 £100,000 +166.67% 16
West Midlands +34 4 £100,000 +166.67% 9
North of England +5 3 £60,000 +8.75% 17
North West -5 3 £60,000 +18.03% 5
Scotland +114 1 £60,000 -
East Midlands +41 1 £62,500 +8.71% 7
Wales +36 1 £40,000 -55.10% 2
East of England +33 1 £60,000 +95.56% 3

Information 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 10 (19.61%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.88%) nginx
3 1 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.96%) CMS
3 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.84%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.65%) AWS
1 9 (17.65%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (7.84%) Asana
3 4 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (7.84%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (5.88%) GitHub
4 3 (5.88%) npm
4 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.92%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.92%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.96%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.84%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.96%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.69%) Metadata
2 5 (9.80%) SQL Server
3 4 (7.84%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (5.88%) Power BI
5 1 (1.96%) Airbyte
5 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.96%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (1.96%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.96%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Babel
1 3 (5.88%) Git
1 3 (5.88%) gulp
1 3 (5.88%) webpack
2 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.57%) Finance
2 11 (21.57%) Legal
3 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (11.76%) Law
5 3 (5.88%) Fire and Rescue
5 3 (5.88%) Publishing
6 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Banking
7 1 (1.96%) Local Government
7 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (15.69%) Information Manager
1 8 (15.69%) Lead
2 5 (9.80%) Data Governance Analyst
2 5 (9.80%) Data Governance Manager
2 5 (9.80%) Data Manager
2 5 (9.80%) Data Protection Manager
2 5 (9.80%) Governance Manager
2 5 (9.80%) Information Governance Manager
3 4 (7.84%) Applications Manager
3 4 (7.84%) Developer
3 4 (7.84%) Technology Director
4 3 (5.88%) Analyst
4 3 (5.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 3 (5.88%) Information Governance Officer
4 3 (5.88%) Information Officer
4 3 (5.88%) Information Security Manager
4 3 (5.88%) Security Manager
4 3 (5.88%) Senior
4 3 (5.88%) Senior Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) OAuth
1 4 (7.84%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (5.88%) CSS
2 3 (5.88%) EDI
2 3 (5.88%) HTML
2 3 (5.88%) Node.js
2 3 (5.88%) React
2 3 (5.88%) REST
2 3 (5.88%) Sass
2 3 (5.88%) Svelte
2 3 (5.88%) Vue
3 1 (1.96%) LDAP
3 1 (1.96%) Middleware
3 1 (1.96%) NumPy
3 1 (1.96%) Pandas
3 1 (1.96%) SQLAlchemy
3 1 (1.96%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 18 (35.29%) Management Information System
2 11 (21.57%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (17.65%) Freedom of Information
4 6 (11.76%) Freedom of Information Act
4 6 (11.76%) Smart City
5 4 (7.84%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (5.88%) NHS
7 1 (1.96%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.96%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.96%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.80%) Windows
2 4 (7.84%) Linux
2 4 (7.84%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) Data Protection
2 16 (31.37%) Data Privacy
3 15 (29.41%) Decision-Making
3 15 (29.41%) Information Security
4 14 (27.45%) Data Management
4 14 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (25.49%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (23.53%) Data Sharing
7 9 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
7 9 (17.65%) Facilities Management
8 8 (15.69%) Agile
8 8 (15.69%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (15.69%) DevOps
8 8 (15.69%) Release Management
9 7 (13.73%) Data Science
9 7 (13.73%) Data Security
9 7 (13.73%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 6 (11.76%) Business Continuity
10 6 (11.76%) Computer Science
10 6 (11.76%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.76%) SQL
2 4 (7.84%) Python
3 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.88%) R
4 1 (1.96%) Java
4 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.96%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (11.76%) CISSP
2 4 (7.84%) CISM
2 4 (7.84%) DBS Check
2 4 (7.84%) ISEB
3 3 (5.88%) Degree
4 2 (3.92%) CRISC
5 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.96%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.96%) OSCP
5 1 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (45.10%) GDPR
2 16 (31.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (11.76%) Data Quality
5 4 (7.84%) NIST
6 2 (3.92%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.92%) QA
7 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.96%) DICOM
7 1 (1.96%) GRC
7 1 (1.96%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.96%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (7.84%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) Oracle
2 4 (7.84%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.96%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.96%) iManage
3 1 (1.96%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.96%) Sage