Information Governance Job Trends

Information Governance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Information Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 619 629
Rank change year-on-year +36 +10 +207
Permanent jobs citing Information Governance 70 80 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 47 57 75
10th Percentile £30,000 £44,000 £34,445
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £45,918
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,652 £82,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.33% +37.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £84,063 £87,500 £75,625
90th Percentile £115,500 £96,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £62,500 £55,050
% change year-on-year -30.40% +13.53% +18.00%

All Process & 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 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Information Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Information Governance job vacancy trend in the UK

Information Governance
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Information Governance

Information Governance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Governance over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Top 14 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 14 January 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 +46 59 £56,840 -30.04% 57
UK excluding London +54 40 £43,500 -30.40% 54
Work from Home +35 21 £58,326 -31.38% 22
London +41 19 £88,750 +4.41% 14
Midlands +25 14 £80,625 +46.59% 4
East of England - 9 £43,500 - 15
West Midlands +18 8 £81,250 +47.73% 3
South West +12 8 £30,000 -63.64% 5
East Midlands - 6 £80,000 - 1
South East +26 5 £60,000 -3.60% 11
North of England +5 3 £37,500 -42.31% 13
North West +15 2 £36,250 -44.23% 4
Yorkshire - 1 £57,239 - 9
Scotland - 1 £35,000 -

Information 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 5 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.29%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.43%) Azure
2 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (4.29%) SaaS
5 2 (2.86%) AWS
5 2 (2.86%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.43%) Collibra
6 1 (1.43%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.43%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.71%) Firewall
2 2 (2.86%) LAN
2 2 (2.86%) VPN
2 2 (2.86%) WAN
2 2 (2.86%) Wireless
3 1 (1.43%) Broadband
3 1 (1.43%) DNS
3 1 (1.43%) Intranet
3 1 (1.43%) SAN
3 1 (1.43%) SSL
3 1 (1.43%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.57%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.71%) Metadata
3 2 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.86%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 21 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.57%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (12.86%) Finance
4 9 (12.86%) Local Government
5 7 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 6 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (8.57%) Legal
6 6 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (7.14%) Law
7 5 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (5.71%) Marketing
9 2 (2.86%) Back Office
9 2 (2.86%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.43%) Advertising
10 1 (1.43%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (14.29%) Information Officer
1 10 (14.29%) Lead
2 9 (12.86%) Information Governance Officer
3 6 (8.57%) Analyst
4 4 (5.71%) Head of Information
4 4 (5.71%) Head of Information Security
4 4 (5.71%) Head of Security
4 4 (5.71%) IT Manager
4 4 (5.71%) Operations Director
5 3 (4.29%) Developer
5 3 (4.29%) IT Risk Manager
5 3 (4.29%) IT Security Manager
5 3 (4.29%) Risk Manager
5 3 (4.29%) Security Manager
5 3 (4.29%) Senior
6 2 (2.86%) Data Analyst
6 2 (2.86%) Information Manager
6 2 (2.86%) Records Manager
6 2 (2.86%) Sales Director
6 2 (2.86%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) CSS
1 1 (1.43%) HTML
1 1 (1.43%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 23 (32.86%) Management Information System
2 12 (17.14%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (17.14%) NHS
3 8 (11.43%) Security Posture
4 4 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (5.71%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (4.29%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.29%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (2.86%) Life Science
6 2 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.43%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (1.43%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.43%) Social Media
7 1 (1.43%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (45.71%) Data Protection
2 17 (24.29%) Information Security
3 15 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (17.14%) Records Management
5 11 (15.71%) Data Security
6 10 (14.29%) Data Management
6 10 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 10 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 9 (12.86%) Data Governance
7 9 (12.86%) Decision-Making
7 9 (12.86%) Information Security Management
7 9 (12.86%) Security Management
8 8 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (10.00%) Business Continuity
9 7 (10.00%) ITIL
10 6 (8.57%) Agile
10 6 (8.57%) CRM
10 6 (8.57%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.71%) SQL
2 1 (1.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (24.29%) Degree
2 6 (8.57%) DBS Check
3 4 (5.71%) CISSP
4 3 (4.29%) CISM
4 3 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 3 (4.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (2.86%) CISMP
5 2 (2.86%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.86%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.43%) CCNA
6 1 (1.43%) CCNP
6 1 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.43%) CRISC
6 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (34.29%) GDPR
2 18 (25.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (18.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (14.29%) Accessibility
5 6 (8.57%) NIST
6 4 (5.71%) COBIT
7 3 (4.29%) Data Quality
7 3 (4.29%) ISO 9001
7 3 (4.29%) PCI DSS
7 3 (4.29%) SOC 2
8 2 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (2.86%) GRC
8 2 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.43%) PERC
9 1 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 6 (8.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (25.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.71%) VMware
3 2 (2.86%) Google
3 2 (2.86%) Sophos
3 2 (2.86%) TOWER Software
4 1 (1.43%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.43%) Cisco
4 1 (1.43%) HubSpot
4 1 (1.43%) iManage
4 1 (1.43%) Meraki
4 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow