Information Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Information Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Governance over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 698 803 772
Rank change year-on-year +105 -31 -19
Permanent jobs citing Information Governance 198 187 463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.18% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.19% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 170 131 284
10th Percentile £31,242 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £51,250 £40,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,982 £57,983 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.97% +5.42% +10.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £81,250 £73,761
90th Percentile £90,933 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,802 £53,250 £46,500
% change year-on-year -13.99% +14.52% +11.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information 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 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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%

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 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Governance in the UK

Information Governance
Top 16 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 25 April 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 +124 177 £45,802 -23.66% 30
UK excluding London +64 121 £45,802 -13.99% 20
London +110 65 £47,000 -33.51% 10
Work from Home +42 39 £85,000 +53.44% 16
North of England +57 35 £55,173 +0.31% 3
Midlands +17 29 £37,500 -29.58% 7
West Midlands +27 26 £37,500 -29.58% 4
East of England +41 18 £30,682 -36.63%
Yorkshire +99 17 £85,000 +65.85%
South East +20 14 £62,500 +10.62% 6
South West -14 10 £55,173 +16.15%
North West +7 9 £55,173 -7.27% 2
North East - 9 £55,173 - 1
Scotland - 9 £60,000 - 2
Wales - 6 £89,092 - 1
East Midlands -14 3 £57,494 -5.75% 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 24 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.53%) ArcGIS
3 4 (2.02%) Confluence
4 2 (1.01%) CMS
5 1 (0.51%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.51%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.02%) Finacle
2 4 (2.02%) FLEXCUBE
2 4 (2.02%) Temenos T24
3 2 (1.01%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 46 (23.23%) Azure
2 38 (19.19%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (18.18%) Power Platform
4 17 (8.59%) AWS
5 9 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (3.54%) IaaS
6 7 (3.54%) PaaS
6 7 (3.54%) SaaS
7 4 (2.02%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.02%) Miro
7 4 (2.02%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.02%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.52%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.01%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.01%) Google Tag Manager
9 2 (1.01%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.01%) Siteimprove
10 1 (0.51%) Dropbox
10 1 (0.51%) GCP
10 1 (0.51%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.62%) Intranet
2 9 (4.55%) LAN
2 9 (4.55%) WAN
3 2 (1.01%) SSL
4 1 (0.51%) Firewall
4 1 (0.51%) Internet
4 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.51%) Network Security
4 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (18.18%) Power BI
2 16 (8.08%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.03%) SAP HANA
4 5 (2.53%) Geospatial Data
4 5 (2.53%) GIS
4 5 (2.53%) Spatial Data
5 3 (1.52%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.52%) EDRMS
5 3 (1.52%) Snowflake Schema
5 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.52%) Star Schema
6 2 (1.01%) Metadata
7 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.51%) Big Data
7 1 (0.51%) MS Access
7 1 (0.51%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (4.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 8 (4.04%) Cypress.io
1 8 (4.04%) Jenkins
1 8 (4.04%) Selenium
1 8 (4.04%) WebDriver
2 5 (2.53%) JIRA
General
1 85 (42.93%) Finance
2 68 (34.34%) Social Skills
3 31 (15.66%) Public Sector
4 29 (14.65%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.58%) Local Government
6 14 (7.07%) Legal
7 12 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (5.56%) Retail
9 9 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (4.04%) Financial Institution
10 8 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (3.54%) Publishing
12 6 (3.03%) Law
13 4 (2.02%) Banking
13 4 (2.02%) Marketing
13 4 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (2.02%) Police
14 1 (0.51%) Digital Healthcare
14 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 57 (28.79%) Lead
2 24 (12.12%) Senior
3 23 (11.62%) IT Manager
4 22 (11.11%) Developer
4 22 (11.11%) Lead Developer
5 18 (9.09%) Information Manager
6 15 (7.58%) Senior Manager
6 15 (7.58%) Service Manager
7 13 (6.57%) Information Governance Officer
7 13 (6.57%) Information Officer
8 12 (6.06%) Analyst
8 12 (6.06%) Governance Manager
8 12 (6.06%) Information Governance Manager
9 11 (5.56%) Architect
9 11 (5.56%) IT Support
10 10 (5.05%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (5.05%) IT Support Technician
10 10 (5.05%) IT Technician
10 10 (5.05%) Support Technician
11 9 (4.55%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (15.15%) REST
1 30 (15.15%) Web Services
2 25 (12.63%) .NET
3 22 (11.11%) OAuth
3 22 (11.11%) OpenID
4 8 (4.04%) Apache Thrift
4 8 (4.04%) JSON
4 8 (4.04%) React
5 3 (1.52%) MDX
6 1 (0.51%) ADO
6 1 (0.51%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 58 (29.29%) Management Information System
2 36 (18.18%) NHS
3 9 (4.55%) LIMS
3 9 (4.55%) PKI
4 7 (3.54%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.54%) Freedom of Information
5 6 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.02%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.02%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.02%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.52%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.52%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.51%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.51%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.62%) Windows
2 9 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.02%) Android
3 4 (2.02%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.02%) DC/OS
3 4 (2.02%) Linux
4 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (28.79%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (27.78%) Data Protection
4 47 (23.74%) Agile
5 43 (21.72%) Data Governance
6 40 (20.20%) Business Intelligence
7 39 (19.70%) Information Security
8 31 (15.66%) Mentoring
9 27 (13.64%) Line Management
10 25 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (12.63%) Service Delivery
11 22 (11.11%) Code Quality
11 22 (11.11%) DevSecOps
11 22 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
11 22 (11.11%) Integration Patterns
11 22 (11.11%) MVC
11 22 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
11 22 (11.11%) SOA
11 22 (11.11%) SOLID
11 22 (11.11%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.04%) Java
1 8 (4.04%) JavaScript
1 8 (4.04%) SQL
2 5 (2.53%) Python
3 4 (2.02%) C#
4 3 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (21.21%) Degree
2 9 (4.55%) DBS Check
3 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.02%) CISSP
4 4 (2.02%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.01%) CISM
5 2 (1.01%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.01%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.51%) CISA
6 1 (0.51%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (30.30%) GDPR
2 34 (17.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (5.56%) Data Quality
4 10 (5.05%) NCSC
5 8 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.01%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.01%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.51%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.51%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.02%) Docker
2 3 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.02%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (43.43%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.59%) Sophos
3 9 (4.55%) Google
4 8 (4.04%) SAP
5 5 (2.53%) ESRI
6 4 (2.02%) Datix
7 3 (1.52%) iManage
7 3 (1.52%) Micro Focus
7 3 (1.52%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.01%) NEC
9 1 (0.51%) IBM
9 1 (0.51%) Oracle
9 1 (0.51%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.51%) Salesforce