Data Governance Job Trends in the West Midlands

Data Governance
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Data Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 151 141
Rank change year-on-year +46 -10 +40
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 70 56 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.33% 1.30% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 1.44% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 51 39 28
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,875 £58,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -3.85% +6.12%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £79,690 £80,000
England median annual salary £71,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -11.25% +10.34% +7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Data 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,345 3,896 3,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.42% 90.69% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,244 1,745 2,557
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,920 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Governance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Data Governance job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Data Governance
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Governance

Data Governance
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Governance in the West Midlands

Data Governance
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
Birmingham +35 44 £63,500 +5.83% 18
Warwickshire +27 4 £55,000 -37.50%
Coventry +5 4 £67,500 +8.00% 1
Staffordshire -12 4 £33,250 -73.92% 2
Shropshire -17 4 £45,000 -7.69% 6
Wolverhampton - 3 £54,000 - 4
Worcestershire -12 1 £64,500 - 9
Herefordshire - 1 £60,000 -
Data Governance
England

Data Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (5.71%) CMS
2 1 (1.43%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.43%) Civil 3D
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.43%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.43%) Navisworks
2 1 (1.43%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.86%) SAP PP
3 1 (1.43%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 24 (34.29%) Azure
2 12 (17.14%) AWS
3 11 (15.71%) Power Platform
4 9 (12.86%) SaaS
5 6 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (5.71%) Entra ID
7 4 (5.71%) IaaS
7 4 (5.71%) PaaS
8 3 (4.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (4.29%) GCP
8 3 (4.29%) Snowflake
9 1 (1.43%) OCI
9 1 (1.43%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.43%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (17.14%) Metadata
3 7 (10.00%) Power BI
4 6 (8.57%) SQL Server
5 5 (7.14%) Data Lake
6 4 (5.71%) Tableau
7 2 (2.86%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.86%) Data Mining
8 1 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (1.43%) GIS
8 1 (1.43%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) JIRA
1 1 (1.43%) MLflow
General
1 27 (38.57%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.43%) Finance
3 14 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (15.71%) Legal
5 7 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (8.57%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.71%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.29%) Law
8 3 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.86%) Back Office
9 2 (2.86%) Banking
9 2 (2.86%) Retail
10 1 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (15.71%) Data Manager
2 10 (14.29%) Architect
2 10 (14.29%) Data Governance Analyst
2 10 (14.29%) Data Governance Manager
2 10 (14.29%) Governance Manager
2 10 (14.29%) Lead
3 7 (10.00%) Data Engineer
4 6 (8.57%) Analyst
4 6 (8.57%) Report Manager
5 5 (7.14%) Data Architect
6 4 (5.71%) Chief Technology Officer
6 4 (5.71%) Developer
6 4 (5.71%) Senior
6 4 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.29%) Data Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) Head of IT
8 2 (2.86%) SAP Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) SAP Data Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) Service Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.57%) EDI
2 2 (2.86%) JSON
2 2 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (2.86%) XML
3 1 (1.43%) .NET
3 1 (1.43%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.86%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.57%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.71%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.71%) Reference Data
4 2 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.86%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.86%) FMCG
4 2 (2.86%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.86%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.43%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (32.86%) Analytics
2 19 (27.14%) Data Architecture
3 18 (25.71%) Data Strategy
4 17 (24.29%) Agile
5 14 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (18.57%) Data Modelling
6 13 (18.57%) Decision-Making
6 13 (18.57%) DevOps
6 13 (18.57%) ETL
7 12 (17.14%) AI
7 12 (17.14%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (17.14%) Data Management
7 12 (17.14%) Metadata Management
8 11 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (15.71%) Data Pipeline
9 10 (14.29%) Master Data Management
9 10 (14.29%) Project Delivery
10 9 (12.86%) CRM
10 9 (12.86%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.00%) SQL
2 8 (11.43%) Python
3 4 (5.71%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.43%) Bicep
4 1 (1.43%) C#
4 1 (1.43%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.43%) Scala
4 1 (1.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (7.14%) Degree
2 3 (4.29%) CITP
2 3 (4.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (2.86%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.86%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.43%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.14%) Data Quality
2 9 (12.86%) GDPR
3 4 (5.71%) QA
4 2 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.43%) ISO 19650
5 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.86%) Docker
2 2 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.43%) Ansible
2 1 (1.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.71%) SAP
3 3 (4.29%) Planon
3 3 (4.29%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.86%) Autodesk
4 2 (2.86%) Databricks
5 1 (1.43%) Oracle
5 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.43%) Teradata