Governance Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Governance Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Governance Manager salary in the West Midlands is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 231 257
Rank change year-on-year +39 +26 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Manager 8 17 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.18% 0.23% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.24% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 15
10th Percentile - - £56,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,325 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -21.43% +19.66%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £90,625
90th Percentile £65,125 £59,300 £95,000
England median annual salary £100,000 £55,000 £66,750
% change year-on-year +81.82% -17.60% -0.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,930 6,948 5,785
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.17% 90.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,781 5,218 3,296
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,688 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Manager in the West Midlands

Governance Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Governance Manager in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Governance Manager in the West Midlands

Governance Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Governance Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Governance Manager in the West Midlands

Governance Manager
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 Governance Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Warwickshire - 4 £52,500 - 1
Birmingham +31 3 £60,000 +9.44% 3
Wolverhampton - 1 £67,500 -
Governance Manager
England

Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Governance Manager in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Data Quality
1 7 (87.50%) Data Governance
2 4 (50.00%) Tech for Good
2 4 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 4 (50.00%) Data Enrichment
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (37.50%) ERP
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (37.50%) Data Management
3 3 (37.50%) Logistics
3 3 (37.50%) Data Governance Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (37.50%) Data Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (37.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Data Transformation
3 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) GRC
4 1 (12.50%) CRISC
4 1 (12.50%) IT Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) CISA
4 1 (12.50%) CISM
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management

Governance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 4 (50.00%) Tech for Good
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Data Governance
2 4 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 4 (50.00%) Data Enrichment
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (37.50%) Data Governance Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) Data Management
3 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Data Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) Data Transformation
3 3 (37.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) ERP
3 3 (37.50%) Logistics
3 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (12.50%) IT Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CISA
1 1 (12.50%) CISM
1 1 (12.50%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) GRC