Data Governance Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Governance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Data Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Governance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 237 199
Rank change year-on-year +90 -38 +211
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 322 449 732
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.15% 1.33% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 1.45% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 257 376 512
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £46,570
25th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £70,000 £64,846
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +7.95% -3.93%
75th Percentile £122,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £152,500 £103,750 £97,436
UK median annual salary £82,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +17.86% +7.69% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Data Governance
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Governance trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Governance
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Governance.

Data Governance salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Governance
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Governance over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Data Governance salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 27 (8.39%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.66%) Apache
3 12 (3.73%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (6.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.93%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.31%) Simulink
5 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.93%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.93%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 57 (17.70%) Azure
2 53 (16.46%) Power Platform
3 31 (9.63%) AWS
4 20 (6.21%) Snowflake
5 17 (5.28%) GCP
6 16 (4.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 15 (4.66%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (3.11%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (2.80%) OpenShift
11 8 (2.48%) dbt
12 7 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (1.55%) Amazon Kinesis
13 5 (1.55%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.55%) Collibra
13 5 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.55%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.55%) SaaS
14 4 (1.24%) PowerApps
14 4 (1.24%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (40.68%) Data Lake
2 53 (16.46%) Power BI
3 45 (13.98%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (8.07%) Tableau
5 23 (7.14%) Big Data
6 20 (6.21%) Hadoop
6 20 (6.21%) Metadata
7 18 (5.59%) NoSQL
8 14 (4.35%) Amazon Redshift
8 14 (4.35%) SQL Server
9 10 (3.11%) Delta Lake
10 9 (2.80%) Apache Hudi
10 9 (2.80%) Apache Iceberg
11 8 (2.48%) BigQuery
11 8 (2.48%) Metadata Repository
12 6 (1.86%) Data Hub
12 6 (1.86%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (1.55%) SAP BW
14 4 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.80%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.24%) JIRA
3 3 (0.93%) Git
3 3 (0.93%) LSMW
4 2 (0.62%) ERwin
5 1 (0.31%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.31%) GitLab
5 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
General
1 166 (51.55%) Finance
2 112 (34.78%) Front Office
3 76 (23.60%) Social Skills
4 42 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.21%) Banking
6 17 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.66%) Law
8 14 (4.35%) Legal
9 12 (3.73%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.80%) Retail
11 8 (2.48%) Local Government
12 7 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.55%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.24%) Automotive
15 4 (1.24%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.24%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.93%) Marketing
17 2 (0.62%) Investment Banking
17 2 (0.62%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 71 (22.05%) Lead
2 43 (13.35%) Governance Manager
3 41 (12.73%) Data Governance Analyst
3 41 (12.73%) Data Governance Manager
4 35 (10.87%) Data Engineer
5 34 (10.56%) Data Manager
6 32 (9.94%) Analyst
6 32 (9.94%) Senior
7 30 (9.32%) Head of Finance
8 27 (8.39%) Programme Manager
9 26 (8.07%) Finance Manager
10 25 (7.76%) Architect
11 24 (7.45%) Data Architect
12 16 (4.97%) Head of Data Management
13 14 (4.35%) Data Analyst
13 14 (4.35%) Senior Data Engineer
14 13 (4.04%) Consultant
15 12 (3.73%) Business Analyst
16 11 (3.42%) Data Business Analyst
16 11 (3.42%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.97%) Kafka
2 15 (4.66%) PySpark
3 9 (2.80%) PyArrow
4 7 (2.17%) REST
5 5 (1.55%) Dask
6 4 (1.24%) Middleware
6 4 (1.24%) Polars
7 3 (0.93%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.93%) scikit-learn
7 3 (0.93%) TensorFlow
8 2 (0.62%) Apache Jena
8 2 (0.62%) EDI
8 2 (0.62%) Pyramid
8 2 (0.62%) RESTful
8 2 (0.62%) XML
9 1 (0.31%) .NET
9 1 (0.31%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.31%) JSON
9 1 (0.31%) MACH
9 1 (0.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 112 (34.78%) Derivative
1 112 (34.78%) Equities
1 112 (34.78%) Fixed Income
1 112 (34.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 112 (34.78%) Hedge funds
2 37 (11.49%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.42%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.17%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.24%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.24%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.93%) IoT
8 3 (0.93%) Replication
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.62%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.80%) Unix
2 8 (2.48%) Windows
3 5 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.24%) Linux
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (47.20%) Migration
2 149 (46.27%) Agile
3 146 (45.34%) Data Management
4 126 (39.13%) Roadmaps
5 115 (35.71%) Regulatory Compliance
6 112 (34.78%) Investment Management
7 87 (27.02%) Analytics
8 68 (21.12%) Business Intelligence
9 59 (18.32%) Data Modelling
9 59 (18.32%) Decision-Making
10 53 (16.46%) Data Architecture
11 52 (16.15%) Data Strategy
12 50 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
13 49 (15.22%) Data Engineering
14 46 (14.29%) ETL
15 39 (12.11%) Visualisation
16 36 (11.18%) Data Science
17 34 (10.56%) Data Integration
18 32 (9.94%) Data Pipeline
19 31 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 78 (24.22%) SQL
2 53 (16.46%) Python
3 10 (3.11%) Java
4 7 (2.17%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.17%) Scala
5 5 (1.55%) C#
5 5 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (1.24%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.24%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.93%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.62%) R
8 2 (0.62%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.62%) SPARQL
8 2 (0.62%) VB
9 1 (0.31%) Bash
9 1 (0.31%) Bicep
9 1 (0.31%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 20 (6.21%) Degree
2 12 (3.73%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.48%) Azure Certification
4 8 (2.48%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.86%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.55%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.93%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.93%) PMP
8 2 (0.62%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.62%) HNC
8 2 (0.62%) HND
8 2 (0.62%) Tableau Certification
9 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.31%) IIBA
9 1 (0.31%) MBA
9 1 (0.31%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (33.23%) Data Quality
2 55 (17.08%) MiFID
3 27 (8.39%) GDPR
4 22 (6.83%) Accessibility
5 14 (4.35%) QA
6 8 (2.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.24%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.93%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.62%) Dublin Core
10 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (4.04%) HDFS
2 7 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (4.97%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.17%) Terraform
3 2 (0.62%) Ansible
Vendors
1 49 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.87%) Databricks
3 18 (5.59%) SAP
4 15 (4.66%) Informatica
5 12 (3.73%) Google
6 9 (2.80%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.48%) Oracle
8 7 (2.17%) Talend
9 4 (1.24%) iManage
9 4 (1.24%) Intapp
9 4 (1.24%) Teradata
10 2 (0.62%) IBM
10 2 (0.62%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.62%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.62%) Zoho
11 1 (0.31%) Cognos
11 1 (0.31%) Confluent
11 1 (0.31%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.31%) Palantir
11 1 (0.31%) Sage