Governance Manager Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Governance Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Governance Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 417 558 635
Rank change year-on-year +141 +77 +202
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Manager 49 37 29
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.11% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.11% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 49 32 28
10th Percentile £56,250 £40,000 £56,891
25th Percentile £71,250 £48,938 £61,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £55,000 £71,375
Median % change year-on-year +109.09% -22.94% +7.74%
75th Percentile £152,500 £84,375 £75,625
90th Percentile £160,000 £90,000 £84,125
UK median annual salary £90,000 £55,000 £65,500
% change year-on-year +63.64% -16.03% -1.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 17,064 32,497 38,796
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 96.06% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 9,941 24,882 27,616
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,024 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Governance Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Governance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Governance Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Governance Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Governance Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Governance Manager over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Governance Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 18 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Governance Manager in the job title.

1 38 (77.55%) Data Governance
2 34 (69.39%) Finance
3 32 (65.31%) Migration
3 32 (65.31%) Fixed Income
3 32 (65.31%) Equities
3 32 (65.31%) Agile
3 32 (65.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 32 (65.31%) Front Office
3 32 (65.31%) Hedge funds
3 32 (65.31%) Derivative
3 32 (65.31%) Investment Management
3 32 (65.31%) Data Lake
3 32 (65.31%) Regulatory Compliance
3 32 (65.31%) Roadmaps
4 18 (36.73%) Product Ownership
5 15 (30.61%) Data Management
6 11 (22.45%) MiFID
7 10 (20.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (20.41%) GDPR
8 9 (18.37%) Information Security
9 7 (14.29%) Social Skills
10 6 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (10.20%) Freedom of Information
11 5 (10.20%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (10.20%) Freedom of Information Act
11 5 (10.20%) Data Protection
11 5 (10.20%) Data Privacy
11 5 (10.20%) Data Quality
11 5 (10.20%) Information Governance

Governance Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.08%) Azure
2 1 (2.04%) AWS
2 1 (2.04%) Collibra
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (65.31%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.04%) Power BI
General
1 34 (69.39%) Finance
2 32 (65.31%) Front Office
3 7 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (10.20%) Legal
6 4 (8.16%) Tech for Good
7 1 (2.04%) Electronics
7 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.04%) Marketing
7 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 32 (65.31%) Derivative
1 32 (65.31%) Equities
1 32 (65.31%) Fixed Income
1 32 (65.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 32 (65.31%) Hedge funds
2 18 (36.73%) Product Ownership
3 5 (10.20%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (10.20%) Freedom of Information
3 5 (10.20%) Freedom of Information Act
4 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
4 4 (8.16%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (77.55%) Data Governance
2 32 (65.31%) Agile
2 32 (65.31%) Investment Management
2 32 (65.31%) Migration
2 32 (65.31%) Regulatory Compliance
2 32 (65.31%) Roadmaps
3 15 (30.61%) Data Management
4 9 (18.37%) Information Security
5 6 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (10.20%) Data Privacy
6 5 (10.20%) Data Protection
6 5 (10.20%) Data Sharing
6 5 (10.20%) Impact Assessments
6 5 (10.20%) Information Governance
7 4 (8.16%) Business Continuity
7 4 (8.16%) Data Collection
7 4 (8.16%) Data Enrichment
7 4 (8.16%) Risk Management
8 2 (4.08%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 5 (10.20%) CISSP
2 4 (8.16%) CISA
2 4 (8.16%) ISEB
2 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.45%) MiFID
2 10 (20.41%) GDPR
2 10 (20.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (10.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (10.20%) Data Quality
4 4 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (4.08%) GRC
6 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 1 (2.04%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.04%) SAP