Data Governance Manager Jobs

Data Governance Manager
UK

The median Data Governance Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 843 919 1208
Rank change year-on-year +76 +289 -299
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Governance Manager 53 35 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.035% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.039% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 35 32 27
10th Percentile £44,500 £56,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,325 £60,625 £59,282
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.42% -1.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,125 £98,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,000 £113,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,650 £72,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -24.62% +38.10% +2.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 94,762 90,274 156,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 91.49% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,687 56,956 84,572
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,500 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%

Data Governance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance Manager in the UK

Data Governance Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Governance Manager.

Salary trend for Data Governance Manager in the UK

Data Governance Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance Manager over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Governance Manager in the UK

Data Governance Manager
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 22 May 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 +85 47 £55,000 -25.42% 7
UK excluding London +20 31 £54,650 -24.62% 5
Work from Home +72 23 £55,000 -26.67% 2
London +112 17 £90,000 +20.00% 3
West Midlands +16 17 £55,000 -38.03% 1
Midlands -3 17 £55,000 -38.03% 1
North of England +65 6 £50,000 -23.37%
North West - 6 £50,000 -
South East +11 4 £50,000 -16.67% 1
South West - 3 £40,000 - 2
Scotland -62 1 £60,000 - 1

Data Governance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 May 2024, Data 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 featuring Data Governance Manager in the job title.

1 53 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 30 (56.60%) Social Skills
3 27 (50.94%) Data Quality
4 26 (49.06%) Data Management
5 14 (26.42%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (26.42%) Data Protection
6 12 (22.64%) Data Privacy
6 12 (22.64%) Management Information System
6 12 (22.64%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (22.64%) Change Management
7 11 (20.75%) Finance
7 11 (20.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 10 (18.87%) Data Science
8 10 (18.87%) Decision-Making
8 10 (18.87%) Records Management
8 10 (18.87%) Banking
8 10 (18.87%) Data Modelling
9 9 (16.98%) Microsoft
9 9 (16.98%) Risk Management
9 9 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (16.98%) Information Security
9 9 (16.98%) Analytics
9 9 (16.98%) Ontologies
9 9 (16.98%) Metadata
10 8 (15.09%) Technology Strategy
10 8 (15.09%) Analytics Management
10 8 (15.09%) GDPR
10 8 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (15.09%) Design Thinking
10 8 (15.09%) Taxonomies

Data Governance Manager Skill Set
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 6 (11.32%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.89%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.32%) Azure
1 6 (11.32%) Collibra
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Purview
2 4 (7.55%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.89%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.98%) Metadata
2 8 (15.09%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (7.55%) Power BI
4 1 (1.89%) Ataccama
4 1 (1.89%) Metadata Repository
General
1 30 (56.60%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.42%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (20.75%) Finance
4 10 (18.87%) Banking
5 8 (15.09%) Legal
6 7 (13.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (7.55%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.66%) Social Housing
9 2 (3.77%) Law
10 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Management Information System
2 8 (15.09%) Freedom of Information
2 8 (15.09%) Taxonomies
3 6 (11.32%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (11.32%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.89%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 26 (49.06%) Data Management
3 14 (26.42%) Data Protection
4 12 (22.64%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (22.64%) Change Management
4 12 (22.64%) Data Privacy
5 11 (20.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 10 (18.87%) Data Modelling
6 10 (18.87%) Data Science
6 10 (18.87%) Decision-Making
6 10 (18.87%) Records Management
7 9 (16.98%) Analytics
7 9 (16.98%) Information Security
7 9 (16.98%) Ontologies
7 9 (16.98%) Risk Management
7 9 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (15.09%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (15.09%) Information Assurance
8 8 (15.09%) Master Data Management
8 8 (15.09%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) Degree
2 3 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.89%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (50.94%) Data Quality
2 8 (15.09%) GDPR
3 1 (1.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (1.89%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 9 (16.98%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.55%) SAP
3 3 (5.66%) Oracle
3 3 (5.66%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.89%) Informatica