Data Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Governance over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 224 341
Rank change year-on-year -9 +117 +50
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 1,299 1,659 1,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.28% 1.69% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.77% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 765 920 907
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,875 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% +3.68% +7.50%
75th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,249 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.89% +9.54% +6.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Governance is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,989 93,723 157,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.40% 95.55% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 60,364 55,437 82,675
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in the UK

Data Governance
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Governance in the UK

Data Governance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Governance in the UK

Data Governance
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 -3 1,165 £70,500 +4.44% 393
UK excluding London +56 778 £65,000 +7.89% 236
Work from Home -40 456 £70,000 +12.90% 155
London -39 446 £75,000 +5.64% 239
North of England +97 300 £79,932 +22.97% 51
Midlands +77 179 £55,000 -18.52% 31
North West +114 132 £75,000 +15.38% 26
West Midlands +62 122 £55,000 -18.52% 22
Yorkshire +31 122 £79,932 +22.97% 18
South East -58 116 £67,500 +22.73% 104
South West +30 85 £61,250 +1.66% 25
Scotland -45 61 £60,743 -3.58% 11
East Midlands +23 53 £60,000 -11.11% 8
North East +38 46 £79,932 +22.97% 7
East of England +3 22 £52,500 -17.32% 10
Wales +6 13 £97,500 +69.92% 6
Isle of Man - 2 £82,500 -
Northern Ireland +23 1 £35,000 -30.00% 1

Data Governance
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 91 (7.01%) SharePoint
2 50 (3.85%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.69%) Confluence
4 21 (1.62%) SAS
5 20 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
6 18 (1.39%) Apache
7 9 (0.69%) WordPress
8 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.077%) CMS
9 1 (0.077%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 135 (10.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.46%) Trello
6 5 (0.38%) SPSS
7 1 (0.077%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 9 (0.69%) SAP MDG
2 6 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.31%) Finacle
3 4 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
3 4 (0.31%) Temenos T24
4 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.077%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.077%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.077%) FastStats
5 1 (0.077%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.077%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.077%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.077%) Shopify
5 1 (0.077%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 411 (31.64%) Azure
2 331 (25.48%) Power Platform
3 241 (18.55%) AWS
4 225 (17.32%) GCP
5 78 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
6 56 (4.31%) Azure Data Factory
7 53 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
8 46 (3.54%) Collibra
9 38 (2.93%) Snowflake
10 37 (2.85%) SaaS
11 36 (2.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 25 (1.92%) Power Automate
13 24 (1.85%) PowerApps
14 23 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
14 23 (1.77%) Serverless
15 18 (1.39%) dbt
16 14 (1.08%) Amazon S3
17 13 (1.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 13 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
18 11 (0.85%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.31%) Intranet
2 9 (0.69%) Cisco IPT
3 4 (0.31%) VPN
4 3 (0.23%) Firewall
5 2 (0.15%) Network Security
5 2 (0.15%) WebEx
6 1 (0.077%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.077%) 5G
6 1 (0.077%) RIP
6 1 (0.077%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 327 (25.17%) Power BI
2 320 (24.63%) Data Warehouse
3 150 (11.55%) BigQuery
4 137 (10.55%) Looker
5 121 (9.31%) Tableau
6 117 (9.01%) Metadata
7 108 (8.31%) Data Lake
8 69 (5.31%) Big Data
9 50 (3.85%) SQL Server
10 36 (2.77%) Hadoop
11 29 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
12 28 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 27 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
14 26 (2.00%) Data Mining
15 25 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
16 19 (1.46%) NoSQL
17 17 (1.31%) Apache Ignite
17 17 (1.31%) Relational Database
18 14 (1.08%) MySQL
19 13 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 91 (7.01%) JIRA
2 41 (3.16%) Git
3 12 (0.92%) ERwin
4 11 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.77%) GitLab
6 8 (0.62%) MLflow
7 6 (0.46%) ER Studio
7 6 (0.46%) RStudio
8 2 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.077%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.077%) Selenium
9 1 (0.077%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.077%) Toad
9 1 (0.077%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.077%) WebDriver
General
1 445 (34.26%) Social Skills
2 420 (32.33%) Finance
3 376 (28.95%) Analytical Skills
4 215 (16.55%) Banking
5 207 (15.94%) Legal
6 77 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 68 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 47 (3.62%) Retail
9 35 (2.69%) Marketing
10 32 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
10 32 (2.46%) Law
11 31 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.00%) Games
12 13 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (0.92%) Manufacturing
14 11 (0.85%) Advertising
15 10 (0.77%) Investment Banking
16 9 (0.69%) Back Office
17 8 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.54%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 264 (20.32%) Architect
2 231 (17.78%) Senior
3 224 (17.24%) Analyst
4 212 (16.32%) Data Architect
5 169 (13.01%) Lead
6 141 (10.85%) Data Engineer
7 126 (9.70%) Data Manager
8 115 (8.85%) Data Analyst
9 108 (8.31%) Senior Analyst
10 58 (4.46%) Developer
11 53 (4.08%) Data Governance Analyst
11 53 (4.08%) Data Governance Manager
11 53 (4.08%) Governance Manager
12 41 (3.16%) Senior Data Engineer
13 39 (3.00%) Consultant
14 34 (2.62%) Governance Analyst
14 34 (2.62%) Senior Architect
15 33 (2.54%) IT Manager
16 29 (2.23%) Lead Data Engineer
17 28 (2.16%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.93%) Kafka
2 33 (2.54%) PySpark
3 17 (1.31%) Apache Beam
4 16 (1.23%) PyTorch
4 16 (1.23%) TensorFlow
5 9 (0.69%) JSON
5 9 (0.69%) ModSecurity
6 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (0.54%) Pandas
7 4 (0.31%) .NET
7 4 (0.31%) Anaconda
7 4 (0.31%) D3.js
7 4 (0.31%) Flask
7 4 (0.31%) Middleware
7 4 (0.31%) Plotly
7 4 (0.31%) scikit-learn
7 4 (0.31%) SQLAlchemy
8 3 (0.23%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.23%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.23%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 129 (9.93%) Management Information System
2 128 (9.85%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (3.46%) Algorithms
4 42 (3.23%) Data Structures
5 32 (2.46%) Reference Data
6 31 (2.39%) Taxonomies
7 30 (2.31%) Onboarding
8 24 (1.85%) Cloud Native
9 23 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (1.69%) Data Centre
11 21 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (1.54%) Product Ownership
13 14 (1.08%) NHS
14 13 (1.00%) Freedom of Information
14 13 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (1.00%) IoT
15 10 (0.77%) Mainframe
15 10 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
15 10 (0.77%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.62%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.23%) Linux
2 8 (0.62%) Windows
3 7 (0.54%) Unix
4 4 (0.31%) Windows Vista
5 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (36.41%) Data Management
2 441 (33.95%) Data Modelling
3 418 (32.18%) Business Intelligence
4 388 (29.87%) Analytics
5 366 (28.18%) Data Architecture
6 350 (26.94%) Problem-Solving
7 319 (24.56%) ETL
8 308 (23.71%) Data Engineering
9 264 (20.32%) Mentoring
10 249 (19.17%) Data Integration
11 225 (17.32%) Agile
12 223 (17.17%) Data Protection
13 216 (16.63%) Data Strategy
14 190 (14.63%) Data Security
15 188 (14.47%) Data Analysis
16 187 (14.40%) Data Privacy
17 182 (14.01%) Visualisation
18 179 (13.78%) Data Science
19 174 (13.39%) Process Improvement
20 159 (12.24%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 400 (30.79%) SQL
2 187 (14.40%) Python
3 40 (3.08%) T-SQL
4 37 (2.85%) Java
5 35 (2.69%) R
6 21 (1.62%) Scala
7 17 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (0.92%) C#
9 8 (0.62%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.62%) VBA
10 7 (0.54%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.46%) Perl
11 6 (0.46%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.31%) VB
13 3 (0.23%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.15%) JavaScript
14 2 (0.15%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 206 (15.86%) Degree
2 78 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 74 (5.70%) Master's Degree
4 36 (2.77%) Security Cleared
5 21 (1.62%) CISM
5 21 (1.62%) CISSP
5 21 (1.62%) SC Cleared
6 17 (1.31%) PhD
7 16 (1.23%) DBS Check
8 12 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (0.92%) CISA
9 9 (0.69%) MBA
10 7 (0.54%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.46%) IIBA
11 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.38%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.31%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 579 (44.57%) Data Quality
2 359 (27.64%) GDPR
3 37 (2.85%) QA
4 34 (2.62%) Accessibility
5 27 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 13 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.92%) GRC
9 10 (0.77%) NCSC
10 9 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.54%) COBIT
12 5 (0.38%) NIST
13 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.31%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.15%) HL7
14 2 (0.15%) PMO
14 2 (0.15%) SLA
14 2 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
15 1 (0.077%) COREP
System Software
1 8 (0.62%) Active Directory
1 8 (0.62%) Docker
2 2 (0.15%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 24 (1.85%) Terraform
2 23 (1.77%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.54%) SysTrack
4 5 (0.38%) Ansible
5 3 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.077%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.077%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 199 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 165 (12.70%) Google
3 98 (7.54%) Databricks
4 34 (2.62%) SAP
5 29 (2.23%) Informatica
6 27 (2.08%) Oracle
7 17 (1.31%) Alteryx
7 17 (1.31%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.31%) Sophos
8 14 (1.08%) Aderant
8 14 (1.08%) iManage
9 13 (1.00%) ServiceNow
10 12 (0.92%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.77%) Teradata
12 9 (0.69%) Talend
13 8 (0.62%) Cognos
13 8 (0.62%) Northgate
14 7 (0.54%) Snow
15 6 (0.46%) IBM
16 5 (0.38%) MuleSoft