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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 225 343
Rank change year-on-year -8 +118 +43
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 1,298 1,662 1,866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 1.68% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.75% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 759 922 910
10th Percentile £39,900 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,175 £63,590
Median % change year-on-year +7.40% +2.49% +5.98%
75th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,249 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.89% +9.54% +4.76%

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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 18 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 18 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 +1 1,162 £70,500 +4.44% 300
UK excluding London +43 777 £65,000 +7.89% 151
Work from Home -32 455 £70,000 +12.90% 152
London -32 445 £75,000 +3.45% 176
North of England +94 299 £77,466 +19.18% 35
Midlands +77 176 £55,000 -18.52% 26
North West +110 131 £75,000 +15.38% 18
Yorkshire +31 122 £79,932 +27.89% 15
West Midlands +64 120 £55,000 -20.00% 17
South East -58 119 £67,500 +22.73% 50
South West +26 84 £65,000 +7.89% 22
Scotland -42 62 £60,743 +1.24% 9
East Midlands +34 52 £60,000 +9.09% 9
North East +33 46 £79,932 +22.97% 2
East of England -10 22 £52,500 -11.39% 3
Wales +2 13 £97,500 +69.92% 7
Isle of Man - 2 £82,500 -
Northern Ireland +21 1 £35,000 -30.00%

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 53 (4.08%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.69%) Confluence
4 21 (1.62%) Apache Airflow
4 21 (1.62%) SAS
5 17 (1.31%) Apache
6 9 (0.69%) WordPress
7 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.077%) CMS
8 1 (0.077%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 134 (10.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.23%) 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 (0.39%) SPSS
7 1 (0.077%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 9 (0.69%) SAP MDG
2 7 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.31%) Finacle
3 4 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
3 4 (0.31%) Temenos T24
4 3 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.077%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.077%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.077%) FastStats
6 1 (0.077%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.077%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.077%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.077%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.077%) Shopify
6 1 (0.077%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 415 (31.97%) Azure
2 331 (25.50%) Power Platform
3 243 (18.72%) AWS
4 227 (17.49%) GCP
5 80 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (4.39%) Azure Data Factory
7 51 (3.93%) Microsoft Purview
8 46 (3.54%) Collibra
9 38 (2.93%) SaaS
9 38 (2.93%) Snowflake
10 34 (2.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 26 (2.00%) Power Automate
12 25 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.93%) PowerApps
13 23 (1.77%) Serverless
14 18 (1.39%) dbt
15 14 (1.08%) Amazon S3
16 13 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
17 12 (0.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 10 (0.77%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.31%) Intranet
2 8 (0.62%) 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 (25.19%) Power BI
2 320 (24.65%) Data Warehouse
3 150 (11.56%) BigQuery
4 137 (10.55%) Looker
5 119 (9.17%) Tableau
6 115 (8.86%) Metadata
7 107 (8.24%) Data Lake
8 69 (5.32%) Big Data
9 49 (3.78%) SQL Server
10 38 (2.93%) Hadoop
11 32 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
12 29 (2.23%) Data Mining
13 27 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
13 27 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 23 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
15 20 (1.54%) Apache Ignite
16 19 (1.46%) NoSQL
17 17 (1.31%) Relational Database
18 14 (1.08%) MySQL
18 14 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 93 (7.16%) JIRA
2 41 (3.16%) Git
3 12 (0.92%) ERwin
4 10 (0.77%) GitLab
4 10 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.46%) ER Studio
5 6 (0.46%) MLflow
5 6 (0.46%) RStudio
6 2 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.077%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.077%) Selenium
7 1 (0.077%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.077%) Toad
7 1 (0.077%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.077%) WebDriver
General
1 446 (34.36%) Social Skills
2 422 (32.51%) Finance
3 381 (29.35%) Analytical Skills
4 213 (16.41%) Banking
5 205 (15.79%) Legal
6 75 (5.78%) Public Sector
7 66 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (3.70%) Retail
9 36 (2.77%) Marketing
10 33 (2.54%) Law
11 32 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
12 31 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.00%) Games
13 13 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
14 12 (0.92%) Advertising
14 12 (0.92%) Manufacturing
15 10 (0.77%) Investment Banking
16 9 (0.69%) Back Office
17 8 (0.62%) Health Technology
17 8 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 267 (20.57%) Architect
2 229 (17.64%) Senior
3 221 (17.03%) Analyst
4 212 (16.33%) Data Architect
5 170 (13.10%) Lead
6 140 (10.79%) Data Engineer
7 124 (9.55%) Data Manager
8 111 (8.55%) Data Analyst
9 106 (8.17%) Senior Analyst
10 60 (4.62%) Developer
11 52 (4.01%) Data Governance Analyst
11 52 (4.01%) Data Governance Manager
11 52 (4.01%) Governance Manager
12 39 (3.00%) Consultant
12 39 (3.00%) Senior Data Engineer
13 36 (2.77%) Senior Architect
14 34 (2.62%) IT Manager
15 31 (2.39%) Governance Analyst
16 29 (2.23%) Data Consultant
17 28 (2.16%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.16%) Kafka
2 32 (2.47%) PySpark
3 17 (1.31%) Apache Beam
4 14 (1.08%) PyTorch
4 14 (1.08%) TensorFlow
5 8 (0.62%) ModSecurity
5 8 (0.62%) Pandas
6 7 (0.54%) JSON
6 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
7 5 (0.39%) .NET
7 5 (0.39%) Anaconda
7 5 (0.39%) Flask
7 5 (0.39%) Plotly
7 5 (0.39%) SQLAlchemy
8 4 (0.31%) D3.js
8 4 (0.31%) Middleware
9 3 (0.23%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.23%) Google Chart
9 3 (0.23%) scikit-learn
9 3 (0.23%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 128 (9.86%) Self-Motivation
2 126 (9.71%) Management Information System
3 44 (3.39%) Algorithms
4 42 (3.24%) Data Structures
5 31 (2.39%) Reference Data
5 31 (2.39%) Taxonomies
6 28 (2.16%) Onboarding
7 23 (1.77%) Cloud Native
7 23 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (1.69%) Data Centre
8 22 (1.69%) Product Ownership
9 21 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (1.08%) IoT
10 14 (1.08%) NHS
11 13 (1.00%) Freedom of Information
12 10 (0.77%) Mainframe
12 10 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
13 9 (0.69%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.62%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.16%) Linux
2 10 (0.77%) Windows
3 6 (0.46%) Unix
4 4 (0.31%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.31%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 466 (35.90%) Data Management
2 439 (33.82%) Data Modelling
3 420 (32.36%) Business Intelligence
4 383 (29.51%) Analytics
5 364 (28.04%) Data Architecture
6 351 (27.04%) Problem-Solving
7 321 (24.73%) ETL
8 309 (23.81%) Data Engineering
9 261 (20.11%) Mentoring
10 252 (19.41%) Data Integration
11 230 (17.72%) Agile
12 222 (17.10%) Data Protection
13 216 (16.64%) Data Strategy
14 187 (14.41%) Data Security
14 187 (14.41%) Visualisation
15 186 (14.33%) Data Privacy
16 183 (14.10%) Data Analysis
17 180 (13.87%) Data Science
18 174 (13.41%) Process Improvement
19 156 (12.02%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 397 (30.59%) SQL
2 189 (14.56%) Python
3 38 (2.93%) T-SQL
4 36 (2.77%) Java
5 35 (2.70%) R
6 20 (1.54%) Scala
7 18 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 13 (1.00%) C#
9 8 (0.62%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.62%) VBA
10 7 (0.54%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.46%) Perl
12 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.31%) VB
14 3 (0.23%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.15%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.077%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 208 (16.02%) Degree
2 76 (5.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 71 (5.47%) Master's Degree
4 36 (2.77%) Security Cleared
5 20 (1.54%) CISM
5 20 (1.54%) CISSP
5 20 (1.54%) SC Cleared
6 17 (1.31%) PhD
7 16 (1.23%) DBS Check
8 12 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (0.85%) CISA
10 9 (0.69%) MBA
11 7 (0.54%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.46%) IIBA
12 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.39%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.31%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 572 (44.07%) Data Quality
2 360 (27.73%) GDPR
3 38 (2.93%) QA
4 33 (2.54%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 12 (0.92%) GRC
7 12 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.69%) NCSC
9 8 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.54%) COBIT
11 5 (0.39%) NIST
12 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.31%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.23%) SLA
14 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.15%) HL7
14 2 (0.15%) PMO
14 2 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
15 1 (0.077%) COREP
System Software
1 9 (0.69%) Active Directory
1 9 (0.69%) Docker
2 2 (0.15%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 23 (1.77%) Kubernetes
1 23 (1.77%) Terraform
2 7 (0.54%) SysTrack
3 4 (0.31%) Ansible
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.077%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.077%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.077%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 202 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 168 (12.94%) Google
3 97 (7.47%) Databricks
4 35 (2.70%) SAP
5 30 (2.31%) Informatica
6 27 (2.08%) Oracle
7 18 (1.39%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.31%) Sophos
9 16 (1.23%) Alteryx
10 15 (1.16%) Aderant
10 15 (1.16%) iManage
11 13 (1.00%) ServiceNow
12 12 (0.92%) OpenAI
13 10 (0.77%) Teradata
14 9 (0.69%) Talend
15 8 (0.62%) Cognos
15 8 (0.62%) Northgate
16 7 (0.54%) IBM
16 7 (0.54%) Snow
17 5 (0.39%) MuleSoft