Data Governance & Quality jobs: skills and pay (October 2026)
221 open Data Governance & Quality postings (1.7% of data & AI postings) as of October 18, 2026. Median published US pay: $155K (n=78).
Data Governance & Quality pay by level
| Level (from title) | Median pay | Postings with pay (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | — | 7 |
| Staff / lead | $205K | 14 |
| Principal | — | 1 |
| Manager | $156K | 12 |
| Director+ | $210K | 11 |
| Level not stated | $105K | 33 |
Median of the published range midpoint, US postings in USD, annualized. Shown only when n ≥ 10; “—” means fewer.
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Top skills in Data Governance & Quality postings
Share of Data Governance & Quality postings that mention each skill.
| # | Skill | Share of Data Governance & Quality postings | Postings | Companies | Week over week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data quality governance | 63.8% | 141 | 1,200 | needs more history | |
| 2 | Data governance governance | 50.7% | 112 | 599 | needs more history | |
| 3 | SQL language | 38.0% | 84 | 1,953 | needs more history | |
| 4 | Master data management governance | 28.5% | 63 | 117 | needs more history | |
| 5 | Data catalog & lineage governance | 26.7% | 59 | 733 | needs more history | |
| 6 | Python language | 25.8% | 57 | 2,580 | needs more history | |
| 7 | Excel bi | 17.2% | 38 | 322 | needs more history | |
| 8 | ETL / ELT concept | 15.4% | 34 | 823 | needs more history | |
| 9 | Google Cloud cloud | 14.9% | 33 | 931 | needs more history | |
| 10 | Statistics analytics | 13.1% | 29 | 1,449 | needs more history | |
| 11 | Data warehousing concept | 12.7% | 28 | 781 | needs more history | |
| 12 | Informatica integration | 11.8% | 26 | 51 | needs more history | |
| 13 | Data modeling concept | 11.8% | 26 | 925 | needs more history | |
| 14 | APIs / REST infra | 11.3% | 25 | 1,554 | needs more history | |
| 15 | AWS cloud | 11.3% | 25 | 1,452 | needs more history | |
| 16 | Data security governance | 11.3% | 25 | 587 | needs more history | |
| 17 | Streaming / real-time concept | 10.9% | 24 | 1,077 | needs more history | |
| 18 | Azure cloud | 10.9% | 24 | 809 | needs more history | |
| 19 | Privacy (GDPR/CCPA/PII) governance | 10.4% | 23 | 416 | needs more history | |
| 20 | Snowflake platform | 10.4% | 23 | 882 | needs more history | |
| 21 | AI agents genai | 10.0% | 22 | 1,583 | needs more history | |
| 22 | Databricks platform | 9.5% | 21 | 601 | needs more history | |
| 23 | Power BI bi | 9.0% | 20 | 473 | needs more history | |
| 24 | Tableau bi | 9.0% | 20 | 632 | needs more history | |
| 25 | Oracle Database database | 8.1% | 18 | 159 | needs more history |