Governance Analyst
UK

The median Governance Analyst salary in the UK is £45,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 816 885 1102
Rank change year-on-year +69 +217 -252
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 78 104 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.099% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.11% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 68 77 89
10th Percentile - £37,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £51,350 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% -2.19% +7.14%
75th Percentile £69,688 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £82,250 £68,750 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -42.00% +11.11% +12.50%

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Governance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Analyst in the UK

Governance Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Governance Analyst in the UK

Governance Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Governance Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Governance Analyst in the UK

Governance Analyst
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Governance Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +78 68 £47,500 -7.50% 10
UK excluding London +6 42 £29,000 -42.00%
London +98 33 £70,000 +27.27% 10
Work from Home +97 32 £55,250 +10.50% 5
North of England +50 26 £29,000 -42.00%
Yorkshire +95 22 £29,000 -36.61%
South East +17 8 £67,500 +42.11%
Scotland -56 7 £43,586 -12.83%
North West +13 3 £36,601 -26.80%
Midlands +6 1 - -
North East 0 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Governance Analyst 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 Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 39 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (47.44%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (39.74%) Data Governance
4 28 (35.90%) Data Quality
5 27 (34.62%) Degree
6 26 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
7 22 (28.21%) Legal
8 21 (26.92%) Electronic Trading
8 21 (26.92%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (25.64%) Customer Service
9 20 (25.64%) Reinsurance
9 20 (25.64%) Data Management
9 20 (25.64%) Data Analysis
10 19 (24.36%) Microsoft Excel
11 17 (21.79%) SQL
11 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
12 16 (20.51%) Finance
13 15 (19.23%) Banking
14 14 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (16.67%) Azure
15 13 (16.67%) Agile
16 12 (15.38%) COBIT
16 12 (15.38%) NIST
16 12 (15.38%) Decision-Making
17 10 (12.82%) Power Platform
17 10 (12.82%) Onboarding
17 10 (12.82%) Metadata
17 10 (12.82%) Microsoft Purview
17 10 (12.82%) Information Security
17 10 (12.82%) Risk Management

Governance Analyst 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 (7.69%) Confluence
1 6 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (24.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (12.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.67%) Azure
2 10 (12.82%) Microsoft Purview
2 10 (12.82%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (7.69%) Yammer
4 4 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.56%) AWS
6 1 (1.28%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.56%) Intranet
2 1 (1.28%) Firewall
2 1 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.82%) Metadata
2 9 (11.54%) Power BI
3 4 (5.13%) Data Vault
4 1 (1.28%) Big Data
4 1 (1.28%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (12.82%) JIRA
General
1 39 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (47.44%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (28.21%) Legal
4 21 (26.92%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (20.51%) Finance
6 15 (19.23%) Banking
7 6 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (7.69%) Law
8 5 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (5.13%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.85%) Retail
11 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.28%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.64%) Reinsurance
2 10 (12.82%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.13%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.13%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (3.85%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.28%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.74%) Data Governance
2 21 (26.92%) Electronic Trading
3 20 (25.64%) Customer Service
3 20 (25.64%) Data Analysis
3 20 (25.64%) Data Management
4 14 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (16.67%) Agile
6 12 (15.38%) Decision-Making
7 10 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (12.82%) Information Security
7 10 (12.82%) Risk Management
7 10 (12.82%) Use Case
8 9 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (11.54%) Time Management
9 8 (10.26%) Internal Audit
10 7 (8.97%) DAMA
10 7 (8.97%) Data Modelling
11 6 (7.69%) Change Management
11 6 (7.69%) Project Management
11 6 (7.69%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.79%) SQL
2 1 (1.28%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (34.62%) Degree
2 9 (11.54%) CISSP
3 8 (10.26%) CISM
4 7 (8.97%) CISA
5 5 (6.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (5.13%) CRISC
7 2 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.56%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.56%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.28%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.28%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (35.90%) Data Quality
2 12 (15.38%) COBIT
2 12 (15.38%) NIST
3 10 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (11.54%) GRC
5 5 (6.41%) GDPR
6 3 (3.85%) QA
7 2 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (2.56%) SLA
8 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.28%) IASME
8 1 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.28%) PMO
8 1 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.69%) Atlassian
2 6 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 4 (5.13%) Informatica
4 1 (1.28%) Google