Governance Analyst Job Trends in Cambridge

Governance Analyst
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Governance Analyst salary in Cambridge is £34,100 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.38% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,900 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,100 - -
75th Percentile £36,300 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £34,100 £51,422 -
% change year-on-year -33.69% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 734 234 950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 91.41% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 496 148 732
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,875 £31,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £78,875 £72,813 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,825 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -2.78%

Governance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Governance Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Governance Analyst job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Governance Analyst
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for Governance Analyst job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for Governance Analyst job vacancies in Cambridge

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 21 April 2026, Governance Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) GRC
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (66.67%) ISMS
2 2 (66.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) AWS CloudTrail
3 1 (33.33%) AWS KMS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) CISA
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) CRISC
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Google

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) AWS CloudTrail
1 1 (33.33%) AWS KMS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (66.67%) ISMS
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 1 (33.33%) IT Audit
3 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (33.33%) RBAC
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) CRISC
2 1 (33.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GRC
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (33.33%) ISO 31000
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
3 1 (33.33%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google
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