Governance Analyst Job Trends in the East of England

Governance Analyst
England > East of England

The median Governance Analyst salary in the East of England is £34,100 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 155 231
Rank change year-on-year -26 +76 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 4 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.066% 0.039% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.045% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,900 £48,565 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,100 £51,422 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.69% +28.55% -
75th Percentile £39,900 £54,278 £41,000
90th Percentile £42,060 - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +36.84% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 5,561 2,238 5,621
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 86.71% 93.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,410 1,460 4,302
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +11.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,230 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,600 £78,750 £75,675
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.51% -9.51%

Governance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 the East of England.

Governance Analyst job vacancy trend in the East of England

Governance Analyst
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Governance Analyst job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Governance Analyst job vacancies in the East of England

Governance Analyst
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Governance Analyst within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 April 2026. 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
Cambridgeshire -19 3 £34,100 -33.69%
Norfolk - 1 £41,000 -
Governance Analyst
England

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 16 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 East of England region featuring Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) GRC
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Register
3 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
3 2 (50.00%) ISMS
3 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (50.00%) Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) AWS CloudTrail
4 1 (25.00%) AWS KMS
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) CISA
4 1 (25.00%) CISM
4 1 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) CRISC
4 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (25.00%) GCP

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (25.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) AWS CloudTrail
1 1 (25.00%) AWS KMS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Science
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Register
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (50.00%) ISMS
2 2 (50.00%) Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) RBAC
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (25.00%) CRISC
2 1 (25.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) GRC
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (25.00%) ISO 31000
3 1 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (25.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google