Governance Analyst Jobs in England

Governance Analyst
UK > England

The median Governance Analyst salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 648 733 830
Rank change year-on-year +85 +97 +232
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 31 117 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.063% 0.13% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.14% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 26 60 48
10th Percentile £49,907 - £41,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £27,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -4.09% -
75th Percentile £67,250 £75,000 £63,438
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,750 £76,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Governance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Analyst in England

Governance Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Governance Analyst in England

Governance Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Governance Analyst in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Governance Analyst in England

Governance Analyst
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
London +70 11 £56,250 -17.58% 7
South East +78 4 £53,750 +10.26% 4
North of England -7 4 £52,500 +81.03% 1
North West -8 3 £52,500 +43.44% 1
Midlands +54 2 £60,000 +18.81% 3
West Midlands +51 1 £55,000 +8.91% 2
East Midlands +37 1 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire +27 1 £65,000 +124.14%
East of England - 1 £51,422 -
Governance Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 across the England region featuring Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (61.29%) Social Skills
2 16 (51.61%) Information Security
3 14 (45.16%) Risk Management
4 12 (38.71%) Legal
4 12 (38.71%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (38.71%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (35.48%) NIST
5 11 (35.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (32.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (29.03%) Data Governance
7 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (25.81%) Decision-Making
8 8 (25.81%) Data Quality
8 8 (25.81%) Finance
9 5 (16.13%) Analytics
9 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (16.13%) GRC
10 4 (12.90%) Risk Register
10 4 (12.90%) Data Analysis
10 4 (12.90%) Artificial Intelligence
10 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (12.90%) SAP
10 4 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
11 3 (9.68%) Data Modelling
11 3 (9.68%) Project Management
11 3 (9.68%) Service Delivery
11 3 (9.68%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (9.68%) Agile
11 3 (9.68%) Programme Management
11 3 (9.68%) Data Management

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.45%) Snowflake
3 1 (3.23%) Collibra
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.23%) SaaS
3 1 (3.23%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Intranet
1 1 (3.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Power BI
2 2 (6.45%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (6.45%) Metadata
3 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.23%) Metadata Repository
General
1 19 (61.29%) Social Skills
2 12 (38.71%) Legal
2 12 (38.71%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (25.81%) Finance
4 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
1 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (51.61%) Information Security
2 14 (45.16%) Risk Management
3 12 (38.71%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (32.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (29.03%) Data Governance
5 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (25.81%) Decision-Making
7 5 (16.13%) Analytics
8 4 (12.90%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (12.90%) Data Analysis
8 4 (12.90%) Risk Register
8 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (9.68%) Agile
9 3 (9.68%) Data Management
9 3 (9.68%) Data Modelling
9 3 (9.68%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (9.68%) Programme Management
9 3 (9.68%) Project Management
9 3 (9.68%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) CRISC
1 3 (9.68%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) CISM
3 1 (3.23%) CISA
3 1 (3.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (35.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (35.48%) NIST
2 8 (25.81%) Data Quality
3 5 (16.13%) GRC
4 2 (6.45%) GDPR
5 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
5 1 (3.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (3.23%) COBIT
5 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.23%) QA
5 1 (3.23%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) SAP
2 3 (9.68%) Duck Creek
3 2 (6.45%) Alteryx
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.23%) Informatica
4 1 (3.23%) OneTrust
4 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow