Governance Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Governance Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Governance Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 557 727 702
Rank change year-on-year +170 -25 +112
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 18 36 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.046% 0.051% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.053% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 11 31 24
10th Percentile £37,500 - £34,308
25th Percentile £47,407 £27,000 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £29,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +81.03% -40.51% +8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £43,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £66,500 £47,125 £56,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £45,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +42.86% -17.27% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 35,759 67,300 52,885
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 94.85% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 18,598 47,582 30,032
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Governance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Analyst in the UK excluding London

Governance Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Governance Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Governance Analyst in the UK excluding London

Governance Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Governance Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Governance Analyst in the UK excluding London

Governance Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Scotland +116 8 £34,131 -21.69% 4
South East +98 3 £65,000 +18.18% 9
Midlands +65 3 £55,000 - 6
North of England +28 3 £52,500 +81.03% 5
North West +5 2 £52,500 +43.44% 5
West Midlands - 2 £51,250 - 2
Yorkshire +47 1 £65,000 +124.14%
East Midlands +31 1 £65,000 - 4
East of England - 1 £51,422 -
Governance Analyst
UK

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 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 UK excluding London region featuring Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 11 (61.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (44.44%) Decision-Making
4 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
4 7 (38.89%) Data Analysis
4 7 (38.89%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (27.78%) Finance
6 4 (22.22%) SAP
6 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (22.22%) Data Governance
6 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (22.22%) GRC
7 3 (16.67%) Data Quality
7 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
8 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
8 2 (11.11%) Information Security
8 2 (11.11%) Data Management
8 2 (11.11%) IT Governance
8 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (11.11%) Power BI
8 2 (11.11%) GDPR
8 2 (11.11%) Analytics
8 2 (11.11%) Alteryx
8 2 (11.11%) Business Transformation
8 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
8 2 (11.11%) CRISC

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 2 (11.11%) Snowflake
2 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (11.11%) Metadata
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.56%) Metadata Repository
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 11 (61.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (44.44%) Decision-Making
4 7 (38.89%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (38.89%) Data Analysis
5 4 (22.22%) Data Governance
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (11.11%) Business Transformation
7 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (11.11%) Data Management
7 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
7 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (11.11%) Information Security
7 2 (11.11%) IT Governance
7 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
7 2 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (11.11%) SAP Security
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) CRISC
2 1 (5.56%) CISA
2 1 (5.56%) CISM
2 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) GRC
2 3 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 2 (11.11%) GDPR
3 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (5.56%) COBIT
4 1 (5.56%) NIST
4 1 (5.56%) P3O
4 1 (5.56%) PMO
4 1 (5.56%) QA
4 1 (5.56%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Alteryx
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) OneTrust
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow