Data Governance Analyst Jobs

Data Governance Analyst
UK

The median Data Governance Analyst salary in the UK is £92,000 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 659 850 933
Rank change year-on-year +191 +83 +281
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Governance Analyst 43 57 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.077% 0.055% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.058% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 33 39 32
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,325 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,000 £55,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +67.27% -25.42% -1.67%
75th Percentile £122,500 £90,000 £88,125
90th Percentile £160,000 £107,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,650 £77,500
% change year-on-year -3.93% -29.48% +47.62%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

Data Governance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance Analyst in the UK

Data Governance Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Governance Analyst in the UK

Data Governance Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Data Governance Analyst in the UK

Data Governance Analyst
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Governance Analyst within the UK 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
England +160 38 £103,500 +88.18% 24
Work from Home +123 26 £115,000 +109.09% 5
London +106 19 £115,000 +27.78% 9
UK excluding London +169 18 £52,500 -3.93% 15
Midlands +55 7 £52,500 -4.55% 4
West Midlands +46 7 £52,500 -4.55% 3
Scotland +124 3 £50,000 -16.67%
South East +77 3 £44,000 -12.00% 3
North of England +34 3 £60,000 +14.29% 7
North West -2 3 £60,000 +14.29%
East of England - 2 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Data 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 Data Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (86.05%) Data Governance
2 29 (67.44%) Data Management
3 19 (44.19%) Migration
4 17 (39.53%) Finance
4 17 (39.53%) Data Quality
5 16 (37.21%) Hedge funds
5 16 (37.21%) Investment Management
5 16 (37.21%) Front Office
5 16 (37.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (37.21%) Fixed Income
5 16 (37.21%) Equities
5 16 (37.21%) Agile
5 16 (37.21%) Derivative
5 16 (37.21%) Data Lake
5 16 (37.21%) Regulatory Compliance
5 16 (37.21%) Roadmaps
6 10 (23.26%) Mentoring
7 8 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (18.60%) Banking
7 8 (18.60%) Decision-Making
8 7 (16.28%) Social Skills
8 7 (16.28%) Coaching
9 6 (13.95%) Analytics
9 6 (13.95%) QA
9 6 (13.95%) Legal
9 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (11.63%) GDPR
10 5 (11.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (11.63%) Data Sharing
10 5 (11.63%) Impact Assessments

Data 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 2 (4.65%) ArcGIS
1 2 (4.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.98%) Azure
2 2 (4.65%) Power Automate
2 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.65%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.33%) Collibra
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (37.21%) Data Lake
2 2 (4.65%) Power BI
2 2 (4.65%) Power Query
2 2 (4.65%) Tableau
General
1 17 (39.53%) Finance
2 16 (37.21%) Front Office
3 8 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (18.60%) Banking
4 7 (16.28%) Social Skills
5 6 (13.95%) Legal
6 4 (9.30%) Tech for Good
7 2 (4.65%) French Language
7 2 (4.65%) Portuguese Language
Miscellaneous
1 16 (37.21%) Derivative
1 16 (37.21%) Equities
1 16 (37.21%) Fixed Income
1 16 (37.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 16 (37.21%) Hedge funds
2 5 (11.63%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (11.63%) Freedom of Information
2 5 (11.63%) Freedom of Information Act
2 5 (11.63%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.65%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (86.05%) Data Governance
2 29 (67.44%) Data Management
3 19 (44.19%) Migration
4 16 (37.21%) Agile
4 16 (37.21%) Investment Management
4 16 (37.21%) Regulatory Compliance
4 16 (37.21%) Roadmaps
5 10 (23.26%) Mentoring
6 8 (18.60%) Decision-Making
7 7 (16.28%) Coaching
8 6 (13.95%) Analytics
8 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (11.63%) Data Privacy
9 5 (11.63%) Data Protection
9 5 (11.63%) Data Sharing
9 5 (11.63%) Data Transformation
9 5 (11.63%) Impact Assessments
9 5 (11.63%) Information Governance
9 5 (11.63%) Information Security
9 5 (11.63%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) ISEB
2 3 (6.98%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (6.98%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (39.53%) Data Quality
2 6 (13.95%) QA
3 5 (11.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (11.63%) GDPR
3 5 (11.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.33%) MiFID
Vendors
1 1 (2.33%) Informatica