Governance Analyst Job Trends

Governance Analyst
UK

The median Governance Analyst salary in the UK is £57,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 602 625 648
Rank change year-on-year +23 +23 +245
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 42 91 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.071% 0.16% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.18% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 30 63 47
10th Percentile £42,500 £27,000 £41,025
25th Percentile £51,500 £37,500 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £68,438 £66,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £70,750 £122,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £45,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +17.78% -15.89% +12.63%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 53,514 51,675 48,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.18% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 32,893 27,368 37,623
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Governance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Governance Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Governance Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Governance Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Governance Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Governance Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Governance Analyst in the UK

Governance Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 31 December 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 +15 36 £62,500 +21.54% 17
UK excluding London +32 19 £53,000 +17.78% 15
London +27 13 £65,000 +5.69% 7
South East +24 10 £61,500 +127.78% 6
Work from Home +30 7 £50,000 -2.91% 10
North of England +18 7 £53,000 - 2
North West +27 3 £53,000 -
North East - 3 - -
Scotland - 2 £44,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £53,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 featuring Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (47.62%) Data Management
2 16 (38.10%) Data Governance
3 15 (35.71%) Agile
4 12 (28.57%) Data Quality
5 11 (26.19%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (26.19%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (26.19%) Power BI
5 11 (26.19%) Power Platform
6 10 (23.81%) Azure
6 10 (23.81%) Mentoring
6 10 (23.81%) PMO
6 10 (23.81%) Waterfall
7 9 (21.43%) Coaching
7 9 (21.43%) Creative Thinking
7 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (21.43%) Project Management
8 8 (19.05%) AI
8 8 (19.05%) Analytical Thinking
8 8 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (19.05%) DevOps
8 8 (19.05%) IT Governance
8 8 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (19.05%) Product Governance
8 8 (19.05%) QA
9 7 (16.67%) Metadata
9 7 (16.67%) NIST
10 6 (14.29%) Collibra
10 6 (14.29%) Informatica
10 6 (14.29%) Information Security
10 6 (14.29%) SQL

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.19%) Power Platform
2 10 (23.81%) Azure
3 8 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (14.29%) Collibra
5 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.38%) Alation
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (26.19%) Power BI
2 7 (16.67%) Metadata
3 2 (4.76%) Big Data
3 2 (4.76%) Tableau
General
1 20 (47.62%) Finance
2 19 (45.24%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
4 7 (16.67%) Legal
5 5 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.14%) Banking
7 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.76%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Reference Data
2 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (47.62%) Data Management
2 16 (38.10%) Data Governance
3 15 (35.71%) Agile
4 11 (26.19%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (26.19%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (23.81%) Mentoring
5 10 (23.81%) Waterfall
6 9 (21.43%) Coaching
6 9 (21.43%) Creative Thinking
6 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (21.43%) Project Management
7 8 (19.05%) AI
7 8 (19.05%) Analytical Thinking
7 8 (19.05%) DevOps
7 8 (19.05%) IT Governance
7 8 (19.05%) Product Governance
8 6 (14.29%) Information Security
9 5 (11.90%) Proactive Management
9 5 (11.90%) Risk Management
10 4 (9.52%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) SQL
2 2 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (7.14%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (28.57%) Data Quality
2 10 (23.81%) PMO
3 8 (19.05%) QA
4 7 (16.67%) NIST
5 3 (7.14%) Accessibility
5 3 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (2.38%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) Informatica
2 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.38%) Databricks
3 1 (2.38%) eFront
3 1 (2.38%) iManage