Governance Analyst Jobs

Governance Analyst
UK

The median Governance Analyst salary in the UK is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 664 814 877
Rank change year-on-year +150 +63 +231
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 48 93 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.093% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.098% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 36 60 54
10th Percentile £49,907 - £36,825
25th Percentile £52,500 £27,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £45,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -17.27% -
75th Percentile £77,813 £70,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £80,750 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £29,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +81.03% -38.95% +5.56%

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 50,981 94,642 91,089
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 94.70% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,187 67,606 57,639
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £53,059
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.76% +6.12%

Governance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Governance Analyst in the UK

Governance Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Governance Analyst in the UK

Governance Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Governance Analyst over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Governance Analyst in the UK

Governance Analyst
Top 13 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 20 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 +107 40 £65,000 +36.84% 24
Work from Home +95 22 £67,500 +3.85% 17
London +102 20 £90,000 +28.57% 9
UK excluding London +130 18 £52,500 +81.03% 20
Scotland +129 8 £34,131 -21.69% 4
South East +87 3 £65,000 +18.18% 8
Midlands +56 3 £55,000 - 5
North of England +16 3 £52,500 +81.03% 3
West Midlands +60 2 £51,250 - 2
North West -13 2 £52,500 +43.44% 3
Yorkshire +46 1 £65,000 +124.14%
East Midlands +21 1 £65,000 - 3
East of England - 1 £51,422 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 featuring Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 21 (43.75%) Risk Management
3 19 (39.58%) Information Security
4 18 (37.50%) Finance
4 18 (37.50%) Data Governance
5 16 (33.33%) Decision-Making
6 15 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (29.17%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (29.17%) Legal
8 13 (27.08%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (25.00%) NIST
9 12 (25.00%) Agile
9 12 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 12 (25.00%) Roadmaps
10 11 (22.92%) Data Analysis
10 11 (22.92%) Artificial Intelligence
11 10 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (18.75%) Data Quality
13 8 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (16.67%) Equities
13 8 (16.67%) Migration
13 8 (16.67%) Fixed Income
13 8 (16.67%) Front Office
13 8 (16.67%) Derivative
13 8 (16.67%) Hedge funds
13 8 (16.67%) Investment Management
13 8 (16.67%) Data Lake
13 8 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
13 8 (16.67%) Product Ownership
14 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
1 2 (4.17%) Snowflake
2 1 (2.08%) SaaS
2 1 (2.08%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) Intranet
1 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.67%) Data Lake
2 3 (6.25%) Metadata
3 2 (4.17%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (4.17%) Power BI
4 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.08%) Metadata Repository
General
1 22 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 18 (37.50%) Finance
3 14 (29.17%) Legal
3 14 (29.17%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (16.67%) Front Office
5 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Banking
6 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Law
6 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.67%) Derivative
1 8 (16.67%) Equities
1 8 (16.67%) Fixed Income
1 8 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 8 (16.67%) Hedge funds
1 8 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.08%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (43.75%) Risk Management
2 19 (39.58%) Information Security
3 18 (37.50%) Data Governance
4 16 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 15 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (27.08%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (25.00%) Agile
7 12 (25.00%) Roadmaps
8 11 (22.92%) Artificial Intelligence
8 11 (22.92%) Data Analysis
9 10 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (16.67%) Investment Management
10 8 (16.67%) Migration
10 8 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
11 6 (12.50%) Analytics
12 5 (10.42%) Project Delivery
12 5 (10.42%) Project Management
13 4 (8.33%) Programme Management
13 4 (8.33%) Service Delivery
13 4 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.33%) Degree
2 3 (6.25%) CRISC
3 2 (4.17%) CISM
4 1 (2.08%) CISA
4 1 (2.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (25.00%) NIST
2 9 (18.75%) Data Quality
3 5 (10.42%) GRC
3 5 (10.42%) MiFID
4 2 (4.17%) GDPR
5 1 (2.08%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (2.08%) COBIT
5 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.08%) P3O
5 1 (2.08%) PMO
5 1 (2.08%) QA
5 1 (2.08%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 4 (8.33%) Duck Creek
1 4 (8.33%) SAP
2 2 (4.17%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) OneTrust
3 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow