Governance Analyst Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Governance Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Governance Analyst salary for remote or hybrid work is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 551 632
Rank change year-on-year +141 +81 +197
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 22 32 30
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.095% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.098% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 22 24 26
10th Percentile - £42,375 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,439 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £65,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.62% +20.93% +2.38%
75th Percentile £122,500 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £152,500 - £70,625
UK median annual salary £65,000 £45,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +42.86% -13.33% -3.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,908 32,504 40,687
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 96.00% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,956 24,955 28,926
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,005 £36,679
25th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Governance Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Governance Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Governance Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Governance Analyst
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Governance Analyst.

Governance Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Governance Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Governance Analyst over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Governance Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 7 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Governance Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (50.00%) Finance
1 11 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 10 (45.45%) Hedge funds
2 10 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (45.45%) Data Lake
2 10 (45.45%) Regulatory Compliance
2 10 (45.45%) Roadmaps
2 10 (45.45%) Information Security
2 10 (45.45%) Agile
2 10 (45.45%) Derivative
2 10 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (45.45%) Investment Management
2 10 (45.45%) Migration
2 10 (45.45%) Fixed Income
2 10 (45.45%) Equities
2 10 (45.45%) Front Office
2 10 (45.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (45.45%) Product Ownership
3 9 (40.91%) Legal
3 9 (40.91%) NIST
3 9 (40.91%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
4 6 (27.27%) MiFID
5 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
5 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.09%) GRC
6 1 (4.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (4.55%) Data Governance Strategy
6 1 (4.55%) Data Management
6 1 (4.55%) Data Protection

Governance Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (45.45%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.55%) Metadata
2 1 (4.55%) Metadata Repository
General
1 11 (50.00%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Front Office
3 9 (40.91%) Legal
3 9 (40.91%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Derivative
1 10 (45.45%) Equities
1 10 (45.45%) Fixed Income
1 10 (45.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 10 (45.45%) Hedge funds
1 10 (45.45%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 10 (45.45%) Agile
2 10 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (45.45%) Information Security
2 10 (45.45%) Investment Management
2 10 (45.45%) Migration
2 10 (45.45%) Regulatory Compliance
2 10 (45.45%) Roadmaps
3 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.55%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (4.55%) Data Management
4 1 (4.55%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.55%) Decision-Making
4 1 (4.55%) ITIL
4 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (4.55%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (4.55%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (4.55%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (40.91%) NIST
3 6 (27.27%) MiFID
4 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
4 2 (9.09%) GRC
5 1 (4.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (4.55%) COBIT
5 1 (4.55%) GDPR
5 1 (4.55%) QA
5 1 (4.55%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.55%) OneTrust
1 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow