Governance Analyst
UK

The median Governance Analyst salary in the UK is £45,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 783 893 1119
Rank change year-on-year +110 +226 -238
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 101 82 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.082% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.090% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 60 54 109
10th Percentile - £36,825 £41,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.27% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,313 £62,500 -
90th Percentile £80,750 £76,250 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -38.95% +5.56% +2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 2024.

Salary histogram for Governance Analyst in the UK

Governance Analyst
Top 14 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 2024. 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 +97 92 £47,500 -13.64% 10
UK excluding London +25 61 £29,000 -38.95% 5
Work from Home +122 60 £65,000 +13.04% 7
North of England +63 39 £29,000 -36.61% 1
London +92 37 £70,000 +27.27% 5
Yorkshire +96 26 £29,000 -36.61% 1
North West - 9 £36,601 -
Midlands - 8 - - 3
Scotland -60 6 £43,586 -1.50%
South East +7 5 £55,000 +15.79%
East Midlands - 5 - -
North East - 4 - -
South West -21 3 - - 1
West Midlands - 3 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, 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 50 (49.50%) Legal
2 48 (47.52%) SQL
3 42 (41.58%) Microsoft
3 42 (41.58%) Finance
4 41 (40.59%) Banking
5 40 (39.60%) Social Skills
6 36 (35.64%) Information Security
7 34 (33.66%) Agile
8 33 (32.67%) Analytical Skills
9 32 (31.68%) Management Information System
10 31 (30.69%) Identity Access Management
10 31 (30.69%) Data Governance
10 31 (30.69%) Cybersecurity
10 31 (30.69%) Security Operations
10 31 (30.69%) Privileged Access Management
11 28 (27.72%) Coaching
11 28 (27.72%) Technical Leadership
11 28 (27.72%) RBAC
11 28 (27.72%) Roadmaps
11 28 (27.72%) Data Quality
11 28 (27.72%) Entra ID
11 28 (27.72%) CyberArk
11 28 (27.72%) PowerShell
11 28 (27.72%) Degree
11 28 (27.72%) RACF
11 28 (27.72%) Active Directory
12 24 (23.76%) Microsoft Office
13 22 (21.78%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (20.79%) Electronic Trading
15 20 (19.80%) Reinsurance

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 (1.98%) Confluence
1 2 (1.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (23.76%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (14.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (5.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.98%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (27.72%) Entra ID
2 11 (10.89%) Microsoft Purview
3 9 (8.91%) Azure
4 6 (5.94%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.97%) Collibra
6 2 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.98%) Yammer
7 1 (0.99%) Alation
7 1 (0.99%) AWS
7 1 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.98%) Intranet
2 1 (0.99%) Firewall
2 1 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.90%) Metadata
2 5 (4.95%) Power BI
3 3 (2.97%) Big Data
3 3 (2.97%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.98%) Tableau
5 1 (0.99%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) JIRA
General
1 50 (49.50%) Legal
2 42 (41.58%) Finance
3 41 (40.59%) Banking
4 40 (39.60%) Social Skills
5 33 (32.67%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (21.78%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.96%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.97%) Law
10 3 (2.97%) Retail
11 2 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.99%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 32 (31.68%) Management Information System
2 20 (19.80%) Reinsurance
3 9 (8.91%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.97%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.97%) Reference Data
4 3 (2.97%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (35.64%) Information Security
2 34 (33.66%) Agile
3 31 (30.69%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (30.69%) Data Governance
3 31 (30.69%) Identity Access Management
3 31 (30.69%) Privileged Access Management
3 31 (30.69%) Security Operations
4 28 (27.72%) Coaching
4 28 (27.72%) RBAC
4 28 (27.72%) Roadmaps
4 28 (27.72%) Technical Leadership
5 21 (20.79%) Electronic Trading
6 20 (19.80%) Customer Service
7 18 (17.82%) Data Management
8 17 (16.83%) Data Analysis
9 11 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (9.90%) Risk Management
11 9 (8.91%) Decision-Making
12 8 (7.92%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (6.93%) DAMA
Programming Languages
1 48 (47.52%) SQL
2 28 (27.72%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.97%) Python
4 2 (1.98%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (27.72%) Degree
2 7 (6.93%) CISM
2 7 (6.93%) CISSP
3 6 (5.94%) CISA
4 4 (3.96%) CRISC
4 4 (3.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (1.98%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.98%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (0.99%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.99%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (27.72%) Data Quality
2 12 (11.88%) COBIT
3 10 (9.90%) NIST
4 9 (8.91%) GRC
5 8 (7.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (2.97%) QA
7 2 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.98%) GDPR
7 2 (1.98%) SLA
8 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.99%) IASME
8 1 (0.99%) PMO
8 1 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (27.72%) Active Directory
1 28 (27.72%) RACF
Vendors
1 42 (41.58%) Microsoft
2 28 (27.72%) CyberArk
3 2 (1.98%) Atlassian
3 2 (1.98%) Informatica
3 2 (1.98%) ServiceNow