Governance Analyst Jobs

Governance Analyst
UK

The median Governance Analyst salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 794 869 1142
Rank change year-on-year +75 +273 -241
Permanent jobs requiring a Governance Analyst 128 76 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.082% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.090% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 67 48 124
10th Percentile - £41,750 £42,150
25th Percentile £27,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -42.00% +11.11% +5.88%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +74 120 £65,000 +18.18% 9
Work from Home +125 88 £65,000 +18.18% 5
UK excluding London -12 75 £29,000 -42.00% 4
London +65 50 £70,000 +27.27% 6
North of England +67 49 £29,000 -42.00% 1
Yorkshire +87 30 £29,000 -42.00% 1
Midlands - 13 £50,500 - 2
North West - 13 £36,601 -
East Midlands - 7 - -
North East - 6 - -
West Midlands - 6 £50,500 - 2
South West -26 5 - -
Scotland -61 5 - - 1
South East -14 3 £42,500 -10.53%

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 80 (62.50%) SQL
2 71 (55.47%) Legal
3 64 (50.00%) Banking
4 63 (49.22%) Finance
5 61 (47.66%) Microsoft
6 58 (45.31%) Information Security
7 54 (42.19%) Management Information System
8 53 (41.41%) Cybersecurity
8 53 (41.41%) Identity Access Management
8 53 (41.41%) Security Operations
8 53 (41.41%) Privileged Access Management
9 52 (40.63%) Agile
10 50 (39.06%) Active Directory
10 50 (39.06%) RACF
10 50 (39.06%) CyberArk
10 50 (39.06%) Coaching
10 50 (39.06%) Entra ID
10 50 (39.06%) PowerShell
10 50 (39.06%) RBAC
10 50 (39.06%) Technical Leadership
10 50 (39.06%) Roadmaps
11 39 (30.47%) Data Governance
12 38 (29.69%) Social Skills
13 35 (27.34%) Data Quality
14 31 (24.22%) Analytical Skills
15 27 (21.09%) Degree
16 26 (20.31%) Data Management
17 23 (17.97%) Data Analysis
18 22 (17.19%) Microsoft Office
18 22 (17.19%) Organisational 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 22 (17.19%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 50 (39.06%) Entra ID
2 14 (10.94%) Microsoft Purview
3 8 (6.25%) Azure
4 6 (4.69%) Collibra
5 5 (3.91%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.13%) Alation
7 1 (0.78%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.56%) Intranet
2 1 (0.78%) Firewall
2 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (14.06%) Metadata
2 4 (3.13%) Power BI
3 3 (2.34%) Big Data
3 3 (2.34%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.56%) Tableau
5 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
General
1 71 (55.47%) Legal
2 64 (50.00%) Banking
3 63 (49.22%) Finance
4 38 (29.69%) Social Skills
5 31 (24.22%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (17.19%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.34%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.34%) Retail
10 2 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.56%) Law
11 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 54 (42.19%) Management Information System
2 20 (15.63%) Reinsurance
3 14 (10.94%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.13%) Reference Data
5 3 (2.34%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.34%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (45.31%) Information Security
2 53 (41.41%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (41.41%) Identity Access Management
2 53 (41.41%) Privileged Access Management
2 53 (41.41%) Security Operations
3 52 (40.63%) Agile
4 50 (39.06%) Coaching
4 50 (39.06%) RBAC
4 50 (39.06%) Roadmaps
4 50 (39.06%) Technical Leadership
5 39 (30.47%) Data Governance
6 26 (20.31%) Data Management
7 23 (17.97%) Data Analysis
8 21 (16.41%) Electronic Trading
9 20 (15.63%) Customer Service
10 16 (12.50%) Metadata Management
11 12 (9.38%) Data Modelling
12 11 (8.59%) Logical Data Model
12 11 (8.59%) Physical Data Model
12 11 (8.59%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 80 (62.50%) SQL
2 50 (39.06%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.34%) Python
4 2 (1.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (21.09%) Degree
2 7 (5.47%) CISM
2 7 (5.47%) CISSP
3 6 (4.69%) CISA
4 4 (3.13%) CRISC
4 4 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (1.56%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.56%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (27.34%) Data Quality
2 12 (9.38%) COBIT
3 10 (7.81%) NIST
4 9 (7.03%) GRC
5 8 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (2.34%) QA
7 2 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.56%) SLA
8 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.78%) GDPR
8 1 (0.78%) IASME
8 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 50 (39.06%) Active Directory
1 50 (39.06%) RACF
Vendors
1 61 (47.66%) Microsoft
2 50 (39.06%) CyberArk
3 6 (4.69%) Informatica