Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GRC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GRC over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 586 737
Rank change year-on-year +32 +151 -120
Permanent jobs citing GRC 364 433 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.41% 0.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.70% 2.15% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 300 326 307
10th Percentile £41,250 £44,118 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,188 £54,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.55% +1.15% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £82,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.83% - +4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

GRC is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,490 20,156 25,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.26% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 9,268 13,209
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the UK

GRC
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GRC.

Salary trend for GRC in the UK

GRC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GRC in the UK

GRC
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +100 351 £57,500 -11.54% 78
UK excluding London +36 233 £50,500 -15.83% 39
Work from Home +11 126 £57,500 -17.86% 35
South East +72 120 £50,500 -12.93% 14
London +72 116 £75,000 +7.14% 38
North of England +55 53 £45,000 -25.00% 11
North West +23 31 £40,000 -32.80% 3
Midlands +8 31 £55,000 -26.67% 8
West Midlands +23 27 £55,000 -26.67% 4
Yorkshire +85 20 £56,250 -7.02% 6
South West -5 16 £70,000 +16.67% 1
East of England +23 11 £72,500 +16.00% 5
East Midlands -12 3 £85,000 - 4
North East -1 2 £37,500 - 2
Scotland -84 2 £32,500 -45.40% 1

GRC
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 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.82%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 13 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (4.12%) SAP GRC
2 7 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.55%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 34 (9.34%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (8.24%) Azure
3 13 (3.57%) AWS
4 9 (2.47%) Entra ID
4 9 (2.47%) Power Platform
5 6 (1.65%) SaaS
6 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (1.37%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.82%) GCP
8 2 (0.55%) OCI
8 2 (0.55%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.27%) IaaS
9 1 (0.27%) PaaS
9 1 (0.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.87%) Firewall
2 18 (4.95%) Network Security
3 9 (2.47%) Wireless
4 7 (1.92%) VPN
5 6 (1.65%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.82%) Broadband
6 3 (0.82%) NaaS
6 3 (0.82%) SSL
7 2 (0.55%) Intranet
7 2 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.27%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.47%) Power BI
2 6 (1.65%) SAP BW
3 5 (1.37%) Metadata
4 3 (0.82%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 70 (19.23%) Finance
2 66 (18.13%) Social Skills
3 38 (10.44%) Legal
4 33 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (7.97%) Law
6 21 (5.77%) Public Sector
7 16 (4.40%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.57%) Marketing
9 12 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.92%) Banking
12 6 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.65%) Retail
13 4 (1.10%) Advertising
14 3 (0.82%) French Language
14 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.82%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.55%) Games
15 2 (0.55%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 77 (21.15%) Analyst
2 72 (19.78%) Security Specialist
3 68 (18.68%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 62 (17.03%) Security Analyst
5 59 (16.21%) Security Manager
6 44 (12.09%) Information Analyst
6 44 (12.09%) Information Security Analyst
7 42 (11.54%) Consultant
7 42 (11.54%) Senior
8 31 (8.52%) Security Consultant
9 28 (7.69%) Lead
10 24 (6.59%) IT Manager
11 23 (6.32%) Information Security Manager
12 22 (6.04%) Information Manager
13 18 (4.95%) IT Security Manager
14 16 (4.40%) Senior Analyst
15 14 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 14 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 14 (3.85%) Penetration Tester
15 14 (3.85%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.37%) LDAP
2 4 (1.10%) CSS
2 4 (1.10%) REST
2 4 (1.10%) SAP Business Workflow
2 4 (1.10%) SOAP
3 3 (0.82%) Kafka
3 3 (0.82%) ODBC
4 2 (0.55%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.55%) HTML
4 2 (0.55%) JDBC
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.55%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.55%) Web Services
5 1 (0.27%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 55 (15.11%) Management Information System
2 42 (11.54%) Security Posture
3 36 (9.89%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.92%) CMDB
5 7 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
5 7 (1.92%) Cyber Security Posture
5 7 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.65%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.65%) Operational Technology
6 6 (1.65%) PMI
7 5 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (0.82%) TM Forum
9 2 (0.55%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.55%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.55%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.55%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.55%) NHS
9 2 (0.55%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.55%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.49%) Windows
2 9 (2.47%) Linux
3 3 (0.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (57.97%) Cybersecurity
2 192 (52.75%) Information Security
3 123 (33.79%) Risk Management
4 54 (14.84%) Data Protection
5 44 (12.09%) Security Management
6 43 (11.81%) Security Operations
7 40 (10.99%) Stakeholder Management
8 36 (9.89%) Incident Response
9 31 (8.52%) Roadmaps
10 30 (8.24%) ITIL
11 29 (7.97%) Penetration Testing
11 29 (7.97%) Problem-Solving
11 29 (7.97%) Vulnerability Management
12 28 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
13 27 (7.42%) Information Assurance
14 26 (7.14%) ISMS
14 26 (7.14%) Project Management
15 25 (6.87%) GAP Analysis
15 25 (6.87%) Security Architecture
15 25 (6.87%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.57%) JavaScript
2 10 (2.75%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.92%) Python
4 2 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (21.98%) CISSP
2 70 (19.23%) CISM
3 47 (12.91%) CISA
4 43 (11.81%) Security Cleared
5 41 (11.26%) CRISC
6 35 (9.62%) Degree
7 24 (6.59%) SC Cleared
8 18 (4.95%) PCI QSA
9 14 (3.85%) GIAC
9 14 (3.85%) OSCP
10 13 (3.57%) CREST Certified
10 13 (3.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 9 (2.47%) PMI Certification
12 8 (2.20%) CESG Certified Professional
12 8 (2.20%) GPEN
13 7 (1.92%) CISMP
13 7 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (1.65%) CHECK Team Leader
14 6 (1.65%) Cyber Scheme
14 6 (1.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (46.70%) NIST
2 163 (44.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (18.41%) Def Stans
4 57 (15.66%) GDPR
5 44 (12.09%) PCI DSS
6 42 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (7.97%) NCSC
8 19 (5.22%) NIST 800
9 16 (4.40%) COBIT
10 12 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (3.02%) ITGC
11 11 (3.02%) SOC 2
12 9 (2.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (1.65%) Data Quality
14 6 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 4 (1.10%) ISO 9001
15 4 (1.10%) PMO
15 4 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 9 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (3.85%) CSIRT
2 6 (1.65%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 6 (1.65%) Nessus
3 3 (0.82%) RSA Archer
4 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 41 (11.26%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.32%) SAP
3 20 (5.49%) Qualys
4 14 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.20%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.10%) Workday
7 3 (0.82%) Google
8 2 (0.55%) Ariba
8 2 (0.55%) Concur
8 2 (0.55%) OneTrust
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle
8 2 (0.55%) Sophos
9 1 (0.27%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.27%) Facebook