GRC Job Trends in Belfast

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 48 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Permanent jobs citing GRC 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 0.29% 0.63% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.70% 3.57% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,250 £64,471 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £69,308 -
Median % change year-on-year -53.11% - -
75th Percentile £37,750 £74,144 -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary £32,500 £69,308 -
% change year-on-year -53.11% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Belfast

GRC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 27 56 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 7.92% 17.50% 10.41%
Number of salaries quoted 14 14 17
10th Percentile - £28,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £57,188 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +46.74% -12.38%
75th Percentile £55,625 £71,250 £61,445
90th Percentile £68,500 - £69,250
County Antrim median annual salary £45,000 £67,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +46.74% -5.64%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GRC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

GRC job vacancy trend in Belfast

GRC
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing GRC

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001