GRC Job Trends in Birmingham

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 129 101
Rank change year-on-year +33 -28 +38
Permanent jobs citing GRC 9 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.52% 0.22% 0.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.89% 0.99% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 5
10th Percentile - - £64,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,404 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.35% -26.34% +20.83%
75th Percentile £91,250 £77,483 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £83,493 -
West Midlands median annual salary £71,250 £69,308 £72,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.40% +3.57%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 184 403 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.62% 22.40% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 125 155 169
10th Percentile £29,900 £40,200 £31,491
25th Percentile £43,497 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,750 £109,500 £78,000
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Birmingham

GRC
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing GRC

GRC
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in Birmingham over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GRC in Birmingham

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Information Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Security Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Head of IT
2 2 (22.22%) Information Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Information Security Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Compliance Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Compliance Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Information Security
2 6 (66.67%) Data Protection
3 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
4 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
6 2 (22.22%) Architecture Governance
6 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
6 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity Planning
6 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
6 2 (22.22%) Cost Control
6 2 (22.22%) Design Patterns
6 2 (22.22%) FinOps
6 2 (22.22%) Information Governance
6 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
6 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (22.22%) SABSA
6 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CISM
1 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) DBS Check
2 2 (22.22%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CISMP
3 1 (11.11%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 22301
3 1 (11.11%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Google