GRC Job Trends in Cardiff

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GRC 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.76% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 - -
South Wales median annual salary £99,250 £63,250 -
% change year-on-year +56.92% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 70 27 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 7.62% 10.15% 7.47%
Number of salaries quoted 45 16 39
10th Percentile £35,000 - -
25th Percentile £47,500 £37,170 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.50% +16.30% -8.00%
75th Percentile £74,750 £63,750 £54,250
90th Percentile £75,983 £73,379 £62,260
South Wales median annual salary £53,171 £56,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.47% +25.00% -

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Cardiff

GRC
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing GRC

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 4 (57.14%) Advertising
1 4 (57.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Technology Director
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Digital
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Information
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Information Security
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Security
2 1 (14.29%) IT Director
2 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) Analytics
2 4 (57.14%) B2B
2 4 (57.14%) B2C
2 4 (57.14%) Data Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) Digital Strategy
2 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) Information Governance
2 4 (57.14%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (57.14%) Service Management
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
5 1 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (14.29%) SDLC