GRC Job Trends in Cumbria

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GRC 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.52% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.77% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +15.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 53 60 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 13.87% 12.30% 14.49%
Number of salaries quoted 11 24 15
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,575 £31,300
25th Percentile £32,302 £38,301 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,854 £40,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% +19.40% -25.56%
75th Percentile - - £68,750
90th Percentile £47,000 £55,700 £82,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -5.00%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Cumbria

GRC
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing GRC

GRC
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 1 - -
Grange-over-Sands - 1 - -
GRC
North West

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Principal Security Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001