GRC Job Trends in the East of England

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	177	166	173
Rank change year-on-year	-11	+7	-43
Permanent jobs citing GRC	37	5	4
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England	0.43%	0.15%	0.096%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	4.67%	1.34%	0.66%
Number of salaries quoted	9	4	1
10^th Percentile	£31,900	-	-
25^th Percentile	£38,750	£49,000	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£65,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-15.38%	+9.70%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£66,250	-
90^th Percentile	£70,750	£77,500	-
England median annual salary	£75,000	£70,000	£70,000
% change year-on-year	+7.14%	-	-0.82%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	793	372	607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England	9.28%	11.18%	14.56%
Number of salaries quoted	449	245	185
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£28,750	£27,050
25^th Percentile	£35,750	£32,500	£35,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£42,500	£54,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.76%	-21.30%	-10.00%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£55,000	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£82,500	£68,250	£80,000
England median annual salary	£55,000	£56,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-2.65%	-5.83%	-

GRC Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

GRC Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing GRC.

GRC Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.

Salary histogram for GRC in the East of England

GRC Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Cambridgeshire	-5	27	£34,100	-43.17%	4
Hertfordshire	-	5	£42,500	-	3
Bedfordshire	-	3	£65,000	-	2
Suffolk	+14	1	£50,000	-	2
Essex	-	1	£60,000	-
GRC England

GRC Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, job vacancies citing GRC also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East of England region with a requirement for GRC.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	83.8%	31
2	Security Cleared	73.0%	27
3	DV Cleared	56.8%	21
4	Risk Management	51.4%	19
5	ISO/IEC 27001	48.6%	18
6	Information Security	35.1%	13
7	ISMS	29.7%	11
8	Security Management	27.0%	10
9	NIST	24.3%	9
10	Information Security Management	21.6%	8
10	Vulnerability Management	21.6%	8
12	Cyber Essentials	18.9%	7
12	Incident Response	18.9%	7
14	Continuous Improvement	16.2%	6
14	Degree	16.2%	6
14	GDPR	16.2%	6
14	Network Security	16.2%	6
18	AWS	13.5%	5
18	Azure	13.5%	5
18	DBS Check	13.5%	5
18	Information Security Governance	13.5%	5
18	JSP 440	13.5%	5
18	PCI DSS	13.5%	5
18	Security Architecture	13.5%	5
18	Workshop Facilitation	13.5%	5
26	AI	10.8%	4
26	Business Continuity	10.8%	4
26	Cloud Security	10.8%	4
26	Containerisation	10.8%	4
26	Cryptography	10.8%	4

GRC Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	48.6%	18
2	NIST	24.3%	9
3	Cyber Essentials	18.9%	7
4	GDPR	16.2%	6
5	JSP 440	13.5%	5
5	PCI DSS	13.5%	5
7	ISO/IEC 42001	10.8%	4
7	NCSC	10.8%	4
9	ISO 31000	8.1%	3
9	ISO/IEC 27005	8.1%	3
11	Cyber Essentials PLUS	5.4%	2
12	IASME	2.7%	1
12	ISO 9001	2.7%	1
12	NEBOSH	2.7%	1