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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 163 203
Rank change year-on-year +26 +40 +41
Permanent jobs citing GRC 18 5 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.36% 0.16% 0.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.90% 1.35% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £38,954 - £48,475
25th Percentile £39,634 £49,000 £51,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,512 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.98% -16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £46,813 £51,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £50,975 - -
England median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -7.14%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 367 371 570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.30% 12.01% 11.33%
Number of salaries quoted 239 155 403
10th Percentile £30,321 £27,945 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £27,965
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -17.43%
75th Percentile £63,725 £68,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,650 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

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 job vacancy trend 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.

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

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 7 March 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
Hertfordshire +6 7 - - 1
Cambridgeshire - 6 - -
Norfolk -1 4 £42,512 -
Suffolk +7 1 - - 1
GRC
England

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (27.78%) AWS
1 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) SaaS
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (5.56%) AWS CloudTrail
3 1 (5.56%) AWS KMS
3 1 (5.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) DMZ
1 4 (22.22%) Firewall
1 4 (22.22%) Network Security
General
1 5 (27.78%) Public Sector
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Automotive
3 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Local Government
3 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Compliance Manager
1 6 (33.33%) Governance Manager
1 6 (33.33%) Risk Manager
2 5 (27.78%) Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Security Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Compliance Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Governance Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Account Executive
5 1 (5.56%) Audit Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Internal Audit Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Security Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Security Compliance Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (27.78%) Cloud Native
2 5 (27.78%) Cloud Security Posture
2 5 (27.78%) Security Posture
3 4 (22.22%) Blog
3 4 (22.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (22.22%) PKI
4 3 (16.67%) NHS
5 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
6 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (38.89%) Risk Management
3 5 (27.78%) Cloud Security
3 5 (27.78%) RBAC
3 5 (27.78%) SDLC
3 5 (27.78%) Threat Modelling
3 5 (27.78%) Zero Trust
4 4 (22.22%) AI
4 4 (22.22%) Containerisation
4 4 (22.22%) Cryptography
4 4 (22.22%) ISMS
4 4 (22.22%) Key Management
4 4 (22.22%) Security Architecture
4 4 (22.22%) Use Case
4 4 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 3 (16.67%) Internal Audit
5 3 (16.67%) ITSM
6 2 (11.11%) Commercial Awareness
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) DV Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) CISM
2 3 (16.67%) CISSP
3 2 (11.11%) CRISC
4 1 (5.56%) CISA
4 1 (5.56%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (5.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (38.89%) PCI DSS
3 6 (33.33%) NIST
4 4 (22.22%) GDPR
4 4 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 4 (22.22%) JSP 440
4 4 (22.22%) NCSC
5 3 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (11.11%) SOC 2
7 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
7 1 (5.56%) ISO 31000
7 1 (5.56%) NIST 800
7 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Google
1 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow