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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 169 183
Rank change year-on-year +29 +14 +59
Permanent jobs citing GRC 16 6 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.35% 0.18% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.64% 1.32% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile £38,954 - £49,050
25th Percentile £39,634 £49,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,512 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.98% -23.08% +6.12%
75th Percentile £46,813 £51,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £50,975 - £72,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £73,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.96% +4.29% -

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 345 454 478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.64% 13.31% 11.08%
Number of salaries quoted 241 160 346
10th Percentile £30,370 £27,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,250 £32,500 £27,965
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +18.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £67,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,343 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.10% +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 5 February 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 +8 6 - - 2
Cambridgeshire - 5 - - 6
Norfolk +9 4 £42,512 - 3
Suffolk +2 1 - - 2
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 4 (25.00%) AWS
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) DMZ
1 4 (25.00%) Firewall
1 4 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Automotive
3 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Local Government
3 1 (6.25%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Compliance Manager
1 6 (37.50%) Governance Manager
1 6 (37.50%) Risk Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Security Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Audit Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Compliance Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Governance Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Internal Audit Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (25.00%) Blog
2 4 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 4 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (25.00%) PKI
2 4 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (18.75%) NHS
4 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (43.75%) Risk Management
3 4 (25.00%) AI
3 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 4 (25.00%) Cryptography
3 4 (25.00%) ISMS
3 4 (25.00%) Key Management
3 4 (25.00%) RBAC
3 4 (25.00%) SDLC
3 4 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 4 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (25.00%) Use Case
3 4 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (25.00%) Zero Trust
4 3 (18.75%) ITSM
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 2 (12.50%) Information Assurance
5 2 (12.50%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) CISM
2 2 (12.50%) CISSP
3 1 (6.25%) CRISC
3 1 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (43.75%) PCI DSS
3 5 (31.25%) NIST
4 4 (25.00%) GDPR
4 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 4 (25.00%) JSP 440
4 4 (25.00%) NCSC
5 3 (18.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow