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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 177 124
Rank change year-on-year +23 -53 +117
Permanent jobs citing GRC 6 8 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.15% 0.20% 0.46%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.90% 1.32% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £62,500 £50,600 £48,575
25th Percentile £66,250 £53,000 £51,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £57,500 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year +26.09% -2.95% -1.25%
75th Percentile £78,750 £61,500 £68,813
90th Percentile £82,500 £63,600 £72,525
England median annual salary £67,500 £71,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year -4.93% +0.60% +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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 316 604 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 8.16% 15.37% 14.51%
Number of salaries quoted 216 191 183
10th Percentile £30,370 £27,945 £24,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £28,511
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,375 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.86% -4.35% +16.16%
75th Percentile £57,125 £73,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £77,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +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
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in the East of England over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 - 3 £60,000 - 3
Norfolk +10 2 £85,000 - 1
Hertfordshire +15 1 - - 7
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 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DMZ
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Information Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Information Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Governance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Sales Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Sales Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Blog
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) SABSA
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (16.67%) AI
3 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
3 1 (16.67%) ISMS
3 1 (16.67%) IT Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISM
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (16.67%) JSP 440
2 1 (16.67%) NCSC
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS