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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	177	161	169
Rank change year-on-year	-16	+8	-36
Permanent jobs citing GRC	36	5	4
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England	0.42%	0.15%	0.095%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	4.62%	1.37%	0.66%
Number of salaries quoted	8	4	1
10^th Percentile	£31,900	-	-
25^th Percentile	£37,038	£49,000	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£55,000	£65,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-15.38%	+9.70%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£66,250	-
90^th Percentile	£72,375	£77,500	-
England median annual salary	£75,000	£72,500	£70,000
% change year-on-year	+3.45%	+3.57%	-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 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	780	365	604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England	9.20%	10.95%	14.40%
Number of salaries quoted	443	241	185
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£28,750	£27,050
25^th Percentile	£35,375	£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	£83,500	£68,750	£80,000
England median annual salary	£55,000	£57,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-3.51%	-5.00%	-

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 16 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 16 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	-3	27	£34,100	-43.17%	4
Hertfordshire	-	5	£42,500	-	3
Bedfordshire	-	2	£65,000	-	2
Suffolk	+10	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 16 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	83.3%	30
2	Security Cleared	72.2%	26
3	DV Cleared	58.3%	21
4	Risk Management	50.0%	18
5	ISO/IEC 27001	47.2%	17
6	Information Security	33.3%	12
7	ISMS	27.8%	10
8	NIST	25.0%	9
8	Security Management	25.0%	9
10	Information Security Management	19.4%	7
10	Vulnerability Management	19.4%	7
12	Continuous Improvement	16.7%	6
12	Cyber Essentials	16.7%	6
12	Degree	16.7%	6
12	GDPR	16.7%	6
12	Incident Response	16.7%	6
17	AWS	13.9%	5
17	Azure	13.9%	5
17	DBS Check	13.9%	5
17	JSP 440	13.9%	5
17	Network Security	13.9%	5
17	PCI DSS	13.9%	5
17	Security Architecture	13.9%	5
17	Workshop Facilitation	13.9%	5
25	AI	11.1%	4
25	Cloud Security	11.1%	4
25	Containerisation	11.1%	4
25	Cryptography	11.1%	4
25	DMZ	11.1%	4
25	Due Diligence	11.1%	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	47.2%	17
2	NIST	25.0%	9
3	Cyber Essentials	16.7%	6
3	GDPR	16.7%	6
5	JSP 440	13.9%	5
5	PCI DSS	13.9%	5
7	ISO/IEC 42001	11.1%	4
7	NCSC	11.1%	4
9	ISO 31000	8.3%	3
9	ISO/IEC 27005	8.3%	3
11	Cyber Essentials PLUS	5.6%	2
12	IASME	2.8%	1
12	ISO 9001	2.8%	1
12	NEBOSH	2.8%	1