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 citing GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	189	156	168
Rank change year-on-year	-33	+12	-40
Permanent jobs citing GRC	27	5	5
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England	0.30%	0.14%	0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	3.23%	1.41%	0.84%
Number of salaries quoted	7	4	2
10^th Percentile	£45,500	-	£50,600
25^th Percentile	£55,000	£49,000	£53,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£65,000	£55,000	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+18.18%	-4.35%	-2.95%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£66,250	£61,500
90^th Percentile	£74,000	£77,500	£63,600
England median annual salary	£75,000	£67,500	£70,000
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in the East of England.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	835	354	595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England	9.39%	10.24%	14.26%
Number of salaries quoted	475	232	172
10^th Percentile	£29,000	£28,750	£27,500
25^th Percentile	£34,500	£31,250	£35,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£42,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+5.88%	-19.05%	-12.50%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£55,000	£74,313
90^th Percentile	£83,250	£68,625	£80,000
England median annual salary	£55,000	£57,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-4.35%	-4.17%	-

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 12 November 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 12 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Cambridgeshire	-19	17	£82,500	+37.50%	8
Hertfordshire	-	5	£42,500	-	3
Bedfordshire	-	3	£65,000	-
Suffolk	+7	1	£50,000	-
Essex	-	1	£60,000	-
GRC England

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 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 citing GRC.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	96.3%	26
2	Security Cleared	81.5%	22
3	DV Cleared	59.3%	16
4	Risk Management	44.4%	12
5	ISO/IEC 27001	40.7%	11
6	Information Security	29.6%	8
6	Information Security Management	29.6%	8
6	Security Management	29.6%	8
6	Vulnerability Management	29.6%	8
10	Incident Response	25.9%	7
10	ISMS	25.9%	7
12	Continuous Improvement	22.2%	6
13	Cyber Essentials	18.5%	5
13	Operational Resilience	18.5%	5
15	Business Continuity	14.8%	4
15	Due Diligence	14.8%	4
15	GDPR	14.8%	4
15	Network Security	14.8%	4
15	NIST	14.8%	4
15	Penetration Testing	14.8%	4
15	SC Cleared	14.8%	4
15	Security Operations	14.8%	4
15	Stakeholder Management	14.8%	4
24	AWS	11.1%	3
24	Azure	11.1%	3
24	Disaster Recovery	11.1%	3
24	Information Security Governance	11.1%	3
24	JSP 440	11.1%	3
24	PCI DSS	11.1%	3
24	SaaS	11.1%	3

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	40.7%	11
2	Cyber Essentials	18.5%	5
3	GDPR	14.8%	4
3	NIST	14.8%	4
5	JSP 440	11.1%	3
5	PCI DSS	11.1%	3
7	Cyber Essentials PLUS	7.4%	2
7	ISO/IEC 42001	7.4%	2
7	NCSC	7.4%	2
10	IASME	3.7%	1
10	ISO 9001	3.7%	1
10	NEBOSH	3.7%	1