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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 154 208
Rank change year-on-year +5 +54 +43
Permanent jobs citing GRC 22 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.41% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.28% 1.37% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 5
10th Percentile £39,559 - £49,050
25th Percentile £41,128 £49,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -23.08% +4.00%
75th Percentile £87,188 £51,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 - £72,750
England median annual salary £73,250 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.03% +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 417 291 627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.68% 10.78% 11.52%
Number of salaries quoted 258 161 433
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,945 £24,761
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -22.73%
75th Percentile £64,450 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - +10.09% -5.22%

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 22 March 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 22 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 -8 11 £86,250 +72.50% 1
Cambridgeshire - 6 - - 2
Norfolk -8 4 £42,512 -
Suffolk - 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 9 (40.91%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) AWS
3 4 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (9.09%) SaaS
5 1 (4.55%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (4.55%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (4.55%) AWS KMS
5 1 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (36.36%) Firewall
2 4 (18.18%) DMZ
2 4 (18.18%) Network Security
2 4 (18.18%) VPN
General
1 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Automotive
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Local Government
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Compliance Manager
1 6 (27.27%) Governance Manager
1 6 (27.27%) Risk Manager
2 5 (22.73%) Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) Head of Infrastructure
3 4 (18.18%) Head of IT
3 4 (18.18%) Head of IT Infrastructure
4 3 (13.64%) Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Security Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Compliance Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Governance Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Account Executive
6 1 (4.55%) Audit Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Internal Audit Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Security Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Security Compliance Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (22.73%) Cloud Native
2 5 (22.73%) Cloud Security Posture
2 5 (22.73%) Security Posture
3 4 (18.18%) Blog
3 4 (18.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (18.18%) PKI
4 3 (13.64%) NHS
5 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
6 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 9 (40.91%) Cloud Security
4 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
4 5 (22.73%) RBAC
4 5 (22.73%) SDLC
4 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (22.73%) Threat Modelling
4 5 (22.73%) Zero Trust
5 4 (18.18%) AI
5 4 (18.18%) Coaching
5 4 (18.18%) Cryptography
5 4 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (18.18%) ISMS
5 4 (18.18%) Key Management
5 4 (18.18%) Network Design
5 4 (18.18%) Project Management
5 4 (18.18%) Security Architecture
5 4 (18.18%) Use Case
5 4 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) DV Cleared
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) CISM
2 3 (13.64%) CISSP
3 2 (9.09%) CRISC
4 1 (4.55%) CISA
4 1 (4.55%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (4.55%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (31.82%) PCI DSS
3 6 (27.27%) NIST
4 4 (18.18%) GDPR
4 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 4 (18.18%) JSP 440
4 4 (18.18%) NCSC
5 3 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (9.09%) SOC 2
7 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (4.55%) HIPAA
7 1 (4.55%) ISO 31000
7 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
7 1 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Apple
2 1 (4.55%) Google
2 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow