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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 164 161
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 -9
Permanent jobs citing GRC 40 5 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.52% 0.14% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.50% 1.28% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 12 4 6
10th Percentile - - £66,875
25th Percentile £31,900 £49,000 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -24.14% +3.57%
75th Percentile £86,250 £66,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £89,625 £77,500 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% +2.94%

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 727 390 624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 9.46% 11.21% 13.67%
Number of salaries quoted 406 244 280
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,188 £32,500 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -4.44% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £68,813
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,375 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,037 £56,651
% change year-on-year +4.48% -2.85% -5.58%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 +5 28 £34,100 -43.17% 7
Hertfordshire - 9 £82,500 - 6
Suffolk +14 1 £50,000 - 3
Essex - 1 £60,000 - 8
Bedfordshire - 1 £65,000 - 3
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:

Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (22.50%) Azure
2 5 (12.50%) AWS
2 5 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.00%) Firewall
2 4 (10.00%) DMZ
2 4 (10.00%) Network Security
2 4 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 19 (47.50%) Public Sector
2 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.00%) Finance
4 5 (12.50%) Marketing
4 5 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (50.00%) Consultant
2 6 (15.00%) Lead
3 5 (12.50%) Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Security Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Coordinator
4 4 (10.00%) Governance Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Head of Infrastructure
4 4 (10.00%) Head of IT
4 4 (10.00%) Head of IT Infrastructure
5 2 (5.00%) Security Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) Business Development Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Business Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) Development Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Information Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) Information Security Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Security Posture
1 5 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 4 (10.00%) Blog
2 4 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (10.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 4 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (10.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (10.00%) PKI
2 4 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.50%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (77.50%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 15 (37.50%) Information Security
4 11 (27.50%) ISMS
5 10 (25.00%) Security Management
6 9 (22.50%) Project Management
7 8 (20.00%) Cloud Security
7 8 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (15.00%) Information Security Management
8 6 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (12.50%) Information Security Governance
9 5 (12.50%) Mentoring
9 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (12.50%) Security Architecture
9 5 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
10 4 (10.00%) Coaching
10 4 (10.00%) Due Diligence
10 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 23 (57.50%) Security Cleared
2 19 (47.50%) DV Cleared
3 9 (22.50%) DBS Check
3 9 (22.50%) Degree
4 6 (15.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 5 (12.50%) CRISC
6 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
7 2 (5.00%) CISM
7 2 (5.00%) CISSP
8 1 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (27.50%) NIST
3 7 (17.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (15.00%) GDPR
5 5 (12.50%) ISO 31000
5 5 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 5 (12.50%) JSP 440
5 5 (12.50%) PCI DSS
6 4 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 4 (10.00%) NCSC
7 2 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (2.50%) IASME
8 1 (2.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (10.00%) Apple
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.50%) Qualys