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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 173 135
Rank change year-on-year +8 -38 +127
Permanent jobs citing GRC 5 4 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.15% 0.095% 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.37% 0.66% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £48,575
25th Percentile £49,000 - £51,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +9.70% +3.04%
75th Percentile £66,250 - £68,813
90th Percentile £77,500 - £72,525
England median annual salary £75,000 £71,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +5.63% +0.60% +1.91%

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 365 608 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 11.01% 14.43% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 241 188 181
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,275 £23,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% -14.58% +21.21%
75th Percentile £55,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% - +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 15 October 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 15 October 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
Suffolk -25 2 £50,000 -
Norfolk - 2 £85,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £60,000 -
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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Information Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Financial Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Information Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Sales Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Sales Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (40.00%) Economics
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) SABSA
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification