GRC Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 85 109
Rank change year-on-year -7 +24 +30
Permanent jobs citing GRC 11 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.49% 0.12% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.36% 1.37% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile - - £57,500
25th Percentile £78,750 £49,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £50,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +72.50% -27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £51,000 £76,250
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £67,500 £50,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year +35.00% -27.27% +10.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 173 73 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.78% 8.74% 9.47%
Number of salaries quoted 86 59 119
10th Percentile £31,875 £27,200 £24,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +25.58% -21.82%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GRC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

GRC job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

GRC
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing GRC

GRC
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Hemel Hempstead - 6 - -
Bishop's Stortford - 2 £90,000 -
Waltham Cross - 1 - -
GRC
East of England

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Entra ID
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
1 4 (36.36%) VPN
General
1 4 (36.36%) Marketing
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Compliance Manager
1 6 (54.55%) Governance Manager
1 6 (54.55%) Risk Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Head of Infrastructure
2 4 (36.36%) Head of IT
2 4 (36.36%) Head of IT Infrastructure
3 1 (9.09%) Account Executive
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Cloud Security
2 4 (36.36%) Coaching
2 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
2 4 (36.36%) Network Design
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
2 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
2 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) B2B
3 1 (9.09%) Business Case
3 1 (9.09%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (9.09%) CRM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Apple