GRC Job Trends in Leicestershire

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GRC 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.53% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.05% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £38,000 - -
25th Percentile £44,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile £81,000 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year +21.74% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 74 77 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 12.98% 16.92% 9.95%
Number of salaries quoted 57 39 34
10th Percentile £23,250 £27,700 £28,288
25th Percentile £35,500 £29,529 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -39.25% +12.63%
75th Percentile £61,250 £43,750 £66,875
90th Percentile £74,000 £53,200 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £37,750 £45,000 £51,716
% change year-on-year -16.11% -12.99% +3.43%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

GRC
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing GRC

GRC
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Salary histogram for GRC in Leicestershire

GRC
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 28 December 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
Market Harborough - 2 £70,000 -
Melton Mowbray - 1 £37,500 - 1
GRC
East Midlands

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Burp Suite
1 1 (33.33%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Red Team
3 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Static Application Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CESG Certified Professional
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) CRISC
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (33.33%) CHECK Team Member
2 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 1 (33.33%) GPEN
2 1 (33.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) NCSC
2 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Nessus
1 1 (33.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Qualys