GRC Jobs in London

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring GRC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GRC over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 386 455
Rank change year-on-year +52 +69 +214
Permanent jobs citing GRC 58 116 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.46% 0.49% 0.50%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.70% 3.45% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 39 91 151
10th Percentile £50,715 £52,500 £49,000
25th Percentile £64,875 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,625
90th Percentile £91,750 £101,250 £93,915
England median annual salary £72,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +26.09% -11.54% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,146 3,365 5,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 16.85% 14.25% 16.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,280 2,494 3,793
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £50,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in London

GRC
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GRC in London.

Salary trend for GRC in London

GRC
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GRC in London

GRC
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +16 10 £78,750 +5.00% 8
West London - 1 £60,000 - 2
GRC
England

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.72%) Camtasia
2 1 (1.72%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.72%) SAP GRC
1 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.34%) Azure
2 4 (6.90%) Entra ID
2 4 (6.90%) SaaS
3 3 (5.17%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (5.17%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.72%) AWS
4 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.72%) GCP
4 1 (1.72%) PaaS
4 1 (1.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) Firewall
1 3 (5.17%) Wireless
2 2 (3.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) Power BI
2 2 (3.45%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.72%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (41.38%) Presentation Skills
1 24 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 22 (37.93%) Finance
3 14 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (10.34%) Legal
5 3 (5.17%) Marketing
6 2 (3.45%) Retail
7 1 (1.72%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (24.14%) Senior
2 13 (22.41%) Analyst
3 9 (15.52%) Security Manager
3 9 (15.52%) Senior Analyst
4 8 (13.79%) Security Analyst
5 7 (12.07%) Consultant
5 7 (12.07%) Risk Manager
6 6 (10.34%) IT Manager
7 5 (8.62%) Compliance Advisor
7 5 (8.62%) Information Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Information Manager
7 5 (8.62%) Information Security Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Information Security Manager
7 5 (8.62%) IT Risk Manager
7 5 (8.62%) Risk Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Senior Risk Analyst
8 4 (6.90%) Senior Information Analyst
8 4 (6.90%) Senior Information Security Analyst
8 4 (6.90%) Senior Security Analyst
8 4 (6.90%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) EDI
2 2 (3.45%) Ajax
2 2 (3.45%) AngularJS
2 2 (3.45%) CSS
2 2 (3.45%) HTML
2 2 (3.45%) LDAP
2 2 (3.45%) Web Services
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.07%) Management Information System
2 6 (10.34%) Security Posture
3 5 (8.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (5.17%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (5.17%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.45%) CMDB
6 1 (1.72%) Animation
6 1 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.72%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.72%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (1.72%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.72%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (74.14%) Information Security
2 42 (72.41%) Risk Management
3 33 (56.90%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (32.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (31.03%) Service Delivery
6 14 (24.14%) Cloud Security
7 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (12.07%) Agile
8 7 (12.07%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (12.07%) Information Security Governance
8 7 (12.07%) Security Operations
9 6 (10.34%) Customer Service
9 6 (10.34%) IT Governance
10 5 (8.62%) Computer Science
10 5 (8.62%) Data Privacy
10 5 (8.62%) Incident Response
10 5 (8.62%) Project Management
10 5 (8.62%) Security Architecture
11 4 (6.90%) Actionable Insight
11 4 (6.90%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) JavaScript
1 3 (5.17%) R
2 2 (3.45%) SQL
3 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.72%) Python
3 1 (1.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (56.90%) CISM
1 33 (56.90%) CISSP
2 28 (48.28%) CRISC
2 28 (48.28%) Degree
3 6 (10.34%) CISA
4 5 (8.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 4 (6.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (6.90%) CCSP
5 4 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (6.90%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
6 3 (5.17%) CHECK Team Leader
6 3 (5.17%) CHECK Team Member
6 3 (5.17%) CREST Certified
6 3 (5.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 3 (5.17%) OSCP
7 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.45%) Master's Degree
7 2 (3.45%) PCI QSA
8 1 (1.72%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (74.14%) NIST
2 25 (43.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (32.76%) PCI DSS
4 12 (20.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (20.69%) GDPR
5 10 (17.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (5.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (3.45%) COBIT
7 2 (3.45%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.72%) ITGC
8 1 (1.72%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.45%) RSA Archer
2 2 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
1 5 (8.62%) ServiceNow
2 1 (1.72%) Google
2 1 (1.72%) OneTrust
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle
2 1 (1.72%) SAP