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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 395 475
Rank change year-on-year +54 +80 +175
Permanent jobs citing GRC 60 120 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.46% 0.51% 0.49%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.83% 3.56% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 41 96 147
10th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £49,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £73,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.08% +5.36% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £101,250 £93,750
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 2,118 3,367 5,651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 16.38% 14.24% 16.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 2,486 3,626
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £51,250
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 £111,250 £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 12 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 12 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 8 £78,750 +5.00% 3
East London - 2 £96,250 - 2
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 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.67%) Camtasia
2 1 (1.67%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.67%) SAP GRC
1 1 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.00%) SaaS
2 5 (8.33%) Azure
3 4 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (5.00%) PaaS
4 3 (5.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.67%) AWS
5 1 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.67%) GCP
5 1 (1.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.00%) Firewall
2 2 (3.33%) Network Security
3 1 (1.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.00%) Power BI
2 2 (3.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.67%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 27 (45.00%) Finance
1 27 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 21 (35.00%) Presentation Skills
3 16 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.67%) Banking
4 7 (11.67%) Legal
5 6 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Retail
7 1 (1.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (18.33%) Analyst
1 11 (18.33%) Senior
2 9 (15.00%) Security Manager
3 8 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (11.67%) Consultant
4 7 (11.67%) Risk Manager
4 7 (11.67%) Security Analyst
5 6 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 6 (10.00%) Technical Manager
6 5 (8.33%) Compliance Advisor
6 5 (8.33%) Information Manager
6 5 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
6 5 (8.33%) IT Risk Manager
7 4 (6.67%) Information Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) Information Security Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) Risk Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) Senior Information Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) Senior Information Security Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) Senior Risk Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.33%) EDI
2 2 (3.33%) Ajax
2 2 (3.33%) AngularJS
2 2 (3.33%) CSS
2 2 (3.33%) HTML
2 2 (3.33%) LDAP
2 2 (3.33%) Web Services
3 1 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.67%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 6 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (6.67%) Taxonomies
5 3 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (5.00%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.33%) CMDB
7 1 (1.67%) Animation
7 1 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (1.67%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.67%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.67%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (73.33%) Risk Management
2 43 (71.67%) Information Security
3 33 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (28.33%) Service Delivery
6 15 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (20.00%) Cloud Security
8 8 (13.33%) Customer Service
8 8 (13.33%) Information Security Governance
9 7 (11.67%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (11.67%) Security Operations
9 7 (11.67%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (10.00%) Agile
10 6 (10.00%) Data Analysis
10 6 (10.00%) IT Governance
10 6 (10.00%) Risk Register
11 5 (8.33%) Computer Science
11 5 (8.33%) Incident Management
11 5 (8.33%) Project Management
11 5 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (5.00%) R
2 2 (3.33%) SQL
3 1 (1.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.67%) Python
3 1 (1.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (60.00%) CISM
2 32 (53.33%) CISSP
3 31 (51.67%) CRISC
3 31 (51.67%) Degree
4 6 (10.00%) CISA
4 6 (10.00%) Master's Degree
5 5 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 4 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (6.67%) CCSP
6 4 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (6.67%) SC Cleared
6 4 (6.67%) Security Cleared
7 3 (5.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.33%) PCI QSA
9 1 (1.67%) CISMP
9 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.67%) ISACA
9 1 (1.67%) MBA
9 1 (1.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (71.67%) NIST
2 26 (43.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (26.67%) PCI DSS
4 12 (20.00%) GDPR
5 10 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (10.00%) NIST 800
8 5 (8.33%) SOC 2
9 4 (6.67%) SOC 1
10 3 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (3.33%) COBIT
12 1 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (1.67%) ITGC
Systems Management
1 6 (10.00%) RSA Archer
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 7 (11.67%) ServiceNow
2 5 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.67%) Google
3 1 (1.67%) OneTrust
3 1 (1.67%) Oracle
3 1 (1.67%) SAP