GRC Job Trends in Merseyside

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 54 52
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 +36
Permanent jobs citing GRC 1 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.16% 0.20% 0.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.38% 1.09% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.11%
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +17.65%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 42 92 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 6.85% 18.04% 14.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10 53 68
10th Percentile £35,171 - £25,525
25th Percentile £41,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £32,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +58.46% -27.78% -4.26%
75th Percentile £54,875 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £68,279 £85,000
North West median annual salary £52,500 £45,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -4.21% -5.00%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Merseyside

GRC
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing GRC

GRC
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Liverpool -1 1 £45,000 -
GRC
North West

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Information Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST