GRC Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 232 220
Rank change year-on-year +20 -12 +77
Permanent jobs citing GRC 15 16 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.19% 0.25% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.45% 1.37% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 12
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £56,250
25th Percentile £33,125 £37,625 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -20.69% +7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,822 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £81,500 £87,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +3.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,033 1,166 800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.15% 18.23% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 569 491 668
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,822 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,200 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +4.40% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,625 £63,850
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £58,920
% change year-on-year -3.33% +1.83% +2.47%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

GRC job vacancy trend in the Midlands

GRC
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing GRC

GRC
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GRC in the Midlands

GRC
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
West Midlands +16 10 £71,250 +2.80% 8
East Midlands -9 5 £70,000 +43.59% 1
GRC
England

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (26.67%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) AWS
2 2 (13.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Wireless
1 1 (6.67%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Burp Suite
1 1 (6.67%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Information Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Information Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Information Security Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Security Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Head of IT
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Information Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) IT Compliance Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Security Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Android
1 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Information Security
2 8 (53.33%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (53.33%) Data Protection
3 7 (46.67%) Decision-Making
4 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 5 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 4 (26.67%) Architecture Governance
5 4 (26.67%) Design Patterns
5 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (26.67%) SABSA
5 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (26.67%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (26.67%) TOGAF
6 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 2 (13.33%) Business Continuity Planning
7 2 (13.33%) Cost Control
7 2 (13.33%) FinOps
7 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
7 2 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) CISM
1 7 (46.67%) CISSP
2 4 (26.67%) DBS Check
2 4 (26.67%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (20.00%) CRISC
4 2 (13.33%) CESG Certified Professional
4 2 (13.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (13.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (6.67%) CHECK Team Member
5 1 (6.67%) CISMP
5 1 (6.67%) CREST Certified
5 1 (6.67%) GPEN
5 1 (6.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (26.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (13.33%) NCSC
4 2 (13.33%) PCI DSS
5 1 (6.67%) ISO 22301
5 1 (6.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Nessus
1 1 (6.67%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Google
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) Qualys