GRC Job Trends in the North of England

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 175 228
Rank change year-on-year -40 +53 +129
Permanent jobs citing GRC 48 103 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.46% 1.08% 0.65%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.26% 6.61% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 36 30 44
10th Percentile £49,375 £35,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £59,257 £50,000 £53,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,250 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% -10.58% +24.55%
75th Percentile £79,063 £74,144 £75,313
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,625 £87,125
England median annual salary £65,000 £73,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.96% +4.29% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 913 1,558 1,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.71% 16.40% 15.13%
Number of salaries quoted 495 644 829
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,575 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £36,250 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,384 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -1.23% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +4.35%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

GRC job vacancy trend in the North of England

GRC
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GRC

GRC
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for GRC in the North of England

GRC
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 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
North West -19 27 £65,000 +13.04% 55
Yorkshire -15 18 £63,250 +6.75% 37
North East +10 2 £85,000 +22.64% 5
GRC
England

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (10.42%) SAP GRC
2 3 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.33%) Azure
2 3 (6.25%) AWS
2 3 (6.25%) SaaS
3 2 (4.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.08%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) Firewall
2 2 (4.17%) Network Security
3 1 (2.08%) HTTP
3 1 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.08%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Snyk
General
1 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.17%) Finance
3 2 (4.17%) Legal
4 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (29.17%) Compliance Manager
2 9 (18.75%) Architect
3 8 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
3 8 (16.67%) Enterprise Information Architect
3 8 (16.67%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 8 (16.67%) Information Architect
3 8 (16.67%) Information Security Architect
3 8 (16.67%) Security Architect
3 8 (16.67%) Security Manager
4 7 (14.58%) Consultant
4 7 (14.58%) Security Compliance Manager
5 5 (10.42%) Analyst
5 5 (10.42%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 5 (10.42%) Risk Manager
5 5 (10.42%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (10.42%) Security Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Security Consultant
6 4 (8.33%) Senior
7 3 (6.25%) Lead
7 3 (6.25%) Principal SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) SAP Basis
2 2 (4.17%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.08%) .NET
3 1 (2.08%) EDI
3 1 (2.08%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 6 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.42%) Public Cloud
3 4 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.25%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (6.25%) Private Cloud
5 2 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (50.00%) Information Security
2 20 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (31.25%) Data Protection
4 11 (22.92%) Cloud Security
5 10 (20.83%) Decision-Making
5 10 (20.83%) Risk Management
5 10 (20.83%) Security Architecture
6 9 (18.75%) Architecture Governance
6 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (16.67%) Design Patterns
7 8 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (16.67%) SABSA
7 8 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
7 8 (16.67%) TOGAF
8 7 (14.58%) Security Management
9 6 (12.50%) Information Security Management
10 4 (8.33%) Attestation
10 4 (8.33%) Incident Response
10 4 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) Bicep
2 1 (2.08%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 16 (33.33%) CISM
2 15 (31.25%) CISSP
3 8 (16.67%) DBS Check
3 8 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
4 7 (14.58%) CRISC
5 3 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.17%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (4.17%) CISA
6 2 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (4.17%) Degree
7 1 (2.08%) CISMP
7 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (39.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (25.00%) NIST
3 9 (18.75%) PCI DSS
4 7 (14.58%) GDPR
5 6 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (10.42%) SOC 2
7 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (4.17%) Def Stans
7 2 (4.17%) ISO 22301
7 2 (4.17%) QA
8 1 (2.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (2.08%) NCSC
8 1 (2.08%) PMO
8 1 (2.08%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (12.50%) SAP
2 5 (10.42%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) Checkmarx
3 1 (2.08%) Qualys
3 1 (2.08%) Salesforce