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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 278 259
Rank change year-on-year -28 -19 +1
Permanent jobs citing GRC 59 22 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.24% 0.23% 0.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.86% 2.04% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 34 13 24
10th Percentile £30,000 - £35,000
25th Percentile £43,719 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £63,250 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% -1.17% -6.57%
75th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £85,938
90th Percentile £92,500 - £97,431
England median annual salary £75,000 £76,250 £72,750
% change year-on-year -1.64% +4.81% +3.93%

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 2,065 1,079 1,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.56% 11.25% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,440 458 757
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,700 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £60,991
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £58,465
% change year-on-year -2.65% -3.36% -2.56%

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 6 October 2026.

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 6 October 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
North West +5 42 £50,000 -9.09% 56
Yorkshire -28 17 £72,500 +3.02% 46
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.64%) Serverless
2 7 (11.86%) Azure
3 4 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.08%) AWS
4 3 (5.08%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.69%) Miro
5 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) LAN
1 3 (5.08%) WAN
2 2 (3.39%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 11 (18.64%) Snyk
2 2 (3.39%) JIRA
General
1 16 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (10.17%) Finance
4 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.78%) Retail
6 3 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.08%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.69%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.69%) Games
8 1 (1.69%) Law
8 1 (1.69%) Legal
8 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (27.12%) Architect
1 16 (27.12%) Senior
2 11 (18.64%) Cloud Architect
2 11 (18.64%) Cloud Security Architect
2 11 (18.64%) Security Architect
2 11 (18.64%) Senior Architect
2 11 (18.64%) Senior Cloud Architect
2 11 (18.64%) Senior Security Architect
3 8 (13.56%) Security Manager
4 7 (11.86%) Analyst
5 6 (10.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 5 (8.47%) Consultant
6 5 (8.47%) Junior
6 5 (8.47%) Junior Consultant
7 4 (6.78%) Compliance Specialist
7 4 (6.78%) Lead
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 3 (5.08%) Compliance Manager
8 3 (5.08%) Systems Architect
9 2 (3.39%) IT Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) .NET
1 1 (1.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.64%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.78%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (6.78%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (6.78%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.39%) AI Agents
3 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.69%) NHS
4 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (67.80%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (37.29%) Risk Management
3 18 (30.51%) AI
4 16 (27.12%) Technology Strategy
5 15 (25.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (25.42%) Information Security
5 15 (25.42%) IT Strategy
5 15 (25.42%) Security Testing
5 15 (25.42%) Threat Modelling
6 14 (23.73%) Cloud Security
7 13 (22.03%) CI/CD
8 12 (20.34%) SDLC
9 11 (18.64%) Application Security
9 11 (18.64%) DevSecOps
9 11 (18.64%) Security Architecture
9 11 (18.64%) Validation
10 10 (16.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (11.86%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (11.86%) Incident Management
11 7 (11.86%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.69%) C#
1 1 (1.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (6.78%) SC Cleared
1 4 (6.78%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.39%) CISA
2 2 (3.39%) CISSP
2 2 (3.39%) Degree
2 2 (3.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (3.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (1.69%) ACCA
3 1 (1.69%) CIMA
3 1 (1.69%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.69%) PMP
3 1 (1.69%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (30.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (16.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (11.86%) PCI DSS
4 4 (6.78%) SOC 2
5 3 (5.08%) NIST
6 2 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (3.39%) GDPR
6 2 (3.39%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.69%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (1.69%) NCSC
7 1 (1.69%) PMO
7 1 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 11 (18.64%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 15 (25.42%) CrowdStrike
2 12 (20.34%) Tenable
3 11 (18.64%) Palo Alto
4 10 (16.95%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.69%) Qualys