GRC Jobs in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 10 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 325 354 382
Rank change year-on-year +29 +28 -15
Permanent jobs citing GRC 17 49 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.14% 0.25% 0.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.98% 1.99% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 17 43 31
10th Percentile £51,800 £36,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £37,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £45,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -28.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £60,625 £75,625
90th Percentile £78,000 £93,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +26.09% -11.54% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
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 1,734 2,465 3,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.64% 12.50% 20.13%
Number of salaries quoted 712 1,659 1,121
10th Percentile £26,300 £25,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,382 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.80% -7.24% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,342 £62,350 £65,313
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £81,250
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 the North of England

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the North of England

GRC
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GRC in the North of England.

Salary trend for GRC in the North of England

GRC
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 June 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 10 June 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
Yorkshire +58 10 £64,125 -5.00% 12
North West -15 6 £63,750 +59.38% 16
North East +46 1 £72,500 +93.33% 4
GRC
England

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) Network Security
1 1 (5.88%) VPN
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Law
3 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Legal
4 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Information Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Information Security Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Security Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Senior
2 4 (23.53%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Senior Information Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Senior Information Security Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Senior Security Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Risk Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Compliance Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Governance Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Information Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Information Security Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Security Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Compliance Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Compliance Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Cybersecurity
1 11 (64.71%) Risk Management
2 10 (58.82%) Information Security
3 9 (52.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (29.41%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (23.53%) Incident Management
5 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (17.65%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
6 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (11.76%) Business Continuity
7 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (11.76%) IT Governance
7 2 (11.76%) ITIL
7 2 (11.76%) Line Management
7 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
7 2 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (11.76%) People Management
7 2 (11.76%) Scrum
7 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) CISSP
2 5 (29.41%) CISM
3 2 (11.76%) CISA
3 2 (11.76%) CRISC
3 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (64.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (41.18%) NIST
3 3 (17.65%) GDPR
4 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
5 1 (5.88%) COBIT
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Cisco
1 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
1 1 (5.88%) SAP
1 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow