GRC Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 52 49
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -
Permanent jobs citing GRC 1 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.24% 0.20% 0.90%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.35% 1.52% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £48,000
25th Percentile £27,250 £64,471 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £69,308 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.11% +26.01% -
75th Percentile £37,750 £74,144 £58,750
90th Percentile - - £59,500
UK median annual salary £69,248 £69,308 £70,576
% change year-on-year -0.09% -1.80% +3.03%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 74 66 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 17.62% 13.47% 10.48%
Number of salaries quoted 21 20 26
10th Percentile - £34,125 £31,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £61,563 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £67,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +40.63% +6.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £71,250 £56,875
90th Percentile £132,500 £93,750 £65,723
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.26%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

GRC
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing GRC

GRC
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
County Antrim +7 1 £32,500 -53.11%
GRC
UK

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001