GRC Job Trends in Portsmouth

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 54 28
Rank change year-on-year +5 -26 +57
Permanent jobs citing GRC 2 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.53% 0.40% 1.09%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.55% 2.86% 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £54,875 £86,125 £47,750
25th Percentile £56,563 £87,813 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £93,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.67% +78.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £64,063 £97,813 £58,125
90th Percentile £64,625 £98,375 £59,250
Hampshire median annual salary £61,250 £93,750 £58,794
% change year-on-year -34.67% +59.46% -9.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 44 70 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 11.58% 14.06% 14.75%
Number of salaries quoted 35 58 23
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,148 £25,800
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £68,750 £58,438 £61,500
90th Percentile £72,800 £70,000 £66,250
Hampshire median annual salary £54,500 £53,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -3.18% +7.84%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

GRC
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing GRC

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Security Assurance Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) SOC 2
2 1 (50.00%) SOC 3