GRC Job Trends in Preston

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GRC 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 0.25% - 1.89%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.64% - 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £58,300
25th Percentile £71,250 - £60,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £63,500
75th Percentile £73,750 - £66,750
90th Percentile - - £68,700
Lancashire median annual salary £72,500 - £57,000

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 61 4 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 15.48% 6.78% 29.56%
Number of salaries quoted 52 4 34
10th Percentile £30,000 £49,475 £33,275
25th Percentile £37,000 £54,313 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +12.32% -11.74%
75th Percentile £64,063 £57,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,625 £59,100 £66,750
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £47,592 £48,637
% change year-on-year -5.45% -2.15% +2.39%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Preston

GRC
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing GRC

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable