GRC Job Trends in Southampton

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GRC 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.35% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.44% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £65,000 £90,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -27.78% +41.18% +12.83%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 45 92 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 7.88% 15.73% 5.91%
Number of salaries quoted 23 61 21
10th Percentile £35,000 - £25,250
25th Percentile £39,625 £46,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +69.23% -35.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £97,500 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - -5.17% +16.00%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Southampton

GRC
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing GRC

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Information Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Information Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) SABSA
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification