GRC Job Trends in Surrey

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 99 89
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 +73
Permanent jobs citing GRC 5 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.31% 0.25% 0.091%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.69% 1.21% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £37,600 £52,200 -
25th Percentile £40,375 £55,500 £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £61,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.23% -30.29% +48.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £77,000 £69,800 -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £73,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +13.08% +18.18%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 186 248 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 11.36% 20.58% 15.34%
Number of salaries quoted 116 124 79
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £22,200
25th Percentile £30,250 £39,188 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,125 £82,500 £87,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £59,136 £52,397
% change year-on-year -11.22% +12.86% -0.30%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Surrey

GRC
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing GRC

GRC
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in Surrey over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GRC in Surrey

GRC
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Camberley - 2 £85,000 -
Guildford - 2 £45,000 -
Leatherhead - 1 £36,500 -
GRC
South East

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Information Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Information Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Information Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Risk Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) SABSA
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) IT Audit
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CISM
1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CRISC
2 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
1 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR