GRC Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 65 - 58
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GRC 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.25% - 0.57%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.33% - 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £45,228
25th Percentile - - £58,694
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £81,138
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £85,000 £69,308 £81,138
% change year-on-year +22.64% -14.58% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 60 110 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 7.36% 16.18% 18.29%
Number of salaries quoted 37 33 81
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,600 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £76,250
North East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +23.71% +1.04%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

GRC
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing GRC

GRC
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 £85,000 -
GRC
North East

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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