GRC Jobs in the UK excluding London

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GRC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GRC over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 538 568
Rank change year-on-year +39 +30 +22
Permanent jobs citing GRC 80 230 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.32% 0.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.21% 2.39% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 48 195 126
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £42,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.71% -15.83% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,875 £80,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £56,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +28.89% -13.46% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,620 9,641 12,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.98% 13.61% 20.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,159 6,347 4,623
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.28%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GRC in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. 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
Midlands +51 21 £60,000 +9.09% 8
North of England +22 21 £65,000 +44.44% 16
South East +4 21 £62,500 +23.76% 46
West Midlands +42 15 £67,500 +22.73% 6
South West +101 10 £65,000 -7.14% 7
Yorkshire +67 10 £64,125 +16.59% 4
North West -15 10 £67,500 +68.75% 12
East Midlands +36 6 £57,500 -32.35% 2
Scotland +120 3 £62,500 +92.31% 3
East of England +37 2 - - 13
North East +43 1 £72,500 +93.33%
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3
Wales - 1 £52,500 - 3
GRC
UK

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.50%) IBM Domino
2 1 (1.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.25%) SAP GRC
2 2 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.00%) Azure
2 8 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.00%) AWS
4 2 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.50%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.50%) SaaS
5 1 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.25%) GCP
5 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.25%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.25%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.25%) Firewall
2 3 (3.75%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (3.75%) VPN
3 2 (2.50%) DNS
4 1 (1.25%) DHCP
4 1 (1.25%) Intranet
4 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) SAP BW
General
1 33 (41.25%) Social Skills
2 18 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (18.75%) Finance
4 8 (10.00%) Legal
5 7 (8.75%) Public Sector
6 6 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (7.50%) Retail
7 5 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (6.25%) Law
8 4 (5.00%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.75%) Banking
9 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.50%) Military
11 1 (1.25%) Automotive
11 1 (1.25%) Marketing
11 1 (1.25%) Public Speaking
11 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (31.25%) Analyst
2 15 (18.75%) Security Analyst
2 15 (18.75%) Security Manager
3 13 (16.25%) Information Manager
3 13 (16.25%) Information Security Manager
4 10 (12.50%) Security Engineer
4 10 (12.50%) Senior
5 9 (11.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 9 (11.25%) Information Analyst
5 9 (11.25%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (8.75%) Information Security Analyst
6 7 (8.75%) IT Analyst
6 7 (8.75%) Senior Information Analyst
7 6 (7.50%) Lead
8 5 (6.25%) Risk Analyst
8 5 (6.25%) Senior Information Security Analyst
8 5 (6.25%) Senior Security Analyst
9 4 (5.00%) Governance Analyst
9 4 (5.00%) IT Security Analyst
9 4 (5.00%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) EDI
1 2 (2.50%) EDIFACT
1 2 (2.50%) IDoc
2 1 (1.25%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.25%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.25%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.75%) Management Information System
2 10 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 6 (7.50%) Operational Technology
4 5 (6.25%) FMCG
5 3 (3.75%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.75%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.50%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.25%) Insider Threat
7 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.25%) SCADA
7 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.25%) TRADACOMS
7 1 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (47.50%) Information Security
2 34 (42.50%) Risk Management
3 33 (41.25%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (23.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (21.25%) ITIL
6 13 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (12.50%) Compliance Management
7 10 (12.50%) Information Security Governance
7 10 (12.50%) Security Operations
7 10 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (10.00%) Problem Management
9 8 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
10 7 (8.75%) Incident Management
10 7 (8.75%) Incident Response
11 6 (7.50%) Agile
11 6 (7.50%) Business Continuity
11 6 (7.50%) Data Protection
11 6 (7.50%) Security Management
12 5 (6.25%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (31.25%) CISM
2 23 (28.75%) CISSP
3 15 (18.75%) CISA
3 15 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 12 (15.00%) SC Cleared
5 10 (12.50%) CRISC
6 8 (10.00%) GIAC
6 8 (10.00%) ISACA
6 8 (10.00%) SANS
7 4 (5.00%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (5.00%) Degree
8 3 (3.75%) CISMP
9 2 (2.50%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.25%) CCSK
10 1 (1.25%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.25%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.25%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.25%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (47.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (26.25%) NIST
3 15 (18.75%) PCI DSS
4 11 (13.75%) GDPR
5 10 (12.50%) NCSC
6 9 (11.25%) JSP 440
7 6 (7.50%) COBIT
8 4 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (2.50%) NIST 800
10 2 (2.50%) SOC 2
11 1 (1.25%) Data Quality
11 1 (1.25%) FISMA
11 1 (1.25%) GLBA
11 1 (1.25%) HIPAA
11 1 (1.25%) ITGC
11 1 (1.25%) QA
System Software
1 3 (3.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (6.25%) Nessus
2 3 (3.75%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.50%) RSA Archer
4 1 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (13.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.25%) SAP
2 5 (6.25%) ServiceNow
2 5 (6.25%) Tenable
3 3 (3.75%) Cisco
3 3 (3.75%) Fortinet
3 3 (3.75%) Infor
4 1 (1.25%) Google
4 1 (1.25%) OneTrust