GRC Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GRC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GRC over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 546 582
Rank change year-on-year +20 +36 -28
Permanent jobs citing GRC 233 207 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.33% 0.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.44% 1.59% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 196 137 158
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,500 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,625 £89,250 £85,375
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +2.31% -3.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

GRC is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,558 13,017 11,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.63% 21.05% 16.97%
Number of salaries quoted 6,354 4,751 6,928
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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
South East +69 120 £50,500 -12.62% 14
North of England +49 53 £45,000 -25.00% 13
North West +18 31 £40,000 -32.80% 4
Midlands +7 31 £55,000 -26.67% 8
West Midlands +24 27 £55,000 -26.67% 4
Yorkshire +89 20 £56,250 -7.79% 7
South West -27 16 £70,000 +16.67% 1
East of England +34 11 £72,500 +16.00% 5
East Midlands -15 3 £85,000 - 4
North East +1 2 £37,500 - 2
Scotland -81 2 £32,500 -45.40% 1
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:

Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (3.86%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.43%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 14 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (3.86%) AWS
3 8 (3.43%) Azure
4 6 (2.58%) SaaS
5 3 (1.29%) GCP
6 2 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.86%) OCI
6 2 (0.86%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (0.86%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.43%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.43%) IaaS
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.43%) PaaS
7 1 (0.43%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.73%) Network Security
2 2 (0.86%) Intranet
2 2 (0.86%) VPN
3 1 (0.43%) Firewall
3 1 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.43%) Metadata
1 1 (0.43%) Power BI
1 1 (0.43%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (1.29%) JIRA
General
1 39 (16.74%) Finance
2 31 (13.30%) Social Skills
3 21 (9.01%) Legal
4 17 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.87%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.58%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.72%) Law
8 8 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.58%) Banking
10 4 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.72%) Retail
11 3 (1.29%) Marketing
12 2 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.86%) Games
12 2 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.86%) Public Speaking
13 1 (0.43%) Advertising
13 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 67 (28.76%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 67 (28.76%) Security Specialist
2 34 (14.59%) Analyst
3 29 (12.45%) Consultant
4 25 (10.73%) Security Manager
5 23 (9.87%) Security Analyst
5 23 (9.87%) Security Consultant
6 21 (9.01%) Lead
7 18 (7.73%) Information Analyst
7 18 (7.73%) Information Security Analyst
7 18 (7.73%) Senior
8 11 (4.72%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 11 (4.72%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 10 (4.29%) Information Security Manager
10 9 (3.86%) Head of Information
10 9 (3.86%) Risk Manager
10 9 (3.86%) Security Assurance Manager
11 8 (3.43%) Governance Manager
11 8 (3.43%) Information Manager
11 8 (3.43%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.86%) CSS
1 2 (0.86%) HTML
1 2 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.43%) REST
2 1 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.43%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.73%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.87%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (6.01%) Security Posture
4 13 (5.58%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (3.00%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.58%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.58%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.72%) CMDB
9 3 (1.29%) PMI
10 2 (0.86%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (0.86%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.86%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.86%) Life Science
10 2 (0.86%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.86%) SCADA
11 1 (0.43%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.43%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.43%) Windows
2 5 (2.15%) Linux
3 3 (1.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (63.09%) Cybersecurity
2 105 (45.06%) Information Security
3 67 (28.76%) Risk Management
4 32 (13.73%) Data Protection
5 22 (9.44%) Information Assurance
6 21 (9.01%) Security Management
7 20 (8.58%) Vulnerability Management
8 19 (8.15%) Cloud Security
8 19 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (7.73%) Security Architecture
10 17 (7.30%) Application Security
10 17 (7.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (7.30%) Customer Engagement
10 17 (7.30%) Penetration Testing
10 17 (7.30%) Security Operations
11 15 (6.44%) Project Management
11 15 (6.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 14 (6.01%) Decision-Making
13 13 (5.58%) DevSecOps
14 12 (5.15%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.43%) JavaScript
2 5 (2.15%) Python
3 1 (0.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (19.31%) CISM
2 41 (17.60%) CISSP
3 37 (15.88%) Security Cleared
4 33 (14.16%) CRISC
5 21 (9.01%) CISA
6 19 (8.15%) Degree
6 19 (8.15%) SC Cleared
7 10 (4.29%) GIAC
8 8 (3.43%) GPEN
8 8 (3.43%) OSCP
9 7 (3.00%) CESG Certified Professional
9 7 (3.00%) CISMP
9 7 (3.00%) CREST Certified
9 7 (3.00%) PCI QSA
10 5 (2.15%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.72%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (1.29%) CGEIT
12 3 (1.29%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (0.86%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (47.21%) NIST
2 92 (39.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (28.76%) Def Stans
4 43 (18.45%) GDPR
5 25 (10.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 25 (10.73%) PCI DSS
6 20 (8.58%) NCSC
7 19 (8.15%) NIST 800
8 9 (3.86%) COBIT
9 8 (3.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (3.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 6 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (2.58%) ITGC
11 5 (2.15%) SOC 2
12 3 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.86%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.86%) IASME
13 2 (0.86%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.86%) RMADS
13 2 (0.86%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (2.58%) Nessus
2 3 (1.29%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.43%) QRadar
3 1 (0.43%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 15 (6.44%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.29%) SAP
3 6 (2.58%) Qualys
4 5 (2.15%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.29%) Google
6 2 (0.86%) Oracle
6 2 (0.86%) Workday
7 1 (0.43%) Ariba
7 1 (0.43%) Concur
7 1 (0.43%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.43%) Facebook