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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 478 451 551
Rank change year-on-year -27 +100 +45
Permanent jobs citing GRC 238 233 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.48% 0.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.87% 3.20% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 193 120 230
10th Percentile £37,700 £42,375 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £65,000 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year -22.31% +16.59% -7.08%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,472 £78,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,174 £83,750
UK median annual salary £56,250 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -3.57% +7.69%

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 8,295 7,271 14,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.71% 15.10% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,000 4,151 7,367
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,290 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,996 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,139 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +0.28% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

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 July 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 July 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 +81 127 £50,500 -15.83% 4
North of England +3 50 £45,000 -33.33% 10
Midlands -20 33 £55,000 -30.16% 1
North West -8 28 £40,000 -36.76% 3
West Midlands 0 27 £55,000 -30.16% 1
Yorkshire +49 18 £55,000 -21.75% 3
South West -24 16 £75,000 +15.38% 7
East of England +4 9 £72,500 - 2
East Midlands -31 5 £87,500 -
Scotland -76 5 £50,300 -28.73% 3
North East -8 4 £62,500 -22.97% 5
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 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (3.78%) SAP GRC
2 3 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.42%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 15 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (4.20%) SaaS
3 8 (3.36%) AWS
3 8 (3.36%) Azure
4 4 (1.68%) WhatsApp
5 2 (0.84%) GCP
5 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.42%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.42%) IaaS
6 1 (0.42%) OCI
6 1 (0.42%) PaaS
6 1 (0.42%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.42%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.14%) Network Security
2 6 (2.52%) Firewall
3 3 (1.26%) VPN
4 2 (0.84%) Intranet
5 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.42%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.84%) Metadata
2 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.42%) Power BI
2 1 (0.42%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (0.84%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Git
General
1 33 (13.87%) Finance
2 26 (10.92%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.50%) Legal
4 19 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.46%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.46%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.94%) Law
8 5 (2.10%) Automotive
9 4 (1.68%) Banking
9 4 (1.68%) Retail
10 3 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.84%) Marketing
12 1 (0.42%) Advertising
12 1 (0.42%) Games
Job Titles
1 69 (28.99%) Security Specialist
2 66 (27.73%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 34 (14.29%) Analyst
4 24 (10.08%) Consultant
4 24 (10.08%) Lead
4 24 (10.08%) Security Manager
5 20 (8.40%) Security Analyst
6 17 (7.14%) Security Consultant
6 17 (7.14%) Senior
7 15 (6.30%) Information Analyst
7 15 (6.30%) Information Security Analyst
8 11 (4.62%) Head of Information
8 11 (4.62%) Information Manager
8 11 (4.62%) Information Security Manager
9 10 (4.20%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 10 (4.20%) Security Officer
10 9 (3.78%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 9 (3.78%) Head of Compliance
10 9 (3.78%) Security Assurance Manager
11 8 (3.36%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.84%) CSS
1 2 (0.84%) HTML
1 2 (0.84%) REST
1 2 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (0.84%) SOAP
2 1 (0.42%) OAuth
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.42%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.18%) Management Information System
2 15 (6.30%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.20%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (4.20%) Security Posture
4 9 (3.78%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (3.78%) Operational Technology
5 7 (2.94%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.68%) CMDB
9 2 (0.84%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.84%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.84%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.84%) FMCG
9 2 (0.84%) PMI
9 2 (0.84%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.42%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.42%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.42%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.68%) Windows
2 3 (1.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (60.08%) Cybersecurity
2 110 (46.22%) Information Security
3 77 (32.35%) Risk Management
4 34 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 24 (10.08%) Security Management
6 19 (7.98%) Information Assurance
6 19 (7.98%) Vulnerability Management
7 18 (7.56%) Application Security
7 18 (7.56%) Security Operations
8 17 (7.14%) Customer Engagement
8 17 (7.14%) Penetration Testing
8 17 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (6.72%) ITIL
9 16 (6.72%) Security Architecture
10 15 (6.30%) Cloud Security
10 15 (6.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (5.88%) Agile
11 14 (5.88%) Business Continuity
11 14 (5.88%) Information Security Management
12 13 (5.46%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.94%) JavaScript
2 5 (2.10%) Python
Qualifications
1 50 (21.01%) CISM
2 41 (17.23%) CISSP
3 34 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 32 (13.45%) CRISC
5 22 (9.24%) CISA
6 21 (8.82%) Degree
7 16 (6.72%) SC Cleared
8 10 (4.20%) GIAC
9 8 (3.36%) GPEN
9 8 (3.36%) OSCP
10 7 (2.94%) CESG Certified Professional
10 7 (2.94%) CISMP
10 7 (2.94%) CREST Certified
11 5 (2.10%) AWS Certification
11 5 (2.10%) PCI QSA
12 3 (1.26%) CGEIT
12 3 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.84%) CASP
13 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (47.48%) NIST
2 95 (39.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (28.15%) Def Stans
4 50 (21.01%) GDPR
5 33 (13.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (12.18%) PCI DSS
7 21 (8.82%) NCSC
8 19 (7.98%) NIST 800
9 10 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (3.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 9 (3.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (3.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (2.94%) COBIT
12 7 (2.94%) SOC 2
13 4 (1.68%) ITGC
14 3 (1.26%) Data Quality
14 3 (1.26%) QA
15 2 (0.84%) IASME
15 2 (0.84%) RMADS
15 2 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (2.52%) Nessus
2 1 (0.42%) CSIRT
2 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.42%) QRadar
2 1 (0.42%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 16 (6.72%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.62%) SAP
3 8 (3.36%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.52%) Qualys
5 2 (0.84%) Google
5 2 (0.84%) Workday
6 1 (0.42%) Ariba
6 1 (0.42%) Cisco
6 1 (0.42%) Concur
6 1 (0.42%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.42%) Facebook
6 1 (0.42%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle
6 1 (0.42%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.42%) Rapid7