GRC Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 456 492
Rank change year-on-year +118 +36 -55
Permanent jobs citing GRC 391 94 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.27% 0.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.78% 1.98% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 214 67 65
10th Percentile £41,400 £48,750 £38,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.14% -2.69% -2.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £99,750 £85,000 £98,639
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% +3.57%

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 8,183 4,745 6,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.46% 13.66% 13.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,136 2,456 3,016
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,313 £66,250 £66,887
90th Percentile £81,557 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

GRC job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

GRC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GRC

GRC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

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 5 October 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
Midlands +16 80 £58,589 -8.10% 41
South East -8 68 £75,000 +7.14% 83
North of England -16 59 £58,750 -7.11% 107
Northern Ireland - 59 - - 14
South West -38 55 £56,250 -6.25% 22
West Midlands -2 44 £55,000 -7.49% 30
North West +2 42 £50,000 -9.09% 56
East of England -1 38 £38,300 -30.36% 22
East Midlands -7 36 £60,000 -17.24% 11
Wales -46 22 £92,500 +76.19% 11
Yorkshire -37 17 £72,500 +3.02% 46
Scotland +8 10 £132,500 +91.34% 19
GRC
UK

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.26%) Confluence
1 1 (0.26%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.51%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.26%) Primavera
3 1 (0.26%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.26%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 96 (24.55%) Azure
2 62 (15.86%) Cloud Computing
3 47 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 31 (7.93%) AWS
6 19 (4.86%) Serverless
7 18 (4.60%) SaaS
8 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (1.79%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.53%) Alation
10 6 (1.53%) Collibra
11 4 (1.02%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.26%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.26%) Google Analytics
12 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.26%) Miro
12 1 (0.26%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 62 (15.86%) LAN
1 62 (15.86%) WAN
2 17 (4.35%) Firewall
3 13 (3.32%) Network Security
4 6 (1.53%) DMZ
5 3 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.26%) Converged Networks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.53%) Metadata
2 3 (0.77%) Power BI
3 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 19 (4.86%) Snyk
2 4 (1.02%) Yeoman
3 2 (0.51%) JIRA
General
1 139 (35.55%) Social Skills
2 98 (25.06%) Finance
3 63 (16.11%) Presentation Skills
4 46 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 37 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (8.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (8.18%) Law
8 26 (6.65%) Legal
9 21 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (4.35%) Retail
11 14 (3.58%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.30%) Aerospace
14 8 (2.05%) Marketing
15 5 (1.28%) Advertising
16 3 (0.77%) Aviation
16 3 (0.77%) Banking
17 2 (0.51%) Police
18 1 (0.26%) Social Housing
18 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 99 (25.32%) Architect
2 62 (15.86%) Consultant
2 62 (15.86%) Systems Architect
3 38 (9.72%) Analyst
4 36 (9.21%) Security Manager
5 33 (8.44%) Senior
6 32 (8.18%) Lead
7 28 (7.16%) Security Architect
8 24 (6.14%) Senior Architect
8 24 (6.14%) Senior Security Architect
9 20 (5.12%) Governance Manager
10 19 (4.86%) Cloud Architect
10 19 (4.86%) Cloud Security Architect
10 19 (4.86%) Security Consultant
10 19 (4.86%) Senior Cloud Architect
11 17 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 16 (4.09%) Security Analyst
13 14 (3.58%) Information Security Advisor
13 14 (3.58%) Security Advisor
14 13 (3.32%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.28%) ModSecurity
2 3 (0.77%) React
3 2 (0.51%) Node.js
3 2 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.26%) .NET
4 1 (0.26%) HTML
4 1 (0.26%) OpenID
4 1 (0.26%) REST
4 1 (0.26%) SAML
4 1 (0.26%) SOAP
4 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 22 (5.63%) Security Posture
3 21 (5.37%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 10 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.30%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.05%) Cyber Defence
6 8 (2.05%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.05%) PKI
7 7 (1.79%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.53%) Blog
8 6 (1.53%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.28%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.02%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.77%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.51%) Linux
1 2 (0.51%) Windows
1 2 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (54.22%) Cybersecurity
2 192 (49.10%) Risk Management
3 168 (42.97%) Information Security
4 83 (21.23%) Roadmaps
5 72 (18.41%) Containerisation
6 68 (17.39%) Project Delivery
7 67 (17.14%) AI
8 66 (16.88%) Business Strategy
8 66 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 66 (16.88%) Technical Architecture
9 65 (16.62%) Network Architecture
10 64 (16.37%) Logistics
11 63 (16.11%) Business Case
11 63 (16.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 62 (15.86%) Infrastructure as Code
12 62 (15.86%) Network Design
13 61 (15.60%) Technology Strategy
14 59 (15.09%) IT Strategy
15 45 (11.51%) Cloud Security
16 42 (10.74%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.77%) C
1 3 (0.77%) TypeScript
2 2 (0.51%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.26%) C#
3 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 57 (14.58%) Security Cleared
2 53 (13.55%) CISSP
3 46 (11.76%) CISM
4 36 (9.21%) DV Cleared
5 29 (7.42%) SC Cleared
6 26 (6.65%) Degree
7 21 (5.37%) CRISC
8 15 (3.84%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 15 (3.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 14 (3.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (2.56%) CISA
11 9 (2.30%) CCSP
11 9 (2.30%) CompTIA Security+
11 9 (2.30%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.53%) CREST Certified
13 5 (1.28%) ACCA
13 5 (1.28%) CIMA
13 5 (1.28%) CompTIA CySA+
13 5 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (33.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (19.69%) NIST
3 46 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 45 (11.51%) GDPR
5 28 (7.16%) PCI DSS
6 16 (4.09%) JSP 440
7 13 (3.32%) Data Quality
7 13 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 11 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 11 (2.81%) NCSC
9 10 (2.56%) QA
10 7 (1.79%) ISO 31000
10 7 (1.79%) ISO 9001
10 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 7 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (1.02%) ISO 14001
11 4 (1.02%) ISO 22301
11 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (1.02%) NIST 800
11 4 (1.02%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (4.86%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.26%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (21.23%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.14%) CrowdStrike
3 20 (5.12%) Tenable
4 19 (4.86%) Palo Alto
5 6 (1.53%) Informatica
5 6 (1.53%) SAP
6 4 (1.02%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.51%) Google
7 2 (0.51%) Qualys
8 1 (0.26%) Cisco
8 1 (0.26%) Intel
8 1 (0.26%) Marketo
8 1 (0.26%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.26%) Splunk