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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 546 567
Rank change year-on-year +34 +21 +19
Permanent jobs citing GRC 65 226 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.30% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.00% 2.32% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 48 193 127
10th Percentile £45,875 £37,500 £43,150
25th Percentile £51,125 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.76% -15.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,625 £68,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £79,875 £80,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +26.09% -11.54% -

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 6,527 9,734 11,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.57% 13.05% 20.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,072 6,357 4,480
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,169 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,625 £32,500 £38,129
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.90%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £79,750
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 30 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 30 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 +72 18 £60,000 +9.09% 72
South East -15 18 £62,500 +23.76% 152
North of England +20 16 £67,500 +50.00% 93
West Midlands +43 12 £67,500 +22.73% 36
Yorkshire +55 10 £64,125 +6.88% 39
South West +99 9 £58,750 -16.07% 54
East Midlands +48 6 £57,500 -28.13% 32
North West -16 5 £70,000 +75.00% 43
Scotland +118 2 £56,250 +73.08% 15
North East +45 1 £72,500 +13.73% 12
East of England +38 1 £50,000 -31.03% 63
Wales - 1 £52,500 - 11
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 1 (1.54%) IBM Domino
1 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (9.23%) SAP GRC
2 3 (4.62%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.31%) Azure
2 4 (6.15%) AWS
3 3 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.08%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.54%) GCP
5 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.54%) SaaS
5 1 (1.54%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.08%) Firewall
2 1 (1.54%) DHCP
2 1 (1.54%) DNS
2 1 (1.54%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.54%) Power BI
General
1 29 (44.62%) Social Skills
2 16 (24.62%) Finance
3 15 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.77%) Legal
4 7 (10.77%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.23%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (9.23%) Retail
6 5 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (7.69%) Law
7 4 (6.15%) Manufacturing
7 4 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (4.62%) Banking
9 2 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.54%) Automotive
10 1 (1.54%) Military
10 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (33.85%) Analyst
2 12 (18.46%) Security Analyst
3 8 (12.31%) Security Manager
3 8 (12.31%) Senior
4 7 (10.77%) Information Analyst
4 7 (10.77%) Information Security Analyst
4 7 (10.77%) Security Engineer
4 7 (10.77%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (9.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 6 (9.23%) Information Manager
5 6 (9.23%) Information Security Manager
5 6 (9.23%) Lead
6 5 (7.69%) Senior Information Analyst
6 5 (7.69%) Senior Information Security Analyst
6 5 (7.69%) Senior Security Analyst
7 4 (6.15%) Compliance Analyst
7 4 (6.15%) Governance Analyst
7 4 (6.15%) IT Analyst
7 4 (6.15%) Risk Manager
7 4 (6.15%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) EDI
1 2 (3.08%) EDIFACT
1 2 (3.08%) IDoc
1 2 (3.08%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.54%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.54%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.69%) FMCG
2 5 (7.69%) Operational Technology
3 3 (4.62%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (4.62%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.62%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.08%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.54%) Insider Threat
5 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.54%) SCADA
5 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.54%) TRADACOMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (44.62%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 23 (35.38%) Information Security
4 17 (26.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (18.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (15.38%) ITIL
8 7 (10.77%) Compliance Management
8 7 (10.77%) Incident Management
8 7 (10.77%) Incident Response
8 7 (10.77%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (9.23%) Agile
9 6 (9.23%) Data Protection
9 6 (9.23%) Risk Assessment
9 6 (9.23%) Security Operations
10 5 (7.69%) Change Management
10 5 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (7.69%) Problem Management
10 5 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (6.15%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (30.77%) CISM
2 19 (29.23%) CISSP
3 13 (20.00%) CISA
4 11 (16.92%) Security Cleared
5 9 (13.85%) CRISC
6 8 (12.31%) SC Cleared
7 5 (7.69%) GIAC
7 5 (7.69%) ISACA
7 5 (7.69%) SANS
8 4 (6.15%) Degree
9 2 (3.08%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.54%) CCSK
10 1 (1.54%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (1.54%) CISMP
10 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.54%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (46.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (26.15%) NIST
3 10 (15.38%) GDPR
4 8 (12.31%) PCI DSS
5 7 (10.77%) NCSC
6 6 (9.23%) JSP 440
7 5 (7.69%) COBIT
8 4 (6.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (3.08%) SOC 2
10 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
10 1 (1.54%) ITGC
10 1 (1.54%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (3.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Nessus
1 2 (3.08%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.23%) SAP
3 5 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.62%) Infor
5 2 (3.08%) Tenable
6 1 (1.54%) Google
6 1 (1.54%) OneTrust