GRC Job Trends in the West Midlands

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 149 225
Rank change year-on-year -16 +76 +22
Permanent jobs citing GRC 39 15 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.46% 0.48% 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.57% 2.55% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 29 7 22
10th Percentile £46,250 £49,220 -
25th Percentile £59,000 £49,850 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +22.73% -24.14%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £84,500 £83,350
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 853 589 1,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.03% 18.78% 15.46%
Number of salaries quoted 429 369 871
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,068 £53,688 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +0.35% +5.21%
75th Percentile £65,640 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,760 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GRC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

GRC job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

GRC
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing GRC

GRC
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for GRC in the West Midlands

GRC
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Birmingham +16 28 £67,500 -3.57% 3
Warwickshire -11 9 £60,000 +16.73%
Worcestershire - 1 £42,500 -
GRC
England

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.56%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (2.56%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (2.56%) SAP BPC
2 1 (2.56%) SAP GRC
2 1 (2.56%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) Serverless
2 3 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.56%) Lucidchart
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 10 (25.64%) Snyk
2 5 (12.82%) Yeoman
3 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 11 (28.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Retail
4 4 (10.26%) Legal
5 3 (7.69%) Finance
6 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Architect
1 15 (38.46%) Security Architect
2 10 (25.64%) Cloud Architect
2 10 (25.64%) Cloud Security Architect
2 10 (25.64%) Governance Manager
2 10 (25.64%) Senior
2 10 (25.64%) Senior Architect
2 10 (25.64%) Senior Cloud Architect
2 10 (25.64%) Senior Security Architect
3 5 (12.82%) Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Data Protection Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Lead
4 2 (5.13%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Risk Management Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) Information Officer
5 1 (2.56%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (2.56%) Lead Security Consultant
5 1 (2.56%) SAP Security Consultant
5 1 (2.56%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.64%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.82%) Security Posture
3 3 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.56%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.56%) CMDB
5 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (79.49%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (43.59%) Risk Management
3 16 (41.03%) Security Architecture
4 15 (38.46%) Threat Modelling
5 12 (30.77%) Cloud Security
6 11 (28.21%) AI
7 10 (25.64%) Application Security
7 10 (25.64%) CI/CD
7 10 (25.64%) DevSecOps
7 10 (25.64%) Information Security
7 10 (25.64%) IT Strategy
7 10 (25.64%) SDLC
7 10 (25.64%) Security Testing
7 10 (25.64%) Technology Strategy
7 10 (25.64%) Validation
8 9 (23.08%) ITIL
9 8 (20.51%) Data Protection
10 6 (15.38%) Risk Register
11 5 (12.82%) Incident Response
11 5 (12.82%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) CISSP
2 6 (15.38%) CISM
3 5 (12.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 5 (12.82%) CCSP
3 5 (12.82%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (10.26%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.56%) Degree
6 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (41.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (30.77%) NIST
3 11 (28.21%) GDPR
4 4 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (5.13%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
6 1 (2.56%) COBIT
6 1 (2.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (25.64%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.56%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) CrowdStrike
1 10 (25.64%) Palo Alto
1 10 (25.64%) Tenable
2 6 (15.38%) SAP
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.56%) Planon
4 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow