GRC Job Trends in West Sussex

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 43 53
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 +57
Permanent jobs citing GRC 1 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 0.25% 0.32% 0.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.17% 1.39% 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% +1.96%
South East median annual salary £70,000 £73,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +13.08% +18.18%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 46 72 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 11.53% 23.38% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 38 34 51
10th Percentile £30,225 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £51,563 £43,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% -0.34%
75th Percentile £71,875 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,990 £75,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £59,136 £52,397
% change year-on-year -11.22% +12.86% -0.30%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

GRC job vacancy trend in West Sussex

GRC
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing GRC

GRC
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Horsham - 1 £75,000 -
GRC
South East

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft