GRC Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 96 110
Rank change year-on-year -17 +14 +77
Permanent jobs citing GRC 13 17 32
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.72% 1.12% 1.66%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.96% 7.11% 10.67%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 29
10th Percentile £52,717 £35,000 £43,500
25th Percentile £59,327 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £59,250 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.80% -13.50% +19.13%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,438 £72,433
90th Percentile £82,750 £89,875 £88,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £63,250 £59,250 £68,500
% change year-on-year +6.75% -13.50% +19.13%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 218 239 300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 12.12% 15.77% 15.52%
Number of salaries quoted 111 116 201
10th Percentile £26,520 £25,875 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,038 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +6.98%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,897 £73,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,250 £88,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.97% +3.06%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

GRC job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

GRC
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing GRC

GRC
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for GRC in West Yorkshire

GRC
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Leeds -17 8 £60,139 -7.48% 6
Bradford -11 5 £77,500 +44.86% 6
GRC
Yorkshire

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (38.46%) SAP GRC
2 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) HTTP
1 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.69%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Snyk
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
1 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Consultant
2 5 (38.46%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (30.77%) Security Consultant
3 4 (30.77%) Senior
4 3 (23.08%) Principal Consultant
4 3 (23.08%) Principal SAP Consultant
5 2 (15.38%) Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Information Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Information Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Principal Technical Consultant
5 2 (15.38%) SAP GRC Consultant
5 2 (15.38%) SAP Security Consultant
5 2 (15.38%) SAP Technical Consultant
5 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (15.38%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 2 (15.38%) Senior Security Consultant
5 2 (15.38%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) SAP Basis
2 2 (15.38%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (7.69%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Public Cloud
2 4 (30.77%) Cloud Native
3 3 (23.08%) Private Cloud
4 2 (15.38%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Information Security
2 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
4 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
4 3 (23.08%) Migration
4 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Application Security
5 2 (15.38%) Architecture Governance
5 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) Objectives and Key Results
5 2 (15.38%) Offensive Security
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) RBAC
5 2 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CISM
1 3 (23.08%) CISSP
2 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
2 2 (15.38%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CRISC
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (15.38%) NIST
2 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
2 2 (15.38%) QA
2 2 (15.38%) SOC 2
3 1 (7.69%) NCSC
3 1 (7.69%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Checkmarx
3 1 (7.69%) Qualys
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce