GRC Job Trends in Worcestershire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GRC 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 0.31% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.35% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £41,800 - -
25th Percentile £42,625 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,625 - -
90th Percentile £49,600 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £51,400 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.00% -6.55% -30.16%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 46 16 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 7.10% 7.96% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 40 14 37
10th Percentile £25,000 - £25,000
25th Percentile £31,688 £35,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £42,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% +41.67% -29.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £38,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,200 £57,700
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £49,887 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.24% -9.30% +2.80%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

GRC
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 9 August 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
Worcester - 1 £42,500 -
GRC
West Midlands

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Information Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (50.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft