Hybrid/Remote GRC Job Trends

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 327 427
Rank change year-on-year +81 +100 +89
Permanent jobs citing GRC 138 107 97
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.88% 0.66% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.95% 3.82% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 99 64 82
10th Percentile £45,500 £56,625 £50,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £62,188 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,308 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.43% +6.63% -
75th Percentile £86,790 £86,563 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,500 £94,750 £92,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,308 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.22% -0.99% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,786 2,804 3,600
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.74% 17.21% 13.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,655 1,507 2,821
10th Percentile £34,837 £37,435 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +0.05%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -4.35%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GRC and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

GRC job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

GRC
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GRC

GRC
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GRC over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

GRC salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.62%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (20.29%) Azure
2 23 (16.67%) AWS
3 20 (14.49%) SaaS
4 11 (7.97%) GCP
5 8 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (5.07%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.90%) GitHub
7 4 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.17%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.17%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.45%) IaaS
9 2 (1.45%) PaaS
10 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.72%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 20 (14.49%) Firewall
2 13 (9.42%) Network Security
3 6 (4.35%) DMZ
4 5 (3.62%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (2.90%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.90%) VPN
6 2 (1.45%) DHCP
6 2 (1.45%) DNS
6 2 (1.45%) HTTP
6 2 (1.45%) LAN
6 2 (1.45%) WAN
7 1 (0.72%) Wireless
7 1 (0.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.07%) Power BI
2 6 (4.35%) Tableau
3 3 (2.17%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 4 (2.90%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.45%) Snyk
3 1 (0.72%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.72%) Metasploit
General
1 70 (50.72%) Finance
2 61 (44.20%) Social Skills
3 49 (35.51%) Public Sector
4 27 (19.57%) Telecoms
5 26 (18.84%) Electronics
5 26 (18.84%) Manufacturing
5 26 (18.84%) Marketing
6 17 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (10.87%) Banking
8 13 (9.42%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (7.25%) Financial Institution
9 10 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (7.25%) Law
9 10 (7.25%) Retail
10 9 (6.52%) Back Office
11 7 (5.07%) Legal
11 7 (5.07%) Local Government
12 2 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 50 (36.23%) Consultant
2 40 (28.99%) Security Consultant
3 17 (12.32%) Analyst
4 14 (10.14%) Senior
5 12 (8.70%) Security Analyst
6 11 (7.97%) Head of IT
7 10 (7.25%) Lead
8 8 (5.80%) Security Engineer
8 8 (5.80%) Security Manager
9 6 (4.35%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (4.35%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 6 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 6 (4.35%) Information Analyst
9 6 (4.35%) Information Security Analyst
9 6 (4.35%) Risk Manager
10 5 (3.62%) Head of Digital
10 5 (3.62%) Head of Finance
10 5 (3.62%) Information Manager
10 5 (3.62%) Principal Consultant
10 5 (3.62%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (18.84%) SAP CAF
2 3 (2.17%) SAP Basis
3 2 (1.45%) .NET
3 2 (1.45%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.45%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.04%) Security Posture
2 17 (12.32%) Cloud Native
3 12 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 10 (7.25%) Blog
4 10 (7.25%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (4.35%) PKI
6 5 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (3.62%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.90%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.17%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.17%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.45%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.45%) Replication
9 2 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.72%) NHS
10 1 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.90%) Windows
2 3 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.72%) Android
3 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (59.42%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (57.97%) Risk Management
3 47 (34.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 43 (31.16%) Information Security
5 42 (30.43%) ISMS
6 33 (23.91%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (23.91%) Collaborative Culture
7 26 (18.84%) Digital Marketing
7 26 (18.84%) Programme Management
8 21 (15.22%) Decision-Making
9 20 (14.49%) Incident Response
10 19 (13.77%) Security Architecture
11 18 (13.04%) Cloud Security
12 15 (10.87%) Vulnerability Management
13 14 (10.14%) IT Governance
13 14 (10.14%) Security Operations
14 13 (9.42%) AI
14 13 (9.42%) Roadmaps
15 12 (8.70%) Information Security Governance
15 12 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.07%) Python
2 4 (2.90%) Bash
2 4 (2.90%) Go
3 2 (1.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 65 (47.10%) CISSP
2 59 (42.75%) CISM
3 46 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 36 (26.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 34 (24.64%) CRISC
5 34 (24.64%) SC Cleared
6 33 (23.91%) CISA
7 23 (16.67%) Degree
8 15 (10.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 11 (7.97%) DV Cleared
10 7 (5.07%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (5.07%) ISACA
10 7 (5.07%) SANS
11 5 (3.62%) CHECK Team Member
11 5 (3.62%) CISMP
11 5 (3.62%) OSCP
12 4 (2.90%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.90%) CHECK Team Leader
12 4 (2.90%) CREST Certified
13 3 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (70.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (50.00%) NIST
3 24 (17.39%) GDPR
3 24 (17.39%) PCI DSS
4 18 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (12.32%) SOC 2
6 15 (10.87%) NCSC
7 14 (10.14%) NIST 800
8 10 (7.25%) JSP 440
9 9 (6.52%) COBIT
9 9 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 5 (3.62%) Data Quality
10 5 (3.62%) ITGC
11 4 (2.90%) ISO 22301
11 4 (2.90%) ISO 9001
12 3 (2.17%) ISO 14001
12 3 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (2.17%) NEBOSH
13 2 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (6.52%) RSA Archer
2 7 (5.07%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (4.35%) Terraform
4 4 (2.90%) Cilium
4 4 (2.90%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.72%) Nessus
6 1 (0.72%) Nmap
Vendors
1 31 (22.46%) SAP
2 14 (10.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.90%) Google
4 3 (2.17%) OpenAI
4 3 (2.17%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.17%) Qualys
4 3 (2.17%) Tenable
5 2 (1.45%) Checkmarx
5 2 (1.45%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.45%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.72%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.72%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.72%) Splunk