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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 355 441
Rank change year-on-year +131 +86 +54
Permanent jobs citing GRC 183 57 127
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.01% 0.42% 0.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.87% 2.11% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 118 31 108
10th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £54,063 £62,500 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,930 £72,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% +26.09% -17.86%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £110,000 £88,750 £95,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £71,991 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.18% +10.76% -

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 3,117 2,699 4,182
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.12% 19.84% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,868 1,588 3,260
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 3 May 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 3 (1.64%) Totara
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.55%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.55%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 41 (22.40%) Azure
2 31 (16.94%) AWS
3 18 (9.84%) GCP
3 18 (9.84%) Serverless
4 13 (7.10%) SaaS
5 12 (6.56%) Entra ID
6 11 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.83%) Azure Key Vault
8 7 (3.83%) Cloudflare
8 7 (3.83%) Vercel
9 6 (3.28%) Vertex AI
10 5 (2.73%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.73%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.09%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (1.09%) Datadog
12 2 (1.09%) Google Sheets
12 2 (1.09%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.57%) Firewall
2 14 (7.65%) Network Security
3 6 (3.28%) DMZ
4 5 (2.73%) VPN
5 1 (0.55%) DHCP
5 1 (0.55%) DNS
5 1 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.55%) LAN
5 1 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.55%) WAN
5 1 (0.55%) Wireless
5 1 (0.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.28%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.09%) Looker
2 2 (1.09%) Power BI
3 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (9.84%) Snyk
2 5 (2.73%) JIRA
3 1 (0.55%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.55%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.55%) TeamCity
General
1 69 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 63 (34.43%) Finance
3 40 (21.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (18.58%) Telecoms
5 30 (16.39%) Public Sector
6 21 (11.48%) Law
7 20 (10.93%) Banking
8 17 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (8.74%) Marketing
10 15 (8.20%) Legal
10 15 (8.20%) Retail
11 12 (6.56%) Electronics
11 12 (6.56%) Manufacturing
12 11 (6.01%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (4.37%) Back Office
13 8 (4.37%) Financial Institution
14 7 (3.83%) Local Government
15 4 (2.19%) Aviation
16 3 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
17 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (16.94%) Lead
2 29 (15.85%) Senior
3 28 (15.30%) Consultant
4 25 (13.66%) Architect
5 24 (13.11%) Analyst
5 24 (13.11%) Security Consultant
6 22 (12.02%) Security Architect
7 19 (10.38%) Senior Architect
8 18 (9.84%) Cloud Architect
8 18 (9.84%) Cloud Security Architect
8 18 (9.84%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 18 (9.84%) Senior Security Architect
9 15 (8.20%) Security Analyst
10 13 (7.10%) Head of IT
11 8 (4.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 8 (4.37%) Risk Analyst
12 7 (3.83%) Information Analyst
12 7 (3.83%) Information Security Analyst
12 7 (3.83%) Software Engineering Manager
12 7 (3.83%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.56%) SAP CAF
2 7 (3.83%) CSS
2 7 (3.83%) HTML
2 7 (3.83%) React
3 1 (0.55%) EDI
3 1 (0.55%) EDIFACT
3 1 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.84%) Cloud Native
1 18 (9.84%) Data Centre
2 17 (9.29%) Security Posture
3 15 (8.20%) Management Information System
4 12 (6.56%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.37%) Cloud Security Posture
6 7 (3.83%) Blog
6 7 (3.83%) Culture of Ownership
6 7 (3.83%) Podcast
7 6 (3.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (3.28%) PKI
8 5 (2.73%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (2.19%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.19%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.64%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.64%) Learning Management System
11 2 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.09%) NHS
11 2 (1.09%) PMI
11 2 (1.09%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.28%) Windows
2 1 (0.55%) Android
2 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.55%) Linux
2 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (50.27%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (34.43%) Risk Management
3 61 (33.33%) Information Security
4 43 (23.50%) AI
4 43 (23.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (20.77%) Security Architecture
6 36 (19.67%) Cloud Security
7 29 (15.85%) CI/CD
7 29 (15.85%) IT Strategy
8 27 (14.75%) Decision-Making
9 25 (13.66%) Regulatory Compliance
9 25 (13.66%) SDLC
10 24 (13.11%) Threat Modelling
11 23 (12.57%) Roadmaps
11 23 (12.57%) Validation
12 22 (12.02%) Agile
12 22 (12.02%) DevSecOps
13 21 (11.48%) ISMS
13 21 (11.48%) Security Testing
14 19 (10.38%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.83%) JavaScript
1 7 (3.83%) Python
2 2 (1.09%) Bicep
3 1 (0.55%) Bash
3 1 (0.55%) Go
Qualifications
1 43 (23.50%) CISSP
2 40 (21.86%) CISM
3 35 (19.13%) Security Cleared
4 28 (15.30%) CISA
5 25 (13.66%) Degree
6 23 (12.57%) SC Cleared
7 18 (9.84%) CRISC
8 14 (7.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 13 (7.10%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (4.37%) PMI Certification
11 7 (3.83%) DV Cleared
11 7 (3.83%) ISACA
11 7 (3.83%) SANS
12 6 (3.28%) CHECK Team Member
12 6 (3.28%) OSCP
12 6 (3.28%) PMP
13 5 (2.73%) CHECK Team Leader
13 5 (2.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 4 (2.19%) CREST Certified
15 3 (1.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (50.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (26.78%) NIST
3 43 (23.50%) PCI DSS
4 24 (13.11%) GDPR
5 15 (8.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (6.56%) NCSC
7 11 (6.01%) SOC 2
8 8 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (3.83%) Accessibility
9 7 (3.83%) NIST 800
10 6 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 6 (3.28%) JSP 440
11 4 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (1.64%) COBIT
13 2 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (1.09%) SEPA
14 1 (0.55%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (9.84%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.55%) IAG
Systems Management
1 8 (4.37%) RSA Archer
2 7 (3.83%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 4 (2.19%) Terraform
4 2 (1.09%) Grafana
4 2 (1.09%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.55%) Cilium
5 1 (0.55%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.55%) Nessus
5 1 (0.55%) Nmap
5 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (11.48%) Palo Alto
1 21 (11.48%) Tenable
2 19 (10.38%) CrowdStrike
2 19 (10.38%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.65%) SAP
4 6 (3.28%) Google
4 6 (3.28%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.19%) Apple
6 2 (1.09%) GoldenSource
6 2 (1.09%) PagerDuty
6 2 (1.09%) Splunk
7 1 (0.55%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.55%) Qualys
7 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow