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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 377 439
Rank change year-on-year +168 +62 +16
Permanent jobs citing GRC 268 49 121
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.26% 0.30% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.48% 1.68% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 135 35 96
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,300 £37,500
25th Percentile £54,375 £63,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year - +17.19% -14.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £94,800 £95,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -

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 3,583 2,921 4,109
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.78% 17.71% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,269 1,642 3,015
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,978 £96,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 15 July 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 6 (2.24%) SAS
2 5 (1.87%) Totara
3 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.37%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.37%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 87 (32.46%) Azure
2 57 (21.27%) Cloud Computing
3 46 (17.16%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (12.69%) Power Platform
5 30 (11.19%) AWS
6 25 (9.33%) Serverless
7 20 (7.46%) SaaS
8 15 (5.60%) Entra ID
9 14 (5.22%) GCP
10 8 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.61%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (2.61%) Cloudflare
11 7 (2.61%) Vercel
12 5 (1.87%) Smartsheet
12 5 (1.87%) Vertex AI
13 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (1.12%) OCI
14 2 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.75%) Datadog
14 2 (0.75%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 51 (19.03%) LAN
1 51 (19.03%) WAN
2 16 (5.97%) Firewall
3 12 (4.48%) Network Security
4 5 (1.87%) DMZ
5 4 (1.49%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.87%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.75%) Looker
2 2 (0.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (9.33%) Snyk
2 5 (1.87%) JIRA
3 2 (0.75%) Yeoman
General
1 117 (43.66%) Social Skills
2 93 (34.70%) Finance
3 51 (19.03%) Law
3 51 (19.03%) Presentation Skills
4 48 (17.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (8.58%) Telecoms
7 19 (7.09%) Public Sector
8 18 (6.72%) Legal
9 16 (5.97%) Retail
10 15 (5.60%) Banking
11 10 (3.73%) Financial Institution
12 9 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (2.61%) Legal Technology
14 6 (2.24%) Back Office
14 6 (2.24%) Marketing
15 4 (1.49%) Advertising
15 4 (1.49%) Aviation
15 4 (1.49%) French Language
15 4 (1.49%) German Language
Job Titles
1 88 (32.84%) Architect
2 51 (19.03%) Systems Architect
3 47 (17.54%) Senior
4 33 (12.31%) Consultant
5 32 (11.94%) Senior Architect
6 31 (11.57%) Security Architect
7 28 (10.45%) Lead
7 28 (10.45%) Senior Security Architect
8 25 (9.33%) Cloud Architect
8 25 (9.33%) Cloud Security Architect
8 25 (9.33%) Senior Cloud Architect
9 23 (8.58%) Analyst
9 23 (8.58%) Security Consultant
10 15 (5.60%) Security Specialist
11 12 (4.48%) Security Analyst
12 8 (2.99%) Security Manager
12 8 (2.99%) Senior Consultant
12 8 (2.99%) Senior Security Consultant
13 7 (2.61%) Senior Solutions Architect
13 7 (2.61%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.61%) CSS
1 7 (2.61%) HTML
1 7 (2.61%) React
2 5 (1.87%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.37%) EDI
3 1 (0.37%) EDIFACT
3 1 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.37%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.94%) Management Information System
2 23 (8.58%) Data Centre
3 22 (8.21%) Onboarding
4 15 (5.60%) Security Posture
5 14 (5.22%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.99%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.61%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (2.61%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.61%) Podcast
8 6 (2.24%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.87%) Blog
9 5 (1.87%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 5 (1.87%) Learning Management System
9 5 (1.87%) PKI
10 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.12%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.75%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (54.48%) Information Security
2 125 (46.64%) Risk Management
3 114 (42.54%) Cybersecurity
4 77 (28.73%) Roadmaps
5 61 (22.76%) Project Delivery
6 57 (21.27%) AI
6 57 (21.27%) IT Strategy
7 56 (20.90%) Business Case
7 56 (20.90%) Containerisation
7 56 (20.90%) Technology Strategy
8 55 (20.52%) Network Design
9 52 (19.40%) Infrastructure as Code
9 52 (19.40%) Logistics
10 51 (19.03%) Business Strategy
10 51 (19.03%) Network Architecture
10 51 (19.03%) Technical Architecture
11 46 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (16.42%) Cloud Security
13 43 (16.04%) Security Architecture
14 42 (15.67%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.61%) JavaScript
2 5 (1.87%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (18.28%) CISSP
2 42 (15.67%) CISM
3 37 (13.81%) Security Cleared
4 27 (10.07%) Degree
5 26 (9.70%) CRISC
6 25 (9.33%) SC Cleared
7 23 (8.58%) CISA
8 14 (5.22%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (4.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 11 (4.10%) DV Cleared
11 9 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (3.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 7 (2.61%) CREST Certified
12 7 (2.61%) PMI Certification
13 6 (2.24%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.87%) ISACA
14 5 (1.87%) OSCP
14 5 (1.87%) PMP
14 5 (1.87%) SANS
15 4 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (40.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (23.51%) NIST
3 40 (14.93%) PCI DSS
4 37 (13.81%) GDPR
5 22 (8.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (5.22%) SOC 2
7 11 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 11 (4.10%) NCSC
7 11 (4.10%) NIST 800
8 10 (3.73%) JSP 440
9 9 (3.36%) Accessibility
10 6 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (1.49%) QA
12 3 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.75%) SEPA
14 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.37%) COBIT
14 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.37%) Solvency II
System Software
1 25 (9.33%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.37%) IAG
Systems Management
1 6 (2.24%) RSA Archer
2 5 (1.87%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (0.75%) Grafana
3 2 (0.75%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 78 (29.10%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.82%) CrowdStrike
3 25 (9.33%) Palo Alto
3 25 (9.33%) Tenable
4 5 (1.87%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.49%) Apple
5 4 (1.49%) Google
6 3 (1.12%) Oracle
7 2 (0.75%) GoldenSource
7 2 (0.75%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.75%) PagerDuty
7 2 (0.75%) SAP
7 2 (0.75%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.37%) Splunk