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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 335 447
Rank change year-on-year +85 +112 +40
Permanent jobs citing GRC 145 87 109
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.88% 0.62% 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.05% 3.46% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 105 55 88
10th Percentile £48,750 £59,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,308 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% +15.51% -11.11%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,100 £87,500 £96,875
UK median annual salary £68,750 £69,654 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.30% +7.16% -7.14%

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 2,869 2,511 4,136
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.33% 17.87% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,649 1,544 3,211
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,098 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -3.39%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 9 March 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 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.45%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 33 (22.76%) Azure
2 29 (20.00%) AWS
3 20 (13.79%) SaaS
4 17 (11.72%) GCP
5 9 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.14%) Vertex AI
7 5 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.76%) GitHub
8 4 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.07%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.38%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.38%) Datadog
10 2 (1.38%) Google Sheets
10 2 (1.38%) IaaS
10 2 (1.38%) PaaS
10 2 (1.38%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.69%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.69%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.79%) Firewall
2 14 (9.66%) Network Security
3 6 (4.14%) DMZ
4 4 (2.76%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.07%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.07%) VPN
6 2 (1.38%) DHCP
6 2 (1.38%) DNS
6 2 (1.38%) LAN
6 2 (1.38%) WAN
7 1 (0.69%) HTTP
7 1 (0.69%) Wireless
7 1 (0.69%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.14%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.38%) Looker
2 2 (1.38%) Power BI
3 1 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.76%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.69%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.69%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.69%) Snyk
General
1 69 (47.59%) Finance
2 66 (45.52%) Social Skills
3 42 (28.97%) Public Sector
4 35 (24.14%) Telecoms
5 23 (15.86%) Electronics
5 23 (15.86%) Manufacturing
5 23 (15.86%) Marketing
6 20 (13.79%) Banking
7 15 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (10.34%) Law
8 14 (9.66%) Retail
9 13 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (8.28%) Financial Institution
11 11 (7.59%) Back Office
11 11 (7.59%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (4.83%) Local Government
13 6 (4.14%) Legal
14 2 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.69%) Police
Job Titles
1 41 (28.28%) Consultant
2 32 (22.07%) Security Consultant
3 22 (15.17%) Lead
4 20 (13.79%) Analyst
5 13 (8.97%) Security Analyst
5 13 (8.97%) Senior
6 11 (7.59%) Head of IT
7 8 (5.52%) Security Engineer
7 8 (5.52%) Security Manager
8 7 (4.83%) Information Analyst
8 7 (4.83%) Information Security Analyst
8 7 (4.83%) Risk Manager
9 6 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (4.14%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 6 (4.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 5 (3.45%) Head of Digital
10 5 (3.45%) Head of Finance
10 5 (3.45%) Information Manager
10 5 (3.45%) IT Analyst
10 5 (3.45%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (15.86%) SAP CAF
2 3 (2.07%) SAP Basis
3 2 (1.38%) SLSA
4 1 (0.69%) .NET
4 1 (0.69%) CSS
4 1 (0.69%) EDI
4 1 (0.69%) EDIFACT
4 1 (0.69%) HTML
4 1 (0.69%) React
4 1 (0.69%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.10%) Cloud Native
2 16 (11.03%) Security Posture
3 11 (7.59%) Management Information System
4 10 (6.90%) Blog
5 9 (6.21%) Cloud Security Posture
6 6 (4.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (4.14%) PKI
7 5 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.76%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.76%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.07%) Mobile App
9 3 (2.07%) Onboarding
9 3 (2.07%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.38%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.38%) Replication
10 2 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.38%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.69%) FMCG
11 1 (0.69%) Podcast
11 1 (0.69%) TRADACOMS
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.07%) Windows
2 2 (1.38%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.69%) Android
3 1 (0.69%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (47.59%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (46.90%) Risk Management
3 43 (29.66%) Information Security
4 42 (28.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (22.76%) ISMS
6 30 (20.69%) Collaborative Culture
7 25 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
8 23 (15.86%) Digital Marketing
8 23 (15.86%) Programme Management
9 21 (14.48%) Incident Response
10 17 (11.72%) AI
10 17 (11.72%) Cloud Security
10 17 (11.72%) Decision-Making
10 17 (11.72%) Security Architecture
11 15 (10.34%) Security Operations
11 15 (10.34%) Vulnerability Management
12 14 (9.66%) IT Governance
12 14 (9.66%) Regulatory Compliance
12 14 (9.66%) Roadmaps
13 13 (8.97%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.90%) Python
2 4 (2.76%) Bash
2 4 (2.76%) Go
3 2 (1.38%) Bicep
4 1 (0.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 54 (37.24%) CISSP
2 46 (31.72%) CISM
3 39 (26.90%) Security Cleared
4 29 (20.00%) CISA
5 27 (18.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 27 (18.62%) SC Cleared
6 26 (17.93%) CRISC
7 20 (13.79%) Degree
8 10 (6.90%) DV Cleared
9 9 (6.21%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (5.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 7 (4.83%) ISACA
11 7 (4.83%) SANS
12 5 (3.45%) CHECK Team Member
12 5 (3.45%) OSCP
13 4 (2.76%) AWS Certification
13 4 (2.76%) CHECK Team Leader
13 4 (2.76%) CREST Certified
14 3 (2.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (2.07%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (64.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (37.24%) NIST
3 37 (25.52%) PCI DSS
4 23 (15.86%) GDPR
5 20 (13.79%) SOC 2
6 15 (10.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (10.34%) NCSC
7 11 (7.59%) NIST 800
8 9 (6.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 7 (4.83%) JSP 440
11 4 (2.76%) COBIT
11 4 (2.76%) ISO 9001
11 4 (2.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (2.07%) ISO 14001
12 3 (2.07%) ISO 22301
12 3 (2.07%) NEBOSH
13 2 (1.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (1.38%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (6.21%) RSA Archer
2 7 (4.83%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 7 (4.83%) Terraform
3 4 (2.76%) Cilium
3 4 (2.76%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.38%) Grafana
4 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.38%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.69%) Nessus
5 1 (0.69%) Nmap
5 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (19.31%) SAP
2 17 (11.72%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.14%) Google
3 6 (4.14%) OpenAI
4 3 (2.07%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.07%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.07%) Tenable
5 2 (1.38%) GoldenSource
5 2 (1.38%) PagerDuty
5 2 (1.38%) Qualys
5 2 (1.38%) Splunk
6 1 (0.69%) Checkmarx
6 1 (0.69%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.69%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.69%) Salesforce