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 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 344 451
Rank change year-on-year +122 +107 +47
Permanent jobs citing GRC 175 58 126
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.97% 0.43% 0.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.56% 2.23% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 116 31 107
10th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,521 £62,500 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,930 £71,991 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.97% +25.20% -17.86%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,625 £73,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £86,250 £96,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,996 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.64% +9.22% -2.26%

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 3,147 2,605 4,197
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.38% 19.29% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,861 1,588 3,281
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,047 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,018 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.70% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £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 27 April 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 (1.71%) SharePoint
1 3 (1.71%) Totara
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.14%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.57%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.57%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 40 (22.86%) Azure
2 30 (17.14%) AWS
3 18 (10.29%) GCP
4 15 (8.57%) Serverless
5 13 (7.43%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (7.43%) SaaS
6 12 (6.86%) Entra ID
7 8 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.00%) Azure Key Vault
8 7 (4.00%) Cloudflare
8 7 (4.00%) Vercel
9 6 (3.43%) Vertex AI
10 5 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.86%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.14%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (1.14%) Datadog
12 2 (1.14%) Google Sheets
12 2 (1.14%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.00%) Firewall
2 12 (6.86%) Network Security
3 5 (2.86%) DMZ
3 5 (2.86%) VPN
4 1 (0.57%) DHCP
4 1 (0.57%) DNS
4 1 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.57%) LAN
4 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.57%) WAN
4 1 (0.57%) Wireless
4 1 (0.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.43%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.14%) Looker
2 2 (1.14%) Power BI
3 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (8.57%) Snyk
2 5 (2.86%) JIRA
3 1 (0.57%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.57%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.57%) TeamCity
General
1 70 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 62 (35.43%) Finance
3 36 (20.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (19.43%) Telecoms
5 28 (16.00%) Public Sector
6 21 (12.00%) Law
7 19 (10.86%) Banking
8 16 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (9.14%) Marketing
9 14 (8.00%) Legal
9 14 (8.00%) Retail
10 12 (6.86%) Electronics
10 12 (6.86%) Manufacturing
11 11 (6.29%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (4.57%) Back Office
12 8 (4.57%) Financial Institution
13 7 (4.00%) Local Government
14 3 (1.71%) Aviation
14 3 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (17.71%) Lead
2 26 (14.86%) Consultant
3 25 (14.29%) Senior
4 23 (13.14%) Security Consultant
5 22 (12.57%) Analyst
6 21 (12.00%) Architect
7 19 (10.86%) Security Architect
8 15 (8.57%) Cloud Architect
8 15 (8.57%) Cloud Security Architect
8 15 (8.57%) Head of IT
8 15 (8.57%) Senior Architect
8 15 (8.57%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 15 (8.57%) Senior Security Architect
9 14 (8.00%) Security Analyst
10 7 (4.00%) Engineering Manager
10 7 (4.00%) Information Analyst
10 7 (4.00%) Information Security Analyst
10 7 (4.00%) Risk Analyst
10 7 (4.00%) Software Engineering Manager
10 7 (4.00%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.86%) SAP CAF
2 7 (4.00%) CSS
2 7 (4.00%) HTML
2 7 (4.00%) React
3 1 (0.57%) EDI
3 1 (0.57%) EDIFACT
3 1 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.71%) Cloud Native
2 16 (9.14%) Data Centre
3 15 (8.57%) Security Posture
4 14 (8.00%) Management Information System
5 12 (6.86%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.00%) Cloud Security Posture
6 7 (4.00%) Culture of Ownership
6 7 (4.00%) Podcast
7 6 (3.43%) Blog
8 5 (2.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (2.86%) PKI
9 4 (2.29%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.71%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.71%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.71%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.71%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.14%) NHS
11 2 (1.14%) PMI
11 2 (1.14%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.43%) Windows
2 1 (0.57%) Android
2 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.57%) Linux
2 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (47.43%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (33.71%) Information Security
2 59 (33.71%) Risk Management
3 44 (25.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 38 (21.71%) AI
5 33 (18.86%) Security Architecture
6 32 (18.29%) Cloud Security
7 27 (15.43%) Decision-Making
7 27 (15.43%) IT Strategy
8 26 (14.86%) CI/CD
9 24 (13.71%) Regulatory Compliance
10 23 (13.14%) Roadmaps
11 21 (12.00%) Agile
11 21 (12.00%) SDLC
11 21 (12.00%) Validation
12 20 (11.43%) ISMS
12 20 (11.43%) Threat Modelling
13 19 (10.86%) DevOps
13 19 (10.86%) DevSecOps
13 19 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (4.00%) Python
2 2 (1.14%) Bicep
3 1 (0.57%) Bash
3 1 (0.57%) Go
Qualifications
1 41 (23.43%) CISSP
2 38 (21.71%) CISM
3 33 (18.86%) Security Cleared
4 27 (15.43%) CISA
5 25 (14.29%) Degree
6 23 (13.14%) SC Cleared
7 18 (10.29%) CRISC
8 14 (8.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 12 (6.86%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (4.57%) PMI Certification
11 7 (4.00%) DV Cleared
11 7 (4.00%) ISACA
11 7 (4.00%) SANS
12 6 (3.43%) PMP
13 5 (2.86%) CHECK Team Member
13 5 (2.86%) OSCP
14 4 (2.29%) CHECK Team Leader
14 4 (2.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 3 (1.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (50.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (25.71%) NIST
3 41 (23.43%) PCI DSS
4 21 (12.00%) GDPR
5 14 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (6.86%) NCSC
7 11 (6.29%) SOC 2
8 8 (4.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (4.00%) Accessibility
9 7 (4.00%) NIST 800
10 5 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 5 (2.86%) JSP 440
11 4 (2.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (1.71%) COBIT
12 3 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (1.14%) ISO 9001
13 2 (1.14%) SEPA
14 1 (0.57%) ISO 14001
14 1 (0.57%) Solvency II
System Software
1 15 (8.57%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.57%) IAG
Systems Management
1 8 (4.57%) RSA Archer
2 7 (4.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 4 (2.29%) Terraform
4 2 (1.14%) Grafana
4 2 (1.14%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.57%) Cilium
5 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.57%) Nessus
5 1 (0.57%) Nmap
5 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.29%) Palo Alto
2 18 (10.29%) Tenable
3 15 (8.57%) CrowdStrike
4 14 (8.00%) SAP
5 6 (3.43%) Google
5 6 (3.43%) OpenAI
6 4 (2.29%) Apple
7 2 (1.14%) GoldenSource
7 2 (1.14%) PagerDuty
7 2 (1.14%) Splunk
8 1 (0.57%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.57%) Qualys
8 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow