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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 324 439
Rank change year-on-year +82 +115 +52
Permanent jobs citing GRC 155 78 109
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 0.58% 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.28% 3.21% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 114 49 88
10th Percentile £48,750 £60,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £69,308 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.43% +15.51% -12.41%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,200 £87,500 £96,875
UK median annual salary £71,406 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.01% +7.69% -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 2,933 2,431 4,155
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.39% 18.02% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,703 1,541 3,212
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £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 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.09%

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 18 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 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.58%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (25.16%) Azure
2 31 (20.00%) AWS
3 18 (11.61%) GCP
4 17 (10.97%) SaaS
5 12 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (5.81%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.87%) Vertex AI
8 5 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.58%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (2.58%) Cloudflare
9 4 (2.58%) GitHub
9 4 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.58%) Vercel
10 3 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.29%) IaaS
11 2 (1.29%) PaaS
11 2 (1.29%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.29%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 24 (15.48%) Firewall
2 15 (9.68%) Network Security
3 6 (3.87%) DMZ
3 6 (3.87%) VPN
4 4 (2.58%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.94%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.29%) DHCP
6 2 (1.29%) DNS
6 2 (1.29%) LAN
6 2 (1.29%) WAN
7 1 (0.65%) HTTP
7 1 (0.65%) Wireless
7 1 (0.65%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.87%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.29%) Looker
2 2 (1.29%) Power BI
3 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.58%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.29%) JIRA
3 1 (0.65%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.65%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.65%) Snyk
General
1 71 (45.81%) Finance
2 66 (42.58%) Social Skills
3 40 (25.81%) Public Sector
4 36 (23.23%) Telecoms
5 24 (15.48%) Marketing
6 22 (14.19%) Banking
7 21 (13.55%) Electronics
7 21 (13.55%) Manufacturing
8 19 (12.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (11.61%) Law
10 14 (9.03%) Retail
11 13 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
12 12 (7.74%) Financial Institution
13 11 (7.10%) Back Office
13 11 (7.10%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (5.16%) Legal
15 7 (4.52%) Local Government
16 2 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
17 1 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (23.87%) Consultant
2 29 (18.71%) Security Consultant
3 26 (16.77%) Lead
4 18 (11.61%) Analyst
5 14 (9.03%) Head of IT
6 13 (8.39%) Senior
7 11 (7.10%) Security Analyst
8 8 (5.16%) Security Engineer
8 8 (5.16%) Security Manager
9 7 (4.52%) Information Analyst
9 7 (4.52%) Information Security Analyst
9 7 (4.52%) Risk Manager
10 6 (3.87%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (3.87%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 6 (3.87%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 5 (3.23%) Head of Digital
11 5 (3.23%) Head of Finance
11 5 (3.23%) Information Manager
12 4 (2.58%) Penetration Tester
12 4 (2.58%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (13.55%) SAP CAF
2 4 (2.58%) CSS
2 4 (2.58%) HTML
2 4 (2.58%) React
3 2 (1.29%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.65%) .NET
4 1 (0.65%) EDI
4 1 (0.65%) EDIFACT
4 1 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.55%) Cloud Native
2 16 (10.32%) Security Posture
3 11 (7.10%) Management Information System
4 10 (6.45%) Blog
5 9 (5.81%) Cloud Security Posture
6 6 (3.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (3.87%) PKI
7 5 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.58%) Culture of Ownership
8 4 (2.58%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.58%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.58%) Podcast
9 3 (1.94%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.94%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.29%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.29%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.29%) Replication
10 2 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.29%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.65%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.87%) Windows
2 2 (1.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.65%) Android
3 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (45.16%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (43.23%) Risk Management
3 46 (29.68%) Information Security
4 43 (27.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (19.35%) ISMS
6 27 (17.42%) Collaborative Culture
7 23 (14.84%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (14.84%) Decision-Making
8 21 (13.55%) AI
8 21 (13.55%) Digital Marketing
8 21 (13.55%) Incident Response
8 21 (13.55%) Programme Management
9 20 (12.90%) Cloud Security
9 20 (12.90%) Roadmaps
10 18 (11.61%) Security Architecture
11 17 (10.97%) Regulatory Compliance
11 17 (10.97%) Security Operations
12 16 (10.32%) Vulnerability Management
13 15 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (9.03%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.45%) Python
2 4 (2.58%) Bash
2 4 (2.58%) Go
2 4 (2.58%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 49 (31.61%) CISSP
2 43 (27.74%) CISM
3 37 (23.87%) Security Cleared
4 27 (17.42%) CISA
5 25 (16.13%) SC Cleared
6 24 (15.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 23 (14.84%) CRISC
7 23 (14.84%) Degree
8 10 (6.45%) DV Cleared
9 9 (5.81%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (4.52%) ISACA
10 7 (4.52%) SANS
11 5 (3.23%) CHECK Team Member
11 5 (3.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (3.23%) OSCP
12 4 (2.58%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.58%) CHECK Team Leader
12 4 (2.58%) CREST Certified
12 4 (2.58%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (32.26%) NIST
3 40 (25.81%) PCI DSS
4 21 (13.55%) GDPR
5 18 (11.61%) SOC 2
6 15 (9.68%) NCSC
7 14 (9.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (6.45%) NIST 800
9 9 (5.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 6 (3.87%) JSP 440
12 4 (2.58%) Accessibility
12 4 (2.58%) COBIT
12 4 (2.58%) ISO 9001
12 4 (2.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (1.94%) ISO 14001
13 3 (1.94%) ISO 22301
13 3 (1.94%) NEBOSH
14 2 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (1.29%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (2.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (5.81%) RSA Archer
2 7 (4.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 7 (4.52%) Terraform
3 4 (2.58%) Cilium
3 4 (2.58%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.29%) Grafana
4 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.29%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.65%) Nessus
5 1 (0.65%) Nmap
5 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (16.13%) SAP
2 21 (13.55%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.87%) Google
3 6 (3.87%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.94%) Apple
4 3 (1.94%) Palo Alto
4 3 (1.94%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.94%) Tenable
5 2 (1.29%) GoldenSource
5 2 (1.29%) PagerDuty
5 2 (1.29%) Qualys
5 2 (1.29%) Splunk
6 1 (0.65%) Checkmarx
6 1 (0.65%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.65%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.65%) Salesforce