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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 331 432
Rank change year-on-year +96 +101 +65
Permanent jobs citing GRC 153 84 110
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.91% 0.61% 0.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.23% 3.35% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 112 52 89
10th Percentile £48,750 £61,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £69,308 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% +15.51% -11.11%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,400 £87,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £70,156 £69,308 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.22% +6.63% -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 2,927 2,506 4,138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.41% 18.11% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,698 1,545 3,205
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,132 £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 14 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 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.61%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (23.53%) Azure
2 29 (18.95%) AWS
3 18 (11.76%) SaaS
4 17 (11.11%) GCP
5 11 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.58%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.92%) Vertex AI
8 5 (3.27%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.61%) GitHub
9 4 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.96%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.96%) Cloudflare
10 3 (1.96%) Vercel
11 2 (1.31%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.31%) Datadog
11 2 (1.31%) Google Sheets
11 2 (1.31%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.31%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 23 (15.03%) Firewall
2 15 (9.80%) Network Security
3 6 (3.92%) DMZ
4 5 (3.27%) VPN
5 4 (2.61%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (1.96%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.31%) DHCP
7 2 (1.31%) DNS
7 2 (1.31%) LAN
7 2 (1.31%) WAN
8 1 (0.65%) HTTP
8 1 (0.65%) Wireless
8 1 (0.65%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.92%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.31%) Looker
2 2 (1.31%) Power BI
3 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.61%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.31%) JIRA
3 1 (0.65%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.65%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.65%) Snyk
General
1 72 (47.06%) Finance
2 66 (43.14%) Social Skills
3 41 (26.80%) Public Sector
4 36 (23.53%) Telecoms
5 24 (15.69%) Marketing
6 22 (14.38%) Banking
6 22 (14.38%) Electronics
6 22 (14.38%) Manufacturing
7 18 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (11.11%) Law
9 14 (9.15%) Retail
10 13 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
11 12 (7.84%) Financial Institution
12 11 (7.19%) Back Office
12 11 (7.19%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (4.58%) Legal
13 7 (4.58%) Local Government
14 2 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 39 (25.49%) Consultant
2 31 (20.26%) Security Consultant
3 25 (16.34%) Lead
4 18 (11.76%) Analyst
5 13 (8.50%) Head of IT
5 13 (8.50%) Senior
6 11 (7.19%) Security Analyst
7 8 (5.23%) Security Engineer
7 8 (5.23%) Security Manager
8 7 (4.58%) Information Analyst
8 7 (4.58%) Information Security Analyst
8 7 (4.58%) Risk Manager
9 6 (3.92%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (3.92%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 6 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 5 (3.27%) Head of Digital
10 5 (3.27%) Head of Finance
10 5 (3.27%) Information Manager
11 4 (2.61%) Penetration Tester
11 4 (2.61%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.38%) SAP CAF
2 3 (1.96%) CSS
2 3 (1.96%) HTML
2 3 (1.96%) React
3 2 (1.31%) 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 20 (13.07%) Cloud Native
2 16 (10.46%) Security Posture
3 11 (7.19%) Management Information System
4 10 (6.54%) Blog
5 9 (5.88%) Cloud Security Posture
6 6 (3.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (3.92%) PKI
7 5 (3.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.61%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.96%) Culture of Ownership
9 3 (1.96%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.96%) Podcast
9 3 (1.96%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.31%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.31%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.31%) Replication
10 2 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.31%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.65%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.27%) Windows
2 2 (1.31%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.65%) Android
3 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (46.41%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (44.44%) Risk Management
3 45 (29.41%) Information Security
4 43 (28.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 32 (20.92%) ISMS
6 28 (18.30%) Collaborative Culture
7 24 (15.69%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (14.38%) Decision-Making
8 22 (14.38%) Digital Marketing
8 22 (14.38%) Programme Management
9 21 (13.73%) Incident Response
10 20 (13.07%) AI
11 19 (12.42%) Cloud Security
12 18 (11.76%) Roadmaps
13 17 (11.11%) Security Architecture
14 16 (10.46%) Regulatory Compliance
14 16 (10.46%) Security Operations
14 16 (10.46%) Vulnerability Management
15 14 (9.15%) IT Governance
15 14 (9.15%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.54%) Python
2 4 (2.61%) Bash
2 4 (2.61%) Go
3 3 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.31%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 51 (33.33%) CISSP
2 45 (29.41%) CISM
3 38 (24.84%) Security Cleared
4 27 (17.65%) CISA
5 26 (16.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 26 (16.99%) SC Cleared
6 24 (15.69%) CRISC
7 23 (15.03%) Degree
8 10 (6.54%) DV Cleared
9 9 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (4.58%) ISACA
10 7 (4.58%) SANS
11 6 (3.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (3.27%) CHECK Team Member
12 5 (3.27%) OSCP
13 4 (2.61%) AWS Certification
13 4 (2.61%) CHECK Team Leader
13 4 (2.61%) CREST Certified
13 4 (2.61%) PMI Certification
14 3 (1.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (61.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (33.99%) NIST
3 39 (25.49%) PCI DSS
4 21 (13.73%) GDPR
5 18 (11.76%) SOC 2
6 15 (9.80%) NCSC
7 14 (9.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (7.19%) NIST 800
9 9 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 7 (4.58%) JSP 440
12 4 (2.61%) COBIT
12 4 (2.61%) ISO 9001
12 4 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (1.96%) Accessibility
13 3 (1.96%) ISO 14001
13 3 (1.96%) ISO 22301
13 3 (1.96%) NEBOSH
14 2 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (1.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (1.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (5.88%) RSA Archer
2 7 (4.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 7 (4.58%) Terraform
3 4 (2.61%) Cilium
3 4 (2.61%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.31%) Grafana
4 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.31%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.65%) Nessus
5 1 (0.65%) Nmap
5 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (16.99%) SAP
2 20 (13.07%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.92%) Google
3 6 (3.92%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.96%) Palo Alto
4 3 (1.96%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.96%) Tenable
5 2 (1.31%) Apple
5 2 (1.31%) GoldenSource
5 2 (1.31%) PagerDuty
5 2 (1.31%) Qualys
5 2 (1.31%) Splunk
6 1 (0.65%) Checkmarx
6 1 (0.65%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.65%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.65%) Salesforce