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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 323 431
Rank change year-on-year +78 +108 +61
Permanent jobs citing GRC 148 91 110
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.90% 0.63% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.12% 3.56% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 106 56 89
10th Percentile £48,750 £59,375 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £62,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £69,308 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.88% +15.51% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,500 £87,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,308 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.22% +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 2,890 2,558 3,963
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.51% 17.73% 13.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,665 1,490 3,084
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £34,934
25th Percentile £46,104 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.29% -2.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £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 3 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 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.05%) SAP GRC
2 3 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 32 (21.62%) Azure
2 28 (18.92%) AWS
3 21 (14.19%) SaaS
4 16 (10.81%) GCP
5 9 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.05%) Vertex AI
7 4 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.70%) GitHub
7 4 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.03%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.03%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.35%) Datadog
9 2 (1.35%) Google Sheets
9 2 (1.35%) IaaS
9 2 (1.35%) PaaS
10 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.68%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.84%) Firewall
2 13 (8.78%) Network Security
3 6 (4.05%) DMZ
4 4 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.03%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.03%) VPN
6 2 (1.35%) DHCP
6 2 (1.35%) DNS
6 2 (1.35%) LAN
6 2 (1.35%) WAN
7 1 (0.68%) HTTP
7 1 (0.68%) Wireless
7 1 (0.68%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.05%) Semantic Layer
2 3 (2.03%) Power BI
3 2 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.35%) Looker
3 2 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.70%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.68%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.68%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.68%) Snyk
General
1 72 (48.65%) Finance
2 67 (45.27%) Social Skills
3 46 (31.08%) Public Sector
4 35 (23.65%) Telecoms
5 25 (16.89%) Electronics
5 25 (16.89%) Manufacturing
5 25 (16.89%) Marketing
6 20 (13.51%) Banking
7 14 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (9.46%) Law
7 14 (9.46%) Retail
8 12 (8.11%) Financial Institution
8 12 (8.11%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (7.43%) Back Office
10 7 (4.73%) Legal
10 7 (4.73%) Local Government
11 2 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Police
Job Titles
1 46 (31.08%) Consultant
2 37 (25.00%) Security Consultant
3 20 (13.51%) Analyst
3 20 (13.51%) Lead
4 14 (9.46%) Senior
5 13 (8.78%) Security Analyst
6 11 (7.43%) Head of IT
7 8 (5.41%) Security Manager
8 7 (4.73%) Information Analyst
8 7 (4.73%) Information Security Analyst
8 7 (4.73%) Risk Manager
8 7 (4.73%) Security Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 5 (3.38%) Head of Digital
10 5 (3.38%) Head of Finance
10 5 (3.38%) IT Analyst
10 5 (3.38%) Principal Consultant
10 5 (3.38%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (16.89%) SAP CAF
2 3 (2.03%) SAP Basis
3 2 (1.35%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.35%) SLSA
4 1 (0.68%) .NET
4 1 (0.68%) EDI
4 1 (0.68%) EDIFACT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.16%) Cloud Native
2 16 (10.81%) Security Posture
3 13 (8.78%) Management Information System
4 10 (6.76%) Blog
5 9 (6.08%) Cloud Security Posture
6 6 (4.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (4.05%) PKI
7 5 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (3.38%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.70%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.03%) Mobile App
9 3 (2.03%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.35%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.35%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.35%) Replication
10 2 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.35%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.70%) Windows
2 3 (2.03%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.68%) Android
3 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (50.68%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 45 (30.41%) Information Security
4 44 (29.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (25.68%) ISMS
6 33 (22.30%) Collaborative Culture
7 28 (18.92%) Business Intelligence
8 25 (16.89%) Digital Marketing
8 25 (16.89%) Programme Management
9 21 (14.19%) Incident Response
10 18 (12.16%) Cloud Security
11 17 (11.49%) AI
11 17 (11.49%) Decision-Making
11 17 (11.49%) Security Architecture
12 15 (10.14%) Security Operations
12 15 (10.14%) Vulnerability Management
13 14 (9.46%) IT Governance
14 13 (8.78%) Regulatory Compliance
14 13 (8.78%) Roadmaps
14 13 (8.78%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.76%) Python
2 4 (2.70%) Bash
2 4 (2.70%) Go
3 2 (1.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 59 (39.86%) CISSP
2 51 (34.46%) CISM
3 43 (29.05%) Security Cleared
4 32 (21.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 31 (20.95%) SC Cleared
6 30 (20.27%) CISA
7 29 (19.59%) CRISC
8 21 (14.19%) Degree
9 11 (7.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 10 (6.76%) DV Cleared
11 9 (6.08%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (4.73%) ISACA
12 7 (4.73%) SANS
13 5 (3.38%) CHECK Team Member
13 5 (3.38%) OSCP
14 4 (2.70%) AWS Certification
14 4 (2.70%) CHECK Team Leader
14 4 (2.70%) CISMP
14 4 (2.70%) CREST Certified
15 3 (2.03%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (65.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (40.54%) NIST
3 35 (23.65%) PCI DSS
4 23 (15.54%) GDPR
5 19 (12.84%) SOC 2
6 16 (10.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (10.14%) NCSC
8 13 (8.78%) NIST 800
9 9 (6.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (6.08%) JSP 440
10 8 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 5 (3.38%) COBIT
12 4 (2.70%) ISO 9001
12 4 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (2.03%) ISO 14001
13 3 (2.03%) ISO 22301
13 3 (2.03%) NEBOSH
14 2 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (1.35%) PMO
14 2 (1.35%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (6.08%) RSA Archer
2 7 (4.73%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (4.05%) Terraform
4 4 (2.70%) Cilium
4 4 (2.70%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.35%) Grafana
5 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.35%) Opsgenie
5 2 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.68%) Nessus
6 1 (0.68%) Nmap
Vendors
1 31 (20.95%) SAP
2 16 (10.81%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.05%) Google
3 6 (4.05%) OpenAI
4 3 (2.03%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.03%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.03%) Tenable
5 2 (1.35%) GoldenSource
5 2 (1.35%) PagerDuty
5 2 (1.35%) Qualys
5 2 (1.35%) Splunk
6 1 (0.68%) Checkmarx
6 1 (0.68%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.68%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.68%) Salesforce