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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 386 443
Rank change year-on-year +166 +57 +5
Permanent jobs citing GRC 251 48 121
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.18% 0.29% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.04% 1.63% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 138 34 96
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £62,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year - +17.19% -8.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,600 £95,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,246 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.81% +11.15% -

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 3,566 2,936 4,097
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.70% 17.75% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,292 1,651 3,001
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,591 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.16% +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 13 July 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 6 (2.39%) SAS
2 5 (1.99%) Totara
3 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.80%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.40%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.40%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 67 (26.69%) Azure
2 46 (18.33%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (14.74%) Cloud Computing
4 34 (13.55%) Power Platform
5 30 (11.95%) AWS
6 25 (9.96%) Serverless
7 20 (7.97%) SaaS
8 15 (5.98%) Entra ID
8 15 (5.98%) GCP
9 8 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.79%) Azure Key Vault
10 7 (2.79%) Cloudflare
10 7 (2.79%) Vercel
11 6 (2.39%) Vertex AI
12 5 (1.99%) Smartsheet
13 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (1.20%) OCI
14 2 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.80%) Datadog
14 2 (0.80%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 31 (12.35%) LAN
1 31 (12.35%) WAN
2 15 (5.98%) Firewall
3 11 (4.38%) Network Security
4 4 (1.59%) DMZ
4 4 (1.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.39%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.80%) Looker
2 2 (0.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (9.96%) Snyk
2 5 (1.99%) JIRA
3 2 (0.80%) Yeoman
General
1 98 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 77 (30.68%) Finance
3 51 (20.32%) Law
4 48 (19.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (12.35%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (9.16%) Telecoms
8 18 (7.17%) Legal
8 18 (7.17%) Public Sector
9 16 (6.37%) Banking
9 16 (6.37%) Retail
10 9 (3.59%) Financial Institution
10 9 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.79%) Legal Technology
12 6 (2.39%) Back Office
12 6 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.39%) Marketing
13 4 (1.59%) Advertising
13 4 (1.59%) Aviation
13 4 (1.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 68 (27.09%) Architect
2 48 (19.12%) Senior
3 32 (12.75%) Senior Architect
4 31 (12.35%) Security Architect
4 31 (12.35%) Systems Architect
5 30 (11.95%) Consultant
6 28 (11.16%) Lead
6 28 (11.16%) Senior Security Architect
7 25 (9.96%) Cloud Architect
7 25 (9.96%) Cloud Security Architect
7 25 (9.96%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 24 (9.56%) Analyst
9 23 (9.16%) Security Consultant
10 15 (5.98%) Security Specialist
11 12 (4.78%) Security Analyst
12 8 (3.19%) Security Manager
12 8 (3.19%) Senior Consultant
12 8 (3.19%) Senior Security Consultant
13 7 (2.79%) Engineering Manager
13 7 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.79%) CSS
1 7 (2.79%) HTML
1 7 (2.79%) React
2 5 (1.99%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.40%) EDI
3 1 (0.40%) EDIFACT
3 1 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.40%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.35%) Management Information System
2 23 (9.16%) Data Centre
3 22 (8.76%) Onboarding
4 15 (5.98%) Security Posture
5 13 (5.18%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.19%) Operational Technology
6 8 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.79%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (2.79%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.79%) Podcast
8 6 (2.39%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.99%) Learning Management System
10 4 (1.59%) Blog
10 4 (1.59%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.59%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.59%) PKI
11 3 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (51.00%) Information Security
2 113 (45.02%) Cybersecurity
3 106 (42.23%) Risk Management
4 59 (23.51%) IT Strategy
4 59 (23.51%) Roadmaps
5 57 (22.71%) AI
6 56 (22.31%) Technology Strategy
7 47 (18.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (17.13%) Cloud Security
8 43 (17.13%) Security Architecture
9 42 (16.73%) Enterprise Architecture
10 41 (16.33%) Project Delivery
11 39 (15.54%) CI/CD
12 36 (14.34%) Business Case
13 35 (13.94%) Containerisation
13 35 (13.94%) Network Design
14 33 (13.15%) Decision-Making
15 32 (12.75%) Architecture Roadmap
15 32 (12.75%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (12.75%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.79%) JavaScript
2 6 (2.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 50 (19.92%) CISSP
2 44 (17.53%) CISM
3 36 (14.34%) Security Cleared
4 30 (11.95%) Degree
5 25 (9.96%) CISA
5 25 (9.96%) CRISC
5 25 (9.96%) SC Cleared
6 14 (5.58%) CompTIA Security+
7 13 (5.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 9 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.59%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 8 (3.19%) CREST Certified
10 7 (2.79%) ISACA
10 7 (2.79%) PMI Certification
10 7 (2.79%) SANS
11 6 (2.39%) Master's Degree
11 6 (2.39%) OSCP
12 5 (1.99%) PMP
13 4 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (43.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (25.10%) NIST
3 40 (15.94%) PCI DSS
4 37 (14.74%) GDPR
5 22 (8.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (5.58%) SOC 2
7 13 (5.18%) NIST 800
8 10 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 10 (3.98%) NCSC
9 9 (3.59%) Accessibility
9 9 (3.59%) JSP 440
10 6 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (1.59%) QA
12 3 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.80%) SEPA
14 1 (0.40%) COBIT
14 1 (0.40%) EU AI Act
14 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.40%) Solvency II
System Software
1 25 (9.96%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) IAG
Systems Management
1 8 (3.19%) RSA Archer
2 7 (2.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (0.80%) Grafana
3 2 (0.80%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 58 (23.11%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.55%) CrowdStrike
3 25 (9.96%) Palo Alto
3 25 (9.96%) Tenable
4 6 (2.39%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.59%) Apple
5 4 (1.59%) Google
6 3 (1.20%) Oracle
7 2 (0.80%) GoldenSource
7 2 (0.80%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.80%) PagerDuty
7 2 (0.80%) SAP
7 2 (0.80%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.40%) Splunk