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

 6 months to
18 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 339 446
Rank change year-on-year +109 +107 +54
Permanent jobs citing GRC 174 60 125
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 0.45% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.50% 2.48% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 118 32 105
10th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,445 £62,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,715 £70,996 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.92% +23.47% -17.86%
75th Percentile £95,000 £79,688 £73,750
90th Percentile £108,250 £86,250 £96,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,996 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.64% +9.22% -3.70%

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 3,162 2,420 4,207
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.84% 18.31% 12.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,862 1,574 3,305
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £81,625 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% +11.43% -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

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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 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 (1.72%) SharePoint
1 3 (1.72%) Totara
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.72%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 40 (22.99%) Azure
2 33 (18.97%) AWS
3 21 (12.07%) GCP
4 16 (9.20%) SaaS
5 13 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (6.90%) Entra ID
7 11 (6.32%) Serverless
8 8 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (4.02%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (4.02%) Cloudflare
9 7 (4.02%) Vercel
10 6 (3.45%) Vertex AI
11 5 (2.87%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (2.87%) Smartsheet
12 4 (2.30%) GitHub
12 4 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (1.15%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 2 (1.15%) Google Sheets
14 2 (1.15%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (13.22%) Firewall
2 14 (8.05%) Network Security
3 5 (2.87%) DMZ
3 5 (2.87%) VPN
4 4 (2.30%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.57%) DHCP
5 1 (0.57%) DNS
5 1 (0.57%) LAN
5 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.57%) WAN
5 1 (0.57%) Wireless
5 1 (0.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.45%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.15%) Looker
2 2 (1.15%) Power BI
3 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (6.32%) Snyk
2 5 (2.87%) JIRA
3 4 (2.30%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.57%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.57%) Metasploit
General
1 70 (40.23%) Social Skills
2 66 (37.93%) Finance
3 34 (19.54%) Telecoms
4 31 (17.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 31 (17.82%) Public Sector
5 22 (12.64%) Banking
6 21 (12.07%) Law
7 17 (9.77%) Marketing
8 15 (8.62%) Retail
9 14 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
10 13 (7.47%) Electronics
10 13 (7.47%) Manufacturing
11 12 (6.90%) Financial Institution
11 12 (6.90%) Legal
12 11 (6.32%) Back Office
12 11 (6.32%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (4.02%) Local Government
14 4 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.57%) Police
15 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (17.24%) Lead
2 28 (16.09%) Consultant
3 24 (13.79%) Security Consultant
4 22 (12.64%) Senior
5 19 (10.92%) Analyst
6 17 (9.77%) Architect
7 15 (8.62%) Head of IT
7 15 (8.62%) Security Architect
8 12 (6.90%) Security Analyst
9 11 (6.32%) Cloud Architect
9 11 (6.32%) Cloud Security Architect
9 11 (6.32%) Senior Architect
9 11 (6.32%) Senior Cloud Architect
9 11 (6.32%) Senior Security Architect
10 7 (4.02%) Engineering Manager
10 7 (4.02%) Information Analyst
10 7 (4.02%) Information Security Analyst
10 7 (4.02%) Security Engineer
10 7 (4.02%) Software Engineering Manager
10 7 (4.02%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.47%) SAP CAF
2 7 (4.02%) CSS
2 7 (4.02%) HTML
2 7 (4.02%) React
3 1 (0.57%) EDI
3 1 (0.57%) EDIFACT
3 1 (0.57%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.07%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.62%) Security Posture
3 13 (7.47%) Management Information System
4 12 (6.90%) Data Centre
5 11 (6.32%) Onboarding
6 9 (5.17%) Blog
7 7 (4.02%) Cloud Security Posture
7 7 (4.02%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (4.02%) Podcast
8 5 (2.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (2.87%) PKI
9 4 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.72%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.72%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.72%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.72%) Mobile App
11 2 (1.15%) NHS
11 2 (1.15%) PMI
11 2 (1.15%) Public Cloud
11 2 (1.15%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.45%) 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 78 (44.83%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 56 (32.18%) Information Security
4 45 (25.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (19.54%) AI
6 31 (17.82%) Cloud Security
6 31 (17.82%) Security Architecture
7 27 (15.52%) Decision-Making
8 25 (14.37%) CI/CD
9 23 (13.22%) IT Strategy
9 23 (13.22%) Regulatory Compliance
9 23 (13.22%) Roadmaps
10 21 (12.07%) ISMS
11 20 (11.49%) Incident Response
11 20 (11.49%) SDLC
12 19 (10.92%) Agile
12 19 (10.92%) DevOps
12 19 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (10.34%) Collaborative Culture
14 17 (9.77%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.75%) Python
2 7 (4.02%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.30%) Bash
3 4 (2.30%) Go
4 2 (1.15%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 42 (24.14%) CISSP
2 38 (21.84%) CISM
3 34 (19.54%) Security Cleared
4 26 (14.94%) CISA
4 26 (14.94%) Degree
5 24 (13.79%) SC Cleared
6 19 (10.92%) CRISC
7 15 (8.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 11 (6.32%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (4.60%) DV Cleared
9 8 (4.60%) PMI Certification
10 7 (4.02%) ISACA
10 7 (4.02%) SANS
11 6 (3.45%) PMP
12 5 (2.87%) CHECK Team Member
12 5 (2.87%) OSCP
13 4 (2.30%) AWS Certification
13 4 (2.30%) CHECK Team Leader
14 3 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (1.72%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (52.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (25.86%) NIST
3 42 (24.14%) PCI DSS
4 21 (12.07%) GDPR
5 15 (8.62%) SOC 2
6 14 (8.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (6.32%) NCSC
8 8 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (4.60%) NIST 800
9 7 (4.02%) Accessibility
10 5 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 5 (2.87%) JSP 440
11 4 (2.30%) COBIT
11 4 (2.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (1.72%) ISO 9001
13 2 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (1.15%) ISO 14001
13 2 (1.15%) NEBOSH
13 2 (1.15%) SEPA
14 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 11 (6.32%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (2.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (4.60%) RSA Archer
2 7 (4.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 7 (4.02%) Terraform
3 4 (2.30%) Cilium
3 4 (2.30%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.15%) Grafana
4 2 (1.15%) Opsgenie
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 22 (12.64%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.20%) SAP
3 14 (8.05%) Palo Alto
3 14 (8.05%) Tenable
4 11 (6.32%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (3.45%) Google
5 6 (3.45%) OpenAI
6 4 (2.30%) Apple
7 2 (1.15%) GoldenSource
7 2 (1.15%) PagerDuty
7 2 (1.15%) Splunk
8 1 (0.57%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.57%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.57%) Qualys
8 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow
58 hybrid/remote GRC jobs