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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 378 461
Rank change year-on-year +150 +83 -4
Permanent jobs citing GRC 224 48 123
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.08% 0.30% 0.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.56% 1.67% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 133 33 100
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,900 £37,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +22.45% -12.50%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,150 £95,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -

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 3,413 2,872 4,213
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.40% 17.99% 12.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,212 1,604 3,123
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,621
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.74% +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 2 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 5 (2.23%) Totara
2 2 (0.89%) SAS
3 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.89%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.45%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.45%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 51 (22.77%) Azure
2 28 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (12.05%) AWS
4 25 (11.16%) Serverless
5 20 (8.93%) SaaS
6 17 (7.59%) Power Platform
7 16 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
8 15 (6.70%) Entra ID
8 15 (6.70%) GCP
9 8 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (3.13%) Azure Key Vault
10 7 (3.13%) Cloudflare
10 7 (3.13%) Vercel
11 6 (2.68%) Vertex AI
12 5 (2.23%) Smartsheet
13 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (1.34%) OCI
14 2 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.89%) Datadog
14 2 (0.89%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.59%) Firewall
2 14 (6.25%) LAN
2 14 (6.25%) WAN
3 13 (5.80%) Network Security
4 5 (2.23%) DMZ
5 4 (1.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.68%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.89%) Looker
2 2 (0.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (11.16%) Snyk
2 5 (2.23%) JIRA
3 2 (0.89%) Yeoman
General
1 83 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 62 (27.68%) Finance
3 49 (21.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (15.18%) Law
5 25 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (10.71%) Telecoms
7 20 (8.93%) Public Sector
8 18 (8.04%) Legal
9 16 (7.14%) Banking
9 16 (7.14%) Retail
10 14 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (3.57%) Financial Institution
12 8 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (3.13%) Legal Technology
14 6 (2.68%) Back Office
14 6 (2.68%) Local Government
14 6 (2.68%) Marketing
15 4 (1.79%) Advertising
15 4 (1.79%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 51 (22.77%) Architect
2 43 (19.20%) Senior
3 32 (14.29%) Senior Architect
4 31 (13.84%) Security Architect
5 29 (12.95%) Lead
6 28 (12.50%) Senior Security Architect
7 25 (11.16%) Cloud Architect
7 25 (11.16%) Cloud Security Architect
7 25 (11.16%) Consultant
7 25 (11.16%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 23 (10.27%) Analyst
9 20 (8.93%) Security Consultant
10 16 (7.14%) Security Specialist
11 14 (6.25%) Systems Architect
12 12 (5.36%) Security Analyst
13 8 (3.57%) Head of IT
13 8 (3.57%) Security Manager
14 7 (3.13%) Risk Analyst
14 7 (3.13%) Senior Solutions Architect
14 7 (3.13%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.13%) CSS
1 7 (3.13%) HTML
1 7 (3.13%) React
2 5 (2.23%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.45%) EDI
3 1 (0.45%) EDIFACT
3 1 (0.45%) SAP CAF
3 1 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.45%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.61%) Management Information System
2 23 (10.27%) Data Centre
3 16 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 15 (6.70%) Security Posture
5 14 (6.25%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.57%) Operational Technology
6 8 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.13%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (3.13%) e-Learning
7 7 (3.13%) Podcast
8 5 (2.23%) Blog
8 5 (2.23%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (2.23%) Learning Management System
8 5 (2.23%) PKI
9 4 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.79%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.89%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.89%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (47.32%) Cybersecurity
2 98 (43.75%) Information Security
3 83 (37.05%) Risk Management
4 55 (24.55%) AI
5 46 (20.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (19.64%) Security Architecture
7 43 (19.20%) Cloud Security
7 43 (19.20%) IT Strategy
8 40 (17.86%) Roadmaps
9 38 (16.96%) Technology Strategy
10 35 (15.63%) CI/CD
11 33 (14.73%) Decision-Making
12 32 (14.29%) SDLC
13 30 (13.39%) Threat Modelling
14 28 (12.50%) Validation
15 27 (12.05%) Application Security
15 27 (12.05%) Regulatory Compliance
16 26 (11.61%) Agile
16 26 (11.61%) DevSecOps
17 25 (11.16%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.13%) JavaScript
2 6 (2.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 44 (19.64%) CISSP
2 40 (17.86%) CISM
3 35 (15.63%) Security Cleared
4 29 (12.95%) Degree
5 24 (10.71%) CRISC
6 23 (10.27%) SC Cleared
7 22 (9.82%) CISA
8 14 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 10 (4.46%) DV Cleared
10 9 (4.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 8 (3.57%) CREST Certified
12 7 (3.13%) ISACA
12 7 (3.13%) PMI Certification
12 7 (3.13%) SANS
13 6 (2.68%) OSCP
14 5 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (2.23%) PMP
15 4 (1.79%) CCSAS
15 4 (1.79%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (46.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (26.34%) NIST
3 40 (17.86%) PCI DSS
4 31 (13.84%) GDPR
5 20 (8.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (5.80%) SOC 2
7 11 (4.91%) NCSC
8 10 (4.46%) JSP 440
9 9 (4.02%) Accessibility
9 9 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 9 (4.02%) NIST 800
10 6 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (1.34%) QA
13 2 (0.89%) COBIT
13 2 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.89%) SEPA
14 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.45%) Solvency II
System Software
1 25 (11.16%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) IAG
Systems Management
1 8 (3.57%) RSA Archer
2 7 (3.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (0.89%) Grafana
3 2 (0.89%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.95%) CrowdStrike
3 25 (11.16%) Palo Alto
3 25 (11.16%) Tenable
4 6 (2.68%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.79%) Apple
6 3 (1.34%) Google
6 3 (1.34%) Oracle
6 3 (1.34%) SAP
7 2 (0.89%) GoldenSource
7 2 (0.89%) PagerDuty
7 2 (0.89%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.45%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.45%) Splunk