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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 327 432
Rank change year-on-year +85 +105 +62
Permanent jobs citing GRC 152 81 109
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.90% 0.60% 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.17% 3.30% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 111 51 88
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% -12.41%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,500 £87,500 £96,875
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,654 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.50% +7.16% -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 2,939 2,453 4,152
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.40% 18.07% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,696 1,547 3,213
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,650 £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 £82,219 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,875 £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 17 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 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.63%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (24.34%) Azure
2 30 (19.74%) AWS
3 18 (11.84%) GCP
4 17 (11.18%) SaaS
5 11 (7.24%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (5.26%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.95%) Vertex AI
8 5 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.29%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.63%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (2.63%) Cloudflare
9 4 (2.63%) GitHub
9 4 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.63%) Vercel
10 3 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.32%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.32%) Google Sheets
11 2 (1.32%) IaaS
11 2 (1.32%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.32%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 23 (15.13%) Firewall
2 15 (9.87%) Network Security
3 6 (3.95%) DMZ
4 5 (3.29%) VPN
5 4 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (1.97%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.32%) DHCP
7 2 (1.32%) DNS
7 2 (1.32%) LAN
7 2 (1.32%) WAN
8 1 (0.66%) HTTP
8 1 (0.66%) Wireless
8 1 (0.66%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.95%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.32%) Looker
2 2 (1.32%) Power BI
3 1 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.63%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.32%) JIRA
3 1 (0.66%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.66%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.66%) Snyk
General
1 71 (46.71%) Finance
2 65 (42.76%) Social Skills
3 39 (25.66%) Public Sector
4 35 (23.03%) Telecoms
5 23 (15.13%) Marketing
6 22 (14.47%) Banking
7 21 (13.82%) Electronics
7 21 (13.82%) Manufacturing
8 19 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (11.84%) Law
10 14 (9.21%) Retail
11 13 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
12 12 (7.89%) Financial Institution
13 11 (7.24%) Back Office
13 11 (7.24%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (5.26%) Legal
15 7 (4.61%) Local Government
16 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
17 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (24.34%) Consultant
2 29 (19.08%) Security Consultant
3 25 (16.45%) Lead
4 18 (11.84%) Analyst
5 13 (8.55%) Head of IT
5 13 (8.55%) Senior
6 11 (7.24%) Security Analyst
7 8 (5.26%) Security Engineer
7 8 (5.26%) Security Manager
8 7 (4.61%) Information Analyst
8 7 (4.61%) Information Security Analyst
8 7 (4.61%) Risk Manager
9 6 (3.95%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 5 (3.29%) Head of Digital
10 5 (3.29%) Head of Finance
10 5 (3.29%) Information Manager
11 4 (2.63%) Penetration Tester
11 4 (2.63%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (13.82%) SAP CAF
2 4 (2.63%) CSS
2 4 (2.63%) HTML
2 4 (2.63%) React
3 2 (1.32%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.66%) .NET
4 1 (0.66%) EDI
4 1 (0.66%) EDIFACT
4 1 (0.66%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.82%) Cloud Native
2 16 (10.53%) Security Posture
3 11 (7.24%) Management Information System
4 10 (6.58%) Blog
5 9 (5.92%) Cloud Security Posture
6 6 (3.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (3.95%) PKI
7 5 (3.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.63%) Culture of Ownership
8 4 (2.63%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.63%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.63%) Podcast
9 3 (1.97%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.97%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.32%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.32%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.32%) Replication
10 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.32%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.29%) Windows
2 2 (1.32%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.66%) Android
3 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.66%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (45.39%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (43.42%) Risk Management
3 45 (29.61%) Information Security
4 43 (28.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (19.74%) ISMS
6 27 (17.76%) Collaborative Culture
7 23 (15.13%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (15.13%) Decision-Making
8 21 (13.82%) AI
8 21 (13.82%) Digital Marketing
8 21 (13.82%) Incident Response
8 21 (13.82%) Programme Management
9 19 (12.50%) Cloud Security
9 19 (12.50%) Roadmaps
10 17 (11.18%) Security Architecture
11 16 (10.53%) Regulatory Compliance
11 16 (10.53%) Security Operations
11 16 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
12 14 (9.21%) IT Governance
12 14 (9.21%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.58%) Python
2 4 (2.63%) Bash
2 4 (2.63%) Go
2 4 (2.63%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.32%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 49 (32.24%) CISSP
2 43 (28.29%) CISM
3 36 (23.68%) Security Cleared
4 27 (17.76%) CISA
5 24 (15.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 24 (15.79%) SC Cleared
6 23 (15.13%) CRISC
6 23 (15.13%) Degree
7 10 (6.58%) DV Cleared
8 9 (5.92%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (4.61%) ISACA
9 7 (4.61%) SANS
10 5 (3.29%) CHECK Team Member
10 5 (3.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 5 (3.29%) OSCP
11 4 (2.63%) AWS Certification
11 4 (2.63%) CHECK Team Leader
11 4 (2.63%) CREST Certified
11 4 (2.63%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.97%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (60.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (32.89%) NIST
3 39 (25.66%) PCI DSS
4 21 (13.82%) GDPR
5 18 (11.84%) SOC 2
6 15 (9.87%) NCSC
7 14 (9.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (6.58%) NIST 800
9 9 (5.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 6 (3.95%) JSP 440
12 4 (2.63%) Accessibility
12 4 (2.63%) COBIT
12 4 (2.63%) ISO 9001
12 4 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (1.97%) ISO 14001
13 3 (1.97%) ISO 22301
13 3 (1.97%) NEBOSH
14 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (1.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (1.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (5.92%) RSA Archer
2 7 (4.61%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 7 (4.61%) Terraform
3 4 (2.63%) Cilium
3 4 (2.63%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.32%) Grafana
4 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.32%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.66%) Nessus
5 1 (0.66%) Nmap
5 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (16.45%) SAP
2 21 (13.82%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.95%) Google
3 6 (3.95%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.97%) Palo Alto
4 3 (1.97%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.97%) Tenable
5 2 (1.32%) Apple
5 2 (1.32%) GoldenSource
5 2 (1.32%) PagerDuty
5 2 (1.32%) Qualys
5 2 (1.32%) Splunk
6 1 (0.66%) Checkmarx
6 1 (0.66%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.66%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.66%) Salesforce