GRC Job Trends in Yorkshire

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 126 144
Rank change year-on-year -15 +18 +104
Permanent jobs citing GRC 18 30 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.54% 0.91% 1.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.20% 6.68% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11 14 32
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,375 £46,625
25th Percentile £49,375 £47,188 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,250 £59,250 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.75% -13.50% +19.13%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,438 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £89,625 £88,275
England median annual salary £65,000 £73,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.96% +4.29% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Yorkshire

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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 346 449 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 10.45% 13.62% 18.15%
Number of salaries quoted 188 193 389
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,650 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,188 £37,716 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.97% +3.06%
75th Percentile £64,875 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,270 £80,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +4.35%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GRC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

GRC job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

GRC
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GRC

GRC
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for GRC in Yorkshire

GRC
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -17 13 £77,500 +30.80% 18
South Yorkshire -4 2 £85,000 +44.68% 9
East Yorkshire - 2 £45,000 - 5
North Yorkshire -4 1 £55,000 - 5
GRC
England

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (27.78%) SAP GRC
2 2 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) AWS
2 3 (16.67%) SaaS
3 2 (11.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
1 2 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (5.56%) HTTP
2 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.56%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Snyk
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Consultant
2 5 (27.78%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (22.22%) Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Information Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Information Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Information Security Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Security Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Security Consultant
3 4 (22.22%) Senior
4 3 (16.67%) Principal Consultant
4 3 (16.67%) Principal SAP Consultant
4 3 (16.67%) Security Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) SAP Security Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Security Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) SAP Basis
2 2 (11.11%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (5.56%) .NET
3 1 (5.56%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 5 (27.78%) Public Cloud
3 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (16.67%) Private Cloud
3 3 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Information Security
2 7 (38.89%) Cloud Security
2 7 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
5 4 (22.22%) Architecture Governance
5 4 (22.22%) Design Patterns
5 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 4 (22.22%) SABSA
5 4 (22.22%) Security Architecture
5 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (22.22%) TOGAF
6 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 3 (16.67%) Migration
6 3 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) CISSP
2 5 (27.78%) CISM
3 4 (22.22%) DBS Check
3 4 (22.22%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (11.11%) CRISC
5 1 (5.56%) CISA
5 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (27.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (27.78%) NIST
2 5 (27.78%) SOC 2
3 3 (16.67%) GDPR
4 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 2 (11.11%) QA
5 1 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (5.56%) NCSC
5 1 (5.56%) PMO
5 1 (5.56%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
1 5 (27.78%) SAP
2 1 (5.56%) Checkmarx
2 1 (5.56%) Qualys
2 1 (5.56%) Salesforce