GRC Jobs in the UK excluding London

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GRC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GRC over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 561 591
Rank change year-on-year +28 +30 -34
Permanent jobs citing GRC 232 191 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.32% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.41% 1.57% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 197 124 178
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,075 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £60,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +6.67% -2.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,063 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

GRC is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,628 12,130 12,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.44% 20.51% 17.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,308 4,563 6,971
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,603
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GRC in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
South East +66 121 £50,500 -15.83% 18
North of England +46 52 £45,000 -25.00% 18
Midlands -1 32 £55,000 -24.14% 8
North West +11 31 £40,000 -32.80% 6
West Midlands +15 27 £55,000 -24.14% 5
Yorkshire +78 18 £56,250 -7.02% 9
South West -27 16 £70,000 +14.29% 1
East of England +16 11 £72,500 +16.00% 4
East Midlands -15 4 £80,000 - 3
North East +1 3 £63,750 - 4
Scotland -89 2 £32,500 -45.40% 1
GRC
UK

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (3.88%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.43%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 15 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (3.88%) AWS
2 9 (3.88%) Azure
3 7 (3.02%) SaaS
4 3 (1.29%) GCP
5 2 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (0.86%) OCI
5 2 (0.86%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (0.86%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.43%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.43%) IaaS
6 1 (0.43%) PaaS
6 1 (0.43%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.76%) Network Security
2 2 (0.86%) Intranet
2 2 (0.86%) VPN
3 1 (0.43%) Firewall
3 1 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.86%) Metadata
2 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.43%) Power BI
2 1 (0.43%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 39 (16.81%) Finance
2 32 (13.79%) Social Skills
3 21 (9.05%) Legal
4 18 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.60%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.74%) Law
8 8 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.59%) Banking
10 4 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.72%) Retail
11 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.29%) Marketing
12 2 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.86%) Games
13 1 (0.43%) Advertising
13 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.43%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 66 (28.45%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 66 (28.45%) Security Specialist
2 34 (14.66%) Analyst
3 27 (11.64%) Consultant
4 23 (9.91%) Lead
4 23 (9.91%) Security Analyst
4 23 (9.91%) Security Manager
5 21 (9.05%) Security Consultant
6 18 (7.76%) Information Analyst
6 18 (7.76%) Information Security Analyst
7 16 (6.90%) Senior
8 11 (4.74%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 11 (4.74%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 10 (4.31%) Head of Information
10 9 (3.88%) Risk Manager
10 9 (3.88%) Security Assurance Manager
11 8 (3.45%) Head of Compliance
11 8 (3.45%) Information Manager
11 8 (3.45%) Information Security Manager
11 8 (3.45%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.86%) CSS
1 2 (0.86%) HTML
1 2 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.43%) REST
2 1 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.43%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.79%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (6.03%) Security Posture
4 12 (5.17%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (3.02%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.59%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.72%) CMDB
8 4 (1.72%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.29%) PMI
10 2 (0.86%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (0.86%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.86%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.86%) Life Science
10 2 (0.86%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.43%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.43%) IoT
11 1 (0.43%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.02%) Windows
2 4 (1.72%) Linux
3 3 (1.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 103 (44.40%) Information Security
3 69 (29.74%) Risk Management
4 33 (14.22%) Data Protection
5 22 (9.48%) Information Assurance
6 20 (8.62%) Security Management
7 19 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (8.19%) Vulnerability Management
8 18 (7.76%) Cloud Security
8 18 (7.76%) Security Architecture
8 18 (7.76%) Security Operations
9 17 (7.33%) Application Security
9 17 (7.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (7.33%) Customer Engagement
9 17 (7.33%) Penetration Testing
10 15 (6.47%) Project Management
11 14 (6.03%) Decision-Making
11 14 (6.03%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 13 (5.60%) Agile
12 13 (5.60%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 5 (2.16%) Python
3 1 (0.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (18.97%) CISM
2 40 (17.24%) CISSP
3 36 (15.52%) Security Cleared
4 32 (13.79%) CRISC
5 21 (9.05%) CISA
6 19 (8.19%) Degree
7 18 (7.76%) SC Cleared
8 10 (4.31%) GIAC
9 8 (3.45%) GPEN
9 8 (3.45%) OSCP
10 7 (3.02%) CESG Certified Professional
10 7 (3.02%) CISMP
10 7 (3.02%) CREST Certified
11 6 (2.59%) PCI QSA
12 5 (2.16%) AWS Certification
13 4 (1.72%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (1.29%) CGEIT
14 3 (1.29%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.86%) CASP
15 2 (0.86%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (46.98%) NIST
2 91 (39.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (28.88%) Def Stans
4 44 (18.97%) GDPR
5 27 (11.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (10.78%) PCI DSS
7 19 (8.19%) NIST 800
8 18 (7.76%) NCSC
9 9 (3.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (3.45%) COBIT
10 8 (3.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 6 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (2.59%) ITGC
12 5 (2.16%) SOC 2
13 3 (1.29%) Data Quality
13 3 (1.29%) QA
13 3 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.86%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.86%) RMADS
14 2 (0.86%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (2.59%) Nessus
2 3 (1.29%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.43%) QRadar
3 1 (0.43%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 16 (6.90%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.31%) SAP
3 7 (3.02%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.59%) Qualys
5 3 (1.29%) Google
6 2 (0.86%) Oracle
6 2 (0.86%) Workday
7 1 (0.43%) Ariba
7 1 (0.43%) Concur
7 1 (0.43%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.43%) Facebook