GRC Jobs in the Thames Valley

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring GRC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GRC over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 216 266
Rank change year-on-year -14 +50 -59
Permanent jobs citing GRC 21 31 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.28% 0.56% 0.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.16% 2.71% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 24
10th Percentile - £52,500 £41,625
25th Percentile £43,750 £54,750 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -20.00% +30.43%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,563 £77,813
90th Percentile £74,682 £105,250 £78,750
South East median annual salary £50,500 £60,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -15.83% -17.24% +26.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 974 1,143 1,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.15% 20.52% 16.50%
Number of salaries quoted 534 467 647
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,900 £28,800
25th Percentile £34,813 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,976 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.96% -7.45% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +5.00%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the Thames Valley

GRC
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GRC in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for GRC in the Thames Valley

GRC
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GRC in the Thames Valley

GRC
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Berkshire -3 18 £70,910 +18.18% 1
Oxfordshire - 3 £47,500 - 1
GRC
South East

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) Network Security
2 1 (4.76%) Firewall
General
1 8 (38.10%) Finance
1 8 (38.10%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Security Assurance Manager
1 8 (38.10%) Security Manager
2 6 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 6 (28.57%) Head of Compliance
2 6 (28.57%) Head of Information
2 6 (28.57%) Head of Information Assurance
3 3 (14.29%) Information Officer
3 3 (14.29%) Information Security Officer
3 3 (14.29%) Lead
3 3 (14.29%) Security Officer
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Leader
4 2 (9.52%) Telecoms Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (28.57%) Cyber Defence
2 6 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (57.14%) Information Security
3 11 (52.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (42.86%) Application Security
4 9 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (38.10%) Computer Science
5 8 (38.10%) Content Development
5 8 (38.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (38.10%) DevSecOps
5 8 (38.10%) OWASP
5 8 (38.10%) Penetration Testing
5 8 (38.10%) Project Management
5 8 (38.10%) Purple Team
5 8 (38.10%) Red Team
5 8 (38.10%) Risk Management
5 8 (38.10%) Security Management
5 8 (38.10%) Security Operations
5 8 (38.10%) Software Engineering
6 6 (28.57%) Resource Management
6 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) CISM
1 8 (38.10%) CISSP
1 8 (38.10%) Degree
1 8 (38.10%) GIAC
1 8 (38.10%) GPEN
2 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (71.43%) NIST
2 12 (57.14%) NIST 800
3 9 (42.86%) GDPR
3 9 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (28.57%) NCSC
5 3 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (14.29%) PCI DSS
5 3 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (14.29%) SOC 2
6 2 (9.52%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (28.57%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Qualys
2 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.76%) SAP