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GRC Analyst Career Market Report 2026

436 active jobs. 229 companies. Median salary $144K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

436
Active Job Openings
229
Companies Hiring
$144K
Median Salary (US)
84%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The GRC Analyst market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 84% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $144K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $86K to $194K.

Remote roles pay 25% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 43%

Project Management demand rose +9.8pp — fastest-growing skill

Devoteam leads hiring with 32 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Lead → Staff (+$36K, +24%)

Salary increase: +$36K · Sample: Lead → Staff

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 43% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior18$77K$120K$162K
Lead10$144K$154K$172K
Manager6$101K$182K$208K
Mid-Level4$91K$96K$235K
Junior3$60K$80K$110K
Staff3$159K$190K$201K

What jumps out

Lead → Staff: +$36K (24%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States29$145KUSD
Remote6$182KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site3.2%
Remote14.7%
Hybrid3.9%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
43%
CISSP
30%
AWS
26%
GDPR
23%
GCP
19%
ServiceNow
15%
Azure
14%
Python
10%
Project Management
10%
SAP
9%
Salesforce
7%
R
7%

Skills on the Rise

Project Management ↑+9.8ppAI/LLM ↑+9.7ppSalesforce ↑+6.8ppR ↑+6.8ppGDPR ↑+5.7pp

Declining in Demand

Risk Management ↓-45.2ppJournalism ↓-33.3ppAuditing ↓-26.7ppHIPAA ↓-13.2ppSOX Compliance ↓-11.6pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Devoteam327.3%
Workstreet92.1%
Soprasteria71.6%
brightvisiontechnologies71.6%
Vanta61.4%
Brex40.9%
Ag40.9%
Glia40.9%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States97
Remote45
Germany36
India28
France15
Saudi Arabia13
Canada11
Spain8

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree58.5%214
Master's Degree9.8%36
Bachelor's Degree6.3%23
MBA0.5%2

Certifications

CISSP (18%)CISA (17%)CISM (16%)MBA (1%)CompTIA Security+ (1%)CompTIA (1%)PRINCE2 (1%)

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