GRC Contracts in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GRC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GRC over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 426 500 610
Rank change year-on-year +74 +110 -52
Contract jobs citing GRC 112 155 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.31% 0.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.13% 2.30% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 111 138
10th Percentile £344 £425 £459
25th Percentile £478 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.13% +8.05%
75th Percentile £747 £706 £710
90th Percentile £899 £838 £804
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +100.00% -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - +100.00% -53.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,258 6,740 9,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.22% 13.35% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,343 4,585 6,397
10th Percentile £300 £276 £288
25th Percentile £408 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £524
Median % change year-on-year - +0.19% +10.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 206 260
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.94 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.05 £19.50 £16.50
Median hourly rate £22.04 £41.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.90% +50.91% +30.95%
75th Percentile £44.69 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £79.88 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.39%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in England

GRC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GRC in England.

Daily rate trend for GRC in England

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in England

GRC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GRC in England.

Hourly rate trend for GRC in England

GRC
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +84 74 £550 -4.35% 42
North of England +37 12 £550 -66.67% 9
South East +16 11 £575 -4.17% 14
North West +27 8 £550 -66.67% 3
Midlands +16 6 £775 +29.17% 9
West Midlands +19 5 £775 +29.17% 5
Yorkshire +25 4 £378 - 4
South West +10 4 £660 +10.00% 1
East of England +9 1 £475 -26.92% 5
East Midlands - 1 - - 4
GRC
UK

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.46%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.79%) Apache
3 1 (0.89%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.89%) IIS
3 1 (0.89%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.89%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.68%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (5.36%) SAP GRC
2 4 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.79%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.89%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.61%) Azure
2 9 (8.04%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (6.25%) AWS
5 6 (5.36%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.79%) GCP
7 2 (1.79%) IaaS
7 2 (1.79%) OCI
7 2 (1.79%) SaaS
8 1 (0.89%) Alation
8 1 (0.89%) Kong
8 1 (0.89%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.89%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.89%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.68%) Internet
2 2 (1.79%) Broadband
2 2 (1.79%) DNS
2 2 (1.79%) Network Security
2 2 (1.79%) SNMP
3 1 (0.89%) Firewall
3 1 (0.89%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.57%) SAP BW
2 2 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.89%) DB2
3 1 (0.89%) Metadata
3 1 (0.89%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.89%) Power BI
3 1 (0.89%) PowerCenter
3 1 (0.89%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 34 (30.36%) Finance
2 30 (26.79%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.25%) Banking
5 5 (4.46%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.57%) French Language
6 4 (3.57%) German Language
7 3 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.68%) Law
7 3 (2.68%) Legal
8 2 (1.79%) Automotive
8 2 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.79%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.79%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.79%) Retail
9 1 (0.89%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (25.89%) Consultant
2 22 (19.64%) Security Consultant
3 19 (16.96%) Lead
4 18 (16.07%) Analyst
5 12 (10.71%) Architect
6 11 (9.82%) Senior
7 7 (6.25%) Security Analyst
8 6 (5.36%) Governance Analyst
8 6 (5.36%) Information Security Consultant
8 6 (5.36%) Risk Analyst
8 6 (5.36%) Risk Manager
9 5 (4.46%) Administrator
9 5 (4.46%) Cloud Consultant
9 5 (4.46%) Cloud Security Consultant
9 5 (4.46%) Compliance Analyst
9 5 (4.46%) Senior Consultant
10 4 (3.57%) Developer
10 4 (3.57%) Enterprise Architect
10 4 (3.57%) Information Manager
10 4 (3.57%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.46%) SailPoint
2 4 (3.57%) CSS
3 3 (2.68%) HTML
3 3 (2.68%) LDAP
3 3 (2.68%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (2.68%) REST
3 3 (2.68%) SAP Business Workflow
3 3 (2.68%) Spring Boot
3 3 (2.68%) XML
4 2 (1.79%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.79%) Web Services
5 1 (0.89%) .NET
5 1 (0.89%) EJB
5 1 (0.89%) J2EE
5 1 (0.89%) JDBC
5 1 (0.89%) JSP
5 1 (0.89%) Kafka
5 1 (0.89%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.89%) Servlets
5 1 (0.89%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.61%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.36%) CMDB
2 6 (5.36%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.46%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.46%) IoT
4 4 (3.57%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.68%) NHS
6 2 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.79%) SCADA
7 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.89%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.89%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.89%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.89%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.89%) Smart Energy
7 1 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (40.18%) Information Security
1 45 (40.18%) Risk Management
2 41 (36.61%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (18.75%) Cloud Security
4 14 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 14 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
5 13 (11.61%) Agile
6 12 (10.71%) Security Management
6 12 (10.71%) Workflow
7 11 (9.82%) Roadmaps
8 10 (8.93%) Data Protection
9 9 (8.04%) Incident Response
9 9 (8.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (7.14%) ERP
10 8 (7.14%) SIEM
11 7 (6.25%) Computer Science
11 7 (6.25%) Mentoring
11 7 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (6.25%) Security Operations
12 6 (5.36%) Compliance Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.46%) JavaScript
1 5 (4.46%) SQL
2 4 (3.57%) Java
3 1 (0.89%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.89%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (19.64%) CISSP
2 18 (16.07%) CISM
3 17 (15.18%) Degree
4 13 (11.61%) CRISC
5 12 (10.71%) CISA
6 11 (9.82%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (8.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (6.25%) CISMP
9 6 (5.36%) SC Cleared
9 6 (5.36%) Security Cleared
10 5 (4.46%) CCSP
11 4 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (2.68%) CCNP
13 2 (1.79%) CCSK
13 2 (1.79%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.89%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.89%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.89%) PMP
14 1 (0.89%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (36.61%) NIST
2 40 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (10.71%) COBIT
4 11 (9.82%) PCI DSS
5 9 (8.04%) GDPR
6 7 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (4.46%) Data Quality
7 5 (4.46%) NCSC
8 4 (3.57%) ISO 9001
9 3 (2.68%) HIPAA
9 3 (2.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (2.68%) ITGC
10 2 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.79%) QA
11 1 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.89%) COSO
11 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.89%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.79%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 13 (11.61%) ServiceNow
2 11 (9.82%) SAP
3 10 (8.93%) Microsoft
4 6 (5.36%) Oracle
5 5 (4.46%) Darktrace
6 3 (2.68%) Splunk
7 2 (1.79%) Cisco
7 2 (1.79%) Cognos
7 2 (1.79%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.79%) Google
7 2 (1.79%) IBM
7 2 (1.79%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.89%) Cadence
8 1 (0.89%) Concur
8 1 (0.89%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.89%) Informatica
8 1 (0.89%) Okta
8 1 (0.89%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.89%) Symantec
8 1 (0.89%) Workday