GRC Contracts in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring GRC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GRC over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 338 393 482
Rank change year-on-year +55 +89 -57
Contract jobs citing GRC 61 89 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.35% 0.35% 0.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.51% 2.65% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 71 85
10th Percentile £446 £400 £450
25th Percentile £494 £516 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -2.13% +10.23%
75th Percentile £738 £726 £738
90th Percentile £928 £838 £816
England median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +8.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +100.00% -
England median hourly rate - £70.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - +100.00% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

GRC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,431 3,355 4,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.75% 13.34% 12.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,706 2,447 3,429
10th Percentile £350 £354 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £660
90th Percentile £800 £799 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 39 85
10th Percentile £13.29 £19.39 £20.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.24 £24.71
Median hourly rate £24.18 £26.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -41.57% +121.89%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.88 £49.25
90th Percentile £56.00 £80.50 £68.25
England median hourly rate £23.80 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -44.00% +54.55% +33.92%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GRC in London

GRC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for GRC in London

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in London

GRC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for GRC in London

GRC
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +27 10 £588 +2.17% 4
GRC
England

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.64%) Apache
2 1 (1.64%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) SAP GRC
2 1 (1.64%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.11%) Azure
2 6 (9.84%) AWS
3 3 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (4.92%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.92%) SaaS
4 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.28%) IaaS
4 2 (3.28%) OCI
5 1 (1.64%) Alation
5 1 (1.64%) GCP
5 1 (1.64%) Kong
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.64%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.28%) DNS
1 2 (3.28%) SNMP
2 1 (1.64%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.64%) Metadata
2 1 (1.64%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.64%) Power BI
2 1 (1.64%) PowerCenter
2 1 (1.64%) Tableau
General
1 22 (36.07%) Finance
2 16 (26.23%) Social Skills
3 9 (14.75%) Banking
4 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.92%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.28%) Legal
6 2 (3.28%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.64%) Law
7 1 (1.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (19.67%) Consultant
2 10 (16.39%) Analyst
3 9 (14.75%) Security Consultant
4 7 (11.48%) Architect
4 7 (11.48%) Governance Analyst
5 6 (9.84%) Risk Analyst
6 5 (8.20%) Lead
7 4 (6.56%) Developer
7 4 (6.56%) Head of Security
7 4 (6.56%) Senior
7 4 (6.56%) ServiceNow Developer
8 3 (4.92%) Compliance Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) Head of Compliance
8 3 (4.92%) Information Security Consultant
8 3 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) Senior Compliance Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) Senior Risk Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow Manager
9 2 (3.28%) Security Manager
9 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) CSS
1 3 (4.92%) REST
1 3 (4.92%) Spring Boot
2 2 (3.28%) HTML
2 2 (3.28%) XML
3 1 (1.64%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.64%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (1.64%) JDBC
3 1 (1.64%) Kafka
3 1 (1.64%) LDAP
3 1 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.64%) Spring
3 1 (1.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) CMDB
2 5 (8.20%) Security Posture
3 4 (6.56%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.92%) IoT
4 3 (4.92%) NHS
4 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.28%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.28%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.64%) BBC
6 1 (1.64%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.64%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.64%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (44.26%) Risk Management
2 23 (37.70%) Information Security
3 17 (27.87%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (14.75%) Security Management
5 8 (13.11%) Agile
6 7 (11.48%) Cloud Security
6 7 (11.48%) Data Protection
7 6 (9.84%) Mentoring
7 6 (9.84%) Migration
7 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (8.20%) Data Governance
8 5 (8.20%) DevOps
8 5 (8.20%) Due Diligence
8 5 (8.20%) Roadmaps
8 5 (8.20%) Security Operations
9 4 (6.56%) Cyber Resilience
9 4 (6.56%) Information Assurance
9 4 (6.56%) Process Improvement
9 4 (6.56%) Project Delivery
9 4 (6.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.56%) JavaScript
1 4 (6.56%) SQL
2 3 (4.92%) Java
3 1 (1.64%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.84%) CISSP
1 6 (9.84%) SC Cleared
1 6 (9.84%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.20%) CISM
3 4 (6.56%) Degree
4 3 (4.92%) CISA
5 2 (3.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (3.28%) CCNP
5 2 (3.28%) CCSK
5 2 (3.28%) CCSP
5 2 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.28%) CRISC
5 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.64%) CCA
6 1 (1.64%) CEH
6 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (27.87%) NIST
2 14 (22.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (13.11%) GDPR
4 5 (8.20%) NCSC
5 4 (6.56%) PCI DSS
6 3 (4.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
7 2 (3.28%) HIPAA
7 2 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (3.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (1.64%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (19.67%) ServiceNow
2 6 (9.84%) SAP
3 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.92%) Oracle
4 3 (4.92%) Splunk
5 2 (3.28%) Cisco
5 2 (3.28%) Cognos
5 2 (3.28%) IBM
6 1 (1.64%) Cadence
6 1 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.64%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.64%) Google
6 1 (1.64%) Informatica
6 1 (1.64%) Okta
6 1 (1.64%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.64%) Symantec
6 1 (1.64%) Talend
6 1 (1.64%) Varonis
6 1 (1.64%) Workday