GRC Contracts in the North West

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 150 171
Rank change year-on-year +23 +21 -32
Contract jobs citing GRC 8 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.29% 0.13% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.68% 0.85% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 9
10th Percentile £443 £1,130 £512
25th Percentile £495 £1,325 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £1,650 £588
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +180.85% +63.19%
75th Percentile £594 - £625
90th Percentile £600 - -
England median daily rate £575 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -4.17% +2.13% +9.30%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 477 469 546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 17.52% 14.79% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 294 394
10th Percentile £325 £289 £208
25th Percentile £425 £388 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +1.60% +3.89%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £588
90th Percentile £694 £650 £674
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 31 40
10th Percentile - £29.30 £11.22
25th Percentile £10.95 £30.54 £11.75
Median hourly rate £12.84 £42.50 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -69.79% +132.88% +17.74%
75th Percentile £26.66 £49.52 £35.86
90th Percentile £43.75 £80.00 £53.65
England median hourly rate £22.04 £40.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year -44.91% +46.79% +29.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GRC in the North West.

Daily rate trend for GRC in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GRC in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for GRC in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +21 7 £550 -66.67%
Lancashire +3 1 £400 -60.00%
GRC
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 2 (25.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Agile Delivery Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Risk Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Information Security
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Records Management
3 3 (37.50%) OWASP
4 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (25.00%) Co-Creation
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Contract Management
4 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (25.00%) Service Design
4 2 (25.00%) SIEM
4 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow
5 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
5 1 (12.50%) ISMS
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CISA
1 1 (12.50%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (37.50%) NIST
2 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Darktrace
1 1 (12.50%) Rapid7