GRC Contracts in the UK excluding London

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 391 450
Rank change year-on-year +32 +59 -33
Contract jobs citing GRC 37 56 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.24% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.22% 1.61% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 40 53
10th Percentile £378 £463 £424
25th Percentile £506 £594 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% +9.09% +20.55%
75th Percentile £734 £659 £638
90th Percentile £813 £800 £770
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,034 3,482 4,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.81% 14.84% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,787 2,340 3,050
10th Percentile £250 £220 £203
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +6.50% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £571
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 188 193
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.67 £11.39
25th Percentile £12.66 £17.72 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.06 £31.89 £21.04
Median % change year-on-year -43.37% +51.54% -0.05%
75th Percentile £45.00 £59.46 £44.69
90th Percentile £68.00 £77.50 £64.19
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +26.13% +31.99%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +34 12 £550 -66.67% 12
South East +21 12 £575 -2.13% 12
North West +19 8 £550 -66.67% 4
Midlands +23 6 £775 +29.17% 8
West Midlands +9 5 £775 +29.17% 4
Yorkshire +21 4 £378 - 4
South West +10 4 £660 +10.00% 1
Scotland +39 2 £595 -6.67%
East of England +8 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 - - 4
GRC
UK

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.41%) SAP GRC
3 1 (2.70%) SAP BPC
3 1 (2.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
2 2 (5.41%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.70%) AWS
3 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.70%) GCP
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) Network Security
2 1 (2.70%) Broadband
2 1 (2.70%) Firewall
2 1 (2.70%) Internet
2 1 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
3 4 (10.81%) French Language
3 4 (10.81%) German Language
4 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.11%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.41%) Automotive
5 2 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Legal
5 2 (5.41%) Retail
6 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Consultant
2 10 (27.03%) Security Consultant
3 9 (24.32%) Lead
4 6 (16.22%) Analyst
4 6 (16.22%) Senior
5 4 (10.81%) Cloud Consultant
5 4 (10.81%) Cloud Security Consultant
5 4 (10.81%) Risk Manager
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Consultant
6 3 (8.11%) Architect
6 3 (8.11%) Risk Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) Business Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Information Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Information Risk Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Information Security Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Information Security Risk Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Lead Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Security Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) SAP Business Workflow
2 1 (2.70%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.70%) CSS
2 1 (2.70%) HTML
2 1 (2.70%) LDAP
2 1 (2.70%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (5.41%) Operational Technology
2 2 (5.41%) SCADA
3 1 (2.70%) CMDB
3 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.70%) IoT
3 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.70%) Smart Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) Risk Management
2 15 (40.54%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (40.54%) Information Security
3 9 (24.32%) Business Continuity
3 9 (24.32%) Cloud Security
4 7 (18.92%) Agile
4 7 (18.92%) Workflow
5 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (10.81%) ERP
5 4 (10.81%) Records Management
5 4 (10.81%) Remediation Plan
5 4 (10.81%) SAP Security
6 3 (8.11%) Change Management
6 3 (8.11%) Compliance Management
6 3 (8.11%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (8.11%) Incident Response
6 3 (8.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 3 (8.11%) OWASP
6 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (8.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) CISSP
2 10 (27.03%) CRISC
3 9 (24.32%) CISM
4 8 (21.62%) CISA
4 8 (21.62%) Degree
5 7 (18.92%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (16.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (16.22%) CISMP
7 2 (5.41%) CCSP
7 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
7 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
8 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.70%) CCNP
8 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (45.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (35.14%) NIST
3 8 (21.62%) COBIT
4 6 (16.22%) PCI DSS
5 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
5 3 (8.11%) GDPR
5 3 (8.11%) ITGC
6 2 (5.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (2.70%) COSO
7 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.70%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.70%) QA
7 1 (2.70%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) SAP
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.70%) Concur
3 1 (2.70%) Darktrace
3 1 (2.70%) Google
3 1 (2.70%) OneTrust
3 1 (2.70%) Rapid7
3 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow