GRC Contracts in Berkshire

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 116 111
Rank change year-on-year +33 -5 +17
Contract jobs citing GRC 10 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.85% 0.40% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.81% 2.31% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile - £111 -
25th Percentile £500 £215 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £522 £625
Median % change year-on-year +29.28% -16.46% +2.04%
75th Percentile £709 £750 £638
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 208 347 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.73% 17.49% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 168 128
10th Percentile £313 £245 £339
25th Percentile £450 £323 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £602
90th Percentile £684 £600 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 12
10th Percentile £43.00 £20.80 £18.50
25th Percentile £58.94 £24.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £61.50 £65.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% +217.07% -2.61%
75th Percentile £71.09 £70.18 £34.50
90th Percentile £89.00 £74.57 £70.73
South East median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +68.36% -11.29% +47.44%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for GRC in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for GRC in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +28 3 - - 6
Slough - 1 £500 - 5
Bracknell - 1 £500 -
GRC
South East

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) SAP GRC
1 4 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (30.00%) SAP ERP
2 3 (30.00%) SAP MDG
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Law
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Compliance Specialist
1 4 (40.00%) Consultant
1 4 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
1 4 (40.00%) SAP Security Consultant
1 4 (40.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Auditor
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security Auditor
2 1 (10.00%) SAP GRC Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Data Security
2 4 (40.00%) SAP Security
3 3 (30.00%) Application Security
3 3 (30.00%) Business Transformation
3 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (30.00%) Data Governance
3 3 (30.00%) ERP
3 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (30.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (10.00%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (10.00%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CISMP
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft