GRC Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 83 108
Rank change year-on-year -13 +25 +21
Contract jobs citing GRC 11 24 12
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.81% 1.49% 0.67%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.62% 12.06% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 8
10th Percentile £383 £485 £298
25th Percentile £409 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £325
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +53.85% -42.22%
75th Percentile £532 £511 £413
90th Percentile £538 £562 £611
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +3.00% -13.04% -8.00%

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 238 199 368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.60% 12.34% 20.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 76 175
10th Percentile £402 £363 £152
25th Percentile £450 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £631 £589 £591
90th Percentile £659 £691 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £525
% change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% +12.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 23
10th Percentile £18.22 - £18.59
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £24.75
Median hourly rate £19.44 £61.75 £56.06
Median % change year-on-year -68.53% +10.15% +166.95%
75th Percentile £81.00 £63.75 £73.92
90th Percentile £82.88 £64.73 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £18.23 £54.36 £52.10
% change year-on-year -66.46% +4.34% +126.52%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GRC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

GRC job vacancy trend in Berkshire

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GRC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GRC

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GRC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GRC

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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 14 November 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 +19 6 £470 -5.95% 5
Maidenhead - 2 - -
GRC
South East

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP GRC
2 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) GCP
2 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Data Lake
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
1 2 (18.18%) Tableau
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
1 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 2 (18.18%) Security Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Security Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) SAP MDM Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) REST
1 4 (36.36%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) CMDB
2 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
3 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (36.36%) IT Asset Management
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
3 4 (36.36%) ITSM
3 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
3 4 (36.36%) Scrum
3 4 (36.36%) Security Operations
3 4 (36.36%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (36.36%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (36.36%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (27.27%) Analytics
4 3 (27.27%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (27.27%) Master Data Management
4 3 (27.27%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
2 2 (18.18%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 1 (9.09%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
3 1 (9.09%) CISA
3 1 (9.09%) CISM
3 1 (9.09%) CISMP
3 1 (9.09%) CISSP
3 1 (9.09%) CRISC
3 1 (9.09%) SAP Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) COBIT
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
2 2 (18.18%) Google
2 2 (18.18%) SAP