GRC Contracts in Birmingham

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 47 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing GRC 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.57% - 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.48% - 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £444 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile £628 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £600 £775 £600
% change year-on-year -22.58% +29.17% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 67 108 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.84% 13.97% 12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 78 66
10th Percentile £300 £259 £263
25th Percentile £425 £264 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £419
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +4.48% -11.84%
75th Percentile £544 £538 £588
90th Percentile £620 £733 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 8
10th Percentile - £11.06 £10.96
25th Percentile - £12.30 £12.13
Median hourly rate £14.70 £13.50 £13.35
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +1.12% -33.25%
75th Percentile £29.00 £14.00 £20.85
90th Percentile £43.10 £55.00 £29.51
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.18 £14.00 £16.10
% change year-on-year +101.29% -13.04% -5.29%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for GRC in Birmingham

GRC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for GRC in Birmingham

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

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

Daily rate histogram for GRC in Birmingham

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Compliance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) ISMS
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Ariba
1 1 (33.33%) Qualys
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow