GRC Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GRC 13 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.57% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £600 £800 -
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.50 - -
South West median hourly rate £33.50 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 175 100 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 21.11% 14.12% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 40 82
10th Percentile £324 £198 £364
25th Percentile £400 £286 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £446 £569
Median % change year-on-year +15.13% -21.54% +20.24%
75th Percentile £591 £631 £639
90th Percentile £664 £719 £688
South West median daily rate £524 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +4.80% -9.09% +5.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 22 21
10th Percentile £17.69 £61.25 -
25th Percentile £22.72 - £33.00
Median hourly rate £39.47 £65.00 £83.40
Median % change year-on-year -39.28% -22.06% +130.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.69 -
90th Percentile £70.50 £74.40 -
South West median hourly rate £39.47 £65.00 £73.31
% change year-on-year -39.28% -11.34% +89.55%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Bristol

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing GRC

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 11 (84.62%) Social Skills
2 10 (76.92%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Information Security Advisor
1 10 (76.92%) Security Advisor
2 3 (23.08%) Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Security Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Information Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) Security Posture
2 10 (76.92%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
2 10 (76.92%) Computer Science
2 10 (76.92%) Facilities Management
2 10 (76.92%) Information Security Governance
2 10 (76.92%) Internal Audit
2 10 (76.92%) Risk Management
3 1 (7.69%) Due Diligence
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (76.92%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (76.92%) Degree
2 10 (76.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 10 (76.92%) Master's Degree
2 10 (76.92%) SC Cleared
2 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) CISM
3 2 (15.38%) CISSP
3 2 (15.38%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) Def Stans
1 10 (76.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft