GRC Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GRC 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.21% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.81% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £573
% change year-on-year +5.00% -12.66% -8.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £36.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £36.00 - £50.00

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 86 80 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 20.82% 21.45% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 56 53
10th Percentile £173 £213 £138
25th Percentile £300 £338 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £510 £618 £743
90th Percentile £538 £713 £1,150
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +11.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 4
10th Percentile £12.25 £12.64 £25.80
25th Percentile £13.69 £13.61 £28.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £16.19 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +122.36% -46.03% +130.77%
75th Percentile - £26.95 -
90th Percentile - £32.83 -
South East median hourly rate £36.00 £50.00 £52.81
% change year-on-year -28.00% -5.32% +151.46%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing GRC

GRC
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Milton Keynes - 5 £500 - 4
GRC
South East

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Information Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Information Security Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) ISMS
3 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISA
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (40.00%) GDPR
3 2 (40.00%) NIST
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft