GRC Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 50 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing GRC 11 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 1.56% 0.25% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.48% 1.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £378 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £317 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.85% - -
75th Percentile £551 - -
90th Percentile £653 - -
North West median daily rate £501 £496 £520
% change year-on-year +0.94% -4.62% -60.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 116 61 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 16.45% 15.06% 22.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 41 64
10th Percentile £354 £268 £298
25th Percentile £385 £317 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £496 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% -0.77% +17.65%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £550
90th Percentile £665 £640 £580
North West median daily rate £480 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +3.78% -7.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 11
10th Percentile - £21.05 £16.79
25th Percentile £81.25 £22.61 £17.72
Median hourly rate £82.50 £24.18 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year +241.19% -9.30% -23.83%
75th Percentile £83.75 £52.25 £43.75
90th Percentile - £76.10 -
North West median hourly rate £53.89 £24.59 £12.84
% change year-on-year +119.19% +91.47% -69.79%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Cheshire

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing GRC

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in Cheshire over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in Cheshire

GRC
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing GRC

GRC
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 March 2026. 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
Knutsford -21 11 £456 +43.85% 1
GRC
North West

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Banking
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Network Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Project Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Project Support Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Release Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Release Train Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Architect
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Manager
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) CMDB
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Risk Management
2 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (54.55%) Agile
3 6 (54.55%) PRINCE2
4 4 (36.36%) Analytics
4 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (36.36%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (27.27%) Information Security
5 3 (27.27%) Project Management
5 3 (27.27%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (18.18%) Information Security Management
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL
6 2 (18.18%) Scrum
6 2 (18.18%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) PMI Certification
1 7 (63.64%) PMP
2 6 (54.55%) Degree
3 3 (27.27%) CISA
3 3 (27.27%) CRISC
4 2 (18.18%) AWS Certification
4 2 (18.18%) Azure Certification
4 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (18.18%) CISM
4 2 (18.18%) CISSP
4 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) CEH
5 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (9.09%) GIAC
5 1 (9.09%) GSEC
5 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (45.45%) NIST
2 3 (27.27%) GDPR
3 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 2 (18.18%) P3O
3 2 (18.18%) PMO
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (9.09%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
2 1 (9.09%) OneTrust