GRC Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 52 59
Rank change year-on-year -14 +7 -
Contract jobs citing GRC 9 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.01% 0.67% 0.54%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.47% 4.35% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile £340 £320 -
25th Percentile £363 £500 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £600 £503
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +19.40% -
75th Percentile £516 - £516
90th Percentile £589 - -
England median daily rate £525 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -8.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 139 92 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 15.67% 15.46% 9.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 52 49
10th Percentile £325 £203 £240
25th Percentile £371 £299 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £385 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.69% -9.41% -
75th Percentile £505 £500 £505
90th Percentile £638 £600 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £19.55 £16.69 £10.76
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.34 £10.77
Median hourly rate £20.67 £31.76 £17.95
Median % change year-on-year -34.93% +76.99% -8.75%
75th Percentile £23.37 £43.38 £20.51
90th Percentile £27.95 £50.35 £28.15
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.11 £35.95
% change year-on-year -16.46% -16.26% +59.88%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

GRC job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GRC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GRC

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the East Midlands

GRC
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
Northamptonshire -15 3 £400 +33.33%
Leicestershire - 3 - - 2
Nottinghamshire -6 2 £625 +4.17%
Derbyshire - 1 - -
GRC
England

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Security Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Information Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Transformation Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 3 (33.33%) Information Security
2 3 (33.33%) Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Data Discovery
3 2 (22.22%) Data Privacy
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security Management
3 2 (22.22%) ISMS
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Security Management
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) Document Management
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GDPR
2 3 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow