GRC Contracts in the East Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 25 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 64 84
Rank change year-on-year +11 +20 +6
Contract jobs citing GRC 8 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.37% 0.13% 0.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.42% 1.14% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £245 - £464
25th Percentile £313 - £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £354 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.00%
75th Percentile £431 - £516
90th Percentile £488 - £521
England median daily rate £600 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +2.13%

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 95 88 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 16.24% 11.22% 10.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 59 74
10th Percentile £170 £200 £199
25th Percentile £329 £259 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £443 £431
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% +2.72% +10.93%
75th Percentile £475 £595 £558
90th Percentile £524 £623 £638
England median daily rate £509 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.10% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 4
10th Percentile £16.35 £9.95 £27.50
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.75 £38.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.15% -58.70% +232.32%
75th Percentile £31.76 £26.15 £66.25
90th Percentile £34.92 £34.48 £68.50
England median hourly rate £34.50 £23.00 £38.46
% change year-on-year +50.00% -40.20% +34.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GRC in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for GRC in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 25 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the East Midlands

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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 25 May 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 - 6 £354 - 12
Leicestershire - 2 - - 4
GRC
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Governance Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Security Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Compliance Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Information Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Information Governance Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Information Risk Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Security Compliance Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Security Risk Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Governance Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Assurance Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Information Security
3 3 (37.50%) ITSM
3 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Ticket Management
4 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Change
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISM
1 3 (37.50%) CISSP
1 3 (37.50%) CRISC
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft