GRC Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 64 72
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 +43
Contract jobs citing GRC 7 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.97% 0.48% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.09% 2.10% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £324 £453 -
25th Percentile £350 £458 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £465 £595
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% -21.85% -
75th Percentile £533 £473 -
90th Percentile £629 £477 -
Scotland median daily rate £475 £460 £595
% change year-on-year +3.26% -22.69% -6.67%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 171 143 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 23.72% 22.77% 25.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 89 130
10th Percentile £193 £186 £219
25th Percentile £369 £335 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £464
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -2.96% -3.39%
75th Percentile £575 £534 £568
90th Percentile £683 £625 £651
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 11
10th Percentile £22.54 £20.88 £17.72
25th Percentile £50.00 £24.38 £18.14
Median hourly rate £52.50 £27.35 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year +91.96% +42.67% -63.49%
75th Percentile £66.50 £38.79 £60.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £57.51 -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £27.35 £18.27
% change year-on-year +82.82% +49.70% -47.41%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing GRC

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in Edinburgh

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) SAP GRC
1 4 (57.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (14.29%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SAP BW
1 1 (14.29%) SAP HANA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Configuration Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Financial Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) SAP HANA Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) SAP Security
2 3 (42.86%) Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) RBAC
2 3 (42.86%) System Integration Testing
2 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) AI
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) IAG
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle