GRC Contracts in England

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 461 487
Rank change year-on-year +101 +26 +121
Contract jobs citing GRC 140 95 153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.25% 0.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.26% 1.89% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 68 115
10th Percentile £327 £397 £373
25th Percentile £440 £455 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £664 £691 £732
90th Percentile £725 £835 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £37.49 - -
25th Percentile £47.81 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile £82.50 - -
90th Percentile £93.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +100.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,296 5,037 6,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.46% 13.48% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,777 3,164 4,347
10th Percentile £270 £300 £312
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £761
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 378 231
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £20.69 £13.27 £20.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £24.31 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.66% -42.81% +63.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.96 £70.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £38.00
% change year-on-year +26.05% -37.37% +40.74%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in England

GRC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GRC in England.

Daily rate trend for GRC in England

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in England

GRC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GRC in England.

Hourly rate trend for GRC in England

GRC
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GRC in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for GRC in England

GRC
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the England region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
London +62 72 £640 +11.30% 468
Midlands +30 25 £400 -20.00% 38
East Midlands +15 16 £400 +3.43% 13
North of England +5 14 £409 -16.53% 84
North West +7 11 £359 -26.79% 53
South East +44 10 £536 -8.72% 101
West Midlands +12 9 £625 -7.37% 25
East of England +30 7 £550 - 38
South West +34 6 £416 -37.05% 49
North East - 2 £525 - 6
Yorkshire +1 1 £525 +13.15% 25
GRC
UK

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.71%) Camtasia
2 1 (0.71%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (9.29%) SAP GRC
2 12 (8.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.43%) SAP BPC
3 2 (1.43%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.43%) SAP ECC
3 2 (1.43%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.43%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.43%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.86%) Azure
2 13 (9.29%) AWS
3 7 (5.00%) GCP
4 6 (4.29%) SaaS
5 4 (2.86%) Akamai
5 4 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (2.14%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.43%) Miro
8 1 (0.71%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.71%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.71%) IaaS
8 1 (0.71%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.29%) Network Security
2 11 (7.86%) Firewall
3 5 (3.57%) SD-WAN
3 5 (3.57%) WAN
4 4 (2.86%) DNS
5 2 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.71%) DMZ
6 1 (0.71%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.71%) SNMP
6 1 (0.71%) SSH
6 1 (0.71%) Telnet
6 1 (0.71%) VLAN
6 1 (0.71%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.86%) SAP BW
2 3 (2.14%) Power BI
2 3 (2.14%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.43%) Tableau
4 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (0.71%) JIRA
General
1 57 (40.71%) Social Skills
2 31 (22.14%) Finance
3 16 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (10.00%) Banking
5 13 (9.29%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.86%) Legal
7 9 (6.43%) Retail
8 7 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (4.29%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.43%) Military
13 1 (0.71%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.71%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.71%) Games
13 1 (0.71%) International Banking
13 1 (0.71%) Law
13 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.71%) Marketing
13 1 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (26.43%) Analyst
2 26 (18.57%) Architect
2 26 (18.57%) Consultant
3 20 (14.29%) Security Architect
4 16 (11.43%) Security Analyst
5 13 (9.29%) Security Consultant
6 12 (8.57%) Information Analyst
6 12 (8.57%) Information Security Analyst
6 12 (8.57%) Lead
6 12 (8.57%) Senior
7 10 (7.14%) Risk Analyst
8 9 (6.43%) Governance Analyst
9 8 (5.71%) Business Analyst
9 8 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
11 5 (3.57%) IT Consultant
11 5 (3.57%) SAP Security Consultant
11 5 (3.57%) Senior Architect
11 5 (3.57%) Senior Security Architect
12 4 (2.86%) Security Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.43%) SailPoint
2 3 (2.14%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.71%) OAuth
3 1 (0.71%) REST
3 1 (0.71%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.29%) Product Ownership
2 11 (7.86%) Security Posture
3 10 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.86%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.14%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.14%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.14%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.43%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.43%) Insider Threat
7 2 (1.43%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.43%) Shadow IT
8 1 (0.71%) Animation
8 1 (0.71%) Blog
8 1 (0.71%) CMDB
8 1 (0.71%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (40.71%) Risk Management
2 47 (33.57%) Cybersecurity
3 40 (28.57%) Information Security
4 24 (17.14%) Agile
4 24 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (14.29%) Incident Response
7 18 (12.86%) Roadmaps
8 17 (12.14%) Data Protection
9 16 (11.43%) ITSM
9 16 (11.43%) Security Operations
9 16 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (10.71%) Business Continuity
10 15 (10.71%) Security Architecture
11 14 (10.00%) Cloud Security
11 14 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
12 13 (9.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (9.29%) DevSecOps
12 13 (9.29%) Translating Business Requirements
12 13 (9.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.86%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (1.43%) SQL
3 1 (0.71%) ABAP
3 1 (0.71%) Java
3 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (15.00%) CISSP
2 17 (12.14%) CISM
3 15 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 14 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 13 (9.29%) Degree
6 11 (7.86%) CRISC
7 9 (6.43%) CISA
8 5 (3.57%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (2.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (2.14%) CEH
10 3 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.43%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.43%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.71%) CCSP
12 1 (0.71%) CESG Certified Professional
12 1 (0.71%) CISMP
12 1 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (28.57%) NIST
2 35 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (14.29%) GDPR
4 9 (6.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (6.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (4.29%) NCSC
5 6 (4.29%) NIST 800
5 6 (4.29%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 4 (2.86%) SOC 2
7 3 (2.14%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.43%) COBIT
8 2 (1.43%) ITGC
8 2 (1.43%) JSP 440
8 2 (1.43%) PMO
8 2 (1.43%) SOX 404
9 1 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.71%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 3 (2.14%) IAG
1 3 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.71%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.43%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.71%) Nessus
2 1 (0.71%) OPNET
Vendors
1 25 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 18 (12.86%) SAP
4 7 (5.00%) Qualys
5 5 (3.57%) Ariba
5 5 (3.57%) Google
5 5 (3.57%) IBM
6 4 (2.86%) F5
6 4 (2.86%) OneTrust
7 3 (2.14%) Concur
8 2 (1.43%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.43%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.71%) Cisco
9 1 (0.71%) Cognos
9 1 (0.71%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.71%) Intel
9 1 (0.71%) Okta
9 1 (0.71%) Oracle
9 1 (0.71%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.71%) Splunk