GRC Contract Job Trends in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 382 415
Rank change year-on-year -1 +33 +180
Contract jobs citing GRC 169 134 155
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.43% 0.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.18% 3.21% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 77 105
10th Percentile £363 £397 £351
25th Percentile £425 £500 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £713 £725
90th Percentile £675 £920 £1,050
UK median daily rate £515 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £33.50 - £50.00
75th Percentile £35.43 - -
90th Percentile £36.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £33.50 - £50.00

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 5,321 4,171 5,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.59% 13.40% 14.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,443 2,423 3,756
10th Percentile £312 £290 £320
25th Percentile £404 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 183 228
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.26 £14.46
25th Percentile £17.69 £16.24 £20.51
Median hourly rate £26.11 £29.00 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.97% -25.64% +73.33%
75th Percentile £60.31 £63.59 £67.63
90th Percentile £80.60 £70.00 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £25.63 £26.75 £36.00
% change year-on-year -4.19% -25.69% +59.34%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GRC job vacancy trend in England

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GRC

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in England over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in England

GRC
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GRC

GRC
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GRC in England over the 6 months to 24 November 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 24 November 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 +2 84 £525 -22.22% 34
South East -7 23 £522 +4.30% 38
South West +23 17 £600 -25.00% 3
Midlands -23 16 £400 -20.00% 7
North of England -29 16 £450 -25.00% 13
East Midlands -6 12 £400 - 2
East of England -14 8 £525 -12.50% 9
Yorkshire -26 8 £450 -28.00% 3
North West -21 7 £450 -11.76% 10
West Midlands -16 4 £663 +32.50% 5
North East - 1 £600 -
GRC
UK

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 6 (3.55%) Confluence
2 3 (1.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.78%) Trello
4 2 (1.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.73%) SAP GRC
2 7 (4.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.59%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.59%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.59%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 23 (13.61%) Azure
2 19 (11.24%) AWS
3 12 (7.10%) GCP
3 12 (7.10%) Miro
4 10 (5.92%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.96%) GitHub
5 5 (2.96%) SaaS
6 3 (1.78%) Asana
6 3 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.18%) Akamai
7 2 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.18%) IaaS
7 2 (1.18%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.18%) PaaS
7 2 (1.18%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.59%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.59%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.69%) Network Security
2 11 (6.51%) Firewall
3 3 (1.78%) DMZ
4 2 (1.18%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.18%) SSH
4 2 (1.18%) Telnet
4 2 (1.18%) VLAN
4 2 (1.18%) WAN
5 1 (0.59%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.59%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.92%) Power BI
2 6 (3.55%) Tableau
3 2 (1.18%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.59%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.59%) Metadata
4 1 (0.59%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.59%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (4.73%) JIRA
2 1 (0.59%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.59%) Git
General
1 77 (45.56%) Social Skills
2 37 (21.89%) Finance
3 19 (11.24%) Banking
3 19 (11.24%) Public Sector
4 17 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.28%) Legal
6 12 (7.10%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (5.33%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.96%) Retail
11 4 (2.37%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.78%) Law
13 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.18%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.18%) Police
14 1 (0.59%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.59%) Billing
14 1 (0.59%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 60 (35.50%) Analyst
2 23 (13.61%) Architect
2 23 (13.61%) Consultant
2 23 (13.61%) Security Analyst
3 19 (11.24%) Lead
4 15 (8.88%) Business Analyst
4 15 (8.88%) Information Analyst
4 15 (8.88%) Information Security Analyst
5 13 (7.69%) Senior
6 11 (6.51%) Risk Analyst
7 10 (5.92%) Information Security Advisor
7 10 (5.92%) Security Advisor
8 9 (5.33%) Project Manager
9 8 (4.73%) ServiceNow Architect
9 8 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.14%) Security Architect
11 6 (3.55%) Governance Analyst
11 6 (3.55%) Security Consultant
11 6 (3.55%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (2.96%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.14%) REST
2 5 (2.96%) SOAP
3 3 (1.78%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.18%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.18%) Web Services
5 1 (0.59%) .NET
5 1 (0.59%) IDoc
5 1 (0.59%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.59%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.20%) Security Posture
2 19 (11.24%) Product Ownership
3 18 (10.65%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.14%) CMDB
5 5 (2.96%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.37%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.78%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.18%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.18%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.18%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.18%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.18%) NHS
8 2 (1.18%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.18%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (45.56%) Risk Management
2 54 (31.95%) Information Security
3 53 (31.36%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (26.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (23.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 24 (14.20%) Agile
7 23 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (12.43%) Data Protection
8 21 (12.43%) Roadmaps
9 20 (11.83%) Cloud Security
9 20 (11.83%) Computer Science
9 20 (11.83%) ITSM
10 18 (10.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (10.65%) Decision-Making
11 17 (10.06%) Incident Response
11 17 (10.06%) ITIL
12 16 (9.47%) Security Operations
13 15 (8.88%) Project Management
13 15 (8.88%) Translating Business Requirements
14 14 (8.28%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.73%) JavaScript
2 4 (2.37%) SQL
3 3 (1.78%) Python
4 1 (0.59%) ABAP
4 1 (0.59%) Java
4 1 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.59%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (18.93%) Security Cleared
2 27 (15.98%) SC Cleared
3 25 (14.79%) Degree
4 22 (13.02%) CISSP
5 20 (11.83%) Master's Degree
6 19 (11.24%) CISM
7 13 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (7.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 11 (6.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (6.51%) CRISC
10 9 (5.33%) CISA
11 7 (4.14%) FFIEC
12 4 (2.37%) CEH
12 4 (2.37%) CISMP
13 3 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.78%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 3 (1.78%) OSCP
13 3 (1.78%) PMI Certification
14 2 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (34.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (26.63%) NIST
3 23 (13.61%) GDPR
4 18 (10.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (8.88%) PCI DSS
6 10 (5.92%) Def Stans
7 9 (5.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (5.33%) NCSC
8 7 (4.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 5 (2.96%) COBIT
10 3 (1.78%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.78%) ITGC
10 3 (1.78%) QA
11 2 (1.18%) Data Quality
11 2 (1.18%) MiFID
11 2 (1.18%) SLA
11 2 (1.18%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.59%) GxP
12 1 (0.59%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.18%) Firmware
2 1 (0.59%) Docker
2 1 (0.59%) IAG
2 1 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (5.92%) RSA Archer
2 5 (2.96%) Terraform
3 2 (1.18%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.59%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 28 (16.57%) ServiceNow
2 15 (8.88%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.10%) SAP
4 10 (5.92%) Google
5 3 (1.78%) Qualys
5 3 (1.78%) Tenable
6 2 (1.18%) F5
6 2 (1.18%) Oracle
6 2 (1.18%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.59%) Ariba
7 1 (0.59%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.59%) Commvault
7 1 (0.59%) Concur
7 1 (0.59%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.59%) IBM
7 1 (0.59%) Intel
7 1 (0.59%) Progress
7 1 (0.59%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.59%) Splunk
7 1 (0.59%) Veeam