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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 395 421
Rank change year-on-year +20 +26 +178
Contract jobs citing GRC 168 127 157
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.41% 0.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.21% 3.13% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 72 109
10th Percentile £358 £400 £360
25th Percentile £425 £500 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £584 £716 £688
90th Percentile £675 £945 £1,050
UK median daily rate £515 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -12.34% +6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £33.50 - £50.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £58.97 - -
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 5,234 4,056 5,657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.58% 13.02% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,391 2,370 3,795
10th Percentile £308 £290 £321
25th Percentile £402 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -6.48% +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 266 172 237
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.25 £15.13
25th Percentile £17.58 £16.17 £20.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.67 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -22.21% +51.62%
75th Percentile £62.55 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.17
UK median hourly rate £27.53 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +0.11% -26.67% +44.23%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +28 81 £525 -25.00% 150
North of England -19 20 £450 -11.76% 52
Midlands -22 20 £400 -20.00% 17
South West +16 17 £600 -25.00% 11
South East -11 16 £515 +3.00% 168
East Midlands -7 15 £400 - 5
North West -12 12 £438 +4.17% 42
East of England -12 8 £525 -12.50% 11
Yorkshire -26 7 £500 -20.00% 9
West Midlands -31 5 £663 +32.50% 12
North East - 1 £600 - 1
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 4 (2.38%) Confluence
2 2 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.19%) Trello
4 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.17%) SAP GRC
1 7 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.60%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.60%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.60%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 19 (11.31%) Azure
2 18 (10.71%) AWS
3 11 (6.55%) GCP
3 11 (6.55%) Miro
4 9 (5.36%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.38%) GitHub
6 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (1.79%) SaaS
7 2 (1.19%) Akamai
7 2 (1.19%) Asana
7 2 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.60%) IaaS
8 1 (0.60%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.60%) PaaS
8 1 (0.60%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.14%) Network Security
2 11 (6.55%) Firewall
3 2 (1.19%) DMZ
3 2 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.19%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.19%) SSH
3 2 (1.19%) Telnet
3 2 (1.19%) VLAN
3 2 (1.19%) WAN
4 1 (0.60%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.60%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.36%) Power BI
2 5 (2.98%) Tableau
3 2 (1.19%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.60%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.60%) Metadata
4 1 (0.60%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) Burp Suite
General
1 77 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 40 (23.81%) Finance
3 18 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 17 (10.12%) Banking
5 15 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (7.14%) Legal
6 12 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (4.76%) Retail
8 8 (4.76%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.38%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.19%) Police
12 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.60%) Billing
12 1 (0.60%) Games
12 1 (0.60%) Law
12 1 (0.60%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 59 (35.12%) Analyst
2 23 (13.69%) Architect
3 22 (13.10%) Consultant
3 22 (13.10%) Security Analyst
4 18 (10.71%) Lead
5 15 (8.93%) Business Analyst
5 15 (8.93%) Risk Analyst
6 13 (7.74%) Information Analyst
6 13 (7.74%) Information Security Analyst
6 13 (7.74%) Senior
7 10 (5.95%) Information Security Advisor
7 10 (5.95%) Security Advisor
8 9 (5.36%) Governance Analyst
8 9 (5.36%) Project Manager
9 8 (4.76%) Security Architect
9 8 (4.76%) Security Consultant
9 8 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.17%) ServiceNow Architect
11 6 (3.57%) Compliance Analyst
11 6 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.98%) REST
2 4 (2.38%) SOAP
3 3 (1.79%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.19%) Web Services
5 1 (0.60%) IDoc
5 1 (0.60%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.69%) Security Posture
2 19 (11.31%) Product Ownership
3 17 (10.12%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.57%) CMDB
5 5 (2.98%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.38%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.79%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.19%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.19%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.19%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.19%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.60%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.60%) PropTech
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (43.45%) Risk Management
2 55 (32.74%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (30.95%) Information Security
4 46 (27.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 26 (15.48%) Agile
7 23 (13.69%) Data Protection
7 23 (13.69%) ITSM
7 23 (13.69%) Roadmaps
8 22 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (11.90%) Computer Science
9 20 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (10.71%) Decision-Making
10 18 (10.71%) ITIL
11 17 (10.12%) Incident Response
11 17 (10.12%) Security Operations
11 17 (10.12%) Vulnerability Management
12 16 (9.52%) Cloud Security
12 16 (9.52%) Translating Business Requirements
13 15 (8.93%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.79%) SQL
3 2 (1.19%) Python
4 1 (0.60%) ABAP
4 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (17.26%) Security Cleared
2 27 (16.07%) SC Cleared
3 25 (14.88%) Degree
4 20 (11.90%) Master's Degree
5 17 (10.12%) CISM
5 17 (10.12%) CISSP
6 13 (7.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 11 (6.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (5.95%) CRISC
10 8 (4.76%) CISA
11 7 (4.17%) FFIEC
12 3 (1.79%) CEH
12 3 (1.79%) CISMP
13 2 (1.19%) CESG Certified Professional
13 2 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (1.19%) OSCP
13 2 (1.19%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (27.38%) NIST
3 19 (11.31%) GDPR
4 17 (10.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (7.74%) PCI DSS
6 10 (5.95%) Def Stans
7 9 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (3.57%) NCSC
9 5 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (2.38%) HIPAA
11 3 (1.79%) COBIT
11 3 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.79%) ITGC
11 3 (1.79%) QA
11 3 (1.79%) SOC 2
12 2 (1.19%) Data Quality
12 2 (1.19%) MiFID
12 2 (1.19%) PMO
12 2 (1.19%) SLA
13 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.19%) Firmware
2 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (5.36%) RSA Archer
2 4 (2.38%) Terraform
3 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.60%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 28 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 13 (7.74%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.55%) SAP
4 9 (5.36%) Google
5 3 (1.79%) Qualys
5 3 (1.79%) Tenable
6 2 (1.19%) F5
6 2 (1.19%) OneTrust
6 2 (1.19%) Oracle
6 2 (1.19%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.60%) Commvault
7 1 (0.60%) Concur
7 1 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.60%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.60%) IBM
7 1 (0.60%) Intel
7 1 (0.60%) Progress
7 1 (0.60%) Splunk
7 1 (0.60%) Veeam
7 1 (0.60%) Zscaler