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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 443 496
Rank change year-on-year +101 +53 +105
Contract jobs citing GRC 128 101 153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.28% 0.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.34% 1.98% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 76 116
10th Percentile £352 £389 £400
25th Percentile £498 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -2.08% +3.23%
75th Percentile £691 £738 £713
90th Percentile £746 £856 £838
UK median daily rate £555 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -5.13% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £70.00
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 3,834 5,109 6,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.08% 13.95% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,479 3,275 4,383
10th Percentile £263 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.86% -2.95% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 358 222
10th Percentile £17.40 £10.95 £15.21
25th Percentile £22.27 £13.05 £19.50
Median hourly rate £34.50 £22.75 £38.46
Median % change year-on-year +51.65% -40.85% +38.69%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.74 £69.22 £79.53
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +54.76% -40.00% +19.41%

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 28 May 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
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 28 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
London +60 74 £650 +13.04% 164
Midlands +28 19 £550 -29.03% 92
North of England +14 13 £405 -26.41% 118
North West +6 11 £359 -34.77% 58
South East +50 10 £613 +4.26% 185
West Midlands +12 10 £600 -22.58% 45
East Midlands +12 9 £379 - 42
South West +45 4 £416 -37.05% 67
East of England +31 3 £550 - 83
Yorkshire +7 1 £525 +13.15% 48
North East - 1 £450 - 13
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 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.78%) Camtasia
2 1 (0.78%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (10.16%) SAP GRC
1 13 (10.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.91%) SAP ERP
3 3 (2.34%) SAP MDG
4 2 (1.56%) SAP BPC
4 2 (1.56%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.56%) SAP ECC
4 2 (1.56%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.56%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 17 (13.28%) Azure
2 12 (9.38%) AWS
3 6 (4.69%) GCP
3 6 (4.69%) SaaS
4 4 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.56%) Akamai
6 2 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.56%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.78%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.78%) IaaS
7 1 (0.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.59%) Firewall
2 9 (7.03%) Network Security
3 4 (3.13%) DNS
3 4 (3.13%) SD-WAN
3 4 (3.13%) WAN
4 2 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.13%) SAP BW
2 3 (2.34%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.56%) Power BI
3 2 (1.56%) Tableau
General
1 57 (44.53%) Social Skills
2 32 (25.00%) Finance
3 16 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 15 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.38%) Banking
6 8 (6.25%) Legal
6 8 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.91%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.13%) Retail
9 3 (2.34%) Military
10 2 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.78%) International Banking
11 1 (0.78%) Law
11 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.78%) Marketing
11 1 (0.78%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (25.78%) Consultant
2 23 (17.97%) Architect
3 22 (17.19%) Analyst
4 19 (14.84%) Security Architect
5 18 (14.06%) Security Consultant
6 9 (7.03%) SAP Consultant
6 9 (7.03%) Security Analyst
7 8 (6.25%) Lead
7 8 (6.25%) Senior
8 7 (5.47%) Governance Analyst
8 7 (5.47%) Risk Analyst
8 7 (5.47%) SAP Security Consultant
9 6 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (3.91%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.91%) Developer
10 5 (3.91%) Information Analyst
10 5 (3.91%) Information Security Analyst
10 5 (3.91%) IT Consultant
11 4 (3.13%) IT Manager
11 4 (3.13%) IT Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.47%) SailPoint
2 6 (4.69%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.78%) OAuth
3 1 (0.78%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.38%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.47%) Operational Technology
2 7 (5.47%) Security Posture
3 5 (3.91%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (3.91%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.34%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.56%) Insider Threat
6 2 (1.56%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.56%) Shadow IT
7 1 (0.78%) Blog
7 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.78%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.78%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.78%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (43.75%) Risk Management
2 44 (34.38%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (25.00%) Information Security
4 23 (17.97%) Agile
5 21 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (14.06%) Incident Response
8 15 (11.72%) Security Architecture
9 14 (10.94%) Cloud Security
9 14 (10.94%) Roadmaps
10 13 (10.16%) DevSecOps
10 13 (10.16%) Security Operations
11 11 (8.59%) Data Protection
11 11 (8.59%) Identity Access Management
11 11 (8.59%) ITSM
11 11 (8.59%) SAP Security
11 11 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (7.81%) Data Security
12 10 (7.81%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.34%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.78%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (17.97%) CISSP
1 23 (17.97%) Security Cleared
2 19 (14.84%) CISM
3 18 (14.06%) SC Cleared
4 13 (10.16%) CISA
5 12 (9.38%) CRISC
5 12 (9.38%) Degree
6 5 (3.91%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 4 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 3 (2.34%) CEH
9 2 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.78%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.78%) CGEIT
10 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.78%) CISMP
10 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.78%) PMP
10 1 (0.78%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (32.03%) NIST
2 36 (28.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (11.72%) GDPR
4 9 (7.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (4.69%) NIST 800
6 5 (3.91%) NCSC
6 5 (3.91%) PCI DSS
7 3 (2.34%) COBIT
7 3 (2.34%) HIPAA
7 3 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (2.34%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.56%) ITGC
8 2 (1.56%) JSP 440
8 2 (1.56%) PMO
8 2 (1.56%) SOX 404
9 1 (0.78%) Basel III
9 1 (0.78%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.78%) RMADS
System Software
1 3 (2.34%) IAG
1 3 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.56%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.78%) Nessus
2 1 (0.78%) OPNET
Vendors
1 21 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.63%) ServiceNow
3 18 (14.06%) SAP
4 6 (4.69%) Qualys
5 5 (3.91%) Ariba
5 5 (3.91%) IBM
6 4 (3.13%) OneTrust
7 3 (2.34%) Concur
8 2 (1.56%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.56%) F5
8 2 (1.56%) Google
9 1 (0.78%) Cisco
9 1 (0.78%) Cognos
9 1 (0.78%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.78%) Intel
9 1 (0.78%) Oracle
9 1 (0.78%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.78%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.78%) Splunk
9 1 (0.78%) Zscaler