GRC Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 46 69
Rank change year-on-year -13 +23 -
Contract jobs citing GRC 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.52% 0.43% 0.40%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.65% 3.45% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - £584 £495
25th Percentile £244 £597 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £249 £638 £650
Median % change year-on-year -60.94% -1.92% -
75th Percentile £254 £672 £675
90th Percentile - £681 -
East of England median daily rate £525 £600 £563
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.61 - -
Median hourly rate £32.74 - -
75th Percentile £34.86 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £66.37 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 113 58 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 19.65% 12.55% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 34 57
10th Percentile £244 £284 £300
25th Percentile £388 £306 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £385 £500
Median % change year-on-year +34.68% -23.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £513 £688
90th Percentile £650 £634 £843
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 7 13
10th Percentile £16.45 £12.74 £25.65
25th Percentile £17.47 £13.71 £42.25
Median hourly rate £18.79 £15.73 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.42% -64.65% +154.29%
75th Percentile £19.91 £20.85 £46.75
90th Percentile £25.48 £25.00 £49.00
East of England median hourly rate £19.91 £25.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -20.36% -43.82% +154.29%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing GRC

GRC
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Watford - 3 £249 - 1
GRC
East of England

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS