GRC Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 293 340
Rank change year-on-year +50 +47 +60
Contract jobs citing GRC 196 73 57
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.99% 0.54% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.41% 3.24% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 50 35
10th Percentile £410 £502 £426
25th Percentile £500 £527 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £635 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.65% +10.43% -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £719
90th Percentile £800 £739 £885
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -1.40% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,620 2,256 2,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.33% 16.68% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,434 1,498 1,669
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £637 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £758 £795
England median daily rate £509 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +1.85% -4.31% -2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 34 58
10th Percentile £19.87 £22.75 £12.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.15 £17.56
Median hourly rate £28.55 £34.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -17.25% +44.96% -27.79%
75th Percentile £41.92 £47.88 £38.06
90th Percentile £62.35 £62.53 £52.73
England median hourly rate £36.07 £31.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year +13.57% +27.04% -41.18%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

GRC job vacancy trend in London

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GRC

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in London over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in London

GRC
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GRC

GRC
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the London region over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. 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
Central London +10 25 £525 -19.23% 10
West London -13 2 £500 +42.86% 5
East London 0 1 £590 +0.85% 2
North London - 1 £400 -
GRC
England

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 9 (4.59%) SAS
2 5 (2.55%) IIS
3 4 (2.04%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.02%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.06%) SAP GRC
1 6 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.51%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 39 (19.90%) Azure
2 31 (15.82%) AWS
3 13 (6.63%) GCP
4 8 (4.08%) SaaS
5 6 (3.06%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.53%) GitHub
7 3 (1.53%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.02%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.02%) Google Gemini
8 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.02%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.02%) Serverless
8 2 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.51%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.55%) HTTPS
1 5 (2.55%) Network Security
2 2 (1.02%) Firewall
2 2 (1.02%) NGFW
3 1 (0.51%) Internet
3 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.51%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.53%) SAP BW
2 2 (1.02%) Metadata
3 1 (0.51%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.51%) Power BI
3 1 (0.51%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (4.08%) JIRA
2 3 (1.53%) Git
3 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.51%) GitLab
General
1 61 (31.12%) Social Skills
2 56 (28.57%) Finance
3 26 (13.27%) Legal
4 17 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.63%) Telecoms
6 11 (5.61%) Banking
6 11 (5.61%) Public Sector
7 10 (5.10%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.55%) Law
9 4 (2.04%) Marketing
10 3 (1.53%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.02%) Local Government
12 1 (0.51%) Back Office
12 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.51%) Military
12 1 (0.51%) Retail
12 1 (0.51%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (15.31%) Architect
2 21 (10.71%) Analyst
3 19 (9.69%) Consultant
4 17 (8.67%) Lead
4 17 (8.67%) Senior
5 14 (7.14%) Project Manager
6 13 (6.63%) Security Consultant
6 13 (6.63%) Security Manager
7 9 (4.59%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 9 (4.59%) ServiceNow Architect
8 8 (4.08%) Security Specialist
9 7 (3.57%) Developer
9 7 (3.57%) Security Architect
10 6 (3.06%) Compliance Officer
10 6 (3.06%) Programme Manager
10 6 (3.06%) Risk Officer
10 6 (3.06%) SAP Consultant
10 6 (3.06%) SAP Security Consultant
10 6 (3.06%) Senior Consultant
11 5 (2.55%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.67%) REST
2 9 (4.59%) SOAP
3 6 (3.06%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.02%) ADO
4 2 (1.02%) JSON
4 2 (1.02%) LDAP
4 2 (1.02%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.02%) Web Services
4 2 (1.02%) XML
5 1 (0.51%) CSS
5 1 (0.51%) Django
5 1 (0.51%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.51%) Flask
5 1 (0.51%) HTML
5 1 (0.51%) Jest
5 1 (0.51%) Kafka
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.51%) Playwright
5 1 (0.51%) React
5 1 (0.51%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.16%) Onboarding
2 13 (6.63%) CMDB
2 13 (6.63%) Security Posture
3 8 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.06%) Operational Technology
5 6 (3.06%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.55%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.04%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.04%) IoT
7 4 (2.04%) PropTech
7 4 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.53%) FMCG
9 2 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.02%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.02%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.02%) IBM Mainframe
9 2 (1.02%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.08%) Windows
2 2 (1.02%) Linux
3 1 (0.51%) AIX
3 1 (0.51%) HPUX
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.51%) Solaris
3 1 (0.51%) SUSE
3 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (33.67%) Risk Management
2 64 (32.65%) Cybersecurity
3 57 (29.08%) Information Security
4 48 (24.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (18.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 35 (17.86%) Agile
6 35 (17.86%) Roadmaps
7 27 (13.78%) Security Operations
8 24 (12.24%) Regulatory Compliance
9 23 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (11.22%) Incident Response
11 21 (10.71%) Risk Register
12 20 (10.20%) Cloud Security
12 20 (10.20%) Data Protection
13 18 (9.18%) AI
13 18 (9.18%) Enterprise Architecture
13 18 (9.18%) Vulnerability Management
14 16 (8.16%) Service Delivery
15 15 (7.65%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.10%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.02%) Python
3 1 (0.51%) Bicep
3 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.51%) Java
3 1 (0.51%) Korn
3 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (18.37%) Security Cleared
2 29 (14.80%) CISSP
3 25 (12.76%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.16%) Degree
5 14 (7.14%) CISM
5 14 (7.14%) CRISC
6 13 (6.63%) CISA
7 9 (4.59%) DV Cleared
8 8 (4.08%) PMI Certification
9 7 (3.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 7 (3.57%) PMP
10 6 (3.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (2.55%) CSSLP
11 5 (2.55%) OSCP
11 5 (2.55%) SANS
12 4 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (2.04%) RIBA
13 3 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.53%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (29.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (25.00%) NIST
3 20 (10.20%) GDPR
4 17 (8.67%) PCI DSS
5 13 (6.63%) SOC 2
6 10 (5.10%) COBIT
7 7 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (3.57%) ITGC
7 7 (3.57%) QA
7 7 (3.57%) SLA
8 6 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (2.55%) HIPAA
9 5 (2.55%) NCSC
9 5 (2.55%) NIST 800
10 4 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.53%) Data Quality
11 3 (1.53%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (1.53%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.53%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.53%) IAG
2 1 (0.51%) Docker
2 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.04%) RSA Archer
2 2 (1.02%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.51%) Grafana
3 1 (0.51%) QRadar
3 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (17.86%) ServiceNow
2 19 (9.69%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.14%) Oracle
4 7 (3.57%) SAP
5 5 (2.55%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.53%) Ericsson
6 3 (1.53%) Nokia
6 3 (1.53%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.02%) Google
7 2 (1.02%) IBM
7 2 (1.02%) Okta
7 2 (1.02%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.02%) Rapid7
7 2 (1.02%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.02%) Snow
7 2 (1.02%) Tenable
8 1 (0.51%) Carbon Black
8 1 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.51%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.51%) Zscaler