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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 277 337
Rank change year-on-year +11 +60 +64
Contract jobs citing GRC 156 74 67
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.85% 0.61% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.67% 3.81% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 53 48
10th Percentile £400 £471 £340
25th Percentile £486 £540 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £563
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +15.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £725 £713 £725
90th Percentile £825 £783 £925
England median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate - £65.00 -

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 3,340 1,940 2,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.25% 16.06% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,251 1,291 1,738
10th Percentile £350 £320 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% -3.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £775 £800
England median daily rate £501 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.86% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 27 62
10th Percentile £19.84 £20.75 £12.70
25th Percentile £25.51 £22.51 £17.85
Median hourly rate £28.00 £34.50 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +42.68% -8.75%
75th Percentile £41.68 £47.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £65.50 £70.36 £57.13
England median hourly rate £33.12 £34.50 £22.75
% change year-on-year -4.00% +51.65% -42.29%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -6 17 £525 -18.60% 23
West London - 2 £500 - 1
East London -8 1 £590 +0.85% 1
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 3 (1.92%) IIS
1 3 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.56%) SAP GRC
1 4 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.64%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 31 (19.87%) Azure
2 23 (14.74%) AWS
3 11 (7.05%) GCP
4 6 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (3.85%) SaaS
5 4 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.28%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.28%) Serverless
7 2 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.64%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.64%) GitHub
8 1 (0.64%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.64%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.64%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.85%) Network Security
2 3 (1.92%) Firewall
2 3 (1.92%) HTTPS
2 3 (1.92%) NGFW
3 2 (1.28%) Internet
4 1 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.56%) Metadata
2 1 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.64%) Power BI
2 1 (0.64%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.64%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (3.85%) JIRA
2 2 (1.28%) Git
3 1 (0.64%) GitLab
General
1 62 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 50 (32.05%) Finance
3 23 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (14.74%) Legal
4 11 (7.05%) Banking
5 9 (5.77%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.13%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (4.49%) Law
7 7 (4.49%) Telecoms
8 5 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.21%) Marketing
9 3 (1.92%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.28%) Local Government
10 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.64%) Military
11 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Retail
11 1 (0.64%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (12.18%) Analyst
2 18 (11.54%) Consultant
3 16 (10.26%) Lead
4 15 (9.62%) Architect
5 13 (8.33%) Senior
6 12 (7.69%) Security Consultant
7 9 (5.77%) Project Manager
7 9 (5.77%) Security Manager
8 7 (4.49%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 7 (4.49%) Developer
8 7 (4.49%) Security Architect
8 7 (4.49%) Security Specialist
9 6 (3.85%) Programme Manager
9 6 (3.85%) Risk Analyst
9 6 (3.85%) Security Analyst
10 5 (3.21%) Information Architect
10 5 (3.21%) Information Security Architect
10 5 (3.21%) Security Engineer
10 5 (3.21%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (3.21%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.85%) REST
2 4 (2.56%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.28%) ADO
3 2 (1.28%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.28%) SOAP
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.62%) Security Posture
2 10 (6.41%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.85%) CMDB
3 6 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.85%) Operational Technology
4 5 (3.21%) IoT
4 5 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.21%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.56%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.56%) PropTech
6 3 (1.92%) FMCG
6 3 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.92%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.28%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.28%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.28%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (1.28%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.28%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (40.38%) Risk Management
2 56 (35.90%) Information Security
3 47 (30.13%) Cybersecurity
4 40 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (21.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 24 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
7 23 (14.74%) Agile
7 23 (14.74%) Cloud Security
7 23 (14.74%) Roadmaps
8 21 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (13.46%) Risk Assessment
8 21 (13.46%) Risk Register
9 17 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (10.26%) Incident Response
10 16 (10.26%) Security Operations
11 15 (9.62%) Data Protection
11 15 (9.62%) Identity Access Management
12 14 (8.97%) Service Delivery
12 14 (8.97%) Vulnerability Management
13 13 (8.33%) AI
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.28%) JavaScript
1 2 (1.28%) SQL
2 1 (0.64%) Bicep
2 1 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (0.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (16.67%) CISSP
2 19 (12.18%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.62%) CISA
3 15 (9.62%) CISM
3 15 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 14 (8.97%) CRISC
4 14 (8.97%) Degree
5 7 (4.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 7 (4.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 5 (3.21%) CSSLP
6 5 (3.21%) OSCP
6 5 (3.21%) PMI Certification
6 5 (3.21%) SANS
7 4 (2.56%) RIBA
8 3 (1.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.92%) CCSP
8 3 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.92%) GIAC
8 3 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (34.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (27.56%) NIST
3 20 (12.82%) GDPR
4 12 (7.69%) PCI DSS
5 11 (7.05%) COBIT
6 10 (6.41%) SOC 2
7 7 (4.49%) SLA
8 6 (3.85%) ITGC
9 5 (3.21%) NIST 800
10 4 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.92%) Data Quality
11 3 (1.92%) HIPAA
11 3 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (1.92%) NCSC
11 3 (1.92%) PMO
11 3 (1.92%) QA
12 2 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.64%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (1.92%) RSA Archer
2 2 (1.28%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.64%) QRadar
3 1 (0.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (12.82%) ServiceNow
2 15 (9.62%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.85%) SAP
4 4 (2.56%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.92%) Google
5 3 (1.92%) Oracle
5 3 (1.92%) Rapid7
6 2 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.28%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.28%) Ericsson
6 2 (1.28%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.28%) IBM
6 2 (1.28%) Nokia
6 2 (1.28%) Okta
6 2 (1.28%) Snow
6 2 (1.28%) Tenable
7 1 (0.64%) Carbon Black
7 1 (0.64%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.64%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.64%) Zscaler