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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 294 332
Rank change year-on-year +56 +38 +41
Contract jobs citing GRC 210 74 47
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.05% 0.55% 0.28%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.69% 3.21% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 53 27
10th Percentile £438 £465 £406
25th Percentile £510 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £603 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.41% +0.42% -7.69%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £738
90th Percentile £800 £738 £960
England median daily rate £565 £545 £550
% change year-on-year +3.58% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £76.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +16.92% - -

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 3,692 2,302 2,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.53% 16.97% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,477 1,548 1,565
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £426 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £634 £660 £675
90th Percentile £725 £750 £796
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 35 48
10th Percentile £21.07 £22.75 £16.68
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.15 £20.28
Median hourly rate £28.80 £34.48 £26.62
Median % change year-on-year -16.49% +29.53% -32.47%
75th Percentile £53.56 £46.13 £43.75
90th Percentile £65.02 £56.05 £56.50
England median hourly rate £38.72 £31.64 £26.62
% change year-on-year +22.38% +18.86% -33.98%

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 28 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 28 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 +11 23 £565 -13.08% 20
West London -16 2 £500 +42.86% 4
East London 0 1 £590 +0.85% 1
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 25 (11.90%) SAS
2 5 (2.38%) IIS
3 3 (1.43%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.86%) SAP GRC
1 6 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.48%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 41 (19.52%) Azure
2 33 (15.71%) AWS
3 15 (7.14%) GCP
4 7 (3.33%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.33%) SaaS
5 5 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.43%) GitHub
7 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.95%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.95%) Google Gemini
8 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.95%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.95%) Serverless
9 1 (0.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.48%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.48%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.33%) Network Security
2 5 (2.38%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.43%) Firewall
4 2 (0.95%) NGFW
5 1 (0.48%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (0.48%) HTTP
5 1 (0.48%) Internet
5 1 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.43%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.95%) Metadata
3 1 (0.48%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.48%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (3.33%) JIRA
2 3 (1.43%) Git
3 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.48%) GitLab
General
1 62 (29.52%) Social Skills
2 54 (25.71%) Finance
3 24 (11.43%) Legal
4 20 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.62%) Telecoms
6 13 (6.19%) Banking
7 10 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.29%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.38%) Law
11 4 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.90%) Marketing
12 3 (1.43%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.95%) Local Government
13 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.95%) Retail
13 2 (0.95%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.48%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (21.90%) Architect
2 22 (10.48%) Analyst
3 19 (9.05%) Consultant
4 18 (8.57%) Lead
5 17 (8.10%) Senior
6 14 (6.67%) Security Manager
7 13 (6.19%) Project Manager
7 13 (6.19%) Security Consultant
8 10 (4.76%) ServiceNow Architect
9 9 (4.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 7 (3.33%) Security Architect
11 6 (2.86%) Compliance Officer
11 6 (2.86%) Developer
11 6 (2.86%) IT Manager
11 6 (2.86%) Programme Manager
11 6 (2.86%) Risk Analyst
11 6 (2.86%) Risk Officer
11 6 (2.86%) SAP Consultant
11 6 (2.86%) SAP Security Consultant
11 6 (2.86%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.57%) REST
2 10 (4.76%) SOAP
3 6 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.43%) Web Services
4 3 (1.43%) XML
5 2 (0.95%) ADO
5 2 (0.95%) CSS
5 2 (0.95%) HTML
5 2 (0.95%) JSON
5 2 (0.95%) LDAP
5 2 (0.95%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.48%) Ajax
6 1 (0.48%) Django
6 1 (0.48%) Flask
6 1 (0.48%) Jest
6 1 (0.48%) Kafka
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.48%) Playwright
6 1 (0.48%) React
6 1 (0.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.62%) Onboarding
2 14 (6.67%) CMDB
3 13 (6.19%) Security Posture
4 8 (3.81%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.81%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.81%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.86%) Operational Technology
6 5 (2.38%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.90%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.90%) IoT
7 4 (1.90%) PropTech
7 4 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.43%) FMCG
9 2 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.95%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.95%) IBM Mainframe
9 2 (0.95%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.81%) Windows
2 2 (0.95%) Linux
3 1 (0.48%) AIX
3 1 (0.48%) HPUX
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Solaris
3 1 (0.48%) SUSE
3 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (30.48%) Risk Management
2 63 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 55 (26.19%) Information Security
4 51 (24.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (17.14%) Agile
6 35 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 34 (16.19%) Enterprise Architecture
7 34 (16.19%) Roadmaps
8 29 (13.81%) Security Operations
9 28 (13.33%) Analytics
10 26 (12.38%) Data Integration
11 25 (11.90%) ETL
12 24 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (10.95%) Incident Response
14 22 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (10.48%) Regulatory Compliance
15 20 (9.52%) Cloud Security
16 19 (9.05%) Data Protection
16 19 (9.05%) Vulnerability Management
17 18 (8.57%) AI
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.24%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.95%) Python
3 1 (0.48%) Bicep
3 1 (0.48%) Java
3 1 (0.48%) Korn
3 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (24.76%) Security Cleared
2 40 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 28 (13.33%) CISSP
4 14 (6.67%) Degree
5 13 (6.19%) CISA
5 13 (6.19%) CISM
6 12 (5.71%) CRISC
7 10 (4.76%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.81%) PMI Certification
9 7 (3.33%) PMP
10 6 (2.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 5 (2.38%) CSSLP
11 5 (2.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (2.38%) OSCP
11 5 (2.38%) SANS
12 4 (1.90%) RIBA
13 3 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.43%) GIAC
13 3 (1.43%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (28.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (22.86%) NIST
3 21 (10.00%) GDPR
4 17 (8.10%) PCI DSS
5 13 (6.19%) SOC 2
6 10 (4.76%) COBIT
7 7 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (3.33%) ITGC
7 7 (3.33%) QA
7 7 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (3.33%) SLA
8 6 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (2.38%) HIPAA
9 5 (2.38%) NCSC
9 5 (2.38%) NIST 800
10 4 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.43%) Data Quality
11 3 (1.43%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (1.43%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.43%) IAG
3 1 (0.48%) Docker
3 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.43%) RSA Archer
2 2 (0.95%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.48%) Grafana
3 1 (0.48%) QRadar
3 1 (0.48%) SCCM
3 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 31 (14.76%) Oracle
3 18 (8.57%) Microsoft
4 8 (3.81%) SAP
5 6 (2.86%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.43%) Ericsson
6 3 (1.43%) Google
6 3 (1.43%) Nokia
6 3 (1.43%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.95%) Databricks
7 2 (0.95%) IBM
7 2 (0.95%) Okta
7 2 (0.95%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.95%) Rapid7
7 2 (0.95%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.95%) Snow
7 2 (0.95%) Tenable
8 1 (0.48%) Carbon Black
8 1 (0.48%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.48%) Workday