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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 279 328
Rank change year-on-year +21 +49 +101
Contract jobs citing GRC 135 88 71
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.85% 0.65% 0.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.52% 4.48% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 59 52
10th Percentile £413 £431 £342
25th Percentile £453 £553 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £675 £550
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £763 £738
90th Percentile £773 £955 £925
England median daily rate £525 £651 £550
% change year-on-year -19.29% +18.27% -8.33%

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 2,988 1,965 2,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.86% 14.60% 13.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,994 1,237 1,772
10th Percentile £350 £308 £363
25th Percentile £418 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £788
England median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 27 60
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.41 £23.23 £18.69
Median hourly rate £26.11 £39.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.05% +41.84% -21.44%
75th Percentile £50.56 £80.80 £41.50
90th Percentile £81.79 £94.25 £61.75
England median hourly rate £25.77 £31.76 £26.24
% change year-on-year -18.86% +21.04% -25.03%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 14 £486 -24.14% 10
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 6 (4.44%) Confluence
2 4 (2.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.22%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.96%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.33%) Azure
2 12 (8.89%) AWS
3 7 (5.19%) GCP
3 7 (5.19%) Power Platform
3 7 (5.19%) SaaS
4 6 (4.44%) Miro
5 3 (2.22%) Asana
5 3 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.22%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (2.22%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.48%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (1.48%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (1.48%) GitHub
6 2 (1.48%) IaaS
6 2 (1.48%) PaaS
6 2 (1.48%) Serverless
7 1 (0.74%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (0.74%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.93%) Firewall
2 3 (2.22%) Network Security
3 1 (0.74%) Internet
3 1 (0.74%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.19%) Power BI
2 4 (2.96%) Metadata
3 3 (2.22%) Tableau
4 2 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.74%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 7 (5.19%) JIRA
2 1 (0.74%) Git
General
1 61 (45.19%) Social Skills
2 45 (33.33%) Finance
3 21 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (14.07%) Banking
5 17 (12.59%) Legal
6 13 (9.63%) Public Sector
7 9 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.70%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.96%) Law
10 4 (2.96%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.22%) Marketing
12 2 (1.48%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.48%) Police
13 1 (0.74%) Billing
13 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.74%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (25.93%) Analyst
2 17 (12.59%) Consultant
3 12 (8.89%) Senior
4 10 (7.41%) Architect
4 10 (7.41%) Security Analyst
5 9 (6.67%) Business Analyst
5 9 (6.67%) Lead
5 9 (6.67%) Risk Analyst
6 8 (5.93%) Security Manager
7 7 (5.19%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.19%) Security Engineer
7 7 (5.19%) Security Specialist
8 5 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (3.70%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 5 (3.70%) Security Consultant
9 4 (2.96%) Compliance Analyst
9 4 (2.96%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 4 (2.96%) IT Analyst
9 4 (2.96%) Programme Manager
10 3 (2.22%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.48%) REST
2 1 (0.74%) .NET
2 1 (0.74%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.74%) SOAP
2 1 (0.74%) Spring
2 1 (0.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.15%) Security Posture
2 6 (4.44%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.44%) Virtual Team
3 5 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 4 (2.96%) Taxonomies
5 3 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.22%) IoT
6 2 (1.48%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.48%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.48%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.48%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.48%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.48%) NHS
6 2 (1.48%) PMI
6 2 (1.48%) PropTech
7 1 (0.74%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.74%) CMDB
7 1 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (49.63%) Risk Management
2 45 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (31.85%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (31.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 41 (30.37%) Information Security
6 22 (16.30%) Cloud Security
7 19 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
9 17 (12.59%) Agile
9 17 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (12.59%) Regulatory Compliance
9 17 (12.59%) Risk Register
10 14 (10.37%) Identity Access Management
10 14 (10.37%) Project Management
10 14 (10.37%) Roadmaps
11 13 (9.63%) Data Protection
12 12 (8.89%) ITIL
13 11 (8.15%) AI
14 10 (7.41%) GAP Analysis
14 10 (7.41%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.22%) SQL
2 2 (1.48%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.48%) Python
3 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.74%) Java
3 1 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (17.78%) CISSP
2 20 (14.81%) CISM
3 17 (12.59%) Security Cleared
4 16 (11.85%) SC Cleared
5 15 (11.11%) CRISC
5 15 (11.11%) Degree
6 11 (8.15%) CISA
7 9 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 7 (5.19%) FFIEC
9 5 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 5 (3.70%) Master's Degree
10 4 (2.96%) CGEIT
11 3 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.22%) PMI Certification
12 2 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (1.48%) CASP
12 2 (1.48%) CCSP
12 2 (1.48%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.48%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (34.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (31.85%) NIST
3 16 (11.85%) PCI DSS
3 16 (11.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 14 (10.37%) GDPR
5 9 (6.67%) COBIT
6 7 (5.19%) SOC 2
7 5 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 5 (3.70%) NCSC
8 4 (2.96%) ITGC
8 4 (2.96%) SLA
9 3 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (2.22%) ISO 31000
9 3 (2.22%) MiFID
9 3 (2.22%) NIST 800
9 3 (2.22%) PMO
10 2 (1.48%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.48%) ISO 22301
10 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (0.74%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.74%) Docker
1 1 (0.74%) IAG
Systems Management
1 8 (5.93%) RSA Archer
2 2 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.48%) Terraform
3 1 (0.74%) QRadar
Vendors
1 20 (14.81%) ServiceNow
2 10 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.44%) SAP
4 4 (2.96%) Google
4 4 (2.96%) Rapid7
5 2 (1.48%) Ariba
5 2 (1.48%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.48%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.74%) BT
6 1 (0.74%) Carbon Black
6 1 (0.74%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.74%) Commvault
6 1 (0.74%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.74%) IBM
6 1 (0.74%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.74%) Qualys
6 1 (0.74%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.74%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.74%) Splunk
6 1 (0.74%) Veeam