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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 268 317
Rank change year-on-year -9 +49 +82
Contract jobs citing GRC 136 80 76
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.77% 0.64% 0.43%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.21% 4.00% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 57 55
10th Percentile £385 £360 £368
25th Percentile £453 £525 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% -6.38%
75th Percentile £663 £725 £731
90th Percentile £785 £797 £925
England median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -4.17%

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 3,227 2,002 2,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.17% 15.93% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,161 1,319 1,766
10th Percentile £350 £313 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £744 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 28 66
10th Percentile £19.76 £19.44 £13.49
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.27 £18.13
Median hourly rate £27.75 £34.75 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.14% +40.40% -19.51%
75th Percentile £50.25 £57.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £70.30 £86.37 £55.63
England median hourly rate £30.58 £35.00 £22.42
% change year-on-year -12.63% +56.11% -45.65%

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 3 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 3 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 -5 12 £499 -22.64% 14
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 4 (2.94%) Confluence
1 4 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.47%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.47%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (5.15%) SAP GRC
2 5 (3.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.74%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 25 (18.38%) Azure
2 18 (13.24%) AWS
3 11 (8.09%) GCP
4 6 (4.41%) SaaS
5 5 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.94%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.21%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.47%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.47%) GitHub
8 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.47%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.47%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.47%) Serverless
8 2 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.74%) AWS Fargate
9 1 (0.74%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.94%) Network Security
2 2 (1.47%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.74%) Firewall
3 1 (0.74%) Internet
3 1 (0.74%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.94%) Power BI
2 3 (2.21%) Metadata
3 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.74%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.74%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.15%) JIRA
2 2 (1.47%) Git
3 1 (0.74%) GitLab
General
1 61 (44.85%) Social Skills
2 39 (28.68%) Finance
3 23 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (14.71%) Legal
5 13 (9.56%) Banking
6 11 (8.09%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.41%) Law
8 5 (3.68%) Marketing
9 4 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.94%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.47%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.74%) Local Government
12 1 (0.74%) Military
12 1 (0.74%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (16.18%) Analyst
2 17 (12.50%) Consultant
3 14 (10.29%) Lead
4 12 (8.82%) Security Consultant
4 12 (8.82%) Senior
5 9 (6.62%) Architect
5 9 (6.62%) Security Analyst
5 9 (6.62%) Security Manager
5 9 (6.62%) Security Specialist
6 7 (5.15%) Project Manager
6 7 (5.15%) Security Engineer
7 6 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 6 (4.41%) Developer
7 6 (4.41%) Programme Manager
8 5 (3.68%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (3.68%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 5 (3.68%) Risk Analyst
8 5 (3.68%) Security Architect
8 5 (3.68%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.41%) REST
2 5 (3.68%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.47%) ADO
3 2 (1.47%) SOAP
4 1 (0.74%) .NET
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.74%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.74%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.03%) Security Posture
2 10 (7.35%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.41%) CMDB
3 6 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.68%) IoT
4 5 (3.68%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.94%) PropTech
5 4 (2.94%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.21%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.47%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.47%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (1.47%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.47%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (1.47%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.47%) NHS
7 2 (1.47%) PMI
8 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (39.71%) Risk Management
2 53 (38.97%) Information Security
3 39 (28.68%) Cybersecurity
4 38 (27.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 29 (21.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 22 (16.18%) Cloud Security
7 21 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (14.71%) Risk Assessment
9 19 (13.97%) Regulatory Compliance
10 18 (13.24%) Agile
10 18 (13.24%) Risk Register
11 17 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
11 17 (12.50%) Roadmaps
12 15 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (10.29%) Incident Response
14 13 (9.56%) AI
15 12 (8.82%) Data Protection
16 11 (8.09%) Application Security
16 11 (8.09%) Security Operations
16 11 (8.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.21%) SQL
2 2 (1.47%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.47%) Python
3 1 (0.74%) Bicep
3 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.74%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (19.12%) CISSP
2 16 (11.76%) CISM
3 15 (11.03%) Security Cleared
4 14 (10.29%) Degree
4 14 (10.29%) SC Cleared
5 13 (9.56%) CRISC
6 12 (8.82%) CISA
7 7 (5.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 7 (5.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 5 (3.68%) CSSLP
9 4 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (2.94%) CCSP
9 4 (2.94%) CGEIT
9 4 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.94%) OSCP
9 4 (2.94%) PMI Certification
9 4 (2.94%) RIBA
9 4 (2.94%) SANS
10 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.21%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (36.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (26.47%) NIST
3 18 (13.24%) GDPR
4 11 (8.09%) PCI DSS
5 10 (7.35%) SOC 2
6 9 (6.62%) COBIT
7 7 (5.15%) SLA
8 5 (3.68%) ITGC
8 5 (3.68%) NCSC
8 5 (3.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (2.94%) NIST 800
10 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (2.21%) PMO
11 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (1.47%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (1.47%) GxP
11 2 (1.47%) ISO 31000
11 2 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.47%) IAG
2 1 (0.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.94%) RSA Archer
2 3 (2.21%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.47%) Terraform
4 1 (0.74%) QRadar
Vendors
1 18 (13.24%) ServiceNow
2 13 (9.56%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.35%) SAP
4 4 (2.94%) Rapid7
5 3 (2.21%) Google
6 2 (1.47%) Ariba
6 2 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.47%) IBM
6 2 (1.47%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.74%) BT
7 1 (0.74%) Carbon Black
7 1 (0.74%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.74%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.74%) Okta
7 1 (0.74%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.74%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle
7 1 (0.74%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.74%) Snow
7 1 (0.74%) Workday