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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 289 327
Rank change year-on-year +26 +38 +124
Contract jobs citing GRC 109 74 82
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.75% 0.54% 0.44%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.09% 3.83% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 45 61
10th Percentile £412 £353 £363
25th Percentile £450 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +27.27% -
75th Percentile £631 £788 £775
90th Percentile £760 £990 £925
England median daily rate £525 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -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 2,667 1,931 2,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.37% 14.00% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,766 1,170 1,871
10th Percentile £350 £300 £363
25th Percentile £417 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £558
Median % change year-on-year - -5.83% -0.45%
75th Percentile £638 £667 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £533
% change year-on-year - -6.10% +1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 30 57
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.00 £13.51
25th Percentile £21.29 £24.57 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.34 £37.90 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.50% +31.83% -9.45%
75th Percentile £37.12 £82.00 £50.75
90th Percentile £75.94 £95.25 £62.85
England median hourly rate £25.46 £30.21 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.72% +0.70% +7.14%

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 January 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 January 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 0 14 £480 -10.65% 12
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 7 (6.42%) Confluence
2 4 (3.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.75%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.67%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.93%) Azure
2 8 (7.34%) AWS
2 8 (7.34%) Miro
3 7 (6.42%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.50%) SaaS
5 4 (3.67%) GCP
6 3 (2.75%) Asana
6 3 (2.75%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.83%) GitHub
7 2 (1.83%) IaaS
7 2 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.83%) PaaS
8 1 (0.92%) Amazon ECR
8 1 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.92%) Google Gemini
8 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.92%) OCI
8 1 (0.92%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.34%) Firewall
2 2 (1.83%) Network Security
3 1 (0.92%) Internet
3 1 (0.92%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.42%) Power BI
2 3 (2.75%) Metadata
2 3 (2.75%) Tableau
3 2 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.92%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 8 (7.34%) JIRA
2 1 (0.92%) Git
General
1 47 (43.12%) Social Skills
2 33 (30.28%) Finance
3 18 (16.51%) Banking
4 16 (14.68%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (12.84%) Public Sector
6 10 (9.17%) Legal
7 9 (8.26%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (7.34%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (4.59%) Law
9 5 (4.59%) Telecoms
10 4 (3.67%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.83%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.83%) Police
13 1 (0.92%) Billing
13 1 (0.92%) Marketing
13 1 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 31 (28.44%) Analyst
2 16 (14.68%) Consultant
3 9 (8.26%) Architect
3 9 (8.26%) Business Analyst
3 9 (8.26%) Lead
3 9 (8.26%) Security Analyst
3 9 (8.26%) Senior
4 7 (6.42%) Risk Analyst
4 7 (6.42%) Security Engineer
5 5 (4.59%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (4.59%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 5 (4.59%) Project Manager
5 5 (4.59%) Security Specialist
6 4 (3.67%) Compliance Analyst
6 4 (3.67%) IT Analyst
6 4 (3.67%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (2.75%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (2.75%) Information Analyst
7 3 (2.75%) Information Security Analyst
7 3 (2.75%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.83%) REST
2 1 (0.92%) .NET
2 1 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.92%) SOAP
2 1 (0.92%) Spring
2 1 (0.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.26%) Security Posture
2 8 (7.34%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.67%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.67%) Operational Technology
3 4 (3.67%) Taxonomies
4 3 (2.75%) Hedge funds
4 3 (2.75%) PMI
4 3 (2.75%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.83%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.83%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.83%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.83%) NHS
6 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.92%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.92%) CMDB
6 1 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.92%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (44.95%) Risk Management
2 38 (34.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 36 (33.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (28.44%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (25.69%) Information Security
6 20 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (16.51%) Cloud Security
8 17 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (14.68%) Agile
10 13 (11.93%) Risk Assessment
11 12 (11.01%) Project Management
11 12 (11.01%) Roadmaps
12 11 (10.09%) Regulatory Compliance
13 10 (9.17%) Identity Access Management
13 10 (9.17%) Risk Register
13 10 (9.17%) Strategic Thinking
14 9 (8.26%) Business Intelligence
14 9 (8.26%) IT Audit
14 9 (8.26%) SIEM
15 8 (7.34%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.75%) SQL
2 2 (1.83%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.83%) Python
3 1 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.92%) Java
3 1 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 18 (16.51%) Security Cleared
2 16 (14.68%) CISSP
2 16 (14.68%) SC Cleared
3 15 (13.76%) CISM
4 13 (11.93%) Degree
5 9 (8.26%) CRISC
6 7 (6.42%) CISA
6 7 (6.42%) FFIEC
7 5 (4.59%) Master's Degree
8 4 (3.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (3.67%) PMI Certification
9 3 (2.75%) CISMP
10 2 (1.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.83%) CASP
10 2 (1.83%) CBAP
10 2 (1.83%) CCSP
10 2 (1.83%) CGEIT
10 2 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.83%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (32.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (26.61%) NIST
3 16 (14.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (10.09%) GDPR
4 11 (10.09%) PCI DSS
5 6 (5.50%) COBIT
6 5 (4.59%) NCSC
7 4 (3.67%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (2.75%) ITGC
8 3 (2.75%) MiFID
9 2 (1.83%) Data Quality
9 2 (1.83%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (1.83%) QA
10 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.92%) FedRAMP
10 1 (0.92%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.92%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.92%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.92%) Docker
1 1 (0.92%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (6.42%) RSA Archer
2 2 (1.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (16.51%) ServiceNow
2 9 (8.26%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.50%) SAP
4 4 (3.67%) Google
5 2 (1.83%) Ariba
5 2 (1.83%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.92%) BT
6 1 (0.92%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.92%) Commvault
6 1 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.92%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.92%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.92%) IBM
6 1 (0.92%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.92%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.92%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.92%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.92%) Snow
6 1 (0.92%) Veeam