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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 314 346
Rank change year-on-year +13 +32 +153
Contract jobs citing GRC 78 61 83
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.57% 0.39% 0.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.20% 3.00% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 33 57
10th Percentile £423 £450 £385
25th Percentile £488 £525 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +17.39% -
75th Percentile £638 £900 £888
90th Percentile £740 £1,060 £1,068
England median daily rate £515 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -14.17% +9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £33.50 - £50.00

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 2,436 2,034 2,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.91% 13.10% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,633 1,257 2,126
10th Percentile £325 £319 £363
25th Percentile £413 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -0.44%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £798
England median daily rate £500 £512 £540
% change year-on-year -2.39% -5.14% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 24 43
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.30 £17.11
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.26 £21.13
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +14.04%
75th Percentile £44.75 £60.85 £49.92
90th Percentile £67.00 £93.21 £67.00
England median hourly rate £30.75 £31.37 £37.50
% change year-on-year -1.99% -16.35% +44.23%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -7 9 £763 +32.61% 31
East London +6 2 £540 -20.00%
West London - 1 £350 - 2
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 (3.85%) Confluence
2 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.56%) Trello
3 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) SAP GRC
1 2 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.28%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.28%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.10%) Miro
2 9 (11.54%) Azure
3 8 (10.26%) AWS
4 4 (5.13%) GCP
5 3 (3.85%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.56%) Asana
6 2 (2.56%) SaaS
7 1 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.28%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.28%) GitHub
7 1 (1.28%) IaaS
7 1 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.28%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.28%) PaaS
7 1 (1.28%) Rubrik
7 1 (1.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.54%) Firewall
2 2 (2.56%) DMZ
2 2 (2.56%) Network Security
2 2 (2.56%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.56%) SSH
2 2 (2.56%) Telnet
2 2 (2.56%) VLAN
2 2 (2.56%) WAN
3 1 (1.28%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.28%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.85%) Power BI
2 2 (2.56%) Tableau
3 1 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.28%) Data Vault
3 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 29 (37.18%) Social Skills
2 23 (29.49%) Finance
3 11 (14.10%) Public Sector
4 10 (12.82%) Banking
5 9 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (7.69%) Legal
7 6 (7.69%) Telecoms
8 5 (6.41%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (5.13%) Financial Institution
10 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.56%) Police
12 1 (1.28%) Billing
12 1 (1.28%) Games
12 1 (1.28%) Investment Banking
12 1 (1.28%) Law
12 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (37.18%) Analyst
2 14 (17.95%) Consultant
3 12 (15.38%) Business Analyst
4 10 (12.82%) Architect
5 8 (10.26%) Lead
6 6 (7.69%) Risk Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) Senior
7 5 (6.41%) Telecoms Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) Telecoms Business Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.85%) Business Consultant
9 3 (3.85%) Governance Analyst
9 3 (3.85%) IT Consultant
9 3 (3.85%) IT Security Consultant
9 3 (3.85%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.85%) Security Consultant
9 3 (3.85%) ServiceNow Architect
10 2 (2.56%) Compliance Analyst
10 2 (2.56%) Threat Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.56%) Web Services
2 1 (1.28%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.10%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.41%) Virtual Team
3 3 (3.85%) Hedge funds
3 3 (3.85%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.56%) CMDB
4 2 (2.56%) Credit Risk
4 2 (2.56%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.56%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.28%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.28%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.28%) PMI
5 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.28%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (44.87%) Risk Management
2 29 (37.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 26 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (32.05%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (21.79%) Agile
6 15 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (17.95%) Roadmaps
8 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (14.10%) BPMN
9 11 (14.10%) Cloud Security
9 11 (14.10%) Information Security
9 11 (14.10%) ITIL
9 11 (14.10%) Project Management
9 11 (14.10%) Translating Business Requirements
10 10 (12.82%) Scrum
11 9 (11.54%) IT Audit
11 9 (11.54%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 9 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (10.26%) Decision-Making
12 8 (10.26%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.13%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (20.51%) Security Cleared
2 15 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.82%) Degree
4 8 (10.26%) CISM
4 8 (10.26%) CISSP
4 8 (10.26%) Master's Degree
5 7 (8.97%) FFIEC
6 6 (7.69%) CISA
7 3 (3.85%) CISMP
7 3 (3.85%) CRISC
8 2 (2.56%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (2.56%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.28%) ACCA
9 1 (1.28%) CCNP
9 1 (1.28%) CEH
9 1 (1.28%) CIMA
9 1 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.28%) PMP
9 1 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (34.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 27 (34.62%) NIST
2 14 (17.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 10 (12.82%) PCI DSS
4 5 (6.41%) NCSC
5 4 (5.13%) GDPR
6 3 (3.85%) COBIT
6 3 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 3 (3.85%) QA
7 2 (2.56%) HIPAA
7 2 (2.56%) ITGC
7 2 (2.56%) MiFID
8 1 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.28%) IFRS
8 1 (1.28%) ISO 22301
8 1 (1.28%) ISO 31000
8 1 (1.28%) PMO
8 1 (1.28%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (2.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (6.41%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (17.95%) ServiceNow
2 5 (6.41%) SAP
3 2 (2.56%) Google
3 2 (2.56%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.56%) Oracle
3 2 (2.56%) Qualys
3 2 (2.56%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.56%) Tenable
4 1 (1.28%) Commvault
4 1 (1.28%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.28%) IBM
4 1 (1.28%) Intel
4 1 (1.28%) Snow
4 1 (1.28%) Veeam