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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 298 329
Rank change year-on-year +52 +31 +67
Contract jobs citing GRC 194 73 57
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.98% 0.54% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.31% 3.23% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 50 35
10th Percentile £400 £502 £426
25th Percentile £493 £527 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £635 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.39% +10.43% -2.13%
75th Percentile £688 £694 £719
90th Percentile £800 £739 £885
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -1.40% - -

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 3,654 2,260 2,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.40% 16.71% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,456 1,502 1,667
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £675
90th Percentile £738 £756 £799
England median daily rate £505 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.31% -2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 33 58
10th Percentile £20.04 £22.75 £12.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.15 £17.56
Median hourly rate £28.28 £34.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -18.04% +44.96% -10.19%
75th Percentile £41.80 £48.00 £38.06
90th Percentile £62.00 £63.35 £52.73
England median hourly rate £36.07 £31.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year +13.57% +27.04% -41.18%

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 11 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 11 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 +5 23 £525 -19.23% 15
West London - 2 £500 - 6
East London -2 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 5 (2.58%) IIS
1 5 (2.58%) SAS
2 4 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.09%) SAP GRC
1 6 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.52%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 37 (19.07%) Azure
2 30 (15.46%) AWS
3 12 (6.19%) GCP
4 8 (4.12%) SaaS
5 6 (3.09%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.55%) GitHub
7 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.03%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.03%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.03%) Serverless
8 2 (1.03%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.52%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.52%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.09%) Network Security
2 5 (2.58%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.55%) Firewall
3 3 (1.55%) NGFW
4 1 (0.52%) Internet
4 1 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.06%) Metadata
2 3 (1.55%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.52%) Power BI
3 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (4.12%) JIRA
2 3 (1.55%) Git
3 1 (0.52%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.52%) GitLab
General
1 64 (32.99%) Social Skills
2 57 (29.38%) Finance
3 27 (13.92%) Legal
4 18 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.70%) Banking
6 12 (6.19%) Telecoms
7 11 (5.67%) Public Sector
8 10 (5.15%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (3.09%) Law
10 5 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.06%) Marketing
12 3 (1.55%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.03%) Local Government
14 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.52%) Military
14 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.52%) Retail
14 1 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (11.86%) Analyst
1 23 (11.86%) Architect
2 21 (10.82%) Consultant
3 18 (9.28%) Senior
4 17 (8.76%) Lead
5 14 (7.22%) Project Manager
6 13 (6.70%) Security Consultant
6 13 (6.70%) Security Manager
7 9 (4.64%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 8 (4.12%) Security Specialist
9 7 (3.61%) Developer
9 7 (3.61%) Security Analyst
9 7 (3.61%) Security Architect
9 7 (3.61%) Senior Consultant
10 6 (3.09%) Compliance Officer
10 6 (3.09%) Programme Manager
10 6 (3.09%) Risk Officer
10 6 (3.09%) SAP Consultant
10 6 (3.09%) SAP Security Consultant
10 6 (3.09%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.22%) REST
2 6 (3.09%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (3.09%) SOAP
3 2 (1.03%) ADO
3 2 (1.03%) JSON
3 2 (1.03%) LDAP
3 2 (1.03%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.03%) Web Services
3 2 (1.03%) XML
4 1 (0.52%) CSS
4 1 (0.52%) Django
4 1 (0.52%) Flask
4 1 (0.52%) HTML
4 1 (0.52%) Jest
4 1 (0.52%) Kafka
4 1 (0.52%) LangChain
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.52%) Playwright
4 1 (0.52%) React
4 1 (0.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.25%) Onboarding
2 15 (7.73%) Security Posture
3 10 (5.15%) CMDB
4 8 (4.12%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.61%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.09%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.58%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.58%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.06%) IoT
8 4 (2.06%) PropTech
8 4 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.55%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.55%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.55%) FMCG
10 2 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.03%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.03%) IBM Mainframe
10 2 (1.03%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.03%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.12%) Windows
2 2 (1.03%) Linux
3 1 (0.52%) AIX
3 1 (0.52%) HPUX
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.52%) Solaris
3 1 (0.52%) SUSE
3 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (34.54%) Risk Management
2 65 (33.51%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (29.90%) Information Security
4 50 (25.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (20.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 33 (17.01%) Agile
7 31 (15.98%) Roadmaps
8 26 (13.40%) Regulatory Compliance
9 24 (12.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (12.37%) Security Operations
10 22 (11.34%) Incident Response
11 21 (10.82%) Cloud Security
11 21 (10.82%) Risk Register
12 20 (10.31%) Data Protection
13 18 (9.28%) Vulnerability Management
14 17 (8.76%) AI
15 16 (8.25%) Identity Access Management
15 16 (8.25%) Service Delivery
16 15 (7.73%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.61%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.55%) Python
3 1 (0.52%) Bicep
3 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.52%) Java
3 1 (0.52%) Korn
3 1 (0.52%) SQL
3 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (16.49%) Security Cleared
2 29 (14.95%) CISSP
3 22 (11.34%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.25%) Degree
5 14 (7.22%) CISM
5 14 (7.22%) CRISC
6 13 (6.70%) CISA
7 8 (4.12%) DV Cleared
7 8 (4.12%) PMI Certification
8 7 (3.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 7 (3.61%) PMP
9 6 (3.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 5 (2.58%) CSSLP
10 5 (2.58%) OSCP
10 5 (2.58%) SANS
11 4 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (2.06%) RIBA
12 3 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.55%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (31.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (26.29%) NIST
3 23 (11.86%) GDPR
4 18 (9.28%) PCI DSS
5 13 (6.70%) SOC 2
6 10 (5.15%) COBIT
7 7 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (3.61%) ITGC
7 7 (3.61%) QA
7 7 (3.61%) SLA
8 6 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (2.58%) HIPAA
9 5 (2.58%) NCSC
9 5 (2.58%) NIST 800
10 4 (2.06%) Data Quality
10 4 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.55%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (1.55%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.55%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.55%) IAG
2 1 (0.52%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.06%) RSA Archer
2 2 (1.03%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.52%) Grafana
3 1 (0.52%) QRadar
3 1 (0.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (16.49%) ServiceNow
2 19 (9.79%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.15%) Oracle
4 7 (3.61%) SAP
5 5 (2.58%) CyberArk
6 4 (2.06%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.55%) Ericsson
7 3 (1.55%) Nokia
8 2 (1.03%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.03%) Google
8 2 (1.03%) IBM
8 2 (1.03%) Okta
8 2 (1.03%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.03%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.03%) Snow
8 2 (1.03%) Tenable
9 1 (0.52%) Carbon Black
9 1 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.52%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.52%) OpenAI