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

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	248	298	321
Rank change year-on-year	+50	+23	+33
Contract jobs citing GRC	233	73	57
As % of all contract jobs in London	1.14%	0.54%	0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	5.82%	3.05%	2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted	153	46	31
10^th Percentile	£438	£431	£450
25^th Percentile	£511	£491	£519
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£600	£528	£650
Median % change year-on-year	+13.74%	-18.85%	+13.04%
75^th Percentile	£675	£628	£788
90^th Percentile	£823	£660	£1,075
England median daily rate	£574	£514	£600
% change year-on-year	+11.68%	-14.38%	+4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	1	0
Median hourly rate	-	£65.00	-
England median hourly rate	£76.00	£33.50	-
% change year-on-year	+126.87%	-	-

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	4,001	2,392	2,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	19.53%	17.85%	13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,707	1,592	1,339
10^th Percentile	£350	£325	£324
25^th Percentile	£435	£413	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£538	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+2.38%	-4.55%	-4.14%
75^th Percentile	£638	£650	£675
90^th Percentile	£738	£750	£804
England median daily rate	£515	£500	£513
% change year-on-year	+3.00%	-2.44%	-5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted	49	55	35
10^th Percentile	£14.76	£22.30	£18.13
25^th Percentile	£21.33	£25.15	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£27.50	£34.00	£33.07
Median % change year-on-year	-19.12%	+2.81%	+1.75%
75^th Percentile	£41.44	£44.75	£53.38
90^th Percentile	£59.15	£68.00	£81.42
England median hourly rate	£32.40	£32.00	£35.50
% change year-on-year	+1.23%	-9.86%	-3.40%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 17 October 2026.

GRC Hourly Rate Trend in London

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 17 October 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	-11	25	£600	-17.24%	26
West London	-20	2	£500	+42.86%	3
East London	+3	1	£590	+9.26%
North London	-	1	£400	-
GRC England

GRC Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing GRC also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for GRC.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	32.6%	76
2	Risk Management	32.2%	75
3	Security Cleared	29.6%	69
4	Stakeholder Management	28.8%	67
5	Information Security	24.9%	58
6	ISO/IEC 27001	23.6%	55
7	SC Cleared	22.7%	53
8	NIST	22.3%	52
9	Azure	15.9%	37
9	Problem-Solving	15.9%	37
11	Analytics	15.5%	36
11	ServiceNow	15.5%	36
13	Enterprise Architecture	15.0%	35
13	Stakeholder Engagement	15.0%	35
15	Continuous Improvement	14.2%	33
15	Oracle	14.2%	33
17	Data Integration	13.3%	31
18	Agile	12.9%	30
18	Roadmaps	12.9%	30
20	AI	12.4%	29
20	AWS	12.4%	29
20	ETL	12.4%	29
23	SAS	11.6%	27
24	CISSP	10.7%	25
25	Decision-Making	10.3%	24
25	Microsoft	10.3%	24
27	Migration	9.4%	22
27	Security Operations	9.4%	22
29	Data Protection	9.0%	21
29	GDPR	9.0%	21

GRC Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	23.6%	55
2	NIST	22.3%	52
3	GDPR	9.0%	21
4	QA	6.9%	16
5	PCI DSS	5.2%	12
6	Cyber Essentials	4.7%	11
6	NCSC	4.7%	11
8	Sarbanes-Oxley	3.9%	9
9	Cyber Essentials PLUS	3.4%	8
10	COBIT	3.0%	7
10	Data Quality	3.0%	7
10	NIST 800	3.0%	7
13	SOC 2	2.6%	6
14	HIPAA	2.1%	5
14	ITGC	2.1%	5
16	ISO/IEC 42001	1.7%	4
17	Government Security Classifications	1.3%	3
17	HMG Security Policy Framework	1.3%	3
17	JSP 440	1.3%	3
17	PMO	1.3%	3