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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 307 351
Rank change year-on-year +59 +44 +9
Contract jobs citing GRC 223 60 38
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.10% 0.45% 0.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.70% 2.61% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 40 24
10th Percentile £425 £458 £403
25th Percentile £510 £497 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £531 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -11.46% -7.69%
75th Percentile £675 £641 £709
90th Percentile £825 £662 £764
England median daily rate £559 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +9.02% -6.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £76.00 £49.25 -
% change year-on-year +54.31% - -

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 3,914 2,299 2,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 19.25% 17.15% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,636 1,523 1,433
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -3.93%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £736 £750 £800
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 51 40
10th Percentile £17.96 - £18.13
25th Percentile £22.99 £25.15 £23.35
Median hourly rate £28.55 £34.00 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% +21.78% -20.23%
75th Percentile £40.00 £43.98 £50.44
90th Percentile £58.13 £55.00 £72.56
England median hourly rate £35.00 £31.64 £28.50
% change year-on-year +10.62% +11.02% -18.57%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -2 25 £530 -15.20% 30
West London -17 2 £500 +42.86% 10
East London +2 1 £590 +9.26% 4
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 27 (12.11%) SAS
2 5 (2.24%) IIS
3 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (6.73%) SAP GRC
1 15 (6.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.45%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.45%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 41 (18.39%) Azure
2 31 (13.90%) AWS
3 15 (6.73%) GCP
4 7 (3.14%) SaaS
5 5 (2.24%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.24%) Tricentis Tosca
6 4 (1.79%) GitHub
6 4 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.90%) Google Gemini
8 2 (0.90%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.90%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon Bedrock
9 1 (0.45%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.45%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.45%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.69%) Network Security
2 5 (2.24%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.79%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (1.35%) Firewall
5 2 (0.90%) NGFW
6 1 (0.45%) HTTP
6 1 (0.45%) Internet
6 1 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.69%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.90%) Metadata
2 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.90%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.45%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.45%) OLAP
3 1 (0.45%) OLTP
3 1 (0.45%) Parquet
3 1 (0.45%) Power BI
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (3.59%) JIRA
2 5 (2.24%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.45%) GitLab
3 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.45%) JMeter
3 1 (0.45%) Postman
3 1 (0.45%) Selenium
3 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 73 (32.74%) Social Skills
2 55 (24.66%) Finance
3 28 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (11.66%) Legal
5 19 (8.52%) Banking
6 17 (7.62%) Telecoms
7 16 (7.17%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.04%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.69%) Law
11 4 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.90%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.90%) Local Government
13 2 (0.90%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.45%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.45%) Marketing
14 1 (0.45%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 52 (23.32%) Architect
2 24 (10.76%) Consultant
3 23 (10.31%) Analyst
4 18 (8.07%) Lead
5 16 (7.17%) Senior
6 14 (6.28%) Security Consultant
7 11 (4.93%) Project Manager
8 10 (4.48%) SAP Consultant
8 10 (4.48%) ServiceNow Architect
9 9 (4.04%) SAP Security Consultant
9 9 (4.04%) Security Architect
10 8 (3.59%) Security Manager
11 7 (3.14%) SAP GRC Consultant
12 6 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 5 (2.24%) Information Security Architect
13 5 (2.24%) IT Manager
13 5 (2.24%) Risk Analyst
13 5 (2.24%) Security Analyst
13 5 (2.24%) Security Technical Architect
13 5 (2.24%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.97%) REST
2 10 (4.48%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (4.48%) SOAP
3 5 (2.24%) Middleware
4 4 (1.79%) XML
5 3 (1.35%) JSON
5 3 (1.35%) LDAP
5 3 (1.35%) Web Services
6 2 (0.90%) ADO
6 2 (0.90%) CSS
6 2 (0.90%) HTML
6 2 (0.90%) Kafka
6 2 (0.90%) Playwright
7 1 (0.45%) Apache Avro
7 1 (0.45%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.45%) LangChain
7 1 (0.45%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.45%) React
7 1 (0.45%) RESTful
7 1 (0.45%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.62%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.83%) CMDB
3 12 (5.38%) Security Posture
4 10 (4.48%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.59%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.59%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.14%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.69%) Taxonomies
8 5 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.35%) FMCG
9 3 (1.35%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.35%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.90%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.90%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.45%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.45%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.59%) Windows
2 3 (1.35%) Linux
3 1 (0.45%) AIX
3 1 (0.45%) Android
3 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.45%) HPUX
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.45%) Solaris
3 1 (0.45%) SUSE
3 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (31.39%) Risk Management
2 65 (29.15%) Cybersecurity
3 62 (27.80%) Information Security
4 61 (27.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (16.14%) Agile
6 36 (16.14%) Enterprise Architecture
7 34 (15.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 33 (14.80%) Roadmaps
9 32 (14.35%) Analytics
10 31 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (13.00%) Data Integration
11 29 (13.00%) ETL
12 25 (11.21%) Security Operations
13 24 (10.76%) AI
14 22 (9.87%) Regulatory Compliance
15 20 (8.97%) Cloud Security
15 20 (8.97%) Decision-Making
15 20 (8.97%) Migration
15 20 (8.97%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.93%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.35%) Korn
2 3 (1.35%) Python
3 1 (0.45%) Bicep
3 1 (0.45%) C#
3 1 (0.45%) Java
3 1 (0.45%) SQL
3 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (28.25%) Security Cleared
2 49 (21.97%) SC Cleared
3 29 (13.00%) CISSP
4 17 (7.62%) CISM
5 16 (7.17%) CRISC
6 15 (6.73%) Degree
7 13 (5.83%) DV Cleared
8 11 (4.93%) CISA
9 8 (3.59%) PMI Certification
10 7 (3.14%) PMP
11 5 (2.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (2.24%) OSCP
11 5 (2.24%) SANS
12 4 (1.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 3 (1.35%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.35%) CSSLP
14 2 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.90%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (24.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (21.08%) NIST
3 20 (8.97%) GDPR
4 17 (7.62%) QA
5 12 (5.38%) PCI DSS
6 10 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (4.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (3.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (3.59%) SOC 2
9 7 (3.14%) NCSC
10 6 (2.69%) NIST 800
11 5 (2.24%) COBIT
11 5 (2.24%) Data Quality
11 5 (2.24%) HIPAA
11 5 (2.24%) ITGC
12 4 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (1.35%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (1.35%) PMO
14 2 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 6 (2.69%) IAG
2 4 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.90%) Docker
4 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.90%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.90%) RSA Archer
1 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.45%) CASB
2 1 (0.45%) Grafana
2 1 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (16.14%) ServiceNow
2 33 (14.80%) Oracle
3 22 (9.87%) Microsoft
4 17 (7.62%) SAP
5 6 (2.69%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.79%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.35%) Databricks
7 3 (1.35%) Ericsson
7 3 (1.35%) Google
7 3 (1.35%) Nokia
7 3 (1.35%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.90%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.90%) Snow
9 1 (0.45%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.45%) F5
9 1 (0.45%) Foundry
9 1 (0.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.45%) Workday
9 1 (0.45%) Zscaler