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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 309 338
Rank change year-on-year +19 +29 +163
Contract jobs citing GRC 78 66 85
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.56% 0.42% 0.42%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.15% 3.26% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 36 59
10th Percentile £419 £425 £393
25th Percentile £475 £522 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £688 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +25.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £628 £900 £800
90th Percentile £744 £1,038 £1,065
England median daily rate £513 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -14.58% +9.09% -6.38%

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 2,480 2,026 2,815
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.91% 12.98% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,643 1,244 2,106
10th Percentile £325 £308 £363
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £559
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.57% -1.76%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £700
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 25 48
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.40 £17.77
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.75 £21.44
Median hourly rate £33.46 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +7.69% +31.10%
75th Percentile £44.75 £51.75 £49.50
90th Percentile £69.74 £91.78 £65.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.11 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.46% -19.72% +63.04%

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 17 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 17 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 +41.86% 48
West London - 1 £350 - 1
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 4 (5.13%) Confluence
2 3 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.85%) Trello
3 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) SAP GRC
2 1 (1.28%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.28%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.38%) Miro
2 9 (11.54%) Azure
3 8 (10.26%) AWS
4 6 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.13%) GCP
6 3 (3.85%) Asana
7 2 (2.56%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.56%) SaaS
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.28%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.28%) GitHub
8 1 (1.28%) IaaS
8 1 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.28%) PaaS
8 1 (1.28%) Rubrik
8 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 6 (7.69%) Power BI
2 3 (3.85%) 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 5 (6.41%) JIRA
General
1 28 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 22 (28.21%) Finance
3 13 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 11 (14.10%) Banking
5 9 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (8.97%) Legal
8 6 (7.69%) Telecoms
9 5 (6.41%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (5.13%) Financial Institution
11 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (3.85%) Law
12 2 (2.56%) Police
13 1 (1.28%) Billing
13 1 (1.28%) Games
13 1 (1.28%) Investment Banking
13 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 32 (41.03%) Analyst
2 12 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 11 (14.10%) Consultant
4 10 (12.82%) Architect
5 9 (11.54%) Lead
6 6 (7.69%) Risk Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) Security Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) Senior
7 5 (6.41%) Telecoms Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) Telecoms Business Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Project Manager
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%) ServiceNow Architect
9 3 (3.85%) Threat Intelligence Manager
10 2 (2.56%) Information Specialist
10 2 (2.56%) Security Assurance Manager
10 2 (2.56%) ServiceNow Consultant
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%) Management Information System
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
4 2 (2.56%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.28%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.28%) PMI
5 1 (1.28%) PropTech
5 1 (1.28%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (48.72%) Risk Management
2 31 (39.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 25 (32.05%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (32.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (20.51%) Information Security
5 14 (17.95%) Agile
5 14 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (16.67%) Roadmaps
7 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (15.38%) Project Management
8 11 (14.10%) BPMN
8 11 (14.10%) Cloud Security
8 11 (14.10%) ITIL
9 9 (11.54%) IT Audit
9 9 (11.54%) Scrum
9 9 (11.54%) Translating Business Requirements
10 8 (10.26%) Data Loss Prevention
10 8 (10.26%) Decision-Making
10 8 (10.26%) eTOM
10 8 (10.26%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.85%) 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 11 (14.10%) CISSP
4 10 (12.82%) Degree
5 9 (11.54%) CISM
6 8 (10.26%) Master's Degree
7 7 (8.97%) FFIEC
8 6 (7.69%) CISA
9 3 (3.85%) CISMP
9 3 (3.85%) CRISC
9 3 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (2.56%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (2.56%) PMI Certification
11 1 (1.28%) ACCA
11 1 (1.28%) CCNP
11 1 (1.28%) CEH
11 1 (1.28%) CIMA
11 1 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (1.28%) OSCP
11 1 (1.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (34.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (33.33%) NIST
3 14 (17.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (14.10%) PCI DSS
5 5 (6.41%) NCSC
6 4 (5.13%) GDPR
7 3 (3.85%) COBIT
7 3 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (3.85%) QA
8 2 (2.56%) HIPAA
8 2 (2.56%) ITGC
8 2 (2.56%) MiFID
9 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.28%) IFRS
9 1 (1.28%) ISO 22301
9 1 (1.28%) ISO 31000
9 1 (1.28%) P3O
9 1 (1.28%) PMO
9 1 (1.28%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (2.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (7.69%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (17.95%) ServiceNow
2 4 (5.13%) SAP
3 3 (3.85%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.56%) Google
4 2 (2.56%) Oracle
4 2 (2.56%) Qualys
4 2 (2.56%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.56%) Tenable
5 1 (1.28%) Commvault
5 1 (1.28%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.28%) IBM
5 1 (1.28%) Intel
5 1 (1.28%) Snow
5 1 (1.28%) Veeam