GRC Contracts in London

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring GRC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GRC over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 315 396
Rank change year-on-year +45 +81 +95
Contract jobs citing GRC 83 76 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.66% 0.43% 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.17% 3.05% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 55 73
10th Percentile £361 £368 £372
25th Percentile £538 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £725 £731 £713
90th Percentile £835 £925 £838
England median daily rate £630 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +9.57% -4.17% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate - - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +100.00%

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 1,992 2,495 3,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.88% 13.99% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,317 1,770 2,546
10th Percentile £313 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £792
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 62 36
10th Percentile £19.44 £12.70 £20.25
25th Percentile £22.27 £17.85 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.75 £24.75 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +40.40% -19.51% -30.90%
75th Percentile £57.50 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.37 £53.73 £81.25
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in London

GRC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GRC in London.

Daily rate trend for GRC in London

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in London

GRC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GRC in London.

Hourly rate trend for GRC in London

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 1 May 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 +1 7 £650 +8.79% 8
East London - 4 £653 - 2
GRC
England

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Camtasia
1 1 (1.20%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 8 (9.64%) SAP GRC
2 7 (8.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.20%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.48%) Azure
2 10 (12.05%) AWS
3 7 (8.43%) SaaS
4 6 (7.23%) GCP
5 4 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.41%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.41%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.20%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.20%) IaaS
7 1 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.64%) Firewall
2 5 (6.02%) Network Security
3 4 (4.82%) DNS
3 4 (4.82%) SD-WAN
3 4 (4.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) Tableau
2 2 (2.41%) Power BI
2 2 (2.41%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 33 (39.76%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.89%) Finance
3 15 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (15.66%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.43%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.82%) Banking
6 4 (4.82%) Legal
7 3 (3.61%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.20%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.20%) International Banking
9 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.20%) Marketing
9 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.20%) Public Speaking
9 1 (1.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (27.71%) Architect
2 21 (25.30%) Consultant
3 17 (20.48%) Security Architect
4 12 (14.46%) Analyst
5 7 (8.43%) Lead
5 7 (8.43%) Security Consultant
6 6 (7.23%) Senior
6 6 (7.23%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Security Analyst
8 4 (4.82%) Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Security Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.61%) Information Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Information Security Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) IT Manager
9 3 (3.61%) Network Architect
9 3 (3.61%) Network Security Architect
9 3 (3.61%) Product Owner
9 3 (3.61%) Risk Consultant
9 3 (3.61%) SAP Architect
9 3 (3.61%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) SailPoint
1 3 (3.61%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.20%) OAuth
2 1 (1.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.05%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.43%) Security Posture
3 5 (6.02%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.82%) e-Learning
4 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.61%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.41%) Insider Threat
6 2 (2.41%) Learning Management System
6 2 (2.41%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.41%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.41%) Shadow IT
7 1 (1.20%) Animation
7 1 (1.20%) Blog
7 1 (1.20%) CMDB
7 1 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.20%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.20%) Taxonomies
7 1 (1.20%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (48.19%) Risk Management
2 24 (28.92%) Information Security
3 23 (27.71%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (21.69%) Agile
5 17 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (14.46%) Incident Response
6 12 (14.46%) Security Architecture
7 11 (13.25%) Security Operations
8 10 (12.05%) DevSecOps
8 10 (12.05%) Roadmaps
9 9 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (9.64%) Risk Assessment
11 7 (8.43%) Cloud Security
11 7 (8.43%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (8.43%) GAP Analysis
11 7 (8.43%) Identity Access Management
12 6 (7.23%) Business Case
12 6 (7.23%) Business Continuity
12 6 (7.23%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (18.07%) Security Cleared
2 13 (15.66%) SC Cleared
3 12 (14.46%) CISSP
4 10 (12.05%) CISA
4 10 (12.05%) CISM
5 8 (9.64%) CRISC
6 6 (7.23%) Degree
6 6 (7.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (2.41%) CEH
7 2 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.20%) CGEIT
8 1 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (1.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (24.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 20 (24.10%) NIST
2 8 (9.64%) GDPR
3 6 (7.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (6.02%) PCI DSS
5 4 (4.82%) NIST 800
6 3 (3.61%) COBIT
6 3 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (2.41%) ITGC
7 2 (2.41%) SOX 404
8 1 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.20%) ISO 31000
8 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.20%) NCSC
8 1 (1.20%) PSD2
8 1 (1.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (6.02%) IAG
2 3 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 20 (24.10%) ServiceNow
2 14 (16.87%) Microsoft
3 10 (12.05%) SAP
4 4 (4.82%) Ariba
4 4 (4.82%) IBM
4 4 (4.82%) Qualys
5 2 (2.41%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.20%) Cisco
6 1 (1.20%) Cognos
6 1 (1.20%) Concur
6 1 (1.20%) ForgeRock
6 1 (1.20%) Intel
6 1 (1.20%) Okta
6 1 (1.20%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.20%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.20%) Snow
6 1 (1.20%) Splunk
6 1 (1.20%) Zscaler