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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 298 338
Rank change year-on-year +52 +40 +24
Contract jobs citing GRC 214 61 45
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.06% 0.46% 0.28%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.62% 2.66% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 41 28
10th Percentile £438 £463 £407
25th Percentile £510 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -10.42% -10.11%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £738
90th Percentile £825 £725 £828
England median daily rate £552 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +7.75% -6.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £76.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +16.92% - -

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 3,809 2,291 2,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.90% 17.14% 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,567 1,532 1,470
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% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £762 £794
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 49 41
10th Percentile £20.13 - £18.13
25th Percentile £23.16 £25.15 £22.00
Median hourly rate £28.55 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% +22.13% +1.24%
75th Percentile £40.00 £43.21 £50.00
90th Percentile £58.00 £54.00 £71.88
England median hourly rate £36.07 £31.64 £26.16
% change year-on-year +14.00% +20.94% -26.82%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 -3 24 £565 -9.60% 34
West London -19 2 £500 +42.86% 11
East London +2 1 £590 +9.26% 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 27 (12.62%) SAS
2 5 (2.34%) IIS
3 4 (1.87%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (5.61%) SAP GRC
1 12 (5.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.47%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.47%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 40 (18.69%) Azure
2 31 (14.49%) AWS
3 15 (7.01%) GCP
4 7 (3.27%) SaaS
5 5 (2.34%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.87%) GitHub
6 4 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.87%) Tricentis Tosca
7 3 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.40%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.93%) Google Gemini
9 1 (0.47%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.47%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.47%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.47%) Slack
9 1 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.80%) Network Security
2 5 (2.34%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.87%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (1.40%) Firewall
5 2 (0.93%) NGFW
6 1 (0.47%) HTTP
6 1 (0.47%) Internet
6 1 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.34%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.93%) Metadata
2 2 (0.93%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.47%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (3.74%) JIRA
2 4 (1.87%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.47%) JMeter
3 1 (0.47%) Postman
3 1 (0.47%) Selenium
3 1 (0.47%) Zephyr
General
1 65 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 49 (22.90%) Finance
3 25 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.75%) Legal
5 17 (7.94%) Banking
5 17 (7.94%) Telecoms
6 15 (7.01%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.21%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (3.27%) Law
9 6 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Legal Technology
11 2 (0.93%) Local Government
11 2 (0.93%) Marketing
11 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (24.30%) Architect
2 23 (10.75%) Consultant
3 19 (8.88%) Analyst
3 19 (8.88%) Lead
4 15 (7.01%) Senior
5 14 (6.54%) Security Consultant
6 11 (5.14%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.67%) ServiceNow Architect
8 9 (4.21%) Security Architect
8 9 (4.21%) Security Manager
9 8 (3.74%) SAP Consultant
9 8 (3.74%) SAP Security Consultant
10 6 (2.80%) IT Manager
10 6 (2.80%) SAP GRC Consultant
10 6 (2.80%) Senior Consultant
11 5 (2.34%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (2.34%) Developer
11 5 (2.34%) Information Architect
11 5 (2.34%) Senior Security Consultant
11 5 (2.34%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.35%) REST
2 10 (4.67%) SOAP
3 8 (3.74%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (1.87%) Middleware
5 3 (1.40%) JSON
5 3 (1.40%) LDAP
5 3 (1.40%) Web Services
5 3 (1.40%) XML
6 2 (0.93%) ADO
6 2 (0.93%) CSS
6 2 (0.93%) HTML
6 2 (0.93%) Playwright
7 1 (0.47%) Ajax
7 1 (0.47%) Django
7 1 (0.47%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.47%) Flask
7 1 (0.47%) LangChain
7 1 (0.47%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.47%) React
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.88%) Onboarding
2 13 (6.07%) CMDB
3 11 (5.14%) Security Posture
4 10 (4.67%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.74%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.27%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.27%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.40%) FMCG
8 3 (1.40%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.40%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.40%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.93%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.93%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.47%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.47%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (0.47%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.74%) Windows
2 3 (1.40%) Linux
3 1 (0.47%) AIX
3 1 (0.47%) Android
3 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.47%) HPUX
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.47%) Solaris
3 1 (0.47%) SUSE
3 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (29.91%) Risk Management
2 58 (27.10%) Cybersecurity
3 56 (26.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 54 (25.23%) Information Security
5 36 (16.82%) Enterprise Architecture
6 35 (16.36%) Agile
6 35 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (15.89%) Roadmaps
8 33 (15.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 31 (14.49%) Analytics
10 28 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (13.08%) Data Integration
10 28 (13.08%) ETL
11 25 (11.68%) Security Operations
12 21 (9.81%) AI
12 21 (9.81%) Service Delivery
13 20 (9.35%) Regulatory Compliance
14 19 (8.88%) Cloud Security
14 19 (8.88%) Incident Response
15 18 (8.41%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.14%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.93%) Python
3 1 (0.47%) Bicep
3 1 (0.47%) Java
3 1 (0.47%) Korn
3 1 (0.47%) SQL
3 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 62 (28.97%) Security Cleared
2 49 (22.90%) SC Cleared
3 24 (11.21%) CISSP
4 12 (5.61%) CISM
4 12 (5.61%) Degree
4 12 (5.61%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.14%) CRISC
6 9 (4.21%) CISA
7 8 (3.74%) PMI Certification
8 7 (3.27%) PMP
9 5 (2.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 5 (2.34%) OSCP
9 5 (2.34%) SANS
10 4 (1.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (1.40%) CSSLP
12 2 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.93%) GIAC
12 2 (0.93%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (24.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (20.09%) NIST
3 19 (8.88%) GDPR
4 16 (7.48%) QA
5 12 (5.61%) PCI DSS
6 9 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (3.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (3.74%) SOC 2
8 7 (3.27%) NCSC
8 7 (3.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (2.34%) COBIT
9 5 (2.34%) Data Quality
9 5 (2.34%) HIPAA
9 5 (2.34%) ITGC
10 4 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (1.40%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (1.40%) NIST 800
11 3 (1.40%) PMO
12 2 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 5 (2.34%) IAG
2 4 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) Docker
3 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.93%) RSA Archer
1 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.47%) CASB
2 1 (0.47%) Grafana
2 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (16.36%) ServiceNow
2 33 (15.42%) Oracle
3 20 (9.35%) Microsoft
4 14 (6.54%) SAP
5 6 (2.80%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.87%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.40%) Ericsson
7 3 (1.40%) Google
7 3 (1.40%) Nokia
7 3 (1.40%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.93%) Databricks
8 2 (0.93%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.93%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.93%) Snow
9 1 (0.47%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.47%) Okta
9 1 (0.47%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Workday
9 1 (0.47%) Zscaler