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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 335 397
Rank change year-on-year +52 +62 +97
Contract jobs citing GRC 72 58 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.55% 0.33% 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.37% 2.39% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 37 74
10th Percentile £498 £434 £372
25th Percentile £531 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £575 £613
Median % change year-on-year +11.30% -6.12% +2.08%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £784
90th Percentile £740 £960 £876
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £70.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 - £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 2,137 2,424 3,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 16.45% 13.76% 13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 1,695 2,507
10th Percentile £325 £350 £359
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 61 34
10th Percentile £22.68 £12.50 £19.10
25th Percentile £25.15 £18.00 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £23.80 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year +44.96% -9.33% -36.36%
75th Percentile £50.31 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £65.50 £55.00 £81.75
England median hourly rate £32.25 £24.18 £42.50
% change year-on-year +33.37% -43.11% +60.38%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +3 7 £650 +6.56% 53
East London - 4 £585 - 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Camtasia
1 1 (1.39%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 6 (8.33%) SAP GRC
1 6 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.39%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.22%) Azure
2 10 (13.89%) AWS
3 6 (8.33%) GCP
3 6 (8.33%) SaaS
4 2 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.78%) Miro
4 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.78%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.39%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.39%) IaaS
5 1 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.11%) Firewall
2 6 (8.33%) Network Security
3 5 (6.94%) SD-WAN
3 5 (6.94%) WAN
4 4 (5.56%) DNS
5 1 (1.39%) DMZ
5 1 (1.39%) HTTPS
5 1 (1.39%) SNMP
5 1 (1.39%) SSH
5 1 (1.39%) Telnet
5 1 (1.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) Power BI
1 2 (2.78%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.39%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.39%) Tableau
General
1 30 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.83%) Finance
3 13 (18.06%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.33%) Banking
5 6 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.56%) Legal
6 4 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 3 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.39%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.39%) Games
9 1 (1.39%) International Banking
9 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.39%) Marketing
9 1 (1.39%) Public Speaking
9 1 (1.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (22.22%) Analyst
1 16 (22.22%) Architect
2 15 (20.83%) Consultant
3 11 (15.28%) Security Architect
4 6 (8.33%) Lead
4 6 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (6.94%) Business Analyst
5 5 (6.94%) Security Consultant
5 5 (6.94%) Senior
6 4 (5.56%) IT Consultant
6 4 (5.56%) Security Analyst
7 3 (4.17%) IT Security Consultant
7 3 (4.17%) Network Architect
7 3 (4.17%) Network Security Architect
7 3 (4.17%) Product Owner
7 3 (4.17%) Security Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.78%) Associate Consultant
8 2 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (2.78%) Governance Analyst
8 2 (2.78%) Risk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.17%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.39%) OAuth
2 1 (1.39%) REST
2 1 (1.39%) SAML
2 1 (1.39%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) Product Ownership
2 6 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.94%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.17%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.78%) Insider Threat
5 2 (2.78%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.78%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.78%) Shadow IT
6 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.39%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.39%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.39%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (47.22%) Risk Management
2 23 (31.94%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (23.61%) Agile
4 14 (19.44%) Information Security
5 13 (18.06%) Incident Response
5 13 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (16.67%) DevSecOps
6 12 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (15.28%) Roadmaps
7 11 (15.28%) Translating Business Requirements
8 9 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (12.50%) Security Operations
9 8 (11.11%) Security Architecture
9 8 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
9 8 (11.11%) Workflow
10 7 (9.72%) BCP
10 7 (9.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (8.33%) Business Continuity
11 6 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (8.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.56%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (12.50%) CISSP
1 9 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.11%) CISM
2 8 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.72%) CRISC
4 6 (8.33%) CISA
4 6 (8.33%) Degree
5 3 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 3 (4.17%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.39%) CEH
6 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (1.39%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (34.72%) NIST
2 23 (31.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (9.72%) GDPR
4 6 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (6.94%) PCI DSS
6 4 (5.56%) NIST 800
7 3 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (4.17%) NCSC
8 2 (2.78%) COBIT
8 2 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (2.78%) ITGC
8 2 (2.78%) SOC 2
8 2 (2.78%) SOX 404
9 1 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.39%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.39%) ISO 31000
9 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.39%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (4.17%) IAG
1 3 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 15 (20.83%) ServiceNow
2 13 (18.06%) Microsoft
3 9 (12.50%) SAP
4 5 (6.94%) Qualys
5 4 (5.56%) Ariba
5 4 (5.56%) IBM
6 2 (2.78%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.39%) Cisco
7 1 (1.39%) Cognos
7 1 (1.39%) Concur
7 1 (1.39%) ForgeRock
7 1 (1.39%) Intel
7 1 (1.39%) Okta
7 1 (1.39%) OneTrust
7 1 (1.39%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.39%) Splunk
7 1 (1.39%) Tenable
7 1 (1.39%) Zscaler