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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 339 349
Rank change year-on-year +46 +10 +165
Contract jobs citing GRC 69 45 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.51% 0.28% 0.42%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.96% 2.02% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 31 63
10th Percentile £424 £410 £400
25th Percentile £475 £475 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £620 £625
Median % change year-on-year -15.32% -0.80% -5.66%
75th Percentile £612 £775 £869
90th Percentile £660 £1,000 £1,063
England median daily rate £513 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -10.87% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £33.50 - £50.00

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 2,331 2,227 3,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.33% 13.67% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,545 1,435 2,300
10th Percentile £325 £333 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £798
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 42 33
10th Percentile - £18.13 £16.66
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £29.81 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% +8.40% +11.29%
75th Percentile £42.75 £49.69 £50.75
90th Percentile £54.35 £71.88 £63.95
England median hourly rate £32.50 £31.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year +4.43% -17.01% +66.67%

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
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 18 September 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 18 September 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 6 £625 +8.70% 16
East London - 2 £540 -
West London - 1 £350 -
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 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Camtasia
1 1 (1.45%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) SAP GRC
1 2 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.45%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.45%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.45%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.49%) Azure
2 6 (8.70%) Miro
3 5 (7.25%) AWS
3 5 (7.25%) GCP
4 4 (5.80%) SaaS
5 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub
5 1 (1.45%) IaaS
5 1 (1.45%) PaaS
5 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.04%) Firewall
2 2 (2.90%) DMZ
2 2 (2.90%) Network Security
2 2 (2.90%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.90%) SSH
2 2 (2.90%) Telnet
2 2 (2.90%) VLAN
2 2 (2.90%) WAN
3 1 (1.45%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.45%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Power BI
1 1 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 31 (44.93%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.84%) Finance
3 9 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.70%) Banking
5 6 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.70%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.80%) Legal
7 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Games
8 1 (1.45%) International Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Law
8 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 21 (30.43%) Analyst
2 14 (20.29%) Consultant
3 7 (10.14%) Business Analyst
4 6 (8.70%) Architect
5 5 (7.25%) Lead
5 5 (7.25%) Security Consultant
6 4 (5.80%) Governance Analyst
6 4 (5.80%) Senior
7 3 (4.35%) IT Consultant
7 3 (4.35%) IT Security Consultant
7 3 (4.35%) Product Owner
7 3 (4.35%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Security Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Security Architect
7 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow Architect
7 3 (4.35%) Telecoms Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Telecoms Business Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.35%) SailPoint
2 2 (2.90%) Web Services
3 1 (1.45%) OAuth
3 1 (1.45%) REST
3 1 (1.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.94%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.80%) Operational Technology
2 4 (5.80%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.90%) CMDB
4 2 (2.90%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.90%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (2.90%) Learning Management System
4 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.90%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.45%) Animation
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.45%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.45%) PropTech
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (52.17%) Risk Management
2 25 (36.23%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (28.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (17.39%) Agile
6 11 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (15.94%) Translating Business Requirements
7 10 (14.49%) Incident Response
7 10 (14.49%) IT Audit
7 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (13.04%) Cloud Security
8 9 (13.04%) ITIL
8 9 (13.04%) Roadmaps
9 8 (11.59%) Information Security
9 8 (11.59%) Project Management
9 8 (11.59%) Test Strategy
9 8 (11.59%) Vulnerability Management
10 7 (10.14%) BPMN
10 7 (10.14%) SIEM
11 6 (8.70%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.70%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (14.49%) CISA
2 9 (13.04%) CISM
2 9 (13.04%) CISSP
2 9 (13.04%) CRISC
3 8 (11.59%) Degree
3 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
4 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
5 6 (8.70%) FFIEC
6 5 (7.25%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (1.45%) ACCA
8 1 (1.45%) CCNP
8 1 (1.45%) CEH
8 1 (1.45%) CIMA
8 1 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.45%) CISMP
8 1 (1.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (1.45%) OSCP
8 1 (1.45%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (40.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (36.23%) NIST
3 11 (15.94%) PCI DSS
3 11 (15.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (10.14%) GDPR
5 5 (7.25%) COBIT
6 4 (5.80%) ITGC
7 3 (4.35%) NCSC
7 3 (4.35%) QA
8 2 (2.90%) SOX 404
9 1 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.45%) GxP
9 1 (1.45%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.45%) IFRS
9 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.45%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.45%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Firmware
2 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) RSA Archer
1 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (20.29%) ServiceNow
2 7 (10.14%) SAP
3 3 (4.35%) IBM
4 2 (2.90%) CyberArk
4 2 (2.90%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.90%) Oracle
4 2 (2.90%) Qualys
4 2 (2.90%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.90%) Tenable
5 1 (1.45%) ForgeRock
5 1 (1.45%) Google
5 1 (1.45%) Intel
5 1 (1.45%) Okta