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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 292 326
Rank change year-on-year +45 +34 +19
Contract jobs citing GRC 230 73 55
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.14% 0.54% 0.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.85% 3.08% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 46 31
10th Percentile £429 £431 £450
25th Percentile £510 £488 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% +13.04%
75th Percentile £675 £598 £788
90th Percentile £825 £660 £1,075
England median daily rate £571 £513 £600
% change year-on-year +11.34% -14.58% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £76.00 £33.50 -
% change year-on-year +126.87% - -

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 3,930 2,367 2,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 19.45% 17.62% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,660 1,564 1,370
10th Percentile £350 £325 £315
25th Percentile £431 £413 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £750 £800
England median daily rate £515 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.90% -2.44% -5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 55 39
10th Percentile £15.34 £22.75 £18.13
25th Percentile £21.33 £25.15 £23.80
Median hourly rate £27.75 £34.00 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year -18.38% +7.53% +3.25%
75th Percentile £40.36 £43.98 £50.88
90th Percentile £59.35 £61.80 £78.47
England median hourly rate £32.20 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -0.93% -7.14% -9.00%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -2 25 £600 -17.24% 37
West London -15 2 £500 +42.86% 2
East London +3 1 £590 +9.26%
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 (11.74%) SAS
2 6 (2.61%) IIS
3 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (6.09%) SAP GRC
1 14 (6.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.43%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.43%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 37 (16.09%) Azure
2 29 (12.61%) AWS
3 15 (6.52%) GCP
4 8 (3.48%) SaaS
5 5 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.17%) Tricentis Tosca
6 4 (1.74%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.30%) GitHub
8 2 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.87%) Google Gemini
8 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.87%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.87%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (0.43%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.43%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.43%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.04%) Network Security
2 5 (2.17%) Cisco IPT
2 5 (2.17%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.30%) Firewall
4 2 (0.87%) NGFW
5 1 (0.43%) HTTP
5 1 (0.43%) Internet
5 1 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.17%) SAP BW
2 3 (1.30%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.87%) Metadata
3 2 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.87%) Power BI
3 2 (0.87%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.43%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.43%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.43%) OLAP
4 1 (0.43%) OLTP
4 1 (0.43%) Parquet
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.04%) JIRA
2 5 (2.17%) Git
3 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.43%) JMeter
3 1 (0.43%) Postman
3 1 (0.43%) Selenium
3 1 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 76 (33.04%) Social Skills
2 59 (25.65%) Finance
3 28 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (12.17%) Legal
4 19 (8.26%) Banking
5 17 (7.39%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.39%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.78%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.48%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.17%) Law
11 3 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.87%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.87%) Local Government
12 2 (0.87%) Military
12 2 (0.87%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.43%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (20.87%) Architect
2 31 (13.48%) Consultant
3 26 (11.30%) Analyst
4 18 (7.83%) Lead
5 17 (7.39%) Security Consultant
6 14 (6.09%) Senior
7 11 (4.78%) Project Manager
8 9 (3.91%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 9 (3.91%) SAP Consultant
8 9 (3.91%) Security Analyst
8 9 (3.91%) ServiceNow Architect
9 8 (3.48%) SAP Security Consultant
10 7 (3.04%) Security Architect
10 7 (3.04%) Security Manager
11 6 (2.61%) Risk Analyst
11 6 (2.61%) SAP GRC Consultant
12 5 (2.17%) Delivery Manager
12 5 (2.17%) Developer
12 5 (2.17%) IT Manager
12 5 (2.17%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.70%) REST
2 9 (3.91%) SAP Fiori
2 9 (3.91%) SOAP
3 5 (2.17%) LDAP
3 5 (2.17%) Middleware
4 4 (1.74%) JSON
4 4 (1.74%) XML
5 3 (1.30%) Web Services
6 2 (0.87%) CSS
6 2 (0.87%) HTML
6 2 (0.87%) Kafka
6 2 (0.87%) Playwright
7 1 (0.43%) Apache Avro
7 1 (0.43%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.43%) Flask
7 1 (0.43%) LangChain
7 1 (0.43%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.43%) React
7 1 (0.43%) RESTful
7 1 (0.43%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.30%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.35%) Security Posture
3 9 (3.91%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.91%) CMDB
3 9 (3.91%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.04%) Taxonomies
5 6 (2.61%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.30%) FMCG
6 3 (1.30%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.87%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.87%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.87%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Licensing
7 2 (0.87%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.43%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (0.43%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.35%) Windows
2 6 (2.61%) Linux
3 1 (0.43%) AIX
3 1 (0.43%) Android
3 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.43%) HPUX
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Solaris
3 1 (0.43%) SUSE
3 1 (0.43%) Unix
3 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (33.04%) Risk Management
2 75 (32.61%) Cybersecurity
3 63 (27.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 58 (25.22%) Information Security
5 37 (16.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 36 (15.65%) Analytics
7 35 (15.22%) Enterprise Architecture
7 35 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (13.48%) Agile
9 31 (13.48%) Data Integration
9 31 (13.48%) Roadmaps
10 29 (12.61%) ETL
11 28 (12.17%) AI
12 24 (10.43%) Decision-Making
13 23 (10.00%) Migration
14 22 (9.57%) Regulatory Compliance
14 22 (9.57%) Security Operations
15 21 (9.13%) Data Protection
16 19 (8.26%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.35%) JavaScript
2 5 (2.17%) Korn
3 3 (1.30%) Python
4 2 (0.87%) SQL
5 1 (0.43%) C#
5 1 (0.43%) Java
5 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 53 (23.04%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.87%) CISSP
4 19 (8.26%) CRISC
5 18 (7.83%) CISM
6 15 (6.52%) Degree
6 15 (6.52%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.91%) CISA
8 8 (3.48%) PMI Certification
9 7 (3.04%) PMP
10 6 (2.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (2.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (1.30%) CESG Certified Professional
13 2 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.87%) OSCP
13 2 (0.87%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (24.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (22.61%) NIST
3 21 (9.13%) GDPR
4 17 (7.39%) QA
5 12 (5.22%) PCI DSS
6 11 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (4.78%) NCSC
7 9 (3.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (3.04%) COBIT
9 7 (3.04%) Data Quality
9 7 (3.04%) NIST 800
10 6 (2.61%) SOC 2
11 5 (2.17%) HIPAA
11 5 (2.17%) ITGC
12 4 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (1.30%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (1.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (1.30%) JSP 440
13 3 (1.30%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.17%) IAG
3 2 (0.87%) Docker
4 1 (0.43%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.87%) CASB
1 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.43%) Grafana
2 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.43%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (15.65%) ServiceNow
2 33 (14.35%) Oracle
3 25 (10.87%) Microsoft
4 16 (6.96%) SAP
5 8 (3.48%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.30%) Databricks
6 3 (1.30%) Ericsson
6 3 (1.30%) Google
6 3 (1.30%) Nokia
6 3 (1.30%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.30%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.87%) Ariba
7 2 (0.87%) Cisco
7 2 (0.87%) F5
7 2 (0.87%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.87%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.87%) Snow
8 1 (0.43%) Foundry
8 1 (0.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.43%) Splunk