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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 304 352
Rank change year-on-year +64 +48 +14
Contract jobs citing GRC 216 61 44
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.08% 0.46% 0.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.69% 2.67% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 42 27
10th Percentile £426 £463 £406
25th Percentile £510 £502 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £539 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.37% -10.21% -10.11%
75th Percentile £684 £650 £738
90th Percentile £825 £736 £845
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 3,797 2,283 2,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.91% 17.07% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,557 1,531 1,485
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 £756 £794
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 49 42
10th Percentile £20.51 - £18.13
25th Percentile £23.50 £25.15 £22.45
Median hourly rate £29.04 £34.00 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year -14.59% +21.78% +1.53%
75th Percentile £41.44 £43.21 £49.69
90th Percentile £62.20 £54.00 £70.69
England median hourly rate £36.07 £31.64 £26.68
% change year-on-year +14.00% +18.59% -24.85%

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 26 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 26 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 +1 24 £565 -22.07% 27
West London -14 2 £500 +42.86% 9
East London +1 1 £590 +9.26% 3
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 (12.50%) SAS
2 5 (2.31%) IIS
3 4 (1.85%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (5.56%) SAP GRC
1 12 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.46%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.46%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 41 (18.98%) Azure
2 31 (14.35%) AWS
3 15 (6.94%) GCP
4 7 (3.24%) SaaS
5 5 (2.31%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.85%) GitHub
6 4 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.85%) Tricentis Tosca
7 3 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.39%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.93%) Google Gemini
9 1 (0.46%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.46%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.46%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.46%) Slack
9 1 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.78%) Network Security
2 5 (2.31%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.39%) Cisco IPT
3 3 (1.39%) Firewall
4 2 (0.93%) NGFW
5 1 (0.46%) HTTP
5 1 (0.46%) Internet
5 1 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.31%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.93%) Metadata
2 2 (0.93%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.46%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (3.70%) JIRA
2 4 (1.85%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.46%) GitLab
3 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.46%) JMeter
3 1 (0.46%) Postman
3 1 (0.46%) Selenium
3 1 (0.46%) Zephyr
General
1 66 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 50 (23.15%) Finance
3 25 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.11%) Legal
5 18 (8.33%) Banking
6 17 (7.87%) Telecoms
7 12 (5.56%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (3.24%) Law
10 6 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.39%) Marketing
12 3 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.93%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.93%) Local Government
13 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.93%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.46%) Private Banking
14 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (24.07%) Architect
2 22 (10.19%) Consultant
3 20 (9.26%) Lead
4 18 (8.33%) Analyst
5 15 (6.94%) Senior
6 14 (6.48%) Security Consultant
7 11 (5.09%) Project Manager
8 10 (4.63%) ServiceNow Architect
9 9 (4.17%) Security Architect
9 9 (4.17%) Security Manager
10 8 (3.70%) SAP Consultant
10 8 (3.70%) SAP Security Consultant
11 6 (2.78%) Developer
11 6 (2.78%) IT Manager
11 6 (2.78%) SAP GRC Consultant
11 6 (2.78%) Senior Consultant
12 5 (2.31%) Information Architect
12 5 (2.31%) Security Specialist
12 5 (2.31%) Senior Security Consultant
12 5 (2.31%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.26%) REST
2 10 (4.63%) SOAP
3 8 (3.70%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (1.85%) Middleware
5 3 (1.39%) JSON
5 3 (1.39%) LDAP
5 3 (1.39%) Web Services
5 3 (1.39%) XML
6 2 (0.93%) ADO
6 2 (0.93%) CSS
6 2 (0.93%) HTML
6 2 (0.93%) Playwright
7 1 (0.46%) Ajax
7 1 (0.46%) Django
7 1 (0.46%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.46%) LangChain
7 1 (0.46%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.46%) React
7 1 (0.46%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.80%) Onboarding
2 14 (6.48%) CMDB
3 11 (5.09%) Security Posture
4 10 (4.63%) Product Ownership
5 7 (3.24%) AI Agents
5 7 (3.24%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.24%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.39%) FMCG
7 3 (1.39%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.39%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.39%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.93%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.93%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.93%) IBM Mainframe
8 2 (0.93%) IoT
8 2 (0.93%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.93%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.17%) Windows
2 3 (1.39%) Linux
3 1 (0.46%) AIX
3 1 (0.46%) Android
3 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.46%) HPUX
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.46%) Solaris
3 1 (0.46%) SUSE
3 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (29.17%) Risk Management
2 57 (26.39%) Cybersecurity
3 54 (25.00%) Information Security
3 54 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (16.67%) Agile
4 36 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
5 35 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (16.20%) Roadmaps
6 32 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 31 (14.35%) Analytics
8 28 (12.96%) Data Integration
8 28 (12.96%) ETL
9 26 (12.04%) Security Operations
10 25 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (9.72%) AI
12 20 (9.26%) Incident Response
13 19 (8.80%) Cloud Security
13 19 (8.80%) Regulatory Compliance
13 19 (8.80%) Service Delivery
14 18 (8.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.09%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.93%) Python
3 1 (0.46%) Bicep
3 1 (0.46%) Java
3 1 (0.46%) Korn
3 1 (0.46%) SQL
3 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 47 (21.76%) SC Cleared
3 24 (11.11%) CISSP
4 12 (5.56%) CISM
4 12 (5.56%) Degree
4 12 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.63%) CRISC
6 9 (4.17%) CISA
7 8 (3.70%) PMI Certification
8 7 (3.24%) PMP
9 5 (2.31%) OSCP
9 5 (2.31%) SANS
10 4 (1.85%) CSSLP
10 4 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.93%) CCSP
12 2 (0.93%) CEH
12 2 (0.93%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (24.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (19.44%) NIST
3 20 (9.26%) GDPR
4 13 (6.02%) QA
5 12 (5.56%) PCI DSS
6 9 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (4.17%) SOC 2
7 8 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (3.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (2.78%) NCSC
10 5 (2.31%) COBIT
10 5 (2.31%) Data Quality
10 5 (2.31%) HIPAA
10 5 (2.31%) ITGC
11 4 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (1.39%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (1.39%) NIST 800
12 3 (1.39%) PMO
12 3 (1.39%) SLA
13 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 5 (2.31%) IAG
2 4 (1.85%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.46%) Docker
3 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.93%) RSA Archer
1 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.46%) CASB
2 1 (0.46%) Grafana
2 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.46%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (17.13%) ServiceNow
2 33 (15.28%) Oracle
3 21 (9.72%) Microsoft
4 14 (6.48%) SAP
5 6 (2.78%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.85%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.39%) Ericsson
7 3 (1.39%) Google
7 3 (1.39%) Nokia
7 3 (1.39%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.93%) Databricks
8 2 (0.93%) IBM
8 2 (0.93%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.93%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.93%) Snow
9 1 (0.46%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.46%) Okta
9 1 (0.46%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.46%) Workday
9 1 (0.46%) Zscaler