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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 272 308
Rank change year-on-year -1 +36 +97
Contract jobs citing GRC 136 79 79
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.80% 0.62% 0.44%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.29% 4.07% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 55 58
10th Percentile £409 £399 £386
25th Percentile £453 £558 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £675 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +22.73% -3.30%
75th Percentile £684 £744 £747
90th Percentile £804 £875 £925
England median daily rate £525 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% -4.17%

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 3,167 1,939 2,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.52% 15.29% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,119 1,298 1,740
10th Percentile £350 £313 £362
25th Percentile £422 £410 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £634 £663 £688
90th Percentile £750 £766 £788
England median daily rate £510 £509 £525
% change year-on-year +0.25% -3.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 24 58
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.59 £22.27 £17.56
Median hourly rate £26.11 £39.02 £26.40
Median % change year-on-year -33.09% +47.80% -39.81%
75th Percentile £46.00 £68.35 £49.00
90th Percentile £69.99 £90.59 £60.53
England median hourly rate £29.77 £32.81 £21.38
% change year-on-year -9.28% +53.48% -49.70%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -9 11 £486 -29.38% 15
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 6 (4.41%) Confluence
1 6 (4.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.21%) Trello
4 2 (1.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.68%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.44%) Azure
2 14 (10.29%) AWS
3 7 (5.15%) GCP
3 7 (5.15%) SaaS
4 6 (4.41%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.68%) Miro
6 4 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (2.21%) Asana
7 3 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.21%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.47%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.47%) IaaS
8 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.47%) PaaS
8 2 (1.47%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.47%) Serverless
9 1 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.21%) Network Security
2 2 (1.47%) Firewall
3 1 (0.74%) Internet
3 1 (0.74%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.41%) Power BI
2 3 (2.21%) Metadata
2 3 (2.21%) Tableau
3 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.74%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (5.15%) JIRA
2 1 (0.74%) Git
General
1 62 (45.59%) Social Skills
2 39 (28.68%) Finance
3 24 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (13.24%) Legal
5 17 (12.50%) Banking
6 16 (11.76%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.41%) Law
8 5 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.68%) Marketing
9 4 (2.94%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.94%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.47%) Police
11 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.74%) Military
11 1 (0.74%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (19.85%) Analyst
2 19 (13.97%) Consultant
3 12 (8.82%) Lead
3 12 (8.82%) Senior
4 11 (8.09%) Architect
5 10 (7.35%) Security Manager
6 9 (6.62%) Security Analyst
6 9 (6.62%) Security Consultant
6 9 (6.62%) Security Specialist
7 8 (5.88%) Business Analyst
8 7 (5.15%) Security Engineer
9 6 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 6 (4.41%) Programme Manager
9 6 (4.41%) Project Manager
10 5 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Risk Analyst
10 5 (3.68%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (3.68%) Technical Leader
11 4 (2.94%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.21%) REST
2 2 (1.47%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.47%) SOAP
3 1 (0.74%) .NET
3 1 (0.74%) ADO
3 1 (0.74%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.74%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.82%) Security Posture
2 8 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.41%) Operational Technology
3 6 (4.41%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.41%) Virtual Team
4 5 (3.68%) IoT
4 5 (3.68%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.94%) CMDB
5 4 (2.94%) PropTech
5 4 (2.94%) Taxonomies
6 3 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.47%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.47%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.47%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (1.47%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.47%) NHS
7 2 (1.47%) PMI
8 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.74%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (38.97%) Risk Management
2 50 (36.76%) Information Security
3 42 (30.88%) Cybersecurity
4 40 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 22 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (14.71%) Risk Assessment
8 19 (13.97%) Cloud Security
9 18 (13.24%) Agile
9 18 (13.24%) Regulatory Compliance
10 17 (12.50%) Roadmaps
11 16 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (10.29%) Risk Register
13 13 (9.56%) AI
13 13 (9.56%) Data Protection
13 13 (9.56%) Identity Access Management
14 11 (8.09%) ITIL
14 11 (8.09%) ITSM
15 10 (7.35%) GAP Analysis
15 10 (7.35%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.21%) SQL
2 2 (1.47%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.47%) Python
3 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.74%) Java
3 1 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 28 (20.59%) CISSP
2 19 (13.97%) Security Cleared
3 18 (13.24%) CISM
3 18 (13.24%) SC Cleared
4 14 (10.29%) Degree
5 13 (9.56%) CRISC
6 12 (8.82%) CISA
7 9 (6.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 5 (3.68%) CSSLP
8 5 (3.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (2.94%) CCSP
9 4 (2.94%) CGEIT
9 4 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.94%) CISMP
9 4 (2.94%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.94%) OSCP
9 4 (2.94%) RIBA
9 4 (2.94%) SANS
10 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (33.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (27.94%) NIST
3 14 (10.29%) GDPR
4 10 (7.35%) PCI DSS
5 9 (6.62%) SOC 2
6 8 (5.88%) COBIT
7 6 (4.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (4.41%) SLA
8 4 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 4 (2.94%) ITGC
8 4 (2.94%) NCSC
8 4 (2.94%) NIST 800
9 3 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (1.47%) GxP
10 2 (1.47%) ISO 22301
10 2 (1.47%) ISO 31000
10 2 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.47%) MiFID
10 2 (1.47%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.47%) IAG
2 1 (0.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (5.88%) RSA Archer
2 2 (1.47%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.74%) QRadar
3 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (14.71%) ServiceNow
2 14 (10.29%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.15%) SAP
4 4 (2.94%) Rapid7
5 3 (2.21%) Google
5 3 (2.21%) IBM
6 2 (1.47%) Ariba
6 2 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.47%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.74%) BT
7 1 (0.74%) Carbon Black
7 1 (0.74%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.74%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.74%) Okta
7 1 (0.74%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.74%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.74%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.74%) Qualys
7 1 (0.74%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.74%) Tenable