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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 264 317
Rank change year-on-year +4 +53 +120
Contract jobs citing GRC 139 87 72
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.88% 0.66% 0.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.67% 4.46% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 59 52
10th Percentile £411 £431 £342
25th Percentile £453 £558 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £675 £550
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £763 £738
90th Percentile £763 £955 £925
England median daily rate £525 £675 £550
% change year-on-year -22.22% +22.73% -4.35%

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 2,978 1,949 2,508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.90% 14.71% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,984 1,235 1,809
10th Percentile £350 £307 £363
25th Percentile £419 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £686
90th Percentile £750 £787 £780
England median daily rate £508 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 27 63
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.25 £12.85
25th Percentile £18.41 £23.23 £18.38
Median hourly rate £26.11 £39.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -33.05% +35.65% -17.86%
75th Percentile £56.69 £80.80 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.69 £94.25 £60.90
England median hourly rate £25.77 £32.66 £25.77
% change year-on-year -21.08% +26.74% -26.39%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 -7 13 £486 -25.31% 14
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 (4.32%) Confluence
2 4 (2.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.16%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.88%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (13.67%) Azure
2 12 (8.63%) AWS
3 7 (5.04%) GCP
3 7 (5.04%) Power Platform
3 7 (5.04%) SaaS
4 6 (4.32%) Miro
5 3 (2.16%) Asana
5 3 (2.16%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.16%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (2.16%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.44%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (1.44%) GitHub
6 2 (1.44%) IaaS
6 2 (1.44%) PaaS
6 2 (1.44%) Serverless
7 1 (0.72%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (0.72%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.76%) Firewall
2 3 (2.16%) Network Security
3 1 (0.72%) Internet
3 1 (0.72%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.04%) Power BI
2 4 (2.88%) Metadata
3 3 (2.16%) Tableau
4 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.72%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 7 (5.04%) JIRA
2 1 (0.72%) Git
General
1 62 (44.60%) Social Skills
2 45 (32.37%) Finance
3 23 (16.55%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (14.39%) Banking
5 18 (12.95%) Legal
6 13 (9.35%) Public Sector
7 9 (6.47%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.60%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.88%) Law
10 4 (2.88%) Marketing
10 4 (2.88%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.44%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.44%) Police
13 1 (0.72%) Billing
13 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (25.90%) Analyst
2 17 (12.23%) Consultant
3 12 (8.63%) Senior
4 10 (7.19%) Architect
4 10 (7.19%) Lead
4 10 (7.19%) Security Analyst
5 9 (6.47%) Business Analyst
5 9 (6.47%) Risk Analyst
6 8 (5.76%) Security Manager
6 8 (5.76%) Security Specialist
7 7 (5.04%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.04%) Security Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) Programme Manager
8 5 (3.60%) Security Consultant
9 4 (2.88%) Compliance Analyst
9 4 (2.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 4 (2.88%) Developer
9 4 (2.88%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.44%) REST
2 1 (0.72%) .NET
2 1 (0.72%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.72%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.72%) SOAP
2 1 (0.72%) Spring
2 1 (0.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.91%) Security Posture
2 6 (4.32%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.32%) Virtual Team
3 5 (3.60%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.60%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.60%) Operational Technology
4 4 (2.88%) IoT
4 4 (2.88%) Taxonomies
5 3 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.16%) PropTech
6 2 (1.44%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.44%) CMDB
6 2 (1.44%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.44%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.44%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.44%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.44%) NHS
6 2 (1.44%) PMI
7 1 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (48.92%) Risk Management
2 45 (32.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (30.94%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (30.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 41 (29.50%) Information Security
6 22 (15.83%) Cloud Security
7 21 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (13.67%) Risk Assessment
9 18 (12.95%) Agile
10 17 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (12.23%) Regulatory Compliance
10 17 (12.23%) Risk Register
11 15 (10.79%) Project Management
11 15 (10.79%) Roadmaps
12 14 (10.07%) Identity Access Management
13 13 (9.35%) Data Protection
14 12 (8.63%) ITIL
15 11 (7.91%) AI
15 11 (7.91%) Incident Response
16 10 (7.19%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.16%) SQL
2 2 (1.44%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.44%) Python
3 1 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.72%) Java
3 1 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (17.27%) CISSP
2 20 (14.39%) CISM
3 18 (12.95%) Security Cleared
4 17 (12.23%) SC Cleared
5 15 (10.79%) Degree
6 14 (10.07%) CRISC
7 10 (7.19%) CISA
8 9 (6.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 7 (5.04%) FFIEC
10 5 (3.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 5 (3.60%) Master's Degree
11 4 (2.88%) CGEIT
12 3 (2.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (2.16%) CCSP
12 3 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (2.16%) CISMP
12 3 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (2.16%) PMI Certification
12 3 (2.16%) RIBA
13 2 (1.44%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (35.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (30.94%) NIST
3 16 (11.51%) PCI DSS
3 16 (11.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 15 (10.79%) GDPR
5 8 (5.76%) COBIT
5 8 (5.76%) SOC 2
6 5 (3.60%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 5 (3.60%) NCSC
6 5 (3.60%) SLA
7 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.16%) ISO 31000
7 3 (2.16%) ITGC
7 3 (2.16%) MiFID
7 3 (2.16%) NIST 800
7 3 (2.16%) PMO
8 2 (1.44%) Data Quality
8 2 (1.44%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (0.72%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.72%) Docker
1 1 (0.72%) IAG
Systems Management
1 8 (5.76%) RSA Archer
2 2 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.44%) Terraform
3 1 (0.72%) QRadar
Vendors
1 22 (15.83%) ServiceNow
2 11 (7.91%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.32%) SAP
4 4 (2.88%) Google
4 4 (2.88%) Rapid7
5 2 (1.44%) Ariba
5 2 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.44%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.44%) IBM
6 1 (0.72%) BT
6 1 (0.72%) Carbon Black
6 1 (0.72%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.72%) Commvault
6 1 (0.72%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.72%) Okta
6 1 (0.72%) Qualys
6 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.72%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.72%) Splunk
6 1 (0.72%) Veeam