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 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 337 354
Rank change year-on-year +36 +17 +154
Contract jobs citing GRC 71 55 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.53% 0.34% 0.40%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.06% 2.49% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 34 61
10th Percentile £431 £422 £363
25th Percentile £491 £503 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £644 £575
Median % change year-on-year -18.45% +11.96% -13.21%
75th Percentile £603 £775 £888
90th Percentile £660 £1,053 £1,063
England median daily rate £513 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -14.58% +4.35% -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 2,321 2,213 3,088
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.37% 13.61% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,544 1,396 2,313
10th Percentile £325 £327 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.23%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £798
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 39 40
10th Percentile £24.91 £18.13 £16.83
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.80 £19.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £31.62 £28.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% +12.43% +33.93%
75th Percentile £41.75 £50.88 £44.15
90th Percentile £54.05 £73.25 £62.03
England median hourly rate £32.50 £33.93 £38.46
% change year-on-year -4.21% -11.78% +72.23%

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 28 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 28 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 -3 6 £625 +11.11% 26
East London +5 2 £540 -20.00%
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 (1.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Camtasia
1 1 (1.41%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) SAP GRC
1 2 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.41%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.41%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.41%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.08%) Azure
2 6 (8.45%) AWS
2 6 (8.45%) Miro
3 5 (7.04%) GCP
3 5 (7.04%) SaaS
4 1 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.41%) GitHub
4 1 (1.41%) IaaS
4 1 (1.41%) PaaS
4 1 (1.41%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.41%) Rubrik
4 1 (1.41%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.68%) Firewall
2 2 (2.82%) DMZ
2 2 (2.82%) Network Security
2 2 (2.82%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.82%) SSH
2 2 (2.82%) Telnet
2 2 (2.82%) VLAN
2 2 (2.82%) WAN
3 1 (1.41%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.41%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (1.41%) Data Vault
1 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.41%) Metadata
1 1 (1.41%) Power BI
1 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 29 (40.85%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.13%) Finance
3 9 (12.68%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.45%) Banking
5 6 (8.45%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.63%) Legal
6 4 (5.63%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Games
8 1 (1.41%) International Banking
8 1 (1.41%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.41%) Law
8 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (33.80%) Analyst
2 11 (15.49%) Consultant
3 8 (11.27%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.86%) Architect
5 6 (8.45%) Lead
6 5 (7.04%) Risk Analyst
6 5 (7.04%) Senior
7 3 (4.23%) Governance Analyst
7 3 (4.23%) IT Consultant
7 3 (4.23%) IT Security Consultant
7 3 (4.23%) Product Owner
7 3 (4.23%) Security Analyst
7 3 (4.23%) Security Architect
7 3 (4.23%) Security Consultant
7 3 (4.23%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow Architect
7 3 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.23%) Telecoms Analyst
7 3 (4.23%) Telecoms Business Analyst
8 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) SailPoint
1 2 (2.82%) Web Services
2 1 (1.41%) OAuth
2 1 (1.41%) REST
2 1 (1.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.49%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.23%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.82%) CMDB
3 2 (2.82%) Credit Risk
3 2 (2.82%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (2.82%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (2.82%) Learning Management System
3 2 (2.82%) Market Risk
3 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.82%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.41%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.41%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.41%) PropTech
4 1 (1.41%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (49.30%) Risk Management
2 21 (29.58%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (28.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (25.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 14 (19.72%) Agile
6 12 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (15.49%) Translating Business Requirements
8 10 (14.08%) IT Audit
8 10 (14.08%) ITIL
8 10 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (12.68%) Cloud Security
9 9 (12.68%) Roadmaps
10 8 (11.27%) Information Security
10 8 (11.27%) Project Management
10 8 (11.27%) Test Strategy
10 8 (11.27%) Vulnerability Management
11 7 (9.86%) BPMN
11 7 (9.86%) Incident Response
11 7 (9.86%) Scrum
11 7 (9.86%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (14.08%) CISA
2 9 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 8 (11.27%) Degree
3 8 (11.27%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.86%) CISM
4 7 (9.86%) CISSP
4 7 (9.86%) CRISC
5 6 (8.45%) FFIEC
6 5 (7.04%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.41%) ACCA
7 1 (1.41%) CCNP
7 1 (1.41%) CEH
7 1 (1.41%) CIMA
7 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.41%) CISMP
7 1 (1.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (1.41%) OSCP
7 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (35.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (32.39%) NIST
3 10 (14.08%) PCI DSS
3 10 (14.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (8.45%) GDPR
5 5 (7.04%) COBIT
6 4 (5.63%) ITGC
6 4 (5.63%) NCSC
7 3 (4.23%) QA
8 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (2.82%) SOX 404
9 1 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.41%) GxP
9 1 (1.41%) IFRS
9 1 (1.41%) MiFID
9 1 (1.41%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.41%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (2.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) RSA Archer
1 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (21.13%) ServiceNow
2 7 (9.86%) SAP
3 3 (4.23%) IBM
4 2 (2.82%) CyberArk
4 2 (2.82%) Oracle
4 2 (2.82%) Qualys
4 2 (2.82%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.82%) Tenable
5 1 (1.41%) Commvault
5 1 (1.41%) Google
5 1 (1.41%) Intel
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.41%) Snow
5 1 (1.41%) Veeam