GRC Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 82 105
Rank change year-on-year -7 +23 +31
Contract jobs citing GRC 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.18% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.14% 1.30% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £1,025
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £1,050
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -42.86% +133.33%
75th Percentile £575 - £1,075
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £438 £420 £1,050
% change year-on-year +4.17% -60.00% +133.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 176 154 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 15.99% 12.89% 12.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 97 136
10th Percentile £311 £337 £325
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% -9.55% +4.74%
75th Percentile £597 £506 £588
90th Percentile £700 £638 £650
North West median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £65.50 £13.63 £19.00
25th Percentile £66.25 £16.06 £23.13
Median hourly rate £70.00 £29.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +141.38% -3.33% +57.89%
75th Percentile £73.13 £29.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.50 £29.80 £58.00
North West median hourly rate £63.40 £23.14 £26.65
% change year-on-year +174.04% -13.19% -51.55%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GRC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

GRC job vacancy trend in Manchester

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing GRC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing GRC

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Secrets Management
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google