GRC Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England 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 170 155 182
Rank change year-on-year -15 +27 +56
Contract jobs citing GRC 21 13 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.53% 0.31% 0.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.34% 2.53% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 5
10th Percentile £239 £390 £399
25th Percentile £400 £405 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £575 £483
Median % change year-on-year -23.91% +19.17% +7.22%
75th Percentile £554 £600 £500
90th Percentile £635 £638 £845
England median daily rate £513 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -14.58% +4.35% -4.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 628 514 789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.75% 12.42% 15.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 298 454
10th Percentile £273 £303 £277
25th Percentile £360 £392 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £485 £486
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -0.10% -2.90%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £645 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 24 39
10th Percentile £17.48 £11.88 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.14 £14.25 £17.38
Median hourly rate £23.57 £17.03 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +38.38% -44.23% +11.05%
75th Percentile £63.40 £27.25 £46.36
90th Percentile £69.64 £43.10 £75.60
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 the North of England

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the North of England

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GRC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GRC

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the North of England

GRC
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GRC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GRC

GRC
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the North of England 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
North West -1 16 £417 -30.50% 25
Yorkshire -13 3 £525 -4.55% 8
North East - 2 £525 - 1
GRC
England

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (4.76%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Akamai
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) GCP
2 1 (4.76%) GitHub
2 1 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Network Security
General
1 9 (42.86%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Banking
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Legal
3 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Analyst
1 4 (19.05%) Risk Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Consultant
2 3 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Junior
3 2 (9.52%) Junior Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Junior Risk Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Risk Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Security Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Junior PMO
4 1 (4.76%) Junior PMO Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Lead
4 1 (4.76%) Onboarding Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) SAP Administrator
4 1 (4.76%) SAP Security Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) IDoc
1 1 (4.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Risk Management
2 5 (23.81%) Information Security
2 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (14.29%) Agile
4 3 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 3 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 3 (14.29%) Fintech
5 2 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (9.52%) Change Management
5 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (9.52%) Data Security
5 2 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (9.52%) ITIL
5 2 (9.52%) Project Management
5 2 (9.52%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (9.52%) Risk Register
5 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (9.52%) Use Case
5 2 (9.52%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) CISA
2 1 (4.76%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (19.05%) NIST
2 3 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (9.52%) PMO
4 1 (4.76%) Basel III
4 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (4.76%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) RSA Archer
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) ServiceNow
2 3 (14.29%) OneTrust
3 2 (9.52%) Google
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.52%) SAP
4 1 (4.76%) F5
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle
4 1 (4.76%) Progress