GRC Contracts in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring GRC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GRC over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 129 153
Rank change year-on-year +16 +24 +11
Contract jobs citing GRC 7 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.36% 0.29% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.58% 1.67% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 3
10th Percentile £235 £443 £1,130
25th Percentile £288 £495 £1,325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £550 £1,650
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% -66.67% +180.85%
75th Percentile £485 £594 -
90th Percentile £621 £600 -
England median daily rate £630 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +9.57% -4.17% +2.13%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 271 480 471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.77% 17.42% 14.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 265 293
10th Percentile £271 £325 £289
25th Percentile £375 £425 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +7.89% +2.70%
75th Percentile £587 £598 £588
90th Percentile £700 £694 £650
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 71 32
10th Percentile £13.50 - £24.44
25th Percentile £16.20 £10.95 £30.23
Median hourly rate £30.38 £12.84 £38.55
Median % change year-on-year +136.60% -66.69% +114.17%
75th Percentile £65.31 £26.66 £48.38
90th Percentile £84.33 £43.75 £66.05
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GRC in the North West.

Daily rate trend for GRC in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GRC in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for GRC in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Manchester +13 3 £542 -1.45% 10
Merseyside - 2 £200 - 3
Cheshire - 1 £317 - 1
Cumbria - 1 - -
GRC
England

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 3 (42.86%) Banking
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Military
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Governance Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Junior
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Junior PMO
2 1 (14.29%) Junior PMO Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Risk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) API Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Fintech
3 1 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (14.29%) OWASP
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CISM
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) NCSC
2 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) F5
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) OneTrust
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow