GRC Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 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 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GRC 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.12% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £538 - -
25th Percentile £584 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £695 - -
75th Percentile £834 - -
90th Percentile £896 - -
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +3.00% -13.04% -8.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 42 22 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 23.46% 15.49% 8.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 13 11
10th Percentile £187 £295 £120
25th Percentile £222 £325 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -26.39% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £515 £500 £544
90th Percentile £600 £538 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £525
% change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% +12.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile £43.85 - -
25th Percentile £71.00 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £89.63 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.89% +30.00% +270.37%
75th Percentile - £67.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.23 £54.36 £52.10
% change year-on-year -66.46% +4.34% +126.52%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing GRC

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in Oxfordshire

GRC
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Oxford - 1 £515 -
GRC
South East

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Team
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Purple Team
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST