GRC Contract Job Trends in Preston

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 17 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing GRC 18 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 9.73% 1.39% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 45.00% 6.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 0
10th Percentile £519 - -
25th Percentile £546 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £678 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.55% - -
75th Percentile £595 - -
90th Percentile £645 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £566 £678 -
% change year-on-year -16.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £64.09 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £64.09 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 40 15 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 21.62% 20.83% 11.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 6 3
10th Percentile £483 £250 £321
25th Percentile £516 £271 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £391 £975
Median % change year-on-year +43.54% -59.90% +168.97%
75th Percentile £585 £509 £988
90th Percentile £600 £604 -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% +35.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £64.09 £70.16 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% - -
75th Percentile £66.23 - -
90th Percentile £70.09 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £64.09 £70.81 £40.33
% change year-on-year -9.48% +75.59% -42.05%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Preston

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing GRC

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in Preston over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in Preston

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Consultant
2 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 6 (33.33%) Security Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Management Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Incident Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Lead
5 1 (5.56%) Process Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Security Incident Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Incident Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.56%) SIAM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 6 (33.33%) PKI
2 3 (16.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (61.11%) SIAM
2 11 (61.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (50.00%) Information Assurance
4 9 (50.00%) Service Management
5 8 (44.44%) Incident Management
5 8 (44.44%) Risk Management
6 7 (38.89%) Risk Assessment
7 6 (33.33%) ITSM
7 6 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
7 6 (33.33%) Security Management
7 6 (33.33%) Service Delivery
7 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
8 3 (16.67%) ISMS
9 2 (11.11%) ITIL
9 2 (11.11%) Security Operations
9 2 (11.11%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 12 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (88.89%) NIST
2 13 (72.22%) NCSC
3 10 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (16.67%) NIST 800
5 1 (5.56%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow