GRC Contracts in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 147 194 207
Rank change year-on-year +47 +13 +38
Contract jobs citing GRC 12 11 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.40% 0.20% 0.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.34% 1.33% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 7
10th Percentile £500 £180 £486
25th Percentile £506 £386 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £692 £669 £638
90th Percentile £709 £750 £643
England median daily rate £630 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +9.57% -4.17% +2.13%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 512 830 886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.01% 14.93% 15.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 435 563
10th Percentile £200 £232 £200
25th Percentile £363 £361 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 65 43
10th Percentile £21.32 £10.82 £18.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £15.38 £19.00
Median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.36% -11.29% +47.44%
75th Percentile £62.24 £48.75 £51.94
90th Percentile £77.27 £65.00 £67.50
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 South East

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GRC in the South East.

Daily rate trend for GRC in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GRC in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for GRC in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the South East 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
Thames Valley +45 10 £675 +29.28% 3
Berkshire +33 10 £675 +29.28% 1
Hampshire +25 2 £536 -6.74% 8
GRC
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (33.33%) SAP GRC
3 3 (25.00%) SAP ERP
3 3 (25.00%) SAP MDG
4 2 (16.67%) SAP CO
4 2 (16.67%) SAP ECC
4 2 (16.67%) SAP FI
4 2 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) VPN
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Law
4 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Compliance Specialist
1 4 (33.33%) Consultant
1 4 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
1 4 (33.33%) SAP Security Consultant
1 4 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Financial Leader
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Auditor
3 1 (8.33%) GDPR Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Auditor
3 1 (8.33%) SAP GRC Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) ERP
1 5 (41.67%) Project Management
1 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (33.33%) Data Security
2 4 (33.33%) SAP Security
3 3 (25.00%) Application Security
3 3 (25.00%) Business Transformation
3 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 3 (25.00%) EAM
3 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (16.67%) Accounts Payable
4 2 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
5 1 (8.33%) Security Architecture
5 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CISMP
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft