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 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 188 201
Rank change year-on-year +43 +13 +56
Contract jobs citing GRC 8 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.27% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.57% 0.93% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 8
10th Percentile £503 £525 £394
25th Percentile £508 £553 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £588 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% - -18.29%
75th Percentile £608 £725 £638
90th Percentile £669 £750 £641
England median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +5.73%

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 509 749 838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.88% 13.07% 14.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 385 522
10th Percentile £200 £256 £200
25th Percentile £361 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £589
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.57% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 69 47
10th Percentile £15.12 £10.82 £15.21
25th Percentile £15.13 £17.13 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -42.11% +126.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £53.45
90th Percentile £76.69 £70.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £32.81 £24.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +36.71% -43.53% +54.55%

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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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +38 6 £604 -19.42% 115
Berkshire +26 6 £604 -19.42% 74
Hampshire +33 2 £536 -6.74% 50
GRC
England

GRC
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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (25.00%) SAP CO
2 2 (25.00%) SAP ECC
2 2 (25.00%) SAP FI
2 2 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (12.50%) SAP ERP
3 1 (12.50%) SAP GRC
3 1 (12.50%) SAP MDG
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Compliance Specialist
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
1 2 (25.00%) SAP Financial Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Auditor
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Information
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Information Security
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Security
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security Auditor
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Security Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Security Auditor
2 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ERP
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 2 (25.00%) Accounts Payable
2 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (25.00%) Data Security
2 2 (25.00%) EAM
2 2 (25.00%) Information Security
2 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
3 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Due Diligence
3 1 (12.50%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CISMP
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft