GRC Contracts in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 107 153 158
Rank change year-on-year +46 +5 +14
Contract jobs citing GRC 4 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.24% 0.13% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.42% 0.70% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 9
10th Percentile £334 - £463
25th Percentile £362 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £660 £600
Median % change year-on-year -37.05% +10.00% -13.67%
75th Percentile £462 £774 £700
90th Percentile £485 £842 -
England median daily rate £630 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +9.57% -4.17% +2.13%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 281 574 412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.75% 17.94% 11.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 336 296
10th Percentile £306 £263 £200
25th Percentile £400 £409 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year - +1.94% +7.63%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 57 44
10th Percentile £36.50 £12.41 £17.65
25th Percentile £62.50 £14.00 £49.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £64.57
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -30.31% -5.84%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £79.81
90th Percentile £77.96 £72.53 £83.40
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for GRC in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Bristol +20 2 £331 -62.17% 4
Wiltshire +32 1 - -
GRC
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Coordinator
1 2 (50.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Artefact Management
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) NsoIT
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CISA
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) NCSC
2 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (25.00%) RMADS
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) OPNET
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) F5
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds