GRC Contracts in the UK excluding London

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 363 394
Rank change year-on-year +79 +31 +53
Contract jobs citing GRC 55 36 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.17% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.66% 1.15% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 26 38
10th Percentile £321 £378 £489
25th Percentile £420 £489 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% -2.50% +6.19%
75th Percentile £600 £734 £650
90th Percentile £686 £813 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,066 3,127 3,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.15% 15.07% 14.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,299 1,824 2,397
10th Percentile £212 £254 £213
25th Percentile £363 £364 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £664 £681 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 309 180
10th Percentile £17.72 £10.95 £12.66
25th Percentile £24.18 £12.63 £18.21
Median hourly rate £46.30 £18.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +157.22% -48.57% +66.27%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £60.50
90th Percentile £80.32 £67.40 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £34.75 £20.80 £36.25
% change year-on-year +67.05% -42.61% +29.46%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GRC in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GRC in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GRC in the UK excluding London

GRC
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Midlands +27 14 £600 -22.58% 42
South East +47 12 £550 -4.35% 80
Scotland +23 12 £460 -22.69% 17
North of England +20 9 £430 -21.91% 93
West Midlands +19 9 £600 -22.58% 24
North West +13 7 £363 -34.00% 35
East Midlands +18 5 £358 - 15
South West +43 4 £416 -37.05% 29
East of England +30 2 £550 +15.79% 40
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 6
Yorkshire +4 1 £525 +38.89% 50
North East - 1 £450 - 8
GRC
UK

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (14.55%) SAP GRC
1 8 (14.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (7.27%) SAP ERP
3 3 (5.45%) iTrent
3 3 (5.45%) SAP MDG
4 2 (3.64%) SAP BPC
4 2 (3.64%) SAP CO
4 2 (3.64%) SAP ECC
4 2 (3.64%) SAP FI
4 2 (3.64%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.64%) Akamai
1 2 (3.64%) Azure
1 2 (3.64%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (1.82%) AWS
2 1 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (1.82%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) Network Security
2 1 (1.82%) Firewall
2 1 (1.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) SAP BW
1 2 (3.64%) SAP HANA
General
1 22 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.00%) Finance
3 6 (10.91%) Public Sector
4 5 (9.09%) Legal
5 4 (7.27%) Banking
5 4 (7.27%) Law
6 3 (5.45%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (25.45%) Consultant
2 12 (21.82%) Security Consultant
3 9 (16.36%) Developer
3 9 (16.36%) ServiceNow Developer
4 8 (14.55%) Architect
4 8 (14.55%) SAP Consultant
4 8 (14.55%) SAP Security Consultant
4 8 (14.55%) Security Architect
5 4 (7.27%) Compliance Specialist
5 4 (7.27%) Security Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Auditor
6 3 (5.45%) Lead
6 3 (5.45%) Security Auditor
6 3 (5.45%) Security Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.64%) Information Manager
7 2 (3.64%) IT Auditor
7 2 (3.64%) IT Security Auditor
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.55%) CSS
1 8 (14.55%) HTML
2 5 (9.09%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (7.27%) AngularJS
3 4 (7.27%) HTML5
3 4 (7.27%) jQuery
3 4 (7.27%) JSON
3 4 (7.27%) REST
3 4 (7.27%) SailPoint
3 4 (7.27%) SOAP
3 4 (7.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Operational Technology
2 3 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.64%) CMDB
3 2 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.64%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.64%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.64%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.18%) Risk Management
2 13 (23.64%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (20.00%) Agile
4 10 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (16.36%) Information Security
6 8 (14.55%) SAP Security
7 7 (12.73%) Cloud Security
7 7 (12.73%) ERP
7 7 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (10.91%) Data Security
8 6 (10.91%) Decision-Making
8 6 (10.91%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (10.91%) Regulatory Compliance
8 6 (10.91%) Roadmaps
8 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (10.91%) User Stories
9 5 (9.09%) ITSM
9 5 (9.09%) Project Management
9 5 (9.09%) Security Operations
9 5 (9.09%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (25.45%) CISSP
2 12 (21.82%) CISM
3 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
4 5 (9.09%) CISA
4 5 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 4 (7.27%) CRISC
5 4 (7.27%) Degree
5 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.82%) CEH
7 1 (1.82%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.82%) CISMP
7 1 (1.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (27.27%) NIST
2 12 (21.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (9.09%) GDPR
4 4 (7.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (5.45%) NCSC
6 2 (3.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (3.64%) HIPAA
6 2 (3.64%) JSP 440
6 2 (3.64%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.82%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.82%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.82%) PMO
7 1 (1.82%) RMADS
7 1 (1.82%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) Nessus
1 1 (1.82%) OPNET
Vendors
1 14 (25.45%) ServiceNow
2 10 (18.18%) SAP
3 6 (10.91%) Microsoft
4 5 (9.09%) Qualys
5 4 (7.27%) Snow
6 2 (3.64%) Concur
6 2 (3.64%) F5
6 2 (3.64%) Google
7 1 (1.82%) Ariba
7 1 (1.82%) OneTrust
7 1 (1.82%) Oracle
7 1 (1.82%) SolarWinds