SAP GRC Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) formerly SAP Virsa
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 327 377
Rank change year-on-year -100 +50 +62
Contract jobs citing SAP GRC 20 8 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.080% 0.063% 0.024%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.30% 0.89% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 5
10th Percentile £478 £525 £513
25th Percentile £513 £570 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -21.04% - +8.00%
75th Percentile £643 £698 £688
90th Percentile - £709 £808
UK median daily rate £533 £675 £545
% change year-on-year -21.04% +23.85% +6.34%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

SAP GRC falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,542 894 1,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.20% 7.04% 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 890 528 721
10th Percentile £355 £366 £313
25th Percentile £425 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £631 £638 £631
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 39 100
10th Percentile £27.00 £25.96 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £48.24 £22.06
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.00 £56.49
90th Percentile £85.70 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -18.37%

SAP GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP GRC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SAP GRC job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP GRC
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP GRC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP GRC

SAP GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP GRC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP GRC in the UK excluding London

SAP GRC
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP GRC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP GRC

SAP 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 SAP GRC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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
Scotland - 16 £564 -
West Midlands -59 4 £525 -22.22%
Midlands -68 4 £525 -22.22%
SAP GRC
UK

SAP GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 17 (85.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.00%) OCI
2 1 (5.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (5.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (5.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 15 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Banking
2 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Configuration Specialist
2 4 (20.00%) Architect
2 4 (20.00%) SAP Financial Specialist
3 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Architect
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Financial Architect
4 1 (5.00%) SAP GRC Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) SAP HANA Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Security Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Transformation Programme Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (85.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) SAP Security
2 15 (75.00%) Analytics
3 14 (70.00%) System Integration Testing
3 14 (70.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (45.00%) RBAC
6 3 (15.00%) Architectural Design
6 3 (15.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (10.00%) Identity Management
7 2 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
7 2 (10.00%) Requirements Workshops
7 2 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
8 1 (5.00%) Accounts Payable
8 1 (5.00%) Cloud Security
8 1 (5.00%) Compliance Audit
8 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (5.00%) Operational Stability
8 1 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (60.00%) GRC
2 1 (5.00%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) IAG
2 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (15.00%) CyberArk
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft