GRC Contract Job Trends

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 385 420
Rank change year-on-year +92 +35 +37
Contract jobs citing GRC 490 174 135
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.89% 0.52% 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.97% 2.99% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 91 78
10th Percentile £413 £350 £361
25th Percentile £490 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year +11.95% -10.87% -
75th Percentile £656 £591 £648
90th Percentile £765 £675 £783
UK excluding London median daily rate £539 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +26.88% -15.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £64.09 - -
Median hourly rate £76.00 £33.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +126.87% - -
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
90th Percentile £90.50 £58.97 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £33.50 -
% change year-on-year +126.87% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,867 5,820 5,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.85% 17.54% 13.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,182 3,725 2,914
10th Percentile £325 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £610 £612 £625
90th Percentile £724 £712 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.05% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 708 282 238
10th Percentile £13.70 £13.60 £13.44
25th Percentile £16.60 £16.61 £17.72
Median hourly rate £31.46 £30.00 £27.67
Median % change year-on-year +4.87% +8.42% -23.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £62.66
90th Percentile £74.27 £80.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.40 £25.08 £27.50
% change year-on-year +29.19% -8.82% -29.03%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GRC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

GRC job vacancy trend in the UK

GRC
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the UK

GRC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

GRC
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GRC over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for GRC in the UK

GRC
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 October 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
England +85 439 £568 +10.73% 473
London +47 231 £600 +14.29% 264
UK excluding London +13 207 £539 +26.88% 234
Work from Home +30 138 £559 +31.80% 243
North of England -18 76 £546 +24.79% 77
South East -11 62 £525 +5.00% 54
North West -8 58 £548 +31.41% 45
Midlands -31 36 £575 +43.75% 31
West Midlands -15 34 £580 +0.87% 20
Scotland -8 18 £550 +37.50% 15
Yorkshire -22 17 £547 -0.55% 28
South West -39 13 £563 -6.25% 20
East of England -30 7 £600 +11.63% 15
East Midlands -28 2 £402 +0.50% 11
Wales - 2 - - 6

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 28 (5.71%) SAS
2 11 (2.24%) IIS
3 7 (1.43%) Confluence
4 5 (1.02%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 15 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 42 (8.57%) SAP GRC
2 40 (8.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.41%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.41%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP FI-AR
4 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.20%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 79 (16.12%) Azure
2 54 (11.02%) AWS
3 27 (5.51%) GCP
4 21 (4.29%) SaaS
5 16 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (3.27%) Power Platform
6 15 (3.06%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.43%) Azure Key Vault
8 7 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (1.43%) Tricentis Tosca
9 6 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (1.22%) GitHub
9 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (0.82%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (0.61%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.65%) Network Security
2 5 (1.02%) Cisco IPT
2 5 (1.02%) Firewall
2 5 (1.02%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.61%) LAN
3 3 (0.61%) WAN
4 2 (0.41%) Internet
4 2 (0.41%) NGFW
5 1 (0.20%) HTTP
5 1 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.27%) Power BI
2 8 (1.63%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.02%) SAP BW
4 4 (0.82%) Metadata
4 4 (0.82%) Power Query
4 4 (0.82%) SAP HANA
5 3 (0.61%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.41%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.20%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.20%) OLAP
7 1 (0.20%) OLTP
7 1 (0.20%) Parquet
7 1 (0.20%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.20%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.20%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 19 (3.88%) JIRA
2 7 (1.43%) Git
3 3 (0.61%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.41%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.41%) Tricentis qTest
5 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.20%) Hudson
5 1 (0.20%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.20%) JMeter
5 1 (0.20%) Postman
5 1 (0.20%) Selenium
5 1 (0.20%) Snyk
General
1 167 (34.08%) Social Skills
2 123 (25.10%) Finance
3 63 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.57%) Banking
5 41 (8.37%) Legal
6 40 (8.16%) Public Sector
7 25 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (4.08%) Telecoms
9 16 (3.27%) Aerospace
9 16 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.84%) Law
12 9 (1.84%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.22%) Military
14 5 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.82%) General Ledger
16 3 (0.61%) Police
16 3 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 83 (16.94%) Analyst
2 79 (16.12%) Architect
3 78 (15.92%) Consultant
4 55 (11.22%) Lead
5 41 (8.37%) Security Consultant
6 29 (5.92%) Security Architect
7 28 (5.71%) Security Analyst
8 26 (5.31%) Senior
9 23 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 20 (4.08%) Project Manager
11 16 (3.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 14 (2.86%) Compliance Analyst
12 14 (2.86%) SAP Consultant
13 13 (2.65%) Business Analyst
13 13 (2.65%) Risk Analyst
13 13 (2.65%) Security Manager
14 11 (2.24%) IT Manager
14 11 (2.24%) ServiceNow Architect
15 10 (2.04%) Delivery Manager
15 10 (2.04%) SAP GRC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.51%) SAP Fiori
2 24 (4.90%) REST
3 12 (2.45%) SOAP
4 9 (1.84%) JSON
4 9 (1.84%) Middleware
5 5 (1.02%) LDAP
5 5 (1.02%) XML
6 4 (0.82%) Terraform
6 4 (0.82%) Web Services
7 3 (0.61%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.41%) .NET
8 2 (0.41%) CSS
8 2 (0.41%) FastAPI
8 2 (0.41%) HTML
8 2 (0.41%) Kafka
8 2 (0.41%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.41%) Playwright
8 2 (0.41%) PySpark
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.43%) Onboarding
2 30 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.08%) Security Posture
4 19 (3.88%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.88%) Operational Technology
5 18 (3.67%) CMDB
6 13 (2.65%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.45%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.63%) AI Agents
8 8 (1.63%) Taxonomies
9 7 (1.43%) PKI
10 6 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.22%) Mobile Payment
10 6 (1.22%) Smartcard
11 5 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.02%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.47%) Linux
1 17 (3.47%) Windows
2 7 (1.43%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.61%) AIX
3 3 (0.61%) HPUX
3 3 (0.61%) Oracle Linux
3 3 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.61%) Solaris
3 3 (0.61%) SUSE
3 3 (0.61%) Unix
4 1 (0.20%) Android
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (41.63%) Cybersecurity
2 198 (40.41%) Risk Management
3 164 (33.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 117 (23.88%) Information Security
5 101 (20.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 97 (19.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 70 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 68 (13.88%) Agile
8 68 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
9 65 (13.27%) Analytics
9 65 (13.27%) Vulnerability Management
10 54 (11.02%) Roadmaps
11 51 (10.41%) Data Protection
12 48 (9.80%) Enterprise Architecture
13 45 (9.18%) Security Operations
14 44 (8.98%) AI
15 42 (8.57%) ITIL
15 42 (8.57%) Migration
15 42 (8.57%) Security Architecture
16 41 (8.37%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.45%) JavaScript
2 10 (2.04%) SQL
3 8 (1.63%) Python
4 6 (1.22%) Korn
5 3 (0.61%) Bicep
6 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.20%) Bash
7 1 (0.20%) C#
7 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.20%) Go
7 1 (0.20%) Java
7 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 172 (35.10%) Security Cleared
2 137 (27.96%) SC Cleared
3 71 (14.49%) CISSP
4 59 (12.04%) CISM
5 40 (8.16%) CRISC
6 32 (6.53%) CISA
6 32 (6.53%) Degree
7 24 (4.90%) DV Cleared
8 17 (3.47%) PMI Certification
9 16 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (3.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 16 (3.27%) PMP
10 15 (3.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 13 (2.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 12 (2.45%) CCSP
13 11 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.84%) Azure Certification
15 6 (1.22%) IISP
16 5 (1.02%) CLAS
16 5 (1.02%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (30.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 135 (27.55%) NIST
3 50 (10.20%) GDPR
4 45 (9.18%) NCSC
5 30 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 27 (5.51%) Data Quality
7 25 (5.10%) QA
8 22 (4.49%) PCI DSS
9 19 (3.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 16 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (2.65%) COBIT
12 11 (2.24%) NIST 800
13 8 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 8 (1.63%) ITGC
14 7 (1.43%) ISO 31000
14 7 (1.43%) SOC 2
15 6 (1.22%) ISO 9001
15 6 (1.22%) JSP 440
16 5 (1.02%) HIPAA
16 5 (1.02%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (2.45%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.22%) IAG
3 5 (1.02%) ISA Server
4 3 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.61%) vSphere
5 2 (0.41%) Docker
5 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.22%) CASB
2 4 (0.82%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.41%) Grafana
3 2 (0.41%) RSA Archer
3 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.20%) Control-M
4 1 (0.20%) Istio
4 1 (0.20%) Nessus
4 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.20%) QRadar
4 1 (0.20%) Rancher
4 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 66 (13.47%) Microsoft
2 65 (13.27%) ServiceNow
3 49 (10.00%) SAP
4 41 (8.37%) Oracle
5 10 (2.04%) Google
6 8 (1.63%) CyberArk
6 8 (1.63%) Databricks
7 7 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (1.43%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.22%) Cisco
8 6 (1.22%) F5
8 6 (1.22%) Splunk
9 5 (1.02%) Centrify
9 5 (1.02%) Qualys
9 5 (1.02%) Tripwire
10 4 (0.82%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.82%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.82%) Snow
11 3 (0.61%) Nokia
11 3 (0.61%) Salesforce
562 GRC jobs Nationwide