Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring GRC skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 387 | 447 | 466 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +60 | +19 | +198 |
| Contract jobs citing GRC | 172 | 115 | 187 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.53% | 0.30% | 0.37% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 3.09% | 2.25% | 2.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 93 | 74 | 122 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £367 | £368 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £407 | £446 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £500 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.50% | -13.04% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £600 | £772 |
| 90th Percentile | £660 | £700 | £1,045 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £423 | £500 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.50% | -9.09% | -2.22% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £33.50 | - | £50.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £34.18 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £65.00 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £33.50 | - | £50.00 |
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 | 5,567 | 5,111 | 7,100 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 17.15% | 13.40% | 14.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,561 | 3,049 | 4,816 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £281 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £414 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £510 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.96% | -2.86% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £606 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £738 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £480 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.04% | -4.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 267 | 261 | 253 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.60 | £12.36 | £14.06 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.19 | £15.00 | £18.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £27.50 | £35.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -22.54% | +54.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.75 | £58.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.10 | £70.00 | £78.36 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.86 | £26.59 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.78% | -24.03% | +66.67% |
GRC
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
GRC
Daily Rate Trend
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 15 September 2025.
GRC
Hourly Rate Trend
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 15 September 2025.
GRC
Top 16 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 15 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +70 | 151 | £513 | -6.82% | 158 |
| UK excluding London | +24 | 80 | £423 | -15.50% | 118 |
| London | +48 | 68 | £525 | -12.50% | 77 |
| Work from Home | +32 | 41 | £425 | -13.04% | 96 |
| North of England | -10 | 20 | £425 | -18.27% | 24 |
| Midlands | -7 | 19 | £400 | -20.00% | 7 |
| South West | +44 | 18 | £550 | - | 12 |
| North West | -6 | 16 | £417 | -23.49% | 13 |
| East Midlands | +7 | 15 | £400 | +1.07% | |
| South East | +16 | 11 | £500 | - | 64 |
| East of England | +8 | 7 | £525 | -10.64% | 6 |
| West Midlands | -15 | 4 | £588 | +17.50% | 7 |
| Scotland | -8 | 3 | £400 | +14.29% | 6 |
| Yorkshire | -15 | 2 | £400 | -13.79% | 9 |
| North East | - | 2 | £525 | - | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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