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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 425 463
Rank change year-on-year +39 +38 +174
Contract jobs citing GRC 174 138 180
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.37% 0.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.97% 2.76% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 79 122
10th Percentile £350 £362 £363
25th Percentile £411 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £574
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +0.22% +1.91%
75th Percentile £600 £653 £700
90th Percentile £678 £780 £1,000
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £33.50 - £50.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £58.97 - -
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 5,867 5,008 6,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.70% 13.41% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,748 2,915 4,621
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £400 £392 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 236 259
10th Percentile £13.60 £13.26 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.18 £20.04
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -23.61% +45.69%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.59 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £79.82
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -9.09% -29.03% +72.22%

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 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 +45 156 £513 -14.58% 162
UK excluding London -2 80 £450 -10.00% 121
London +36 72 £525 -19.23% 81
Work from Home +11 36 £425 -15.00% 99
North of England -18 21 £450 -25.00% 29
South West - 18 £600 - 17
Midlands -13 17 £400 -20.00% 7
North West -10 14 £425 -29.17% 15
East Midlands -5 13 £400 - 5
South East -2 12 £500 - 52
East of England -9 9 £538 -10.42% 6
Yorkshire -16 6 £550 -12.00% 14
West Midlands -14 4 £663 +32.50% 2
Scotland +3 3 £400 +15.11% 9
North East - 1 £600 -

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 3 (1.72%) Confluence
2 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (7.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (5.17%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.57%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.57%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.57%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 20 (11.49%) AWS
1 20 (11.49%) Azure
2 16 (9.20%) GCP
3 9 (5.17%) Miro
4 5 (2.87%) GitHub
4 5 (2.87%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.30%) Akamai
5 4 (2.30%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 3 (1.72%) SaaS
6 3 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.15%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (1.15%) AWS Control Tower
7 2 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.15%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.05%) Network Security
2 12 (6.90%) Firewall
3 4 (2.30%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.15%) DMZ
4 2 (1.15%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.15%) SSH
4 2 (1.15%) Telnet
4 2 (1.15%) VLAN
4 2 (1.15%) WAN
5 1 (0.57%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.57%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.87%) Power BI
2 4 (2.30%) Tableau
3 2 (1.15%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.15%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.57%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.57%) Metadata
4 1 (0.57%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.57%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.57%) GitLab
2 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.57%) Snyk
2 1 (0.57%) SonarQube
General
1 84 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 51 (29.31%) Finance
3 20 (11.49%) Banking
4 16 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 15 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (7.47%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (6.32%) Legal
8 9 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (5.17%) Retail
9 7 (4.02%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.87%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.57%) Billing
13 1 (0.57%) Games
13 1 (0.57%) International Banking
13 1 (0.57%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 51 (29.31%) Analyst
2 23 (13.22%) Consultant
3 22 (12.64%) Architect
4 19 (10.92%) Senior
5 17 (9.77%) Security Analyst
6 16 (9.20%) Risk Analyst
7 15 (8.62%) Lead
8 14 (8.05%) Business Analyst
9 12 (6.90%) Security Architect
9 12 (6.90%) Security Consultant
10 10 (5.75%) Information Analyst
10 10 (5.75%) Information Security Advisor
10 10 (5.75%) Information Security Analyst
10 10 (5.75%) Security Advisor
11 9 (5.17%) Governance Analyst
12 8 (4.60%) Project Manager
12 8 (4.60%) Senior Architect
13 7 (4.02%) Senior Security Architect
13 7 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
14 6 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.87%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.15%) SAML
2 2 (1.15%) Web Services
3 1 (0.57%) IDoc
3 1 (0.57%) OAuth
3 1 (0.57%) OpenID
3 1 (0.57%) REST
3 1 (0.57%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.22%) Security Posture
2 20 (11.49%) Product Ownership
3 15 (8.62%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.30%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (2.30%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.72%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.15%) CMDB
7 2 (1.15%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.15%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.15%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.15%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (40.23%) Risk Management
2 54 (31.03%) Cybersecurity
3 49 (28.16%) Information Security
4 47 (27.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (20.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 25 (14.37%) Agile
7 23 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (12.64%) Cloud Security
8 22 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (12.64%) Data Protection
9 21 (12.07%) Decision-Making
10 20 (11.49%) Incident Response
11 19 (10.92%) Computer Science
12 18 (10.34%) ITSM
12 18 (10.34%) Roadmaps
12 18 (10.34%) Vulnerability Management
13 16 (9.20%) Translating Business Requirements
14 15 (8.62%) Business Continuity
14 15 (8.62%) Penetration Testing
15 14 (8.05%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 5 (2.87%) Python
3 3 (1.72%) Bash
3 3 (1.72%) SQL
4 1 (0.57%) ABAP
4 1 (0.57%) Go
4 1 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (16.09%) Security Cleared
2 27 (15.52%) SC Cleared
3 26 (14.94%) Degree
4 22 (12.64%) CISSP
5 20 (11.49%) CISM
5 20 (11.49%) Master's Degree
6 13 (7.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (6.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 11 (6.32%) CRISC
9 10 (5.75%) CISA
10 6 (3.45%) FFIEC
10 6 (3.45%) PMI Certification
11 5 (2.87%) PMP
11 5 (2.87%) SAP Certification
12 3 (1.72%) CEH
12 3 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.72%) CISMP
13 2 (1.15%) GCIA
13 2 (1.15%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (34.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (25.86%) NIST
3 22 (12.64%) GDPR
4 16 (9.20%) PCI DSS
4 16 (9.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (5.75%) Def Stans
6 9 (5.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (4.60%) SOC 2
8 6 (3.45%) COBIT
8 6 (3.45%) NCSC
9 5 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.72%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.72%) ITGC
10 3 (1.72%) PMO
10 3 (1.72%) QA
11 2 (1.15%) Data Quality
11 2 (1.15%) MiFID
11 2 (1.15%) SLA
12 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.15%) Firmware
1 2 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.60%) Terraform
2 7 (4.02%) RSA Archer
3 5 (2.87%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.57%) Istio
5 1 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.57%) linkerd
5 1 (0.57%) Nexpose
5 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (14.37%) ServiceNow
2 17 (9.77%) SAP
3 16 (9.20%) Google
4 14 (8.05%) Microsoft
5 4 (2.30%) F5
5 4 (2.30%) OneTrust
6 3 (1.72%) Qualys
6 3 (1.72%) Splunk
6 3 (1.72%) Tenable
7 2 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.15%) Oracle
7 2 (1.15%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.15%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.57%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.57%) Commvault
8 1 (0.57%) Concur
8 1 (0.57%) Intel
8 1 (0.57%) Progress
8 1 (0.57%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.57%) Snow