Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for GRC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GRC over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 455 546 626
Rank change year-on-year +91 +80 -34
Contract jobs citing GRC 131 176 206
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.29% 0.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.09% 2.20% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 125 162
10th Percentile £378 £425 £450
25th Percentile £489 £525 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £747 £700 £686
90th Percentile £918 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £600 £555
% change year-on-year -4.17% +8.11% +21.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +100.00% -53.33%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

GRC is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,264 8,008 11,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.35% 13.34% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,961 5,483 8,038
10th Percentile £297 £275 £294
25th Percentile £405 £410 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £618
90th Percentile £750 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 234 300
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.05 £18.50 £17.19
Median hourly rate £20.49 £37.75 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year -45.74% +33.63% +34.36%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.71 £77.44 £67.37
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £35.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -49.37% +66.27% +0.24%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the UK

GRC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GRC.

Daily rate trend for GRC in the UK

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the UK

GRC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GRC.

Hourly rate trend for GRC in the UK

GRC
Top 14 Contract 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 25 April 2024. 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 +80 114 £575 -4.17% 80
London +87 76 £563 -2.17% 38
Work from Home +80 42 £575 -4.17% 33
UK excluding London +53 36 £575 -4.17% 40
South East +9 12 £575 -4.17% 13
North of England +37 11 £520 -68.48% 13
North West +18 6 £520 -68.48% 4
Midlands +15 6 £775 +29.17% 7
Yorkshire +30 5 £464 - 7
West Midlands +16 5 £775 +29.17% 5
South West +17 4 £660 +10.00% 2
Scotland +24 2 £595 -6.67% 1
East of England +11 1 £475 -26.92% 5
East Midlands - 1 - - 2

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.05%) Apache
3 3 (2.29%) IIS
3 3 (2.29%) WebLogic
3 3 (2.29%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.76%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.82%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (4.58%) SAP GRC
2 4 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.53%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.53%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.76%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.69%) Azure
2 9 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.11%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (5.34%) AWS
4 7 (5.34%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.53%) GCP
7 2 (1.53%) IaaS
7 2 (1.53%) OCI
7 2 (1.53%) SaaS
8 1 (0.76%) Alation
8 1 (0.76%) Kong
8 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.76%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.76%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.29%) Internet
2 2 (1.53%) Broadband
2 2 (1.53%) DNS
2 2 (1.53%) Network Security
2 2 (1.53%) SNMP
3 1 (0.76%) Firewall
3 1 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.05%) SAP BW
2 3 (2.29%) DB2
3 2 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.76%) Metadata
4 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.76%) Power BI
4 1 (0.76%) PowerCenter
4 1 (0.76%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.53%) JIRA
General
1 37 (28.24%) Finance
2 35 (26.72%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.11%) Banking
5 5 (3.82%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.05%) French Language
6 4 (3.05%) German Language
7 3 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.29%) Law
7 3 (2.29%) Legal
7 3 (2.29%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.53%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.53%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (25.95%) Consultant
2 24 (18.32%) Security Consultant
3 19 (14.50%) Analyst
3 19 (14.50%) Lead
4 16 (12.21%) Architect
5 9 (6.87%) Senior
6 8 (6.11%) Risk Manager
7 7 (5.34%) Information Security Consultant
7 7 (5.34%) Security Analyst
8 6 (4.58%) Governance Analyst
8 6 (4.58%) Governance Manager
8 6 (4.58%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.58%) Risk Analyst
8 6 (4.58%) Security Manager
9 5 (3.82%) Administrator
9 5 (3.82%) Cloud Consultant
9 5 (3.82%) Cloud Security Consultant
9 5 (3.82%) Compliance Analyst
10 4 (3.05%) Developer
10 4 (3.05%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.34%) SailPoint
2 5 (3.82%) LDAP
2 5 (3.82%) XML
3 4 (3.05%) CSS
3 4 (3.05%) Web Services
4 3 (2.29%) .NET
4 3 (2.29%) EJB
4 3 (2.29%) HTML
4 3 (2.29%) J2EE
4 3 (2.29%) JSP
4 3 (2.29%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (2.29%) REST
4 3 (2.29%) SAP Business Workflow
4 3 (2.29%) Servlets
4 3 (2.29%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.53%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.76%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.76%) Kafka
6 1 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.76%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.69%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.34%) CMDB
2 7 (5.34%) Security Posture
3 5 (3.82%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.82%) IoT
3 5 (3.82%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.29%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.29%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (2.29%) NHS
4 3 (2.29%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.53%) SCADA
6 1 (0.76%) BBC
6 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.76%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.76%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.76%) Smart Energy
6 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (44.27%) Risk Management
2 54 (41.22%) Information Security
3 48 (36.64%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (16.03%) Cloud Security
5 16 (12.21%) Identity Access Management
6 15 (11.45%) Business Continuity
6 15 (11.45%) Roadmaps
7 14 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (9.92%) Security Management
9 12 (9.16%) Incident Response
10 11 (8.40%) Agile
10 11 (8.40%) Data Protection
10 11 (8.40%) Workflow
11 10 (7.63%) Mentoring
12 8 (6.11%) Compliance Management
12 8 (6.11%) Computer Science
12 8 (6.11%) ERP
12 8 (6.11%) Security Operations
12 8 (6.11%) SIEM
12 8 (6.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.34%) SQL
2 6 (4.58%) Java
3 5 (3.82%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.76%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (20.61%) CISSP
2 23 (17.56%) Degree
3 20 (15.27%) CISM
4 17 (12.98%) CRISC
5 15 (11.45%) CISA
6 13 (9.92%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (9.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 10 (7.63%) SC Cleared
8 10 (7.63%) Security Cleared
9 7 (5.34%) CISMP
10 5 (3.82%) CCSP
10 5 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.29%) CCNP
11 3 (2.29%) SANS
12 2 (1.53%) CCSK
12 2 (1.53%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.76%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.76%) CEH
13 1 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 1 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (36.64%) NIST
2 46 (35.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (11.45%) COBIT
4 13 (9.92%) GDPR
4 13 (9.92%) PCI DSS
5 8 (6.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (5.34%) Data Quality
7 6 (4.58%) NCSC
8 5 (3.82%) ISO 9001
8 5 (3.82%) ITGC
9 4 (3.05%) HIPAA
10 3 (2.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (2.29%) QA
10 3 (2.29%) SOC 2
11 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.76%) COSO
12 1 (0.76%) ISA99
12 1 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (3.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.53%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 14 (10.69%) ServiceNow
2 11 (8.40%) SAP
3 10 (7.63%) Microsoft
4 8 (6.11%) Oracle
5 6 (4.58%) CyberArk
6 5 (3.82%) Darktrace
7 3 (2.29%) OneTrust
7 3 (2.29%) Splunk
8 2 (1.53%) Cisco
8 2 (1.53%) Cognos
8 2 (1.53%) Google
8 2 (1.53%) IBM
9 1 (0.76%) Cadence
9 1 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.76%) Informatica
9 1 (0.76%) Okta
9 1 (0.76%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.76%) Symantec
9 1 (0.76%) Talend
9 1 (0.76%) Varonis