GRC Contract Job Trends in Watford

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GRC 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 4.76% - 1.96%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.75% - 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £495
25th Percentile £244 - £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £249 - £650
75th Percentile £254 - £675
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £249 £638 £650
% change year-on-year -60.94% -1.92% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.61 - -
Median hourly rate £32.74 - -
75th Percentile £34.86 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £32.74 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Watford

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 in Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 16 10 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 25.40% 14.08% 16.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 21
10th Percentile £244 £302 £300
25th Percentile £395 £306 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £313 £500
Median % change year-on-year +76.00% -37.50% +55.04%
75th Percentile £575 £414 £675
90th Percentile - £453 £688
Hertfordshire median daily rate £519 £385 £500
% change year-on-year +34.68% -23.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - -
Median hourly rate £31.49 - -
75th Percentile £34.16 - -
90th Percentile £34.58 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £18.79 £15.73 £44.50
% change year-on-year +19.42% -64.65% +154.29%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

GRC job vacancy trend in Watford

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing GRC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing GRC

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS