GRC Contracts in the West Midlands

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring GRC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GRC over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 106 122
Rank change year-on-year +18 +16 +30
Contract jobs citing GRC 9 5 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.67% 0.26% 0.71%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.81% 1.66% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 15
10th Percentile £488 £693 -
25th Percentile - £738 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £775 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +29.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £813 -
90th Percentile £669 £895 £720
England median daily rate £630 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +9.57% -4.17% +2.13%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 236 301 401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 17.55% 15.46% 16.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 209 259
10th Percentile £209 £260 £263
25th Percentile £350 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +8.93%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £595
90th Percentile £638 £793 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 30 10
10th Percentile - £11.91 £10.99
25th Percentile £14.70 £13.18 £12.50
Median hourly rate £28.18 £14.00 £16.10
Median % change year-on-year +101.29% -13.04% -5.29%
75th Percentile £30.38 £45.78 £23.02
90th Percentile £52.50 £58.75 £27.92
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for GRC in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Warwickshire +8 6 £600 -11.11% 1
Birmingham - 3 £525 - 4
GRC
England

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP BPC
1 2 (22.22%) SAP GRC
1 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (11.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SAP BW
1 2 (22.22%) SAP HANA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Security Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Auditor
3 2 (22.22%) IT Auditor
3 2 (22.22%) IT Security Auditor
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Security Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Security Auditor
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) ERP Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Security Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) SailPoint
1 2 (22.22%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (22.22%) Compliance Management
2 2 (22.22%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Information Security
2 2 (22.22%) IT Audit
2 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
2 2 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Security
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Business Case
3 1 (11.11%) Design Patterns
3 1 (11.11%) Observability
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Register
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CISA
2 2 (22.22%) CISM
2 2 (22.22%) CISSP
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) NIST
2 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (22.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (11.11%) GDPR
4 1 (11.11%) NCSC
4 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Concur
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Ariba
2 1 (11.11%) Qualys
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow