GRC Contracts with Work from Home Options

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 293 375 512
Rank change year-on-year +82 +137 -75
Contract jobs citing GRC 44 92 113
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.36% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.00% 2.94% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 78 97
10th Percentile £469 £407 £450
25th Percentile £513 £513 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.13% +6.82%
75th Percentile £688 £713 £675
90th Percentile £903 £841 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - +100.00% -53.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,195 3,128 5,933
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.49% 12.23% 13.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,517 2,285 4,218
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £420 £420 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 66 118
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.60 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £23.67 £18.50
Median hourly rate £21.94 £39.80 £44.23
Median % change year-on-year -44.89% -10.01% +118.18%
75th Percentile £46.56 £59.82 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.13 £66.45
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -40.56% +27.27% +30.95%

GRC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GRC trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GRC.

GRC daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GRC over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

GRC daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GRC
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GRC.

GRC hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (6.82%) Apache
1 3 (6.82%) IIS
1 3 (6.82%) WebLogic
1 3 (6.82%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (4.55%) Azure
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.55%) SaaS
3 1 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.27%) OCI
3 1 (2.27%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) DB2
General
1 12 (27.27%) Finance
1 12 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.55%) Automotive
2 2 (4.55%) Banking
2 2 (4.55%) Law
3 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.27%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (34.09%) Consultant
2 8 (18.18%) Security Consultant
3 6 (13.64%) Project Manager
4 5 (11.36%) Analyst
4 5 (11.36%) Security Manager
5 4 (9.09%) Governance Manager
5 4 (9.09%) Project Governance Manager
5 4 (9.09%) Risk Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Architect
6 3 (6.82%) CyberArk Architect
6 3 (6.82%) Information Security Consultant
6 3 (6.82%) Risk Project Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Security Assurance Manager
6 3 (6.82%) ServiceNow Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Supplier Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Compliance Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Compliance Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Lead
7 2 (4.55%) Security Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) .NET
1 3 (6.82%) EJB
1 3 (6.82%) J2EE
1 3 (6.82%) JSP
1 3 (6.82%) LDAP
1 3 (6.82%) Servlets
1 3 (6.82%) Web Services
1 3 (6.82%) XML
2 1 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.82%) CMDB
2 3 (6.82%) NHS
2 3 (6.82%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.55%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.55%) SCADA
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (47.73%) Risk Management
2 19 (43.18%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (34.09%) Information Security
4 7 (15.91%) Due Diligence
4 7 (15.91%) Security Management
5 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
6 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
6 5 (11.36%) Use Case
6 5 (11.36%) Workflow
7 4 (9.09%) Compliance Management
7 4 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
8 3 (6.82%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (6.82%) Cyber Assurance
8 3 (6.82%) ISMS
8 3 (6.82%) Privileged Access Management
8 3 (6.82%) RBAC
8 3 (6.82%) Risk Analysis
8 3 (6.82%) Service Catalogue
8 3 (6.82%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (6.82%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.82%) Java
1 3 (6.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) CISSP
2 6 (13.64%) Degree
3 5 (11.36%) CISA
3 5 (11.36%) CRISC
3 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.36%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (6.82%) SANS
5 2 (4.55%) CISM
5 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (29.55%) NIST
2 12 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (15.91%) NCSC
4 6 (13.64%) GDPR
5 3 (6.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (6.82%) PCI DSS
6 2 (4.55%) COBIT
6 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
6 2 (4.55%) ITGC
6 2 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (4.55%) SOC 2
7 1 (2.27%) COSO
7 1 (2.27%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.27%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 6 (13.64%) ServiceNow
2 4 (9.09%) Oracle
3 3 (6.82%) CyberArk
4 2 (4.55%) SAP
5 1 (2.27%) Cadence
5 1 (2.27%) Darktrace
5 1 (2.27%) Rapid7