GRC Contracts in the Thames Valley

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 140 161
Rank change year-on-year +14 +21 -15
Contract jobs citing GRC 4 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.97% 1.23% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £590 - £628
25th Percentile £650 £613 £662
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £625 £717
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -12.83% +63.89%
75th Percentile - £638 £719
90th Percentile - - £720
South East median daily rate £588 £588 £665
% change year-on-year - -11.62% +51.08%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 412 408 531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.62% 14.26% 14.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 236 333
10th Percentile £198 £306 £220
25th Percentile £316 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £564 £575 £588
90th Percentile £600 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 16
10th Percentile £18.20 £15.80 £10.26
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.50 £11.93
Median hourly rate £27.50 £23.00 £17.76
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% +29.54% -15.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.45 £22.00
90th Percentile £69.11 £73.72 £46.93
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -5.17% +38.10% -23.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for GRC in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Berkshire -9 3 £750 +20.00% 1
Buckinghamshire +30 1 £600 - 2
GRC
South East

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) French Language
2 1 (25.00%) German Language
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Information Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Information Risk Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security Risk Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Compliance Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Governance Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Smart Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Conflict Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Line Management
2 2 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 2 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CRISC
2 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CISMP
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) COBIT
3 1 (25.00%) GDPR
3 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS