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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 447 530 652
Rank change year-on-year +83 +122 -52
Contract jobs citing GRC 127 171 206
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.30% 0.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.10% 2.24% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 126 163
10th Percentile £348 £406 £450
25th Percentile £475 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +11.63%
75th Percentile £738 £713 £717
90th Percentile £875 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £598 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -0.42% +9.09% +23.60%
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 6,062 7,631 11,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.25% 13.36% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,850 5,224 7,927
10th Percentile £282 £280 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £742 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +0.83% +6.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 380 234 311
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.71 £17.00
Median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.84% +12.90% +47.62%
75th Percentile £45.00 £62.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -47.80% +55.56% +7.14%

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 15 May 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 15 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
England +54 110 £575 -4.17% 74
London +79 70 £575 -4.17% 35
Work from Home +85 44 £575 -4.17% 38
UK excluding London +31 36 £598 -0.42% 36
North of England +27 12 £550 -58.49% 12
South East +17 12 £575 -2.13% 12
North West +23 8 £550 -58.49% 6
Midlands +20 6 £775 +29.17% 7
West Midlands +6 5 £775 +29.17% 4
Yorkshire +22 4 £378 - 3
South West +12 4 £660 +5.60% 2
Scotland +44 1 £595 -6.67%
East of England +12 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 - - 3

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 6 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.15%) Apache
3 3 (2.36%) IIS
3 3 (2.36%) WebLogic
3 3 (2.36%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.94%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.15%) SAP GRC
1 4 (3.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.79%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.79%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.24%) Azure
2 7 (5.51%) AWS
2 7 (5.51%) Azure Sentinel
2 7 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.72%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.57%) GCP
5 2 (1.57%) IaaS
5 2 (1.57%) OCI
5 2 (1.57%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.57%) SaaS
6 1 (0.79%) Alation
6 1 (0.79%) Kong
6 1 (0.79%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.36%) Internet
2 2 (1.57%) Broadband
2 2 (1.57%) DNS
2 2 (1.57%) Network Security
2 2 (1.57%) SNMP
3 1 (0.79%) Firewall
3 1 (0.79%) Intranet
3 1 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.15%) SAP BW
2 3 (2.36%) DB2
3 2 (1.57%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.57%) Power BI
4 1 (0.79%) Metadata
4 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.79%) PowerCenter
4 1 (0.79%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.57%) JIRA
General
1 38 (29.92%) Finance
1 38 (29.92%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (7.87%) Banking
4 5 (3.94%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.15%) French Language
5 4 (3.15%) German Language
5 4 (3.15%) Legal
5 4 (3.15%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.57%) Automotive
7 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.57%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.57%) Law
7 2 (1.57%) Retail
8 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (23.62%) Consultant
2 20 (15.75%) Security Consultant
3 18 (14.17%) Analyst
4 17 (13.39%) Lead
5 16 (12.60%) Architect
6 10 (7.87%) Senior
7 9 (7.09%) Governance Analyst
7 9 (7.09%) Security Manager
8 8 (6.30%) Risk Manager
9 7 (5.51%) Risk Analyst
10 6 (4.72%) Project Manager
11 5 (3.94%) Administrator
11 5 (3.94%) Cloud Consultant
11 5 (3.94%) Cloud Security Consultant
11 5 (3.94%) Governance Manager
11 5 (3.94%) Information Manager
11 5 (3.94%) Information Security Manager
11 5 (3.94%) Security Analyst
12 4 (3.15%) Compliance Analyst
12 4 (3.15%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.94%) LDAP
1 5 (3.94%) XML
2 4 (3.15%) CSS
2 4 (3.15%) SailPoint
2 4 (3.15%) Web Services
3 3 (2.36%) .NET
3 3 (2.36%) EJB
3 3 (2.36%) HTML
3 3 (2.36%) J2EE
3 3 (2.36%) JSP
3 3 (2.36%) REST
3 3 (2.36%) SAP Business Workflow
3 3 (2.36%) Servlets
3 3 (2.36%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.57%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.79%) JDBC
5 1 (0.79%) Kafka
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.79%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.79%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.24%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.51%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.72%) CMDB
4 5 (3.94%) IoT
5 4 (3.15%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.15%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.36%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.36%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (2.36%) NHS
6 3 (2.36%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.57%) SCADA
8 1 (0.79%) BBC
8 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.79%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.79%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.79%) Smart Energy
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (43.31%) Risk Management
2 52 (40.94%) Information Security
3 49 (38.58%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (14.96%) Cloud Security
5 17 (13.39%) Identity Access Management
6 14 (11.02%) Business Continuity
7 13 (10.24%) Agile
7 13 (10.24%) Roadmaps
8 12 (9.45%) Incident Response
8 12 (9.45%) Security Management
8 12 (9.45%) Workflow
9 10 (7.87%) Data Protection
10 9 (7.09%) Due Diligence
10 9 (7.09%) Mentoring
10 9 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (6.30%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (5.51%) Compliance Management
12 7 (5.51%) Information Assurance
12 7 (5.51%) SIEM
13 6 (4.72%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.51%) SQL
2 6 (4.72%) Java
3 5 (3.94%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (21.26%) CISSP
2 21 (16.54%) Degree
3 19 (14.96%) CISM
4 16 (12.60%) CRISC
5 13 (10.24%) CISA
5 13 (10.24%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (10.24%) Security Cleared
6 12 (9.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 12 (9.45%) SC Cleared
7 7 (5.51%) CISMP
8 5 (3.94%) CCSP
9 3 (2.36%) CCNP
9 3 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.36%) SANS
10 2 (1.57%) CCSK
10 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.79%) CCA
11 1 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (36.22%) NIST
2 45 (35.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (10.24%) COBIT
3 13 (10.24%) GDPR
4 12 (9.45%) PCI DSS
5 8 (6.30%) NCSC
6 7 (5.51%) Data Quality
7 5 (3.94%) ITGC
7 5 (3.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (3.15%) HIPAA
8 4 (3.15%) ISO 9001
9 3 (2.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (2.36%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.57%) QA
11 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.79%) COSO
11 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (2.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.57%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 12 (9.45%) ServiceNow
2 11 (8.66%) SAP
3 8 (6.30%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.72%) CyberArk
4 6 (4.72%) Oracle
5 4 (3.15%) Darktrace
6 3 (2.36%) Splunk
7 2 (1.57%) Cisco
7 2 (1.57%) Cognos
7 2 (1.57%) Google
7 2 (1.57%) IBM
8 1 (0.79%) Cadence
8 1 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.79%) Informatica
8 1 (0.79%) Okta
8 1 (0.79%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.79%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.79%) Symantec
8 1 (0.79%) Talend
8 1 (0.79%) Workday