GRC Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 300 379 503
Rank change year-on-year +79 +124 -52
Contract jobs citing GRC 41 78 120
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.33% 0.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.01% 2.62% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 66 103
10th Percentile £402 £396 £450
25th Percentile £482 £505 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £638 £588
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +8.51% +9.51%
75th Percentile £600 £828 £650
90th Percentile £869 £888 £810
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £594
% change year-on-year -4.17% +1.05% +12.19%
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 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,036 2,982 5,763
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 13.80% 12.49% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,430 2,167 4,130
10th Percentile £300 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £521 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +1.56% +7.89%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £613
90th Percentile £750 £743 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 71 128
10th Percentile £12.23 £17.50 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.00 £20.94 £19.44
Median hourly rate £24.50 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -21.35% +134.21%
75th Percentile £48.75 £58.38 £56.60
90th Percentile £66.75 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
% change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%

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

GRC
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 12 June 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 2 (4.88%) Apache
1 2 (4.88%) IIS
1 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
1 2 (4.88%) WebLogic
1 2 (4.88%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Azure
1 2 (4.88%) SaaS
2 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (2.44%) OCI
2 1 (2.44%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 13 (31.71%) Finance
2 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Banking
4 2 (4.88%) Automotive
5 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.44%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.44%) Retail
5 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Consultant
2 6 (14.63%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) Security Consultant
3 5 (12.20%) Project Manager
4 4 (9.76%) Risk Manager
4 4 (9.76%) Security Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Governance Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Project Governance Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Risk Project Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Security Assurance Manager
5 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Supplier Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Architect
6 2 (4.88%) CyberArk Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Governance Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) IT Governance Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Lead
6 2 (4.88%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Risk Consultant
6 2 (4.88%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) .NET
1 2 (4.88%) EJB
1 2 (4.88%) J2EE
1 2 (4.88%) JSP
1 2 (4.88%) LDAP
1 2 (4.88%) Servlets
1 2 (4.88%) Web Services
1 2 (4.88%) XML
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) CMDB
1 3 (7.32%) NHS
1 3 (7.32%) Security Posture
2 2 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.88%) Operational Technology
2 2 (4.88%) SCADA
2 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) Risk Management
2 16 (39.02%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (26.83%) Information Security
4 7 (17.07%) Due Diligence
4 7 (17.07%) Security Management
5 4 (9.76%) Agile
5 4 (9.76%) Mentoring
5 4 (9.76%) Workflow
6 3 (7.32%) Compliance Management
6 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (7.32%) Cyber Assurance
6 3 (7.32%) Data Protection
6 3 (7.32%) Information Assurance
6 3 (7.32%) ISMS
6 3 (7.32%) Risk Analysis
6 3 (7.32%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (7.32%) Roadmaps
6 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (7.32%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (4.88%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.88%) Java
1 2 (4.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (17.07%) CISSP
2 5 (12.20%) CISA
2 5 (12.20%) CRISC
2 5 (12.20%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
2 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.88%) CISM
3 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (31.71%) NIST
2 12 (29.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (17.07%) GDPR
3 7 (17.07%) NCSC
4 3 (7.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (7.32%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.88%) COBIT
5 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
5 2 (4.88%) ITGC
5 2 (4.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (4.88%) SOC 2
6 1 (2.44%) COSO
6 1 (2.44%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.44%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) ServiceNow
2 3 (7.32%) Oracle
2 3 (7.32%) SAP
3 2 (4.88%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.44%) Cadence
4 1 (2.44%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.44%) Rapid7