RMADS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for RMADS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RMADS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 366 401 471
Rank change year-on-year +35 +70 -60
Contract jobs citing RMADS 30 46 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.20% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.99% 1.32% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 20
10th Percentile £363 £521 £455
25th Percentile £475 £550 £557
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £638 £641 £711
90th Percentile £703 £788 £778
UK median daily rate £625 £625 £575
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 15 11
10th Percentile - £72.50 £50.77
25th Percentile - £72.98 £58.89
Median hourly rate £83.41 £83.31 £68.58
Median % change year-on-year +0.12% +21.48% +17.88%
75th Percentile - £83.40 £75.06
90th Percentile - - £81.23
UK median hourly rate £83.41 £83.31 £68.58
% change year-on-year +0.12% +21.48% +17.88%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

RMADS 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,034 3,482 4,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.81% 14.84% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,787 2,340 3,050
10th Percentile £250 £220 £203
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +6.50% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £571
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 188 193
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.67 £11.39
25th Percentile £12.66 £17.72 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.06 £31.89 £21.04
Median % change year-on-year -43.37% +51.54% -0.05%
75th Percentile £45.00 £59.46 £44.69
90th Percentile £68.00 £77.50 £64.19
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +26.13% +31.99%

RMADS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing RMADS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for RMADS in the UK excluding London

RMADS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RMADS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for RMADS in the UK excluding London

RMADS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RMADS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for RMADS in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RMADS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for RMADS in the UK excluding London

RMADS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RMADS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +40 19 £775 +29.17% 3
South West -11 11 £625 - 3
RMADS
UK

RMADS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Internet
1 1 (3.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Robot Framework
1 7 (23.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (20.00%) Finance
1 6 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (16.67%) Electronics
2 5 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 5 (16.67%) Marketing
2 5 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Military
4 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Architect
1 7 (23.33%) Consultant
1 7 (23.33%) Security Architect
1 7 (23.33%) Security Consultant
2 5 (16.67%) Information Assurance Consultant
2 5 (16.67%) Information Security Consultant
3 2 (6.67%) Security Engineer
3 2 (6.67%) Support Consultant
4 1 (3.33%) Coordinator
4 1 (3.33%) Lead
4 1 (3.33%) Product Consultant
4 1 (3.33%) Product Engineer
4 1 (3.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Security Assurance Coordinator
4 1 (3.33%) Technical Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 11 (36.67%) Cyber Defence
2 7 (23.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Windows
1 7 (23.33%) Windows Server
1 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Security Architecture
2 15 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (36.67%) Impact Assessments
3 11 (36.67%) Risk Register
4 7 (23.33%) Agile
4 7 (23.33%) Application Security
4 7 (23.33%) Boundary Protection
4 7 (23.33%) Scrum
4 7 (23.33%) Service Management
4 7 (23.33%) Test Automation
5 6 (20.00%) Information Assurance
6 5 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
6 5 (16.67%) Programme Management
7 2 (6.67%) Change Advisory Board
7 2 (6.67%) DevOps
7 2 (6.67%) Protective Monitoring
7 2 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (6.67%) Risk Management
7 2 (6.67%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) PowerShell
1 7 (23.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 8 (26.67%) CESG Certified Professional
3 8 (26.67%) CISSP
4 6 (20.00%) CLAS
5 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 3 (10.00%) CISM
6 3 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (46.67%) NCSC
2 8 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (26.67%) JSP 440
3 7 (23.33%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
1 7 (23.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (36.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 7 (23.33%) Ansible
2 7 (23.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) VMware
2 5 (16.67%) SAP