Risk Assessment Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Risk Assessment
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Risk Assessment skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 52 68
Rank change year-on-year -11 +16 +29
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 13 6 11
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.15% 1.13% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.23% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 10
10th Percentile £236 £345 -
25th Percentile £355 £381 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £425 £458
Median % change year-on-year +19.41% -7.10% -40.97%
75th Percentile £520 £569 £524
90th Percentile £561 £611 £537
South West median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -26.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Risk Assessment falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 914 489 867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 80.81% 92.09% 82.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 294 502
10th Percentile £307 £213 £258
25th Percentile £400 £355 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £514
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.49% +2.85%
75th Percentile £554 £588 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South West median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 68 155
10th Percentile £17.69 £32.05 £36.25
25th Percentile £60.00 £59.38 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +1.63%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -11.54% +36.84% -22.76%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Risk Assessment relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Risk Assessment job vacancy trend in Bristol

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Risk Assessment.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Assessment in Bristol

Risk Assessment
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Risk Assessment.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) DHCP
1 6 (46.15%) Firewall
1 6 (46.15%) HTTPS
1 6 (46.15%) Network Security
1 6 (46.15%) Wireless
General
1 1 (7.69%) Finance
1 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Consultant
1 3 (23.08%) Security Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) Change Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) Finance Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Security Architecture
2 7 (53.85%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (46.15%) Network Segmentation
3 6 (46.15%) Regulatory Compliance
3 6 (46.15%) Zero Trust
4 5 (38.46%) Cyber Resilience
4 5 (38.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (7.69%) Agile
7 1 (7.69%) Change Management
7 1 (7.69%) Critical Path Analysis
7 1 (7.69%) Dependency Management
7 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2
7 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (7.69%) Project Management
7 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
7 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (7.69%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) ForeScout
2 1 (7.69%) Ariba
2 1 (7.69%) SAP