Risk Management Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Risk Management
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 36 40
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +7
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 4 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.17% 2.21% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 2.48% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £573 £598
25th Percentile £625 £719 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £850 £688
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +23.64% +44.74%
75th Percentile £675 £906 £753
90th Percentile - £918 £781
East of England median daily rate £513 £575 £338
% change year-on-year -10.87% +70.37% -38.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Risk Management 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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 296 282 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 86.80% 88.96% 81.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 111 112
10th Percentile £168 £213 £220
25th Percentile £363 £364 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £576 £602 £550
90th Percentile £671 £700 £638
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 69 147
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.38 £14.16
25th Percentile - £14.84 £15.00
Median hourly rate £14.22 £16.30 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -12.76% +0.43% +11.93%
75th Percentile £19.65 £24.15 £21.37
90th Percentile £38.18 £47.00 £48.75
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £36.75 £43.00
% change year-on-year +29.25% -14.53% +117.06%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Risk Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Risk Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 20 August 2026. 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
Cambridge -4 4 £650 -23.53% 9
Risk Management
East of England

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Operations Director
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Revenue Recognition
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IFS
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft