Risk Management Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Risk Management
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 17 31
Rank change year-on-year -34 +14 -11
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 24 48 26
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 3.43% 9.86% 6.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 11.24% 7.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 26 20
10th Percentile £394 £356 -
25th Percentile £424 £432 £65
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £555 £494
Median % change year-on-year -15.32% +12.41% -21.63%
75th Percentile £612 £683 £604
90th Percentile £700 £781 £675
North West median daily rate £475 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £33.00
North West median hourly rate £22.32 £72.38 £25.25
% change year-on-year -69.17% +186.63% -61.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 616 427 361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 88.13% 87.68% 90.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 255 226
10th Percentile £268 £327 £265
25th Percentile £358 £384 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £496 £510
Median % change year-on-year -9.90% -2.72% +13.33%
75th Percentile £538 £565 £562
90th Percentile £688 £639 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 24 23
10th Percentile £14.96 £16.08 £17.14
25th Percentile £15.94 £21.05 £18.79
Median hourly rate £22.85 £29.94 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year -23.69% +26.82% +99.07%
75th Percentile £40.00 £37.19 £35.38
90th Percentile £69.45 £43.75 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £35.36 £35.00
% change year-on-year -16.29% +1.03% +57.30%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in Cheshire

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Risk Management
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 18 November 2025. 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
Knutsford -31 10 £442 -17.34% 1
Chester -13 6 £475 +5.15% 1
Macclesfield -1 4 £700 +27.27%
Crewe - 1 - - 1
Risk Management
North West

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (20.83%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) LAN
1 4 (16.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Finance
2 9 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Banking
3 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.17%) Legal
6 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Programme Manager
1 5 (20.83%) Project Manager
2 4 (16.67%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Risk Management Specialist
3 3 (12.50%) SAP Manager
3 3 (12.50%) SAP Programme Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Change Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Governance Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Business Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Coordinator
5 1 (4.17%) Product Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (4.17%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Security Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
1 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
1 2 (8.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.17%) Smart Meter
2 1 (4.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (25.00%) ITSM
3 6 (25.00%) Project Management
3 6 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (20.83%) Agile
4 5 (20.83%) Analytics
4 5 (20.83%) Data Analytics
4 5 (20.83%) Programme Management
4 5 (20.83%) Service Design
4 5 (20.83%) Service Management
5 4 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
5 4 (16.67%) Change Management
5 4 (16.67%) Compliance Audit
5 4 (16.67%) Network Architecture
5 4 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) Business Strategy
6 3 (12.50%) Proactive Management
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.17%) AWS Certification
2 1 (4.17%) BC Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.17%) CBAP
2 1 (4.17%) CISSP
2 1 (4.17%) CSPO
2 1 (4.17%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (20.83%) GxP
3 3 (12.50%) GRC
4 1 (4.17%) Basel III
4 1 (4.17%) GDPR
4 1 (4.17%) ISO 20022
4 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) SAP
3 1 (4.17%) Ariba
3 1 (4.17%) Google
3 1 (4.17%) IBM
3 1 (4.17%) IBM Sterling
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow