RMADS Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring RMADS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing RMADS 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.50% - 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.00% - 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £650 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £81.90 - -
South West median hourly rate £84.01 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Dorset

RMADS 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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 20 12 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 10.05% 13.33% 15.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 15
10th Percentile £303 £223 £325
25th Percentile £330 £287 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £313 £550
Median % change year-on-year +43.68% -43.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £513 £445 £759
90th Percentile £550 £613 £769
South West median daily rate £506 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.37% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £28.44 - -
25th Percentile £37.35 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £52.45 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.31% - -
75th Percentile £67.30 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £76.06 - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +44.44% -30.77%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RMADS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

RMADS job vacancy trend in Dorset

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Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing RMADS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing RMADS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing RMADS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing RMADS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST