Risk Management Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Risk Management
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 32 61
Rank change year-on-year -33 +29 +41
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 35 55 44
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.26% 5.09% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 6.02% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 25 16
10th Percentile £359 £121 £363
25th Percentile £476 £399 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.83% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £662 £700 £581
90th Percentile £687 £795 £613
England median daily rate £550 £579 £575
% change year-on-year -5.01% +0.70% -4.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 17
10th Percentile £21.56 £34.38 -
25th Percentile £28.63 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £40.62 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% +12.36% -31.54%
75th Percentile £52.40 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £59.36 - -
England median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £66.66
% change year-on-year -44.17% -9.98% +580.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,314 914 1,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.72% 84.63% 86.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 402 775
10th Percentile £200 £240 £225
25th Percentile £363 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £681 £695 £712
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 168 362
10th Percentile £14.00 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.31
Median hourly rate £20.30 £35.00 £21.73
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +61.07% -1.23%
75th Percentile £60.75 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in the East of England

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Risk Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in the East of England

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Risk Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in the East of England

Risk Management
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Hertfordshire -22 14 £478 +19.52% 19
Essex +6 9 £641 +20.94% 13
Cambridgeshire -10 5 £650 +8.33% 13
Bedfordshire -14 4 £625 +410.20% 10
Suffolk +3 3 £480 -12.73% 8
Risk Management
England

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (14.29%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.86%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.86%) Azure
1 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (2.86%) OCI
1 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) Structured Cabling
1 4 (11.43%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.86%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) SAP BW
1 2 (5.71%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.86%) Metadata
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.86%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (2.86%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Finance
3 7 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (17.14%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 3 (8.57%) Local Government
7 2 (5.71%) Banking
8 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.86%) Automotive
8 1 (2.86%) Law
8 1 (2.86%) Legal
8 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (11.43%) Software Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Consultant
3 3 (8.57%) Data Centre Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Developer
3 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Lead
3 3 (8.57%) Programme Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Risk Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Security Specialist
4 2 (5.71%) Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Information Security Specialist
4 2 (5.71%) Information Specialist
4 2 (5.71%) Lead Consultant
4 2 (5.71%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (5.71%) Technical Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) .NET
1 1 (2.86%) ADO
1 1 (2.86%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (14.29%) Credit Risk
3 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.57%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.86%) Insider Threat
4 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.86%) SCADA
4 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 10 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 9 (25.71%) Agile
4 8 (22.86%) Change Management
4 8 (22.86%) PRINCE2
4 8 (22.86%) Project Management
4 8 (22.86%) System Testing
5 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (14.29%) Analytical Modelling
6 5 (14.29%) Credit Risk Management
6 5 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (14.29%) DevOps
6 5 (14.29%) Information Security
6 5 (14.29%) Project Planning
6 5 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (14.29%) Scorecard
6 5 (14.29%) Test Strategy
6 5 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (11.43%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) Python
1 6 (17.14%) SQL
2 5 (14.29%) Java
2 5 (14.29%) R
3 1 (2.86%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 10 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 4 (11.43%) Degree
4 2 (5.71%) CISSP
5 1 (2.86%) CISM
5 1 (2.86%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) MOS
5 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) NIST
2 3 (8.57%) GRC
2 3 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.57%) PMO
3 2 (5.71%) QA
4 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.86%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.57%) Oracle
3 3 (8.57%) SAP
4 2 (5.71%) Computacenter
5 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.86%) Workday