Risk Assessment Contracts in England

Risk Assessment
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Risk Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 318 429
Rank change year-on-year +26 +111 +104
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 203 229 249
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.83% 0.62% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.71% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 152 144
10th Percentile £367 £340 £480
25th Percentile £447 £450 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £638 £732 £726
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £569 £613
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 6
10th Percentile £35.84 - £41.40
25th Percentile £52.19 - £59.73
Median hourly rate £61.50 £14.54 £68.27
Median % change year-on-year +322.94% -78.70% +8.37%
75th Percentile £76.30 £31.87 £72.98
90th Percentile £86.21 £53.93 £73.29
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £14.54 £70.50
% change year-on-year +322.94% -79.38% +18.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Risk Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in England

Risk Assessment
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Assessment in England.

Daily rate trend for Risk Assessment in England

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Assessment in England

Risk Assessment
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Assessment in England.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Assessment in England

Risk Assessment
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Assessment in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Assessment in England

Risk Assessment
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Assessment within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
London +21 100 £544 -13.00% 186
South East +46 41 £575 +6.48% 65
North of England +26 24 £500 +11.11% 51
North West +18 20 £495 +10.00% 29
South West +28 16 £593 +39.41% 17
Midlands +26 12 £447 -0.67% 43
East Midlands +19 6 £359 +2.43% 27
West Midlands +17 6 £525 +8.81% 16
Yorkshire +7 2 £600 -40.00% 15
North East -3 2 £421 -26.78% 7
East of England +29 1 £406 -29.39% 13
Risk Assessment
UK

Risk Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.46%) Confluence
3 3 (1.48%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.99%) CICS
4 2 (0.99%) TPMS
4 2 (0.99%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.49%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.48%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.49%) Endur
2 1 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.49%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 34 (16.75%) Azure
2 25 (12.32%) AWS
3 11 (5.42%) Entra ID
3 11 (5.42%) IaaS
4 10 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.94%) GCP
6 7 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.96%) OCI
8 5 (2.46%) SaaS
9 4 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (1.97%) GitHub
9 4 (1.97%) Serverless
10 3 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 3 (1.48%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.48%) PaaS
10 3 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 31 (15.27%) Firewall
2 20 (9.85%) Network Security
3 15 (7.39%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (3.45%) DNS
4 7 (3.45%) SSL
5 5 (2.46%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.97%) FTP
6 4 (1.97%) HTTP
6 4 (1.97%) SMTP
6 4 (1.97%) VPN
7 2 (0.99%) LAN
7 2 (0.99%) WAN
8 1 (0.49%) 4G
8 1 (0.49%) 5G
8 1 (0.49%) BGP
8 1 (0.49%) PBX
8 1 (0.49%) RTP
8 1 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.49%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.94%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.48%) Metadata
3 2 (0.99%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.99%) DB2
3 2 (0.99%) EDMS
3 2 (0.99%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.49%) GIS
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.49%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (7.39%) JIRA
2 3 (1.48%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.99%) Selenium
3 2 (0.99%) SOAtest
4 1 (0.49%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.49%) GitLab
4 1 (0.49%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.49%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.49%) SonarQube
General
1 64 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 54 (26.60%) Finance
3 36 (17.73%) Public Sector
4 32 (15.76%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (11.33%) Telecoms
6 18 (8.87%) Banking
7 16 (7.88%) Legal
8 8 (3.94%) Military
9 7 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.96%) Marketing
10 6 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.96%) Retail Banking
11 5 (2.46%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.97%) Electronics
12 4 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.48%) Local Government
13 3 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.99%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.99%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 34 (16.75%) Architect
2 26 (12.81%) Senior
3 25 (12.32%) Analyst
3 25 (12.32%) Consultant
3 25 (12.32%) Security Architect
4 20 (9.85%) Project Manager
5 19 (9.36%) Security Consultant
6 13 (6.40%) Lead
7 9 (4.43%) Business Analyst
8 8 (3.94%) Security Engineer
8 8 (3.94%) Security Specialist
9 7 (3.45%) Information Specialist
9 7 (3.45%) Security Advisor
9 7 (3.45%) Security Manager
9 7 (3.45%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 6 (2.96%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 6 (2.96%) Senior Security Specialist
11 5 (2.46%) Information Security Consultant
11 5 (2.46%) Information Security Specialist
11 5 (2.46%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (2.96%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (2.96%) OAuth
2 6 (2.96%) OpenID
2 6 (2.96%) SAML
3 5 (2.46%) JBoss Seam
4 4 (1.97%) .NET
5 2 (0.99%) J2EE
5 2 (0.99%) JSON
5 2 (0.99%) Web Services
5 2 (0.99%) XML
6 1 (0.49%) Kafka
6 1 (0.49%) Middleware
6 1 (0.49%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.49%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.49%) Smart Contracts
6 1 (0.49%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.26%) Management Information System
2 19 (9.36%) Security Posture
3 10 (4.93%) Operational Technology
4 9 (4.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.46%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.97%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.48%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.48%) Derivative
8 3 (1.48%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.48%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.48%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.99%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.99%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.42%) Windows
2 8 (3.94%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.97%) Linux
4 2 (0.99%) Unix
5 1 (0.49%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (38.92%) Risk Management
2 57 (28.08%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (25.62%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (20.69%) Information Security
4 42 (20.69%) Project Management
5 38 (18.72%) Agile
6 34 (16.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 32 (15.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 31 (15.27%) Decision-Making
9 26 (12.81%) Security Architecture
9 26 (12.81%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 25 (12.32%) Change Management
10 25 (12.32%) Incident Response
11 22 (10.84%) Cloud Security
12 19 (9.36%) DevOps
13 18 (8.87%) Analytics
13 18 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (8.87%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 17 (8.37%) Project Delivery
14 17 (8.37%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.39%) Python
2 13 (6.40%) Java
2 13 (6.40%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.96%) C#
4 5 (2.46%) Bash
5 3 (1.48%) SQL
6 2 (0.99%) COBOL
6 2 (0.99%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.99%) JCL
6 2 (0.99%) REXX
7 1 (0.49%) C++
7 1 (0.49%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.49%) R
7 1 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 63 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 39 (19.21%) CISSP
3 32 (15.76%) CISM
4 28 (13.79%) Degree
4 28 (13.79%) SC Cleared
5 26 (12.81%) DV Cleared
6 15 (7.39%) Azure Certification
7 13 (6.40%) CRISC
8 11 (5.42%) CISA
9 8 (3.94%) AWS Certification
9 8 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.96%) OCP
10 6 (2.96%) Oracle Certification
11 5 (2.46%) CEH
11 5 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (2.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (1.97%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (24.63%) NIST
2 49 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (7.88%) GDPR
3 16 (7.88%) NCSC
4 12 (5.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (5.42%) GRC
6 9 (4.43%) QA
7 7 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (3.45%) NIST 800
8 6 (2.96%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.97%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.97%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.97%) EU AI Act
9 4 (1.97%) HIPAA
9 4 (1.97%) JSP 440
9 4 (1.97%) SLA
10 3 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (1.48%) PCI DSS
10 3 (1.48%) PMO
11 2 (0.99%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 10 (4.93%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (3.94%) vSphere
3 3 (1.48%) Docker
3 3 (1.48%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.49%) IAG
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.96%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.99%) Terraform
4 1 (0.49%) Ansible
4 1 (0.49%) CASB
4 1 (0.49%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.49%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.49%) Grafana
4 1 (0.49%) Nessus
4 1 (0.49%) Podman
4 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (12.32%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.91%) VMware
3 10 (4.93%) Oracle
4 7 (3.45%) Qualys
4 7 (3.45%) SAP
5 6 (2.96%) Planview
6 5 (2.46%) Darktrace
6 5 (2.46%) Tenable
7 4 (1.97%) Okta
7 4 (1.97%) Ping Identity
8 3 (1.48%) Google
8 3 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.99%) Ab Initio
9 2 (0.99%) Ariba
9 2 (0.99%) Cisco
9 2 (0.99%) Fujitsu
9 2 (0.99%) Informatica
9 2 (0.99%) Parasoft
9 2 (0.99%) Splunk
10 1 (0.49%) Nokia