Risk Assessment Contracts in England

Risk Assessment
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Risk Assessment skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 419 531
Rank change year-on-year +80 +112 -85
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 219 251 259
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.59% 0.49% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.55% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 146 144
10th Percentile £358 £483 £386
25th Percentile £473 £550 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% +7.84%
75th Percentile £738 £732 £645
90th Percentile £825 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £619 £575
% change year-on-year -7.07% +7.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 9
10th Percentile - £41.40 £47.41
25th Percentile - £59.73 £53.22
Median hourly rate £14.54 £68.27 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.70% +8.37% -3.08%
75th Percentile £20.39 £72.98 £69.83
90th Percentile £42.14 £73.29 £72.36
UK median hourly rate £14.54 £70.50 £59.50
% change year-on-year -79.38% +18.49% -7.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Risk Assessment is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,223 45,987 64,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.26% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,190 32,199 46,005
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,635 1,786
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.23
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

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 23 April 2024.

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 23 April 2024.

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 23 April 2024. 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 +92 113 £625 -3.85% 105
South East +10 40 £540 -20.00% 50
South West +25 30 £458 -32.22% 31
North of England +35 20 £450 -20.00% 55
North West +24 15 £450 -25.77% 34
Midlands +29 5 £450 -7.22% 38
West Midlands +29 4 £483 -0.52% 29
North East - 3 £575 - 4
Yorkshire +15 2 £788 +43.18% 19
East of England +12 1 £575 +12.20% 26
East Midlands - 1 £350 - 9
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 5 (2.28%) Confluence
2 4 (1.83%) Apache Solr
2 4 (1.83%) nginx
3 1 (0.46%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 14 (6.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.28%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) SAP EHS
1 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.87%) Azure
2 22 (10.05%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (5.94%) AWS
4 12 (5.48%) GCP
5 5 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (2.28%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.37%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.37%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.37%) SaaS
7 1 (0.46%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.46%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.46%) Cloud Composer
7 1 (0.46%) Google App Engine
7 1 (0.46%) Google Compute Engine
7 1 (0.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (0.46%) PaaS
7 1 (0.46%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (0.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.59%) Network Security
2 20 (9.13%) Firewall
3 11 (5.02%) WAN
4 10 (4.57%) SD-WAN
5 6 (2.74%) DNS
5 6 (2.74%) IPsec
5 6 (2.74%) SNMP
6 4 (1.83%) HTTPS
6 4 (1.83%) MPLS
6 4 (1.83%) PBX
6 4 (1.83%) PSTN
6 4 (1.83%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.83%) VoIP
6 4 (1.83%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.37%) Wireless
8 2 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.91%) LAN
8 2 (0.91%) LTE
8 2 (0.91%) OSPF
8 2 (0.91%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.83%) Couchbase
1 4 (1.83%) MySQL
1 4 (1.83%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.37%) Power BI
3 2 (0.91%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.46%) Big Data
4 1 (0.46%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.46%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.46%) IDMS
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.28%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) ClearCase
2 1 (0.46%) ClearQuest
2 1 (0.46%) Git
2 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.46%) RStudio
General
1 61 (27.85%) Finance
2 44 (20.09%) Social Skills
3 26 (11.87%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (10.05%) Telecoms
5 17 (7.76%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.94%) Banking
7 12 (5.48%) Legal
8 9 (4.11%) Local Government
8 9 (4.11%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.28%) Marketing
10 5 (2.28%) Police
11 4 (1.83%) Advertising
11 4 (1.83%) Electronics
11 4 (1.83%) Fire and Rescue
11 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.37%) Back Office
12 3 (1.37%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (16.89%) Architect
2 34 (15.53%) Analyst
3 29 (13.24%) Security Architect
4 22 (10.05%) Project Manager
5 18 (8.22%) Consultant
6 16 (7.31%) Senior
7 14 (6.39%) Security Consultant
8 11 (5.02%) Business Analyst
8 11 (5.02%) Risk Analyst
9 10 (4.57%) Security Engineer
10 9 (4.11%) Microsoft 365 Architect
10 9 (4.11%) Security Analyst
11 8 (3.65%) Change Manager
11 8 (3.65%) IT Manager
12 7 (3.20%) Developer
12 7 (3.20%) Domain Architect
12 7 (3.20%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (2.74%) Delivery Manager
13 6 (2.74%) Security Specialist
13 6 (2.74%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.28%) GWT
1 5 (2.28%) JAX-RS
1 5 (2.28%) REST
1 5 (2.28%) Restlet
1 5 (2.28%) SAML
1 5 (2.28%) Spring
1 5 (2.28%) Spring Boot
2 4 (1.83%) JSON
2 4 (1.83%) LEMP Stack
2 4 (1.83%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (1.83%) YAML
3 2 (0.91%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.46%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.50%) Management Information System
2 18 (8.22%) PKI
3 7 (3.20%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.74%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.28%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.28%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.28%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.28%) Insider Threat
6 4 (1.83%) Industry 4.0
6 4 (1.83%) IoT
6 4 (1.83%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.83%) Robotics
7 3 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.37%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.37%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.91%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.91%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.28%) Linux
2 4 (1.83%) CentOS
3 2 (0.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (25.57%) Risk Management
2 53 (24.20%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (19.63%) Information Security
4 33 (15.07%) Agile
4 33 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (14.61%) Cloud Security
6 28 (12.79%) Change Management
6 28 (12.79%) Security Architecture
7 23 (10.50%) Decision-Making
8 20 (9.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (8.22%) Identity Access Management
9 18 (8.22%) Information Security Management
9 18 (8.22%) Security Management
10 17 (7.76%) TOGAF
11 16 (7.31%) Architectural Patterns
11 16 (7.31%) Collaborative Working
11 16 (7.31%) Information Assurance
11 16 (7.31%) Migration
11 16 (7.31%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.11%) Java
2 6 (2.74%) Python
3 4 (1.83%) PHP
4 3 (1.37%) C#
4 3 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.37%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.91%) C++
6 1 (0.46%) C
6 1 (0.46%) Go
6 1 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 36 (16.44%) Degree
2 31 (14.16%) CISSP
3 28 (12.79%) CISM
4 26 (11.87%) Security Cleared
5 19 (8.68%) SC Cleared
6 13 (5.94%) CRISC
7 11 (5.02%) CISA
8 9 (4.11%) DV Cleared
9 8 (3.65%) CREST Certified
9 8 (3.65%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (3.20%) SANS
11 6 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (2.74%) PMP
12 4 (1.83%) CEH
12 4 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (1.83%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.83%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.37%) FFIEC
13 3 (1.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (18.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (14.61%) NIST
3 20 (9.13%) NCSC
4 15 (6.85%) QA
5 8 (3.65%) GDPR
5 8 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (2.28%) COBIT
6 5 (2.28%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.28%) ISO 31000
7 4 (1.83%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.83%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (1.37%) JSP 440
8 3 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.91%) GRC
9 2 (0.91%) PMO
9 2 (0.91%) RMADS
10 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (2.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Docker
2 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.28%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (2.28%) Terraform
3 4 (1.83%) Ansible
3 4 (1.83%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.91%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.46%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.46%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 41 (18.72%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.57%) BT
2 10 (4.57%) Google
3 9 (4.11%) SAP
4 4 (1.83%) Qualys
5 3 (1.37%) Rapid7
6 2 (0.91%) Ariba
6 2 (0.91%) Bloomberg
6 2 (0.91%) CheckPoint
6 2 (0.91%) Cisco
6 2 (0.91%) Palo Alto
6 2 (0.91%) Refinitiv
6 2 (0.91%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.91%) SolarWinds
6 2 (0.91%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.46%) EMC
7 1 (0.46%) HP
7 1 (0.46%) Remedy
7 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.46%) Sparx