Risk Management Contract Job Trends in England

Risk Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Risk Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 51 59
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 +24
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,193 1,211 1,398
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.83% 3.95% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 4.49% 4.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 749 679 960
10th Percentile £363 £399 £413
25th Percentile £454 £468 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £593
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -3.00% -1.20%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £861 £825 £839
UK median daily rate £550 £572 £575
% change year-on-year -3.80% -0.57% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 36 53
10th Percentile £22.16 £27.25 £34.05
25th Percentile £29.52 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £73.31
Median % change year-on-year -44.17% -18.16% +46.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £94.38 £81.60 £83.41
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £73.31
% change year-on-year -44.17% -18.16% +66.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,877 26,975 33,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.47% 87.88% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,778 16,586 23,069
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,797 956 1,438
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.24 £14.72
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.23 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.04 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.21% -22.94% +21.43%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in England

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in England over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Management in England

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Risk Management in England over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Risk Management in England

Risk Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 5 December 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 -1 664 £624 +3.06% 184
North of England -21 167 £500 -9.09% 93
South East -8 153 £520 -7.35% 170
North West -20 93 £488 -7.14% 59
Midlands -46 81 £475 -14.87% 57
South West -7 74 £600 +23.08% 41
Yorkshire +12 72 £500 -6.54% 32
West Midlands -45 56 £538 -6.52% 36
East of England -35 32 £575 +11.65% 30
East Midlands -19 25 £400 -27.27% 21
North East -12 2 £550 -4.35% 2
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 55 (4.61%) Confluence
2 17 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.01%) CMS
5 11 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.84%) SAS
7 9 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.34%) CICS
9 2 (0.17%) IIS
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.084%) Camunda
10 1 (0.084%) nginx
Applications
1 69 (5.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.42%) Trello
6 3 (0.25%) Navisworks
6 3 (0.25%) Revit
6 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.17%) GNU Octave
7 2 (0.17%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.084%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 30 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.09%) Endur
3 9 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.59%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.59%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.42%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.34%) Primavera
6 4 (0.34%) VisionPLUS
7 3 (0.25%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.25%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.25%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 132 (11.06%) AWS
2 113 (9.47%) Azure
3 59 (4.95%) GCP
4 41 (3.44%) Power Platform
5 27 (2.26%) SaaS
6 26 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (1.68%) GitHub
8 19 (1.59%) Entra ID
9 16 (1.34%) dbt
10 15 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
11 10 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (0.84%) OCI
12 9 (0.75%) Miro
13 8 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (0.67%) OpenShift
13 8 (0.67%) PaaS
14 7 (0.59%) AWS Step Functions
14 7 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.69%) Firewall
2 19 (1.59%) Network Security
3 9 (0.75%) WAN
4 8 (0.67%) Multicast
5 7 (0.59%) Kerberos
5 7 (0.59%) LAN
6 6 (0.50%) VPN
6 6 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
7 5 (0.42%) Internet
8 4 (0.34%) 5G
8 4 (0.34%) Broadband
8 4 (0.34%) S/MIME
8 4 (0.34%) SSL
8 4 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.25%) HTTP
9 3 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.17%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (2.93%) Power BI
3 22 (1.84%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
4 15 (1.26%) Apache Arrow
4 15 (1.26%) Apache Iceberg
4 15 (1.26%) Dremio
5 13 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.01%) NoSQL
7 11 (0.92%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.84%) Metadata
9 9 (0.75%) Tableau
10 8 (0.67%) KDB
10 8 (0.67%) Kdb+
10 8 (0.67%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.59%) Big Data
11 7 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.50%) MySQL
12 6 (0.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 111 (9.30%) JIRA
2 21 (1.76%) Git
3 13 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.92%) SpecFlow
5 8 (0.67%) GCC
5 8 (0.67%) GDB
6 7 (0.59%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.42%) Gradle
7 5 (0.42%) Maven
7 5 (0.42%) QUnit
8 4 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.34%) SonarLint
9 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.17%) Postman
9 2 (0.17%) Snyk
9 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.084%) CANoe
10 1 (0.084%) GitLab
10 1 (0.084%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.084%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 513 (43.00%) Social Skills
2 505 (42.33%) Finance
3 200 (16.76%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (15.34%) Banking
5 108 (9.05%) Public Sector
6 92 (7.71%) Legal
7 68 (5.70%) Front Office
8 48 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
9 45 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
10 40 (3.35%) Investment Banking
11 30 (2.51%) Financial Institution
11 30 (2.51%) Telecoms
12 28 (2.35%) Manufacturing
13 26 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (2.18%) Retail
14 21 (1.76%) Marketing
15 19 (1.59%) Back Office
15 19 (1.59%) Local Government
16 17 (1.42%) Law
17 16 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 165 (13.83%) Analyst
2 144 (12.07%) Project Manager
3 126 (10.56%) Senior
4 123 (10.31%) Developer
5 118 (9.89%) Lead
6 101 (8.47%) Consultant
7 92 (7.71%) Architect
8 58 (4.86%) Business Analyst
9 46 (3.86%) Programme Manager
10 43 (3.60%) Security Consultant
11 37 (3.10%) Senior Developer
12 36 (3.02%) AWS Developer
13 35 (2.93%) Security Analyst
13 35 (2.93%) Security Architect
14 34 (2.85%) Delivery Manager
14 34 (2.85%) Risk Analyst
14 34 (2.85%) Senior Manager
15 33 (2.77%) Python Developer
16 30 (2.51%) IT Manager
16 30 (2.51%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.77%) React
2 32 (2.68%) AngularJS
3 26 (2.18%) .NET
3 26 (2.18%) Kafka
4 25 (2.10%) NumPy
5 24 (2.01%) Pandas
5 24 (2.01%) REST
6 20 (1.68%) RESTful
7 16 (1.34%) Node.js
7 16 (1.34%) SciPy
8 15 (1.26%) .NET Framework
8 15 (1.26%) Vue
9 13 (1.09%) Middleware
10 12 (1.01%) Playwright
11 11 (0.92%) Entity Framework
11 11 (0.92%) NHibernate
11 11 (0.92%) OAuth
12 10 (0.84%) SAML
13 9 (0.75%) FIX Protocol
13 9 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 146 (12.24%) Management Information System
2 67 (5.62%) Product Ownership
3 59 (4.95%) Security Posture
4 57 (4.78%) Derivative
5 52 (4.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 41 (3.44%) Equities
6 41 (3.44%) Onboarding
7 37 (3.10%) Market Risk
8 36 (3.02%) Fixed Income
9 31 (2.60%) Data Centre
10 29 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
10 29 (2.43%) Credit Risk
11 27 (2.26%) Cloud Native
12 24 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
13 23 (1.93%) Algorithms
14 21 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (1.76%) Security Operations Centre
15 20 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
16 16 (1.34%) Hedge funds
17 15 (1.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (3.44%) Linux
2 25 (2.10%) Windows
3 18 (1.51%) Unix
4 5 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.25%) VMS
6 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.084%) Android
7 1 (0.084%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.084%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (26.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 310 (25.98%) Agile
3 248 (20.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 225 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
5 204 (17.10%) Cybersecurity
6 197 (16.51%) Project Management
7 162 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 146 (12.24%) Decision-Making
9 142 (11.90%) Information Security
10 125 (10.48%) Project Delivery
11 117 (9.81%) Migration
12 115 (9.64%) Change Management
13 95 (7.96%) AI
14 94 (7.88%) Scrum
15 91 (7.63%) Analytics
15 91 (7.63%) Incident Response
16 87 (7.29%) Roadmaps
17 82 (6.87%) Computer Science
18 80 (6.71%) PRINCE2
19 79 (6.62%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 141 (11.82%) Python
2 104 (8.72%) SQL
3 67 (5.62%) Java
4 27 (2.26%) C#
5 26 (2.18%) C++
6 25 (2.10%) TypeScript
7 23 (1.93%) PowerShell
8 22 (1.84%) JavaScript
9 12 (1.01%) VBA
10 10 (0.84%) R
11 5 (0.42%) JCL
12 4 (0.34%) COBOL
13 3 (0.25%) Bash
13 3 (0.25%) Korn
13 3 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.17%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.17%) Rust
14 2 (0.17%) Scala
14 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.17%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 232 (19.45%) Security Cleared
2 179 (15.00%) Degree
3 167 (14.00%) SC Cleared
4 110 (9.22%) CISSP
5 72 (6.04%) CISM
6 62 (5.20%) DV Cleared
6 62 (5.20%) PMI Certification
7 61 (5.11%) PMP
8 54 (4.53%) Master's Degree
9 32 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (2.10%) CISA
12 19 (1.59%) CRISC
12 19 (1.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 16 (1.34%) PhD
14 13 (1.09%) CESG Certified Professional
14 13 (1.09%) GIAC
14 13 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 13 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 148 (12.41%) NIST
3 98 (8.21%) GDPR
4 77 (6.45%) GRC
5 66 (5.53%) QA
6 61 (5.11%) PMO
7 38 (3.19%) PCI DSS
8 31 (2.60%) NCSC
8 31 (2.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 27 (2.26%) Data Quality
10 17 (1.42%) RMADS
11 16 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (1.34%) EU AI Act
11 16 (1.34%) SLA
12 14 (1.17%) Accessibility
12 14 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 14 (1.17%) NIST 800
13 13 (1.09%) COBIT
14 12 (1.01%) Def Stans
15 10 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 24 (2.01%) Docker
2 23 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.084%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.084%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.084%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (1.84%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.68%) Terraform
3 15 (1.26%) Ansible
4 9 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.59%) RSA Archer
6 6 (0.50%) QRadar
7 5 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.17%) Grafana
9 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.084%) Consul
10 1 (0.084%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.084%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.084%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.084%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.084%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.084%) Packer
10 1 (0.084%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 140 (11.74%) Microsoft
2 72 (6.04%) SAP
3 61 (5.11%) ServiceNow
4 38 (3.19%) Oracle
5 21 (1.76%) Splunk
6 18 (1.51%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.42%) Google
8 10 (0.84%) Cisco
8 10 (0.84%) Databricks
8 10 (0.84%) Solace
9 9 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (0.67%) CyberArk
10 8 (0.67%) IBM
11 7 (0.59%) ArcSight
11 7 (0.59%) Bloomberg
11 7 (0.59%) Citrix
11 7 (0.59%) LogRhythm
12 6 (0.50%) BiZZdesign
12 6 (0.50%) Informatica
13 5 (0.42%) Ariba