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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 53 60
Rank change year-on-year -16 +7 +9
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,269 1,026 1,259
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.44% 4.18% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 4.61% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 618 858
10th Percentile £409 £363 £400
25th Percentile £471 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% -9.27%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £829 £838 £816
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 40 38
10th Percentile £20.81 £28.26 £16.03
25th Percentile £42.90 £44.73 £37.44
Median hourly rate £80.04 £60.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.76% +5.65% +440.92%
75th Percentile £103.94 £75.84 £79.13
90th Percentile £107.00 £83.41 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £77.34 £61.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +25.77% +22.99% +370.37%

All Process & 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 31,848 22,266 32,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.46% 90.63% 86.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,386 14,474 21,796
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £640 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,978 815 2,152
10th Percentile £15.29 £15.18 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.79 £34.11 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.73% +4.95% -12.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 17 March 2026.

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 17 March 2026.

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 17 March 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
London -15 670 £600 -7.69% 223
South East -6 194 £535 -6.96% 137
North of England -11 190 £520 - 91
Midlands -39 102 £540 +1.41% 60
North West -13 96 £540 +8.00% 55
Yorkshire +3 92 £500 -4.76% 32
West Midlands -48 69 £533 -11.25% 43
South West -9 52 £525 +5.00% 56
East of England -30 33 £510 -3.77% 22
East Midlands -31 33 £550 +19.57% 17
North East -22 2 £550 -4.35% 4
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 62 (4.89%) Confluence
2 23 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.47%) SAS
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.079%) CMS
8 1 (0.079%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.079%) IIS
8 1 (0.079%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
Applications
1 64 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (4.10%) Microsoft Project
3 34 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.26%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.32%) Trello
7 2 (0.16%) Revit
8 1 (0.079%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.079%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.079%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.63%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.47%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.47%) Primavera
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (0.32%) Summit
8 3 (0.24%) Endur
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.24%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.16%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.16%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 144 (11.35%) Azure
2 124 (9.77%) AWS
3 52 (4.10%) GCP
4 48 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (3.31%) Power Platform
6 32 (2.52%) Entra ID
6 32 (2.52%) Microsoft Purview
7 26 (2.05%) SaaS
8 22 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
9 20 (1.58%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.42%) Google Sheets
11 17 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.18%) GitHub
13 12 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.87%) OCI
15 10 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
15 10 (0.79%) OpenShift
16 8 (0.63%) Collibra
17 7 (0.55%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.76%) Network Security
2 34 (2.68%) Firewall
3 10 (0.79%) DNS
3 10 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (0.71%) Internet
4 9 (0.71%) Kerberos
5 8 (0.63%) HTTP
5 8 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
6 7 (0.55%) DHCP
6 7 (0.55%) LAN
6 7 (0.55%) WAN
7 5 (0.39%) BIG-IP
8 4 (0.32%) 5G
8 4 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
9 3 (0.24%) Broadband
9 3 (0.24%) NGFW
9 3 (0.24%) SAN
9 3 (0.24%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.24%) VPN
10 2 (0.16%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.76%) Power BI
2 18 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (1.42%) Metadata
2 18 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.02%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.47%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.47%) KDB
5 6 (0.47%) Kdb+
6 5 (0.39%) Big Data
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
6 5 (0.39%) Tableau
7 4 (0.32%) Data Mart
7 4 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (0.32%) MS Access
7 4 (0.32%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 124 (9.77%) JIRA
2 13 (1.02%) Git
3 8 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.39%) GitLab
5 3 (0.24%) QUnit
5 3 (0.24%) Selenium
5 3 (0.24%) SpecFlow
5 3 (0.24%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.16%) GCC
6 2 (0.16%) GDB
6 2 (0.16%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.079%) Appium
7 1 (0.079%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.079%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.079%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.079%) DbUnit
7 1 (0.079%) jMock
7 1 (0.079%) JUnit
7 1 (0.079%) Mockito
General
1 488 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 486 (38.30%) Finance
3 214 (16.86%) Analytical Skills
4 167 (13.16%) Banking
5 123 (9.69%) Public Sector
6 104 (8.20%) Legal
7 52 (4.10%) Front Office
8 51 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
9 37 (2.92%) Investment Banking
10 36 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (2.76%) Financial Institution
12 34 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (2.29%) Retail
14 23 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (1.58%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.50%) Military
17 17 (1.34%) Marketing
18 16 (1.26%) Law
19 15 (1.18%) Aerospace
19 15 (1.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 156 (12.29%) Project Manager
2 149 (11.74%) Lead
3 144 (11.35%) Analyst
4 137 (10.80%) Senior
5 104 (8.20%) Architect
6 98 (7.72%) Consultant
7 78 (6.15%) Developer
8 64 (5.04%) Programme Manager
9 62 (4.89%) Business Analyst
10 49 (3.86%) Security Architect
11 45 (3.55%) Senior Manager
12 42 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
12 42 (3.31%) Security Consultant
13 35 (2.76%) Risk Analyst
13 35 (2.76%) Risk Manager
14 32 (2.52%) Senior Developer
15 29 (2.29%) Security Engineer
15 29 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
16 23 (1.81%) Java Developer
16 23 (1.81%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (1.42%) Kafka
3 16 (1.26%) REST
4 15 (1.18%) OAuth
5 13 (1.02%) SAML
6 11 (0.87%) .NET
6 11 (0.87%) Middleware
6 11 (0.87%) XML
7 9 (0.71%) COM
7 9 (0.71%) Dask
7 9 (0.71%) NumPy
7 9 (0.71%) Pandas
8 8 (0.63%) .NET Framework
8 8 (0.63%) PyTorch
9 7 (0.55%) OpenID
9 7 (0.55%) TensorFlow
10 6 (0.47%) LDAP
10 6 (0.47%) Leaflet
10 6 (0.47%) RESTful
10 6 (0.47%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 128 (10.09%) Management Information System
2 66 (5.20%) Product Ownership
3 64 (5.04%) Derivative
4 55 (4.33%) Security Posture
5 45 (3.55%) Onboarding
6 39 (3.07%) Cloud Native
7 38 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 37 (2.92%) Equities
9 35 (2.76%) Market Risk
10 30 (2.36%) Data Centre
10 30 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
11 27 (2.13%) Algorithms
12 25 (1.97%) Fixed Income
12 25 (1.97%) Operational Technology
13 24 (1.89%) Credit Risk
14 23 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
15 20 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
16 19 (1.50%) NHS
17 17 (1.34%) Data Structures
17 17 (1.34%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.44%) Linux
2 26 (2.05%) Windows
3 14 (1.10%) Unix
4 5 (0.39%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.24%) VMS
6 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.24%) zOS
7 2 (0.16%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.079%) Android
8 1 (0.079%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (28.76%) Stakeholder Management
2 308 (24.27%) Agile
3 252 (19.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 240 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
5 216 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 199 (15.68%) Project Management
7 197 (15.52%) Cybersecurity
8 177 (13.95%) Decision-Making
9 155 (12.21%) Information Security
10 142 (11.19%) Change Management
10 142 (11.19%) Roadmaps
11 121 (9.54%) Project Delivery
12 119 (9.38%) AI
13 118 (9.30%) Regulatory Compliance
14 116 (9.14%) Analytics
15 115 (9.06%) Migration
16 101 (7.96%) PRINCE2
17 98 (7.72%) Data Protection
18 93 (7.33%) Scrum
19 89 (7.01%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 119 (9.38%) SQL
2 106 (8.35%) Python
3 46 (3.62%) Java
4 33 (2.60%) PowerShell
5 25 (1.97%) C++
6 23 (1.81%) C#
7 15 (1.18%) VBA
8 7 (0.55%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.32%) Bash
10 4 (0.32%) Korn
11 3 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.24%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.16%) Perl
12 2 (0.16%) R
12 2 (0.16%) RPG
12 2 (0.16%) Rust
12 2 (0.16%) Scala
12 2 (0.16%) Solidity
13 1 (0.079%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 275 (21.67%) Security Cleared
2 219 (17.26%) Degree
3 202 (15.92%) SC Cleared
4 112 (8.83%) CISSP
5 81 (6.38%) CISM
6 70 (5.52%) DV Cleared
7 67 (5.28%) PMI Certification
8 66 (5.20%) PMP
9 42 (3.31%) Master's Degree
10 30 (2.36%) CRISC
11 27 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.26%) CISA
14 15 (1.18%) Numerate Degree
14 15 (1.18%) PhD
15 14 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 14 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
16 12 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 9 (0.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (12.69%) NIST
2 155 (12.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 111 (8.75%) GDPR
4 102 (8.04%) GRC
5 80 (6.30%) PMO
6 68 (5.36%) QA
7 51 (4.02%) PCI DSS
8 45 (3.55%) Data Quality
9 39 (3.07%) NCSC
10 26 (2.05%) SLA
11 23 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 23 (1.81%) SOC 2
12 22 (1.73%) NIST 800
13 18 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
13 18 (1.42%) COBIT
13 18 (1.42%) JSP 440
14 17 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
15 15 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 14 (1.10%) RMADS
17 11 (0.87%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 28 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.79%) Docker
3 7 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.24%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.079%) Postfix
6 1 (0.079%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.079%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.50%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (1.10%) Terraform
3 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.71%) SCCM
5 6 (0.47%) Ansible
6 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.24%) CASB
6 3 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.24%) QRadar
7 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.16%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.16%) Nessus
7 2 (0.16%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.16%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.079%) Control-M
8 1 (0.079%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.079%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.079%) WSUS
Vendors
1 158 (12.45%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.96%) Oracle
3 56 (4.41%) ServiceNow
4 48 (3.78%) SAP
5 41 (3.23%) Google
6 22 (1.73%) Murex
7 18 (1.42%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.42%) Workday
8 10 (0.79%) Cisco
8 10 (0.79%) Splunk
9 9 (0.71%) CyberArk
9 9 (0.71%) Databricks
9 9 (0.71%) VMware
10 8 (0.63%) F5
10 8 (0.63%) Informatica
11 7 (0.55%) IBM
12 6 (0.47%) Ariba
12 6 (0.47%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.47%) Charles River
12 6 (0.47%) OpenAI