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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 47 63
Rank change year-on-year -21 +16 +1
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,325 1,108 1,119
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.26% 4.59% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 5.04% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 879 703 750
10th Percentile £406 £363 £371
25th Percentile £474 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £725
90th Percentile £838 £850 £838
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 30 36
10th Percentile £20.37 £38.92 £18.92
25th Percentile £34.50 £46.68 £35.00
Median hourly rate £80.04 £62.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.58% +18.57% +393.89%
75th Percentile £105.25 £78.39 £60.31
90th Percentile £107.00 £88.00 £70.09
UK median hourly rate £80.04 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +23.14% +30.00% +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 34,393 22,003 31,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.23% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,924 14,379 20,694
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,131 924 2,243
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.42 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.36 £18.47 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
% change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -35 638 £600 -7.69% 319
North of England -6 225 £513 - 106
South East -9 200 £556 -3.26% 150
Yorkshire -3 114 £485 -4.20% 50
North West -8 109 £550 +7.57% 53
Midlands -40 106 £537 +7.40% 57
South West +2 81 £560 +24.44% 48
West Midlands -32 74 £525 +5.00% 39
East of England -17 42 £525 -2.78% 42
East Midlands -28 32 £550 +22.22% 17
North East -28 2 £480 -16.52% 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 (4.68%) Confluence
2 34 (2.57%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.53%) SAS
5 3 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.075%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.075%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.075%) nginx
7 1 (0.075%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.075%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.075%) Tomcat
Applications
1 58 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
3 39 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.91%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.38%) Revit
7 4 (0.30%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.15%) Windchill
9 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.075%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 22 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.60%) Endur
2 8 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.53%) Loan IQ
3 7 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (0.53%) Summit
4 6 (0.45%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.38%) Actimize
6 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.30%) Primavera
6 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.30%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 156 (11.77%) Azure
2 124 (9.36%) AWS
3 56 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (4.00%) GCP
5 46 (3.47%) Power Platform
6 35 (2.64%) SaaS
7 32 (2.42%) Entra ID
8 23 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
9 20 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (1.51%) Google Workspace
10 19 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
11 18 (1.36%) Google Sheets
11 18 (1.36%) PaaS
12 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
13 14 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.83%) GitHub
15 10 (0.75%) Amazon S3
15 10 (0.75%) IaaS
15 10 (0.75%) OpenShift
16 9 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.09%) Network Security
2 22 (1.66%) Firewall
3 15 (1.13%) DNS
4 12 (0.91%) DHCP
4 12 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (0.75%) BIG-IP
6 9 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (0.68%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.53%) 5G
8 6 (0.45%) HTTP
8 6 (0.45%) WAN
9 5 (0.38%) 3G
9 5 (0.38%) 4G
9 5 (0.38%) Internet
9 5 (0.38%) LAN
10 3 (0.23%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.23%) NAS
10 3 (0.23%) NGFW
10 3 (0.23%) SAN
10 3 (0.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.64%) Power BI
2 31 (2.34%) Metadata
3 19 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (0.91%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.68%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.60%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.53%) RDBMS
9 6 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.38%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.38%) Tableau
11 4 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.30%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.23%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 116 (8.75%) JIRA
2 12 (0.91%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.83%) Git
4 6 (0.45%) GitLab
5 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
5 4 (0.30%) DbUnit
5 4 (0.30%) jMock
5 4 (0.30%) JUnit
5 4 (0.30%) Maven
5 4 (0.30%) Mockito
5 4 (0.30%) Selenium
5 4 (0.30%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.23%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.075%) Appium
7 1 (0.075%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.075%) ERwin
7 1 (0.075%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.075%) SoapUI
General
1 496 (37.43%) Social Skills
2 488 (36.83%) Finance
3 207 (15.62%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (12.23%) Banking
5 137 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 95 (7.17%) Legal
7 45 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
8 43 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
9 33 (2.49%) Financial Institution
10 29 (2.19%) Military
10 29 (2.19%) Telecoms
11 28 (2.11%) Investment Banking
11 28 (2.11%) Retail
12 27 (2.04%) Front Office
13 26 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
14 20 (1.51%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.43%) Marketing
16 17 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (1.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 173 (13.06%) Lead
2 169 (12.75%) Project Manager
3 131 (9.89%) Senior
4 129 (9.74%) Architect
5 125 (9.43%) Analyst
6 85 (6.42%) Consultant
7 69 (5.21%) Programme Manager
8 63 (4.75%) Business Analyst
9 58 (4.38%) Developer
10 44 (3.32%) Security Architect
11 41 (3.09%) Senior Manager
12 40 (3.02%) Delivery Manager
12 40 (3.02%) Risk Manager
13 37 (2.79%) Security Consultant
14 33 (2.49%) Security Engineer
15 29 (2.19%) Security Manager
16 28 (2.11%) Risk Analyst
17 26 (1.96%) IT Manager
17 26 (1.96%) Solutions Architect
18 23 (1.74%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (1.13%) REST
3 13 (0.98%) .NET
3 13 (0.98%) XML
4 12 (0.91%) Middleware
5 11 (0.83%) Kafka
5 11 (0.83%) Leaflet
6 10 (0.75%) JSON
7 7 (0.53%) AngularJS
7 7 (0.53%) OAuth
7 7 (0.53%) React
7 7 (0.53%) SOAP
8 6 (0.45%) J2EE
8 6 (0.45%) JSP
8 6 (0.45%) LDAP
8 6 (0.45%) RESTful
8 6 (0.45%) Web Services
9 5 (0.38%) OpenID
9 5 (0.38%) SAML
9 5 (0.38%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.55%) Management Information System
2 54 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 52 (3.92%) Product Ownership
4 47 (3.55%) Derivative
5 46 (3.47%) Security Posture
6 39 (2.94%) Operational Technology
7 38 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
8 37 (2.79%) Cloud Native
9 36 (2.72%) Data Centre
10 34 (2.57%) Market Risk
11 22 (1.66%) AI Agents
11 22 (1.66%) Credit Risk
11 22 (1.66%) Data Structures
12 21 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
13 19 (1.43%) Equities
13 19 (1.43%) Fixed Income
13 19 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 19 (1.43%) NHS
14 17 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
15 16 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 35 (2.64%) Windows
2 29 (2.19%) Linux
3 17 (1.28%) Unix
4 7 (0.53%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.45%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.23%) zOS
8 2 (0.15%) VMS
9 1 (0.075%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 333 (25.13%) Agile
3 264 (19.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 256 (19.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 235 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
6 224 (16.91%) Cybersecurity
7 221 (16.68%) Project Management
8 189 (14.26%) Decision-Making
9 163 (12.30%) Information Security
10 158 (11.92%) Roadmaps
11 143 (10.79%) AI
11 143 (10.79%) Change Management
12 139 (10.49%) Project Delivery
13 125 (9.43%) Migration
14 118 (8.91%) Analytics
15 117 (8.83%) Regulatory Compliance
16 112 (8.45%) PRINCE2
17 106 (8.00%) Data Protection
18 103 (7.77%) DevOps
19 99 (7.47%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 102 (7.70%) SQL
2 89 (6.72%) Python
3 47 (3.55%) Java
4 27 (2.04%) PowerShell
5 16 (1.21%) C#
6 15 (1.13%) C++
7 12 (0.91%) JavaScript
8 11 (0.83%) VBA
9 8 (0.60%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.45%) Bash
10 6 (0.45%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.38%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.30%) Perl
13 2 (0.15%) Go
13 2 (0.15%) Korn
13 2 (0.15%) RPG
13 2 (0.15%) Scala
14 1 (0.075%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.075%) R
Qualifications
1 306 (23.09%) Security Cleared
2 222 (16.75%) SC Cleared
3 193 (14.57%) Degree
4 109 (8.23%) CISSP
5 82 (6.19%) CISM
6 70 (5.28%) PMP
7 69 (5.21%) DV Cleared
8 66 (4.98%) PMI Certification
9 39 (2.94%) CRISC
10 29 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
11 26 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (1.51%) Master's Degree
13 19 (1.43%) CISA
14 17 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 15 (1.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 15 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.98%) CESG Certified Professional
16 13 (0.98%) GIAC
16 13 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 10 (0.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (12.68%) NIST
2 166 (12.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 111 (8.38%) GRC
4 98 (7.40%) GDPR
5 83 (6.26%) PMO
6 67 (5.06%) QA
7 52 (3.92%) Data Quality
8 45 (3.40%) PCI DSS
9 37 (2.79%) NCSC
10 32 (2.42%) SLA
11 31 (2.34%) JSP 440
12 26 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
13 25 (1.89%) SOC 2
14 22 (1.66%) COBIT
14 22 (1.66%) NIST 800
15 16 (1.21%) RMADS
15 16 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
17 12 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 11 (0.83%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 28 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.83%) Docker
3 7 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.30%) Postfix
4 4 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.075%) NFS
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.075%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (1.51%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.83%) Ansible
3 10 (0.75%) SCCM
4 9 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.68%) Terraform
5 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.38%) Control-M
7 4 (0.30%) Grafana
7 4 (0.30%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.30%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.23%) CASB
9 2 (0.15%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.15%) Nessus
9 2 (0.15%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.15%) NSN NetAct
9 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 177 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 73 (5.51%) ServiceNow
3 72 (5.43%) Oracle
4 68 (5.13%) SAP
5 40 (3.02%) Google
6 23 (1.74%) Workday
7 21 (1.58%) Murex
8 19 (1.43%) Salesforce
9 12 (0.91%) F5
10 11 (0.83%) Cisco
10 11 (0.83%) Databricks
11 10 (0.75%) VMware
12 9 (0.68%) Splunk
13 8 (0.60%) Infoblox
14 7 (0.53%) Ariba
14 7 (0.53%) Bloomberg
14 7 (0.53%) Foundry
14 7 (0.53%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
15 6 (0.45%) HP