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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 55 61
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +26
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,185 1,123 1,451
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.93% 3.66% 3.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.36% 4.22% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 744 618 992
10th Percentile £363 £400 £408
25th Percentile £452 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £875 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £565 £575
% change year-on-year -2.65% -1.74% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 29 55
10th Percentile £22.16 £28.00 £31.65
25th Percentile £24.20 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £73.31
Median % change year-on-year -44.17% -18.16% +12.78%
75th Percentile £46.47 £73.56 £83.40
90th Percentile £69.36 £78.72 -
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £58.38 £72.84
% change year-on-year -42.61% -19.85% +42.81%

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 27,183 26,639 35,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.25% 86.82% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,253 16,245 24,094
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,795 955 1,480
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £47.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.94 £74.82 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +25.71%

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 18 November 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 18 November 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 18 November 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 +5 664 £625 - 463
North of England -13 171 £500 -9.09% 124
South East -6 134 £508 -7.73% 199
North West -17 100 £475 -13.64% 82
Midlands -42 87 £450 -18.18% 67
South West +1 74 £600 +23.08% 76
Yorkshire +3 69 £500 -6.45% 38
West Midlands -45 58 £513 -3.12% 36
East of England -37 30 £600 +8.60% 53
East Midlands -13 29 £400 -27.27% 31
North East -10 2 £550 -13.73% 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 53 (4.47%) Confluence
2 19 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (1.52%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.27%) CMS
5 11 (0.93%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.59%) CICS
7 7 (0.59%) SAS
8 2 (0.17%) IIS
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.084%) Camunda
9 1 (0.084%) nginx
Applications
1 62 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (2.95%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.10%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.42%) Trello
7 4 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.25%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.25%) Revit
9 2 (0.17%) GNU Octave
9 2 (0.17%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.084%) CANalyzer
10 1 (0.084%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 28 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.10%) Endur
3 9 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.68%) SAP CO
4 8 (0.68%) SAP FI
4 8 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.59%) VisionPLUS
6 5 (0.42%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.42%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.25%) Primavera
8 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.25%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.17%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 137 (11.56%) AWS
2 109 (9.20%) Azure
3 62 (5.23%) GCP
4 38 (3.21%) Power Platform
5 23 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (1.86%) SaaS
7 20 (1.69%) dbt
7 20 (1.69%) GitHub
8 18 (1.52%) Entra ID
9 16 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (0.76%) Miro
11 9 (0.76%) OCI
12 8 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (0.59%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (0.59%) AWS Step Functions
13 7 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.59%) PaaS
13 7 (0.59%) Serverless
14 6 (0.51%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.88%) Firewall
2 20 (1.69%) Network Security
3 9 (0.76%) Multicast
4 8 (0.68%) WAN
5 6 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (0.51%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.51%) LAN
5 6 (0.51%) VPN
6 4 (0.34%) 5G
6 4 (0.34%) Broadband
6 4 (0.34%) Internet
6 4 (0.34%) S/MIME
6 4 (0.34%) SSL
7 3 (0.25%) Cisco IPT
7 3 (0.25%) HTTP
8 2 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.17%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.17%) SSH
8 2 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.084%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (4.22%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (3.04%) Power BI
3 25 (2.11%) SQL Server
4 19 (1.60%) Amazon Athena
4 19 (1.60%) Apache Arrow
4 19 (1.60%) Apache Iceberg
4 19 (1.60%) Dremio
5 14 (1.18%) Relational Database
6 12 (1.01%) NoSQL
7 10 (0.84%) Tableau
8 8 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.68%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.59%) Big Data
9 7 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.59%) KDB
9 7 (0.59%) Kdb+
10 6 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (0.51%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.51%) Metadata
10 6 (0.51%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 100 (8.44%) JIRA
2 24 (2.03%) Git
3 12 (1.01%) SpecFlow
4 11 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.93%) SonarQube
5 9 (0.76%) GCC
5 9 (0.76%) GDB
5 9 (0.76%) Maven
6 5 (0.42%) Gradle
6 5 (0.42%) QUnit
7 4 (0.34%) IntelliJ
7 4 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.34%) SonarLint
7 4 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.34%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.17%) Postman
8 2 (0.17%) Snyk
9 1 (0.084%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.084%) jMock
General
1 530 (44.73%) Finance
2 500 (42.19%) Social Skills
3 204 (17.22%) Analytical Skills
4 188 (15.86%) Banking
5 99 (8.35%) Public Sector
6 90 (7.59%) Legal
7 82 (6.92%) Front Office
8 48 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
9 47 (3.97%) Investment Banking
10 44 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (2.53%) Telecoms
12 29 (2.45%) Financial Institution
13 27 (2.28%) Manufacturing
14 26 (2.19%) Retail
15 25 (2.11%) Back Office
16 23 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
17 21 (1.77%) Marketing
18 19 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 18 (1.52%) Local Government
20 16 (1.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 178 (15.02%) Analyst
2 137 (11.56%) Project Manager
3 135 (11.39%) Developer
4 124 (10.46%) Senior
5 117 (9.87%) Lead
6 99 (8.35%) Consultant
7 96 (8.10%) Architect
8 68 (5.74%) Business Analyst
9 44 (3.71%) Programme Manager
10 41 (3.46%) Security Consultant
11 40 (3.38%) AWS Developer
11 40 (3.38%) Senior Developer
12 39 (3.29%) Security Architect
13 38 (3.21%) Risk Analyst
14 35 (2.95%) Security Analyst
15 34 (2.87%) Java Developer
16 32 (2.70%) IT Manager
17 31 (2.62%) Python Developer
17 31 (2.62%) Senior Manager
18 29 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.21%) AngularJS
2 37 (3.12%) React
3 29 (2.45%) NumPy
4 28 (2.36%) .NET
4 28 (2.36%) Pandas
4 28 (2.36%) REST
5 26 (2.19%) Kafka
5 26 (2.19%) RESTful
6 20 (1.69%) Node.js
6 20 (1.69%) SciPy
7 19 (1.60%) Vue
8 17 (1.43%) .NET Framework
9 15 (1.27%) Middleware
10 13 (1.10%) Playwright
11 12 (1.01%) Entity Framework
11 12 (1.01%) NHibernate
12 11 (0.93%) Spring Boot
13 9 (0.76%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 9 (0.76%) FIX Protocol
13 9 (0.76%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 147 (12.41%) Management Information System
2 71 (5.99%) Product Ownership
3 61 (5.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 57 (4.81%) Security Posture
5 53 (4.47%) Derivative
6 47 (3.97%) Equities
7 40 (3.38%) Market Risk
8 38 (3.21%) Fixed Income
9 33 (2.78%) Onboarding
10 29 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
11 28 (2.36%) Credit Risk
12 27 (2.28%) Cloud Native
13 26 (2.19%) Data Centre
14 23 (1.94%) Algorithms
15 22 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
16 21 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
16 21 (1.77%) Security Operations Centre
17 20 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
18 16 (1.35%) Hedge funds
19 15 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.71%) Linux
2 25 (2.11%) Windows
3 21 (1.77%) Unix
4 5 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.17%) VMS
5 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.084%) Android
6 1 (0.084%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.084%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (25.57%) Agile
2 302 (25.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 237 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 210 (17.72%) Cybersecurity
5 207 (17.47%) Problem-Solving
6 193 (16.29%) Project Management
7 157 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 145 (12.24%) Decision-Making
9 141 (11.90%) Information Security
10 127 (10.72%) Change Management
11 123 (10.38%) Project Delivery
12 109 (9.20%) Migration
13 99 (8.35%) Scrum
14 90 (7.59%) Analytics
15 88 (7.43%) AI
16 86 (7.26%) Incident Response
17 85 (7.17%) Computer Science
18 81 (6.84%) Regulatory Compliance
18 81 (6.84%) Roadmaps
19 72 (6.08%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 134 (11.31%) Python
2 107 (9.03%) SQL
3 72 (6.08%) Java
4 29 (2.45%) C#
4 29 (2.45%) JavaScript
4 29 (2.45%) TypeScript
5 25 (2.11%) C++
6 20 (1.69%) PowerShell
7 13 (1.10%) VBA
8 9 (0.76%) R
9 8 (0.68%) JCL
10 7 (0.59%) COBOL
11 4 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.25%) Korn
12 3 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.25%) Rust
13 2 (0.17%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.17%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.17%) Scala
13 2 (0.17%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 212 (17.89%) Security Cleared
2 169 (14.26%) Degree
3 150 (12.66%) SC Cleared
4 109 (9.20%) CISSP
5 72 (6.08%) CISM
6 59 (4.98%) DV Cleared
6 59 (4.98%) PMI Certification
7 57 (4.81%) PMP
8 51 (4.30%) Master's Degree
9 36 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (2.11%) CISA
12 19 (1.60%) CRISC
12 19 (1.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 15 (1.27%) PhD
14 14 (1.18%) CESG Certified Professional
15 13 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 11 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.84%) GIAC
18 8 (0.68%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (12.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 150 (12.66%) NIST
3 91 (7.68%) GDPR
4 78 (6.58%) GRC
5 63 (5.32%) QA
6 53 (4.47%) PMO
7 33 (2.78%) NCSC
7 33 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 32 (2.70%) PCI DSS
9 28 (2.36%) Data Quality
10 17 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (1.43%) RMADS
11 15 (1.27%) Accessibility
11 15 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 15 (1.27%) NIST 800
12 14 (1.18%) SLA
13 13 (1.10%) Basel III
13 13 (1.10%) EU AI Act
14 12 (1.01%) COBIT
14 12 (1.01%) Def Stans
System Software
1 28 (2.36%) Docker
2 22 (1.86%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.084%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.084%) Postfix
5 1 (0.084%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.084%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (1.77%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.69%) Terraform
3 13 (1.10%) Ansible
4 11 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.59%) RSA Archer
6 6 (0.51%) QRadar
7 5 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (0.34%) Grafana
8 4 (0.34%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.084%) Consul
11 1 (0.084%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.084%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.084%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.084%) OMEGAMON
11 1 (0.084%) Packer
11 1 (0.084%) Rundeck
11 1 (0.084%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 136 (11.48%) Microsoft
2 70 (5.91%) SAP
3 59 (4.98%) ServiceNow
4 31 (2.62%) Oracle
5 21 (1.77%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.69%) Splunk
7 17 (1.43%) Google
8 11 (0.93%) Solace
9 10 (0.84%) Cisco
10 9 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (0.76%) Databricks
11 7 (0.59%) ArcSight
11 7 (0.59%) Citrix
11 7 (0.59%) CyberArk
11 7 (0.59%) LogRhythm
12 6 (0.51%) BiZZdesign
12 6 (0.51%) IBM
12 6 (0.51%) Murex
13 5 (0.42%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.42%) Workday