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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 50 69
Rank change year-on-year -20 +19 -4
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,577 1,261 1,021
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.45% 4.58% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 5.04% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 804 632
10th Percentile £413 £362 £363
25th Percentile £481 £454 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £685 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £552 £550
% change year-on-year -0.27% +0.27% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 25 24
10th Percentile £23.33 £22.16 £23.04
25th Percentile £46.25 £30.61 £38.75
Median hourly rate £64.09 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.67% -11.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £86.10 £87.40 £75.28
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £49.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +29.47% -13.91% +16.16%

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 38,747 25,016 28,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.80% 85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,944 15,923 18,325
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,477 1,517
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.23 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.80 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £69.79 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.26% -37.90% -4.71%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -36 738 £600 -7.69% 308
North of England -15 273 £507 +0.50% 108
South East +10 251 £575 +4.55% 113
North West -29 135 £525 +2.68% 62
Yorkshire +5 132 £492 -1.60% 34
South West -15 116 £570 -2.98% 128
Midlands -43 100 £563 +19.94% 64
West Midlands -47 77 £553 +10.50% 40
East of England +9 66 £513 -10.87% 53
East Midlands -26 20 £547 +36.07% 24
North East -42 6 £454 -22.77% 15
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 64 (4.06%) Confluence
2 40 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.63%) SAS
4 4 (0.25%) IIS
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.19%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.063%) Apache
7 1 (0.063%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.063%) Appian
7 1 (0.063%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.063%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.063%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.063%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 55 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.01%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.25%) Revit
7 3 (0.19%) Windchill
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.063%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.063%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.82%) Endur
3 10 (0.63%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (0.57%) Primavera
5 7 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.25%) Actimize
7 4 (0.25%) Magento
7 4 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
8 3 (0.19%) Summit
8 3 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 232 (14.71%) Azure
2 159 (10.08%) AWS
3 71 (4.50%) GCP
4 60 (3.80%) Power Platform
5 53 (3.36%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
7 44 (2.79%) SaaS
8 32 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
11 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (1.20%) OCI
13 18 (1.14%) Azure AI
13 18 (1.14%) PaaS
14 15 (0.95%) GitHub
15 12 (0.76%) IaaS
16 11 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (0.70%) Copilot Studio
17 10 (0.63%) PowerApps
17 10 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.55%) Network Security
2 40 (2.54%) Firewall
3 18 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.08%) DNS
5 15 (0.95%) DHCP
5 15 (0.95%) WAN
6 14 (0.89%) LAN
7 13 (0.82%) 5G
8 11 (0.70%) 4G
9 9 (0.57%) BIG-IP
10 8 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.44%) VPN
12 6 (0.38%) Internet
12 6 (0.38%) SAN
12 6 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (0.32%) 3G
13 5 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
13 5 (0.32%) NAS
13 5 (0.32%) Wireless
14 4 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (2.79%) Power BI
2 31 (1.97%) Metadata
3 30 (1.90%) SQL Server
4 16 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.89%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.70%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.57%) Oracle Database
7 9 (0.57%) RDBMS
8 8 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.44%) Big Data
9 7 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.32%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.32%) Tableau
12 4 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.25%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle Exadata
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.19%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.19%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 104 (6.59%) JIRA
2 18 (1.14%) Git
3 16 (1.01%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.76%) Selenium
5 8 (0.51%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.44%) Postman
7 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.38%) WebDriver
7 6 (0.38%) Zephyr
8 5 (0.32%) GitLab
9 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.25%) Maven
9 4 (0.25%) Subversion
10 3 (0.19%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.19%) DbUnit
10 3 (0.19%) jMock
10 3 (0.19%) JUnit
10 3 (0.19%) Mockito
10 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 623 (39.51%) Social Skills
2 561 (35.57%) Finance
3 250 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
4 177 (11.22%) Public Sector
5 166 (10.53%) Banking
6 117 (7.42%) Legal
7 71 (4.50%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
9 57 (3.61%) Front Office
10 45 (2.85%) Aerospace
11 39 (2.47%) Telecoms
12 38 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
12 38 (2.41%) Retail
13 35 (2.22%) Financial Institution
13 35 (2.22%) Military
13 35 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (2.09%) Manufacturing
15 32 (2.03%) Law
16 29 (1.84%) Investment Banking
17 23 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 218 (13.82%) Lead
2 182 (11.54%) Architect
3 173 (10.97%) Project Manager
4 152 (9.64%) Senior
5 140 (8.88%) Analyst
6 102 (6.47%) Consultant
7 78 (4.95%) Security Architect
8 72 (4.57%) Programme Manager
9 53 (3.36%) Developer
9 53 (3.36%) Senior Manager
10 51 (3.23%) Business Analyst
11 44 (2.79%) Risk Manager
12 43 (2.73%) IT Manager
13 41 (2.60%) Security Consultant
14 36 (2.28%) Delivery Manager
15 35 (2.22%) Security Manager
16 33 (2.09%) Security Engineer
17 31 (1.97%) Solutions Architect
18 28 (1.78%) Technical Manager
19 27 (1.71%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.03%) Terraform
2 29 (1.84%) .NET
3 27 (1.71%) REST
4 24 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
5 21 (1.33%) Middleware
6 13 (0.82%) OAuth
6 13 (0.82%) XML
7 12 (0.76%) JSON
8 11 (0.70%) Kafka
8 11 (0.70%) Leaflet
8 11 (0.70%) SAML
8 11 (0.70%) SLSA
9 10 (0.63%) OpenID
9 10 (0.63%) SOAP
10 9 (0.57%) LDAP
10 9 (0.57%) React
11 8 (0.51%) Azure Blueprints
11 8 (0.51%) RESTful
11 8 (0.51%) SailPoint
12 7 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 95 (6.02%) Management Information System
2 86 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 78 (4.95%) Product Ownership
4 70 (4.44%) Security Posture
5 58 (3.68%) Cloud Native
6 48 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
7 46 (2.92%) Operational Technology
8 39 (2.47%) Data Centre
9 34 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
10 32 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
11 27 (1.71%) Market Risk
12 26 (1.65%) AI Agents
12 26 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
13 25 (1.59%) Derivative
14 23 (1.46%) NHS
14 23 (1.46%) PMI
15 22 (1.40%) Credit Risk
16 20 (1.27%) Fixed Income
17 19 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 17 (1.08%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 60 (3.80%) Windows
2 43 (2.73%) Linux
3 28 (1.78%) Unix
4 21 (1.33%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.38%) zOS
7 5 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.19%) AIX
9 3 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.063%) Android
10 1 (0.063%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 620 (39.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 389 (24.67%) Cybersecurity
3 371 (23.53%) Agile
4 348 (22.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 347 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 256 (16.23%) Decision-Making
7 230 (14.58%) Project Management
8 229 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
9 213 (13.51%) AI
9 213 (13.51%) Roadmaps
10 188 (11.92%) Information Security
11 180 (11.41%) Project Delivery
12 155 (9.83%) Change Management
13 150 (9.51%) Migration
14 143 (9.07%) DevOps
15 135 (8.56%) Analytics
16 132 (8.37%) PRINCE2
17 129 (8.18%) Vulnerability Management
18 124 (7.86%) CI/CD
19 117 (7.42%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 99 (6.28%) Python
2 75 (4.76%) SQL
3 35 (2.22%) Java
4 33 (2.09%) PowerShell
5 29 (1.84%) C#
6 15 (0.95%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.70%) VBA
8 9 (0.57%) Bash
9 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.38%) Go
10 6 (0.38%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.32%) Bicep
12 4 (0.25%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.25%) C++
12 4 (0.25%) CLIST
12 4 (0.25%) JCL
12 4 (0.25%) REXX
12 4 (0.25%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 416 (26.38%) Security Cleared
2 303 (19.21%) SC Cleared
3 158 (10.02%) Degree
4 141 (8.94%) CISSP
5 108 (6.85%) DV Cleared
6 93 (5.90%) CISM
7 80 (5.07%) PMI Certification
8 78 (4.95%) PMP
9 46 (2.92%) CRISC
10 33 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
12 28 (1.78%) CISA
12 28 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
13 26 (1.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 24 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 22 (1.40%) Master's Degree
16 21 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
17 16 (1.01%) ISTQB
17 16 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
18 15 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 199 (12.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 188 (11.92%) NIST
3 165 (10.46%) GRC
4 97 (6.15%) GDPR
5 88 (5.58%) QA
6 64 (4.06%) PMO
7 61 (3.87%) NCSC
8 57 (3.61%) Data Quality
9 38 (2.41%) JSP 440
10 31 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
11 20 (1.27%) SLA
12 19 (1.20%) SOC 2
13 18 (1.14%) NIST 800
13 18 (1.14%) PCI DSS
14 17 (1.08%) COBIT
15 14 (0.89%) Accessibility
16 13 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 13 (0.82%) Def Stans
17 12 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 12 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (2.35%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.76%) Docker
3 10 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
5 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.19%) FreeRADIUS
6 3 (0.19%) Postfix
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.13%) NFS
8 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.063%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.71%) Ansible
3 12 (0.76%) SCCM
4 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.51%) Grafana
6 7 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.32%) Control-M
7 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.25%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.25%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.25%) OMEGAMON
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.25%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.19%) Puppet
10 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.13%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 232 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 88 (5.58%) ServiceNow
3 76 (4.82%) SAP
4 65 (4.12%) Oracle
5 38 (2.41%) Google
6 20 (1.27%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.08%) Splunk
8 14 (0.89%) Cisco
8 14 (0.89%) Foundry
9 13 (0.82%) Workday
10 12 (0.76%) IBM
10 12 (0.76%) Murex
10 12 (0.76%) Qualys
11 11 (0.70%) Databricks
11 11 (0.70%) VMware
12 10 (0.63%) F5
13 9 (0.57%) BeyondTrust
14 8 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.51%) Okta
14 8 (0.51%) Tenable