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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 49 63
Rank change year-on-year -20 +14 +5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,316 1,079 1,185
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.37% 4.43% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.92% 4.87% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 884 667 802
10th Percentile £411 £363 £394
25th Percentile £474 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £725
90th Percentile £843 £838 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 37 33
10th Percentile £20.27 £28.94 £16.87
25th Percentile £34.50 £46.30 £35.00
Median hourly rate £74.49 £60.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.15% +4.35% +440.92%
75th Percentile £101.31 £78.36 £61.25
90th Percentile £107.00 £85.97 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £74.31 £61.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +20.83% +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 33,535 22,134 32,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.78% 90.89% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,490 14,584 21,356
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £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 2,083 869 2,177
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.72 £19.00 £15.89
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -1.71% -11.83%
75th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.65 £70.43
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.17%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -27 663 £600 -4.00% 260
North of England -9 211 £511 -0.12% 112
South East -4 202 £543 -5.65% 145
Midlands -40 108 £535 +6.79% 70
North West -2 107 £540 +8.00% 65
Yorkshire -6 102 £500 - 39
West Midlands -43 76 £510 -0.68% 56
South West -4 70 £550 +22.11% 37
East of England -23 37 £525 -0.94% 31
East Midlands -27 32 £544 +20.78% 14
North East -28 2 £480 -16.52% 8
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 63 (4.79%) Confluence
2 25 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.76%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.53%) SAS
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.076%) CMS
8 1 (0.076%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.076%) IIS
8 1 (0.076%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.076%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.076%) Tomcat
Applications
1 60 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (0.91%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.30%) Trello
7 2 (0.15%) Revit
7 2 (0.15%) Windchill
8 1 (0.076%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.076%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 15 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.61%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.53%) Summit
5 5 (0.38%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.38%) Primavera
6 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.30%) Endur
6 4 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.23%) Findur
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.23%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.15%) Actimize
8 2 (0.15%) Front Arena
8 2 (0.15%) Global One
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 148 (11.25%) Azure
2 126 (9.57%) AWS
3 48 (3.65%) GCP
3 48 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (3.42%) Power Platform
5 30 (2.28%) Entra ID
6 29 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
7 26 (1.98%) SaaS
8 21 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
8 21 (1.60%) Google Workspace
9 18 (1.37%) Google Sheets
10 17 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
12 13 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (0.99%) GitHub
13 11 (0.84%) OCI
14 9 (0.68%) Amazon S3
14 9 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (0.68%) OpenShift
14 9 (0.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.81%) Network Security
2 25 (1.90%) Firewall
3 13 (0.99%) DNS
4 10 (0.76%) DHCP
5 9 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (0.61%) BIG-IP
6 8 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
7 7 (0.53%) 5G
7 7 (0.53%) Internet
8 6 (0.46%) HTTP
8 6 (0.46%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.30%) Cisco IPT
9 4 (0.30%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.30%) LAN
9 4 (0.30%) SAN
9 4 (0.30%) WAN
10 3 (0.23%) 4G
10 3 (0.23%) Broadband
10 3 (0.23%) NAS
10 3 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.66%) Power BI
2 25 (1.90%) Metadata
3 19 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.84%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.61%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.61%) Tableau
8 7 (0.53%) RDBMS
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.38%) Big Data
10 5 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.38%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.30%) Data Mart
11 4 (0.30%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.30%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 123 (9.35%) JIRA
2 16 (1.22%) Git
3 10 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.38%) GitLab
5 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket Server
5 3 (0.23%) DbUnit
5 3 (0.23%) jMock
5 3 (0.23%) JUnit
5 3 (0.23%) Maven
5 3 (0.23%) Mockito
5 3 (0.23%) Selenium
5 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.23%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.076%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.076%) ERwin
6 1 (0.076%) GCC
6 1 (0.076%) GDB
6 1 (0.076%) SpecFlow
General
1 503 (38.22%) Social Skills
2 480 (36.47%) Finance
3 217 (16.49%) Analytical Skills
4 172 (13.07%) Banking
5 133 (10.11%) Public Sector
6 106 (8.05%) Legal
7 44 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
8 43 (3.27%) Front Office
9 37 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (2.74%) Investment Banking
11 34 (2.58%) Financial Institution
12 30 (2.28%) Retail
13 28 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
14 27 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
15 23 (1.75%) Military
16 22 (1.67%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.52%) Manufacturing
18 18 (1.37%) Marketing
19 17 (1.29%) Aerospace
19 17 (1.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 171 (12.99%) Project Manager
2 155 (11.78%) Lead
3 138 (10.49%) Senior
4 136 (10.33%) Analyst
5 119 (9.04%) Architect
6 104 (7.90%) Consultant
7 74 (5.62%) Developer
8 65 (4.94%) Business Analyst
9 63 (4.79%) Programme Manager
10 52 (3.95%) Security Architect
11 48 (3.65%) Senior Manager
12 45 (3.42%) Security Consultant
13 42 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
14 40 (3.04%) Risk Manager
15 31 (2.36%) Risk Analyst
15 31 (2.36%) Senior Developer
15 31 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
16 29 (2.20%) Security Engineer
17 28 (2.13%) Security Manager
18 24 (1.82%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (1.60%) REST
3 16 (1.22%) Kafka
4 15 (1.14%) .NET
5 13 (0.99%) XML
6 11 (0.84%) Middleware
7 10 (0.76%) Leaflet
8 9 (0.68%) COM
8 9 (0.68%) Dask
8 9 (0.68%) NumPy
8 9 (0.68%) OAuth
8 9 (0.68%) Pandas
9 8 (0.61%) RESTful
10 7 (0.53%) .NET Framework
10 7 (0.53%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.53%) PyTorch
10 7 (0.53%) SAML
11 6 (0.46%) JSP
11 6 (0.46%) scikit-learn
11 6 (0.46%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 117 (8.89%) Management Information System
2 62 (4.71%) Product Ownership
3 61 (4.64%) Derivative
4 60 (4.56%) Security Posture
5 53 (4.03%) Onboarding
6 40 (3.04%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 35 (2.66%) Market Risk
9 34 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
10 33 (2.51%) Equities
11 32 (2.43%) Data Centre
12 28 (2.13%) Operational Technology
13 24 (1.82%) Credit Risk
14 23 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
15 21 (1.60%) Algorithms
15 21 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
15 21 (1.60%) Fixed Income
16 20 (1.52%) NHS
17 18 (1.37%) AI Agents
17 18 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.36%) Windows
2 26 (1.98%) Linux
3 14 (1.06%) Unix
4 7 (0.53%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.30%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.23%) VMS
6 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.23%) zOS
7 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.076%) Android
8 1 (0.076%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (30.40%) Stakeholder Management
2 331 (25.15%) Agile
3 248 (18.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 246 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
5 227 (17.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 215 (16.34%) Project Management
7 214 (16.26%) Cybersecurity
8 176 (13.37%) Decision-Making
9 158 (12.01%) Information Security
10 152 (11.55%) Roadmaps
11 143 (10.87%) Change Management
12 136 (10.33%) AI
13 131 (9.95%) Project Delivery
14 119 (9.04%) Migration
15 118 (8.97%) Regulatory Compliance
16 117 (8.89%) Analytics
17 109 (8.28%) Data Protection
18 106 (8.05%) PRINCE2
19 95 (7.22%) Scrum
20 94 (7.14%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 118 (8.97%) SQL
2 106 (8.05%) Python
3 50 (3.80%) Java
4 32 (2.43%) PowerShell
5 21 (1.60%) C++
6 19 (1.44%) C#
7 17 (1.29%) VBA
8 9 (0.68%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.46%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.38%) Bash
10 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.30%) Perl
11 4 (0.30%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.23%) Korn
12 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.15%) R
13 2 (0.15%) RPG
13 2 (0.15%) Rust
13 2 (0.15%) Scala
13 2 (0.15%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 292 (22.19%) Security Cleared
2 215 (16.34%) SC Cleared
3 206 (15.65%) Degree
4 107 (8.13%) CISSP
5 80 (6.08%) CISM
6 71 (5.40%) DV Cleared
6 71 (5.40%) PMP
7 67 (5.09%) PMI Certification
8 37 (2.81%) CRISC
9 33 (2.51%) Master's Degree
10 32 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.44%) CISA
13 14 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
13 14 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 12 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 11 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.84%) PhD
16 10 (0.76%) CESG Certified Professional
16 10 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (13.07%) NIST
2 165 (12.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 117 (8.89%) GRC
4 113 (8.59%) GDPR
5 81 (6.16%) PMO
6 67 (5.09%) QA
7 50 (3.80%) PCI DSS
8 46 (3.50%) Data Quality
9 40 (3.04%) NCSC
10 27 (2.05%) SLA
10 27 (2.05%) SOC 2
11 25 (1.90%) JSP 440
12 20 (1.52%) NIST 800
13 19 (1.44%) COBIT
14 18 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
15 16 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
15 16 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 16 (1.22%) RMADS
15 16 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 13 (0.99%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 27 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.84%) Docker
3 7 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.23%) Postfix
5 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.076%) NFS
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.076%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.076%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 13 (0.99%) Terraform
3 10 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.68%) Ansible
4 9 (0.68%) SCCM
5 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.30%) Control-M
6 4 (0.30%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.23%) CASB
7 3 (0.23%) Grafana
7 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.15%) Nessus
8 2 (0.15%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
8 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.076%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 161 (12.23%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.24%) Oracle
3 67 (5.09%) ServiceNow
4 48 (3.65%) SAP
5 38 (2.89%) Google
6 23 (1.75%) Murex
7 18 (1.37%) Workday
8 15 (1.14%) Salesforce
9 11 (0.84%) F5
10 10 (0.76%) VMware
11 9 (0.68%) Cisco
11 9 (0.68%) Databricks
11 9 (0.68%) Splunk
12 8 (0.61%) Foundry
13 7 (0.53%) IBM
13 7 (0.53%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.46%) Bloomberg
14 6 (0.46%) Infoblox
14 6 (0.46%) Informatica
15 5 (0.38%) Atlassian