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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 47 60
Rank change year-on-year -18 +13 +16
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,159 1,138 1,307
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.64% 4.23% 3.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 4.74% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 749 641 893
10th Percentile £390 £384 £413
25th Percentile £458 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £583 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.39% -5.74%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £861 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 37 50
10th Percentile £22.16 £26.07 £36.05
25th Percentile - £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.17% - +512.24%
75th Percentile £67.18 £75.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £95.00 £79.04 £83.41
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £60.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -40.74% +1.25% +512.24%

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 28,048 23,994 32,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.18% 89.29% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,911 14,725 21,701
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,747 781 1,610
10th Percentile £15.14 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.29 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -18.75% +17.96%

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 January 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 18 January 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 18 January 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 -6 630 £600 -4.00% 165
North of England -22 169 £492 -8.04% 101
South East -14 151 £523 -8.33% 196
North West -31 85 £488 -2.01% 50
Yorkshire +8 82 £492 -9.31% 43
Midlands -53 79 £482 -16.17% 79
South West -5 64 £519 +6.41% 55
West Midlands -55 47 £525 -8.70% 44
East of England -29 35 £553 -3.83% 65
East Midlands -18 32 £437 -18.70% 35
North East -21 2 £550 -13.73% 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 47 (4.06%) Confluence
2 23 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.95%) SAS
5 7 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.43%) CMS
7 4 (0.35%) CICS
8 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.17%) IIS
8 2 (0.17%) nginx
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.086%) Camunda
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.086%) Tomcat
Applications
1 78 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (4.49%) Microsoft Project
3 41 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.35%) Revit
6 3 (0.26%) Navisworks
6 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.26%) Trello
7 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.17%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 22 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.60%) SAP CO
3 7 (0.60%) SAP FI
3 7 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.43%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.43%) Primavera
6 4 (0.35%) Endur
6 4 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.35%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.35%) VisionPLUS
7 3 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.26%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.17%) SAP GTS
8 2 (0.17%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 116 (10.01%) Azure
2 112 (9.66%) AWS
3 56 (4.83%) GCP
4 46 (3.97%) Power Platform
5 32 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (2.59%) SaaS
7 27 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 20 (1.73%) GitHub
9 17 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (1.04%) Google Workspace
12 11 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (0.95%) OCI
13 10 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (0.86%) Google Sheets
14 8 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.69%) dbt
14 8 (0.69%) PaaS
15 7 (0.60%) AWS Step Functions
15 7 (0.60%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.02%) Firewall
2 23 (1.98%) Network Security
3 9 (0.78%) Internet
3 9 (0.78%) Kerberos
4 7 (0.60%) LAN
4 7 (0.60%) WAN
4 7 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.52%) DNS
5 6 (0.52%) VPN
6 5 (0.43%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.35%) 5G
8 3 (0.26%) Broadband
8 3 (0.26%) DHCP
8 3 (0.26%) HTTP
8 3 (0.26%) Multicast
8 3 (0.26%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.26%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.26%) SSL
9 2 (0.17%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (3.45%) Power BI
2 34 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.73%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.12%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.86%) Metadata
6 10 (0.86%) NoSQL
6 10 (0.86%) Tableau
7 8 (0.69%) KDB
7 8 (0.69%) Kdb+
8 7 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
8 7 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.60%) Apache Arrow
8 7 (0.60%) Apache Iceberg
8 7 (0.60%) Big Data
8 7 (0.60%) Dremio
8 7 (0.60%) MySQL
9 6 (0.52%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.43%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 114 (9.84%) JIRA
2 17 (1.47%) Git
3 11 (0.95%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.78%) SpecFlow
5 6 (0.52%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.43%) QUnit
7 4 (0.35%) Gradle
7 4 (0.35%) Maven
7 4 (0.35%) SonarLint
8 3 (0.26%) GCC
8 3 (0.26%) GDB
8 3 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.17%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.17%) GitLab
9 2 (0.17%) Postman
10 1 (0.086%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.086%) MLflow
10 1 (0.086%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.086%) SoapUI
General
1 492 (42.45%) Social Skills
2 474 (40.90%) Finance
3 207 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (15.36%) Banking
5 106 (9.15%) Public Sector
6 96 (8.28%) Legal
7 57 (4.92%) Front Office
8 51 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
10 41 (3.54%) Investment Banking
11 31 (2.67%) Financial Institution
12 24 (2.07%) Retail
13 23 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (1.90%) Law
14 22 (1.90%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.81%) Telecoms
16 20 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
17 18 (1.55%) Local Government
18 16 (1.38%) Military
19 15 (1.29%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 152 (13.11%) Analyst
2 135 (11.65%) Project Manager
3 120 (10.35%) Senior
4 109 (9.40%) Lead
5 103 (8.89%) Developer
6 102 (8.80%) Consultant
7 91 (7.85%) Architect
8 58 (5.00%) Business Analyst
9 46 (3.97%) Programme Manager
10 39 (3.36%) Security Consultant
11 38 (3.28%) Senior Developer
12 37 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
13 35 (3.02%) Risk Analyst
14 34 (2.93%) Security Architect
15 33 (2.85%) Senior Manager
16 32 (2.76%) Security Analyst
17 31 (2.67%) Risk Manager
18 30 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
19 29 (2.50%) IT Manager
20 26 (2.24%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.98%) Kafka
2 17 (1.47%) REST
3 16 (1.38%) NumPy
3 16 (1.38%) Pandas
4 15 (1.29%) .NET
4 15 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
5 14 (1.21%) RESTful
6 13 (1.12%) .NET Framework
6 13 (1.12%) Middleware
6 13 (1.12%) OAuth
7 12 (1.04%) AngularJS
7 12 (1.04%) SAML
7 12 (1.04%) XML
8 11 (0.95%) React
9 10 (0.86%) Playwright
10 9 (0.78%) COM
10 9 (0.78%) Dask
10 9 (0.78%) Entity Framework
10 9 (0.78%) NHibernate
11 7 (0.60%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 136 (11.73%) Management Information System
2 61 (5.26%) Derivative
3 60 (5.18%) Product Ownership
3 60 (5.18%) Security Posture
4 50 (4.31%) Onboarding
5 44 (3.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 40 (3.45%) Equities
7 38 (3.28%) Market Risk
8 30 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 30 (2.59%) Credit Risk
9 29 (2.50%) Algorithms
10 28 (2.42%) Fixed Income
11 27 (2.33%) Cloud Native
11 27 (2.33%) Data Centre
12 25 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
13 20 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
14 17 (1.47%) Hedge funds
15 16 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
16 15 (1.29%) Security Operations Centre
17 14 (1.21%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.76%) Linux
2 26 (2.24%) Windows
3 17 (1.47%) Unix
4 5 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.26%) VMS
5 3 (0.26%) zOS
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.086%) Android
7 1 (0.086%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 290 (25.02%) Agile
3 234 (20.19%) Problem-Solving
4 230 (19.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 194 (16.74%) Cybersecurity
6 183 (15.79%) Project Management
7 162 (13.98%) Decision-Making
8 155 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 147 (12.68%) Information Security
10 116 (10.01%) Project Delivery
11 102 (8.80%) Analytics
11 102 (8.80%) Change Management
12 101 (8.71%) Roadmaps
13 97 (8.37%) Migration
14 96 (8.28%) Regulatory Compliance
15 90 (7.77%) AI
15 90 (7.77%) PRINCE2
16 84 (7.25%) Scrum
17 82 (7.08%) Incident Response
18 81 (6.99%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 116 (10.01%) Python
2 112 (9.66%) SQL
3 49 (4.23%) Java
4 28 (2.42%) C++
5 25 (2.16%) C#
6 24 (2.07%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.21%) VBA
8 13 (1.12%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.78%) R
10 7 (0.60%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.43%) JCL
11 5 (0.43%) Korn
12 4 (0.35%) COBOL
13 3 (0.26%) Bash
13 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.17%) Perl
14 2 (0.17%) Rust
14 2 (0.17%) Scala
14 2 (0.17%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 223 (19.24%) Security Cleared
2 206 (17.77%) Degree
3 160 (13.81%) SC Cleared
4 106 (9.15%) CISSP
5 77 (6.64%) CISM
6 68 (5.87%) PMI Certification
7 64 (5.52%) PMP
8 56 (4.83%) DV Cleared
9 54 (4.66%) Master's Degree
10 33 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 26 (2.24%) CISA
12 26 (2.24%) CRISC
13 21 (1.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 15 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (1.29%) Numerate Degree
14 15 (1.29%) PhD
15 10 (0.86%) GIAC
16 9 (0.78%) CESG Certified Professional
16 9 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (12.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (11.82%) NIST
3 97 (8.37%) GDPR
4 90 (7.77%) GRC
5 65 (5.61%) PMO
6 60 (5.18%) QA
7 39 (3.36%) PCI DSS
8 35 (3.02%) Data Quality
9 33 (2.85%) NCSC
10 27 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 19 (1.64%) COBIT
12 16 (1.38%) EU AI Act
13 14 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
13 14 (1.21%) SLA
14 13 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 12 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
15 12 (1.04%) JSP 440
16 11 (0.95%) Def Stans
17 10 (0.86%) RMADS
17 10 (0.86%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (2.42%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.64%) Docker
3 6 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.086%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.086%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 21 (1.81%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.47%) Terraform
3 11 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.60%) Ansible
4 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.52%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
6 5 (0.43%) SCCM
7 3 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.26%) QRadar
8 2 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.17%) Grafana
8 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.086%) Control-M
9 1 (0.086%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.086%) Nessus
9 1 (0.086%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.086%) TeamSite
9 1 (0.086%) WSUS
Vendors
1 141 (12.17%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.09%) SAP
3 52 (4.49%) Oracle
4 51 (4.40%) ServiceNow
5 30 (2.59%) Google
6 18 (1.55%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.38%) Murex
8 11 (0.95%) Splunk
9 10 (0.86%) Databricks
10 9 (0.78%) Workday
11 8 (0.69%) Citrix
11 8 (0.69%) CyberArk
11 8 (0.69%) IBM
12 7 (0.60%) Ariba
13 6 (0.52%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.52%) Informatica
14 5 (0.43%) BiZZdesign
14 5 (0.43%) Cisco
14 5 (0.43%) Solace
14 5 (0.43%) VMware