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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 49 62
Rank change year-on-year -21 +13 +6
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,311 1,083 1,189
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.35% 4.45% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 4.89% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 881 671 805
10th Percentile £411 £363 £394
25th Percentile £474 £464 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £684 £725 £725
90th Percentile £838 £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 33,539 22,147 32,451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.75% 90.94% 86.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,506 14,596 21,405
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 2,075 867 2,189
10th Percentile £15.43 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.91 £19.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -4.41% -9.33%
75th Percentile £65.74 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £77.80 £76.25 £70.78
UK median hourly rate £36.70 £31.64 £33.07
% change year-on-year +15.99% -4.31% -8.15%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -27 655 £600 -4.00% 260
North of England -13 211 £512 +0.12% 112
South East -9 204 £550 -4.35% 145
North West -8 108 £550 +10.00% 65
Midlands -43 108 £535 +6.79% 70
Yorkshire -11 101 £500 - 39
West Midlands -35 76 £510 -0.68% 56
South West 0 70 £550 +22.11% 37
East of England -25 38 £525 -0.94% 31
East Midlands -32 32 £544 +20.78% 14
North East -27 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 62 (4.73%) Confluence
2 25 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.46%) 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 59 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (3.97%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.31%) Trello
7 2 (0.15%) Revit
7 2 (0.15%) Windchill
8 1 (0.076%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.076%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.076%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.076%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 14 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.92%) 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
6 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.31%) Endur
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.31%) Primavera
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%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 146 (11.14%) Azure
2 125 (9.53%) AWS
3 48 (3.66%) GCP
3 48 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (3.28%) Power Platform
5 31 (2.36%) Entra ID
6 28 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
7 26 (1.98%) SaaS
8 21 (1.60%) Google Workspace
9 20 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
10 18 (1.37%) Google Sheets
11 16 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
13 13 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (0.99%) GitHub
14 11 (0.84%) OCI
15 10 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (0.69%) Amazon S3
16 9 (0.69%) OpenShift
16 9 (0.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.97%) Network Security
2 25 (1.91%) Firewall
3 13 (0.99%) DNS
4 10 (0.76%) DHCP
5 9 (0.69%) 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 (0.31%) Cisco IPT
9 4 (0.31%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.31%) SAN
10 3 (0.23%) 4G
10 3 (0.23%) Broadband
10 3 (0.23%) LAN
10 3 (0.23%) NAS
10 3 (0.23%) VPN
10 3 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (2.52%) Power BI
2 25 (1.91%) Metadata
3 19 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.84%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.61%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.53%) RDBMS
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.46%) Tableau
10 5 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.38%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.31%) Big Data
11 4 (0.31%) Data Mart
11 4 (0.31%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 121 (9.23%) 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
1 504 (38.44%) Social Skills
2 477 (36.38%) Finance
3 216 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (13.20%) Banking
5 136 (10.37%) Public Sector
6 105 (8.01%) Legal
7 45 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
8 42 (3.20%) Front Office
9 37 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
10 35 (2.67%) Investment Banking
11 33 (2.52%) Financial Institution
12 31 (2.36%) Retail
13 28 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
15 23 (1.75%) Military
16 22 (1.68%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.53%) Manufacturing
18 18 (1.37%) Marketing
19 17 (1.30%) Law
20 16 (1.22%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 171 (13.04%) Project Manager
2 151 (11.52%) Lead
3 140 (10.68%) Senior
4 137 (10.45%) Analyst
5 120 (9.15%) Architect
6 101 (7.70%) Consultant
7 72 (5.49%) Developer
8 66 (5.03%) Business Analyst
9 63 (4.81%) Programme Manager
10 52 (3.97%) Security Architect
11 47 (3.59%) Senior Manager
12 44 (3.36%) Security Consultant
13 42 (3.20%) Delivery Manager
14 40 (3.05%) Risk Manager
15 31 (2.36%) Risk Analyst
15 31 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
16 30 (2.29%) Security Engineer
16 30 (2.29%) Senior Developer
17 28 (2.14%) Security Manager
18 24 (1.83%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (1.60%) REST
3 16 (1.22%) Kafka
4 15 (1.14%) .NET
5 12 (0.92%) XML
6 11 (0.84%) Leaflet
6 11 (0.84%) Middleware
7 9 (0.69%) COM
7 9 (0.69%) NumPy
7 9 (0.69%) OAuth
7 9 (0.69%) Pandas
8 8 (0.61%) RESTful
9 7 (0.53%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.53%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.53%) Dask
9 7 (0.53%) SAML
10 6 (0.46%) J2EE
10 6 (0.46%) JSP
10 6 (0.46%) LDAP
10 6 (0.46%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 118 (9.00%) Management Information System
2 63 (4.81%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.58%) Security Posture
4 58 (4.42%) Derivative
5 52 (3.97%) Onboarding
6 39 (2.97%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.82%) Market Risk
8 36 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
8 36 (2.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 33 (2.52%) Data Centre
10 31 (2.36%) Equities
11 28 (2.14%) Operational Technology
12 24 (1.83%) Credit Risk
13 22 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
14 21 (1.60%) NHS
15 20 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
15 20 (1.53%) Fixed Income
16 19 (1.45%) AI Agents
16 19 (1.45%) Data Structures
17 18 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.44%) Windows
2 25 (1.91%) Linux
3 13 (0.99%) Unix
4 7 (0.53%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.23%) VMS
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.15%) zOS
9 1 (0.076%) Android
9 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 329 (25.10%) Agile
3 248 (18.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 245 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
5 230 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 214 (16.32%) Cybersecurity
7 213 (16.25%) Project Management
8 177 (13.50%) Decision-Making
9 161 (12.28%) Information Security
10 154 (11.75%) Roadmaps
11 143 (10.91%) Change Management
12 135 (10.30%) AI
13 131 (9.99%) Project Delivery
14 121 (9.23%) Migration
15 118 (9.00%) Regulatory Compliance
16 116 (8.85%) Analytics
17 112 (8.54%) Data Protection
18 105 (8.01%) PRINCE2
19 94 (7.17%) DevOps
19 94 (7.17%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 115 (8.77%) SQL
2 101 (7.70%) Python
3 50 (3.81%) Java
4 32 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 20 (1.53%) C++
6 19 (1.45%) C#
7 17 (1.30%) VBA
8 9 (0.69%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.46%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.31%) Bash
11 4 (0.31%) Perl
11 4 (0.31%) 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%) Solidity
14 1 (0.076%) Go
Qualifications
1 293 (22.35%) Security Cleared
2 214 (16.32%) SC Cleared
3 202 (15.41%) Degree
4 108 (8.24%) CISSP
5 79 (6.03%) CISM
6 70 (5.34%) DV Cleared
6 70 (5.34%) PMP
7 66 (5.03%) PMI Certification
8 37 (2.82%) CRISC
9 31 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 31 (2.36%) Master's Degree
10 25 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (1.45%) CISA
12 14 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 13 (0.99%) Numerate Degree
14 12 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 11 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 9 (0.69%) Azure Certification
17 9 (0.69%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (13.27%) NIST
2 167 (12.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 116 (8.85%) GDPR
3 116 (8.85%) GRC
4 79 (6.03%) PMO
5 67 (5.11%) QA
6 51 (3.89%) PCI DSS
7 48 (3.66%) Data Quality
8 41 (3.13%) NCSC
9 27 (2.06%) SLA
9 27 (2.06%) SOC 2
10 26 (1.98%) JSP 440
11 21 (1.60%) NIST 800
12 20 (1.53%) COBIT
13 19 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
14 16 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
14 16 (1.22%) RMADS
14 16 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 14 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 13 (0.99%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 27 (2.06%) 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%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.92%) Terraform
3 10 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.69%) Ansible
4 9 (0.69%) SCCM
5 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.31%) Control-M
6 4 (0.31%) 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%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 161 (12.28%) Microsoft
2 68 (5.19%) Oracle
3 67 (5.11%) ServiceNow
4 47 (3.59%) SAP
5 38 (2.90%) 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%) Splunk
10 10 (0.76%) VMware
11 9 (0.69%) Cisco
11 9 (0.69%) Databricks
12 8 (0.61%) Foundry
13 7 (0.53%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.46%) Bloomberg
14 6 (0.46%) IBM
14 6 (0.46%) Infoblox
14 6 (0.46%) Informatica
15 5 (0.38%) Remedy