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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 51 61
Rank change year-on-year -14 +10 +9
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,239 1,066 1,281
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.57% 4.15% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.10% 4.61% 3.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 793 613 862
10th Percentile £404 £368 £406
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £688 £713 £700
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 36 52
10th Percentile £23.42 £27.31 £33.63
25th Percentile £33.50 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £45.78 £60.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% +1.25% +464.44%
75th Percentile £98.75 £74.81 £83.40
90th Percentile £107.00 £81.60 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year -10.56% +4.67% +452.68%

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 30,251 23,118 33,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.20% 90.09% 87.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,354 14,421 21,936
10th Percentile £313 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £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 1,884 749 2,031
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.40 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% - -
75th Percentile £63.34 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.84 £72.33
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £32.91 £34.25
% change year-on-year -21.68% -3.93% -2.14%

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -9 679 £600 -4.00% 173
South East -8 174 £525 -8.70% 152
North of England -17 171 £500 -6.28% 75
Midlands -44 99 £550 -4.35% 52
North West -26 87 £520 +4.26% 45
Yorkshire -4 82 £500 -6.54% 27
West Midlands -46 65 £540 -10.00% 38
South West -6 55 £513 +3.80% 37
East Midlands -26 34 £550 +19.57% 14
East of England -37 33 £525 -8.70% 27
North East -25 2 £550 -4.35% 3
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 52 (4.20%) Confluence
2 22 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.89%) SAS
4 10 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.16%) nginx
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.081%) Camunda
7 1 (0.081%) CMS
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.081%) Tomcat
Applications
1 69 (5.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
3 35 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (0.97%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.32%) Revit
8 3 (0.24%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.24%) Trello
9 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.16%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 17 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.65%) Loan IQ
4 5 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.40%) Primavera
4 5 (0.40%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.32%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.32%) Summit
6 3 (0.24%) Endur
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.24%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.16%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 134 (10.82%) Azure
2 112 (9.04%) AWS
3 50 (4.04%) GCP
4 45 (3.63%) Power Platform
5 43 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
7 30 (2.42%) Entra ID
8 26 (2.10%) SaaS
9 24 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (1.61%) Google Workspace
11 18 (1.45%) Google Sheets
12 14 (1.13%) GitHub
13 11 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (0.73%) OCI
15 9 (0.73%) OpenShift
16 8 (0.65%) Collibra
17 5 (0.40%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.99%) Firewall
2 26 (2.10%) Network Security
3 9 (0.73%) Internet
3 9 (0.73%) Kerberos
4 8 (0.65%) DNS
5 7 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.48%) LAN
6 6 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (0.48%) WAN
7 5 (0.40%) Cisco IPT
7 5 (0.40%) DHCP
8 4 (0.32%) 5G
8 4 (0.32%) BIG-IP
9 3 (0.24%) Broadband
9 3 (0.24%) HTTP
9 3 (0.24%) S/MIME
9 3 (0.24%) SSL
9 3 (0.24%) VPN
10 2 (0.16%) SMTP
10 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.07%) Power BI
2 23 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (1.21%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.13%) Metadata
5 13 (1.05%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.56%) Tableau
7 6 (0.48%) KDB
7 6 (0.48%) Kdb+
8 5 (0.40%) Big Data
8 5 (0.40%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.40%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.32%) Data Mart
9 4 (0.32%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.32%) MS Access
9 4 (0.32%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.24%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 112 (9.04%) JIRA
2 10 (0.81%) Git
3 8 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.56%) SpecFlow
5 4 (0.32%) GitLab
6 3 (0.24%) QUnit
6 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.16%) GCC
7 2 (0.16%) GDB
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.081%) Appium
8 1 (0.081%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.081%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.081%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.081%) JMeter
8 1 (0.081%) MLflow
8 1 (0.081%) Postman
8 1 (0.081%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.081%) Selenium
8 1 (0.081%) TeamCity
General
1 501 (40.44%) Social Skills
2 487 (39.31%) Finance
3 212 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (13.96%) Banking
5 112 (9.04%) Public Sector
6 107 (8.64%) Legal
7 54 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
8 49 (3.95%) Front Office
9 48 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (3.31%) Investment Banking
11 35 (2.82%) Financial Institution
12 32 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (2.18%) Retail
14 22 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (1.45%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.37%) Military
17 16 (1.29%) Law
17 16 (1.29%) Manufacturing
18 15 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 15 (1.21%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 158 (12.75%) Analyst
2 143 (11.54%) Project Manager
3 139 (11.22%) Lead
4 134 (10.82%) Senior
5 94 (7.59%) Architect
5 94 (7.59%) Consultant
6 83 (6.70%) Developer
7 64 (5.17%) Business Analyst
8 63 (5.08%) Programme Manager
9 44 (3.55%) Senior Manager
10 42 (3.39%) Security Architect
11 41 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
12 39 (3.15%) Risk Analyst
13 36 (2.91%) Security Consultant
14 34 (2.74%) Senior Developer
15 32 (2.58%) Risk Manager
16 29 (2.34%) Solutions Architect
17 26 (2.10%) Security Analyst
18 25 (2.02%) Java Developer
18 25 (2.02%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.78%) Kafka
2 18 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
3 17 (1.37%) REST
4 15 (1.21%) .NET
4 15 (1.21%) OAuth
5 13 (1.05%) Middleware
5 13 (1.05%) SAML
6 12 (0.97%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.97%) NumPy
6 12 (0.97%) Pandas
7 11 (0.89%) XML
8 9 (0.73%) COM
8 9 (0.73%) Dask
9 8 (0.65%) Playwright
9 8 (0.65%) React
10 7 (0.56%) Entity Framework
10 7 (0.56%) NHibernate
10 7 (0.56%) OpenID
11 6 (0.48%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 136 (10.98%) Management Information System
2 65 (5.25%) Derivative
3 61 (4.92%) Security Posture
4 56 (4.52%) Product Ownership
5 47 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 41 (3.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 39 (3.15%) Equities
8 38 (3.07%) Market Risk
9 32 (2.58%) Cloud Native
10 30 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
11 29 (2.34%) Credit Risk
12 28 (2.26%) Algorithms
12 28 (2.26%) Data Centre
13 27 (2.18%) Fixed Income
14 26 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
15 21 (1.69%) Operational Technology
16 20 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
17 18 (1.45%) Data Structures
18 17 (1.37%) Hedge funds
19 15 (1.21%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.74%) Linux
2 27 (2.18%) Windows
3 16 (1.29%) Unix
4 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.24%) VMS
4 3 (0.24%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.24%) zOS
5 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.081%) Android
6 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.081%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (28.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 290 (23.41%) Agile
3 248 (20.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 230 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
5 201 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
6 196 (15.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 192 (15.50%) Project Management
8 167 (13.48%) Decision-Making
9 162 (13.08%) Information Security
10 127 (10.25%) Change Management
10 127 (10.25%) Roadmaps
11 117 (9.44%) Regulatory Compliance
12 113 (9.12%) Analytics
13 109 (8.80%) AI
13 109 (8.80%) Migration
13 109 (8.80%) Project Delivery
14 95 (7.67%) Data Protection
14 95 (7.67%) PRINCE2
15 85 (6.86%) Scrum
16 83 (6.70%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 123 (9.93%) SQL
2 113 (9.12%) Python
3 48 (3.87%) Java
4 31 (2.50%) PowerShell
5 26 (2.10%) C++
6 24 (1.94%) C#
7 16 (1.29%) VBA
8 11 (0.89%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.56%) R
10 5 (0.40%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.32%) Bash
11 4 (0.32%) Korn
11 4 (0.32%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.16%) Perl
13 2 (0.16%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.16%) RPG
13 2 (0.16%) Rust
13 2 (0.16%) Scala
13 2 (0.16%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 254 (20.50%) Security Cleared
2 219 (17.68%) Degree
3 190 (15.33%) SC Cleared
4 106 (8.56%) CISSP
5 78 (6.30%) CISM
6 63 (5.08%) DV Cleared
6 63 (5.08%) PMI Certification
7 58 (4.68%) PMP
8 55 (4.44%) Master's Degree
9 36 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 32 (2.58%) CRISC
11 28 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (1.86%) CISA
13 22 (1.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 16 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (1.21%) Numerate Degree
15 15 (1.21%) PhD
16 10 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 9 (0.73%) CESG Certified Professional
17 9 (0.73%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (13.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 155 (12.51%) NIST
3 114 (9.20%) GRC
4 109 (8.80%) GDPR
5 71 (5.73%) PMO
6 64 (5.17%) QA
7 51 (4.12%) PCI DSS
8 40 (3.23%) Data Quality
9 33 (2.66%) NCSC
10 25 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 21 (1.69%) SLA
12 19 (1.53%) NIST 800
13 18 (1.45%) COBIT
13 18 (1.45%) Def Stans
13 18 (1.45%) SOC 2
14 17 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
15 16 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
16 15 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 12 (0.97%) EU AI Act
18 11 (0.89%) RMADS
System Software
1 28 (2.26%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.73%) Docker
3 8 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.081%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.081%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.13%) Terraform
3 13 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.56%) Ansible
5 7 (0.56%) SCCM
6 5 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.24%) QRadar
7 3 (0.24%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.16%) Nessus
8 2 (0.16%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.081%) Control-M
9 1 (0.081%) Grafana
9 1 (0.081%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.081%) Packer
9 1 (0.081%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.081%) WSUS
Vendors
1 156 (12.59%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.52%) ServiceNow
3 53 (4.28%) Oracle
4 52 (4.20%) SAP
5 39 (3.15%) Google
6 20 (1.61%) Murex
7 16 (1.29%) Salesforce
8 12 (0.97%) Workday
9 10 (0.81%) Splunk
10 9 (0.73%) Cisco
10 9 (0.73%) CyberArk
10 9 (0.73%) Databricks
11 8 (0.65%) Informatica
12 7 (0.56%) Ariba
12 7 (0.56%) Citrix
12 7 (0.56%) F5
12 7 (0.56%) IBM
12 7 (0.56%) VMware
13 6 (0.48%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.40%) Charles River