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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 52 58
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 +28
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,190 1,203 1,408
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.83% 3.93% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 4.48% 4.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 744 677 967
10th Percentile £363 £398 £413
25th Percentile £455 £465 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £591
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% -2.64% -1.56%
75th Percentile £699 £700 £700
90th Percentile £857 £825 £838
UK median daily rate £550 £573 £575
% change year-on-year -3.93% -0.43% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 36 53
10th Percentile £22.16 £27.25 £34.05
25th Percentile £29.52 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £73.31
Median % change year-on-year -44.17% -18.16% +46.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £94.38 £81.60 £83.41
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £60.00 £73.31
% change year-on-year -44.17% -18.16% +66.61%

All Process and 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 27,812 26,873 34,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.40% 87.89% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,725 16,531 23,197
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,799 953 1,442
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.23 £14.78
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.21% -22.94% +21.43%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 0 660 £622 +3.32% 275
North of England -20 168 £500 -9.09% 155
South East -8 155 £520 -7.35% 247
North West -22 93 £488 -7.14% 88
Midlands -50 81 £475 -14.87% 110
South West -1 74 £600 +23.08% 68
Yorkshire +5 73 £500 -6.54% 60
West Midlands -46 56 £519 -9.78% 64
East of England -30 32 £575 +15.00% 73
East Midlands -21 25 £400 -27.27% 43
North East -9 2 £550 -4.35% 7
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 55 (4.62%) Confluence
2 17 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.01%) CMS
5 11 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.84%) SAS
7 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.34%) CICS
9 2 (0.17%) IIS
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.084%) Camunda
10 1 (0.084%) nginx
Applications
1 69 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.42%) Trello
6 3 (0.25%) Navisworks
6 3 (0.25%) Revit
6 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.17%) GNU Octave
7 2 (0.17%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.084%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 30 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.09%) Endur
3 9 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.59%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.59%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.34%) Primavera
6 4 (0.34%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.34%) VisionPLUS
7 3 (0.25%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.25%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.17%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 131 (11.01%) AWS
2 115 (9.66%) Azure
3 59 (4.96%) GCP
4 42 (3.53%) Power Platform
5 27 (2.27%) SaaS
6 26 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (1.68%) GitHub
8 19 (1.60%) Entra ID
9 16 (1.34%) dbt
10 15 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (0.84%) OCI
13 9 (0.76%) Miro
14 8 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.67%) OpenShift
14 8 (0.67%) PaaS
15 7 (0.59%) AWS Step Functions
15 7 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.70%) Firewall
2 19 (1.60%) Network Security
3 9 (0.76%) WAN
4 7 (0.59%) Kerberos
4 7 (0.59%) LAN
4 7 (0.59%) Multicast
5 6 (0.50%) VPN
5 6 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (0.42%) Internet
7 4 (0.34%) 5G
7 4 (0.34%) Broadband
7 4 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.25%) HTTP
8 3 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.25%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.25%) SSL
9 2 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.17%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (3.03%) Power BI
3 22 (1.85%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
4 15 (1.26%) Apache Arrow
4 15 (1.26%) Apache Iceberg
4 15 (1.26%) Dremio
5 13 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.01%) NoSQL
7 11 (0.92%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.84%) Metadata
9 9 (0.76%) Tableau
10 8 (0.67%) KDB
10 8 (0.67%) Kdb+
10 8 (0.67%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.59%) Big Data
11 7 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.50%) MySQL
12 6 (0.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 112 (9.41%) JIRA
2 20 (1.68%) Git
3 13 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.92%) SpecFlow
5 7 (0.59%) GCC
5 7 (0.59%) GDB
5 7 (0.59%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.42%) Gradle
6 5 (0.42%) Maven
6 5 (0.42%) QUnit
7 4 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.34%) SonarLint
8 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.17%) Postman
8 2 (0.17%) Snyk
8 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.084%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.084%) Selenium
9 1 (0.084%) TeamCity
General
1 513 (43.11%) Social Skills
2 500 (42.02%) Finance
3 200 (16.81%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (15.29%) Banking
5 106 (8.91%) Public Sector
6 92 (7.73%) Legal
7 67 (5.63%) Front Office
8 48 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
9 45 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
10 39 (3.28%) Investment Banking
11 30 (2.52%) Financial Institution
12 28 (2.35%) Telecoms
13 27 (2.27%) Manufacturing
14 26 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (2.18%) Retail
15 20 (1.68%) Marketing
16 19 (1.60%) Back Office
16 19 (1.60%) Local Government
17 17 (1.43%) Law
18 16 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 166 (13.95%) Analyst
2 147 (12.35%) Project Manager
3 126 (10.59%) Senior
4 119 (10.00%) Developer
5 116 (9.75%) Lead
6 102 (8.57%) Consultant
7 92 (7.73%) Architect
8 60 (5.04%) Business Analyst
9 45 (3.78%) Programme Manager
10 43 (3.61%) Security Consultant
11 36 (3.03%) Senior Developer
12 35 (2.94%) AWS Developer
12 35 (2.94%) Delivery Manager
12 35 (2.94%) Risk Analyst
12 35 (2.94%) Security Analyst
12 35 (2.94%) Security Architect
12 35 (2.94%) Senior Manager
13 33 (2.77%) Python Developer
14 29 (2.44%) Java Developer
14 29 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.77%) React
2 32 (2.69%) AngularJS
3 26 (2.18%) .NET
4 25 (2.10%) Kafka
4 25 (2.10%) NumPy
5 24 (2.02%) Pandas
5 24 (2.02%) REST
6 20 (1.68%) RESTful
7 16 (1.34%) Node.js
7 16 (1.34%) SciPy
8 15 (1.26%) .NET Framework
8 15 (1.26%) Vue
9 12 (1.01%) Middleware
9 12 (1.01%) Playwright
10 11 (0.92%) Entity Framework
10 11 (0.92%) NHibernate
10 11 (0.92%) OAuth
11 10 (0.84%) SAML
12 9 (0.76%) COM
12 9 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 145 (12.18%) Management Information System
2 67 (5.63%) Product Ownership
3 59 (4.96%) Security Posture
4 56 (4.71%) Derivative
5 51 (4.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 41 (3.45%) Equities
6 41 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 36 (3.03%) Fixed Income
7 36 (3.03%) Market Risk
8 32 (2.69%) Data Centre
9 29 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 29 (2.44%) Credit Risk
10 27 (2.27%) Cloud Native
11 24 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
12 22 (1.85%) Algorithms
13 21 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
13 21 (1.76%) Security Operations Centre
14 20 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
15 16 (1.34%) Hedge funds
16 15 (1.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (3.28%) Linux
2 25 (2.10%) Windows
3 18 (1.51%) Unix
4 5 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.25%) VMS
6 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.084%) Android
7 1 (0.084%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.084%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (26.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 312 (26.22%) Agile
3 247 (20.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 227 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
5 204 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
6 197 (16.55%) Project Management
7 163 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 147 (12.35%) Decision-Making
9 142 (11.93%) Information Security
10 124 (10.42%) Project Delivery
11 116 (9.75%) Migration
12 112 (9.41%) Change Management
13 96 (8.07%) AI
13 96 (8.07%) Scrum
14 91 (7.65%) Analytics
14 91 (7.65%) Incident Response
15 88 (7.39%) Roadmaps
16 82 (6.89%) Computer Science
17 80 (6.72%) PRINCE2
17 80 (6.72%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 140 (11.76%) Python
2 103 (8.66%) SQL
3 65 (5.46%) Java
4 27 (2.27%) C#
5 25 (2.10%) TypeScript
6 24 (2.02%) C++
7 23 (1.93%) PowerShell
8 22 (1.85%) JavaScript
9 12 (1.01%) VBA
10 10 (0.84%) R
11 5 (0.42%) JCL
12 4 (0.34%) COBOL
13 3 (0.25%) Bash
13 3 (0.25%) Korn
13 3 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.17%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.17%) Rust
14 2 (0.17%) Scala
14 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.17%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 232 (19.50%) Security Cleared
2 179 (15.04%) Degree
3 166 (13.95%) SC Cleared
4 111 (9.33%) CISSP
5 73 (6.13%) CISM
6 63 (5.29%) DV Cleared
7 62 (5.21%) PMI Certification
8 61 (5.13%) PMP
9 54 (4.54%) Master's Degree
10 32 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
12 26 (2.18%) CISA
13 19 (1.60%) CRISC
13 19 (1.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 16 (1.34%) PhD
15 13 (1.09%) CESG Certified Professional
15 13 (1.09%) GIAC
15 13 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 12 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (12.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 149 (12.52%) NIST
3 98 (8.24%) GDPR
4 77 (6.47%) GRC
5 67 (5.63%) QA
6 61 (5.13%) PMO
7 38 (3.19%) PCI DSS
8 32 (2.69%) NCSC
9 31 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 28 (2.35%) Data Quality
11 17 (1.43%) RMADS
12 16 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (1.34%) EU AI Act
13 15 (1.26%) SLA
14 14 (1.18%) Accessibility
14 14 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 14 (1.18%) NIST 800
15 13 (1.09%) COBIT
16 12 (1.01%) Def Stans
17 10 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 24 (2.02%) Docker
2 22 (1.85%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.084%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.084%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.084%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (1.85%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.68%) Terraform
3 15 (1.26%) Ansible
4 9 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.59%) RSA Archer
6 6 (0.50%) QRadar
7 5 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.17%) Grafana
9 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.084%) Consul
10 1 (0.084%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.084%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.084%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.084%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.084%) OMEGAMON
10 1 (0.084%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 139 (11.68%) Microsoft
2 70 (5.88%) SAP
3 60 (5.04%) ServiceNow
4 38 (3.19%) Oracle
5 21 (1.76%) Splunk
6 18 (1.51%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.43%) Google
8 11 (0.92%) Databricks
9 10 (0.84%) Cisco
10 9 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (0.76%) Solace
11 8 (0.67%) CyberArk
11 8 (0.67%) IBM
12 7 (0.59%) ArcSight
12 7 (0.59%) Bloomberg
12 7 (0.59%) Citrix
12 7 (0.59%) LogRhythm
13 6 (0.50%) BiZZdesign
13 6 (0.50%) Informatica
13 6 (0.50%) Murex