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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 49 66
Rank change year-on-year -19 +17 -4
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,646 1,256 1,067
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.55% 4.52% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.19% 4.98% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,029 794 633
10th Percentile £406 £363 £384
25th Percentile £480 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £577
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -0.35% -3.83%
75th Percentile £680 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £570 £560
% change year-on-year -3.51% +1.79% -5.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 22 25
10th Percentile £24.72 £22.16 £30.57
25th Percentile £46.25 £23.18 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £49.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.41% -13.91% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £85.90 £75.24
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +91.31% -41.74% +17.35%

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 39,304 25,245 28,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.88% 90.83% 85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,151 16,024 17,695
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,693 1,483 1,349
10th Percentile £14.01 £14.31 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.22
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +2.87%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -28 794 £600 -7.69% 995
North of England -12 270 £512 +2.38% 183
South East +8 252 £575 +4.55% 249
North West -23 138 £525 +2.68% 119
Yorkshire -1 126 £500 - 48
South West -15 115 £600 +4.35% 125
Midlands -48 108 £542 +15.62% 125
West Midlands -23 85 £525 +5.00% 80
East of England +1 69 £513 -14.58% 63
East Midlands -30 20 £547 +36.07% 45
North East -45 6 £454 - 19
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 60 (3.65%) Confluence
2 41 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.61%) SAS
4 4 (0.24%) IIS
4 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.061%) Apache
7 1 (0.061%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.061%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.061%) Appian
7 1 (0.061%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.061%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.061%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 60 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.24%) Revit
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.061%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 39 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.85%) Endur
3 11 (0.67%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.49%) Primavera
6 7 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.24%) Actimize
8 4 (0.24%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.24%) Magento
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.24%) Summit
9 3 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.18%) Findur
9 3 (0.18%) Front Arena
9 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 246 (14.95%) Azure
2 167 (10.15%) AWS
3 70 (4.25%) GCP
4 68 (4.13%) Power Platform
5 57 (3.46%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
7 48 (2.92%) SaaS
8 30 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
10 24 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
11 21 (1.28%) OCI
12 18 (1.09%) Azure AI
12 18 (1.09%) GitHub
12 18 (1.09%) PaaS
13 12 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
13 12 (0.73%) IaaS
14 11 (0.67%) Copilot Studio
14 11 (0.67%) PowerApps
14 11 (0.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.34%) Network Security
2 40 (2.43%) Firewall
3 18 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.03%) DNS
5 15 (0.91%) WAN
6 14 (0.85%) DHCP
6 14 (0.85%) LAN
7 13 (0.79%) 5G
8 11 (0.67%) 4G
9 8 (0.49%) BIG-IP
10 7 (0.43%) VPN
11 6 (0.36%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (0.36%) Internet
11 6 (0.36%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.30%) 3G
12 5 (0.30%) Wireless
13 4 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
13 4 (0.24%) SAN
13 4 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.16%) Power BI
2 35 (2.13%) Metadata
3 34 (2.07%) SQL Server
4 19 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (0.91%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 11 (0.67%) MongoDB
7 11 (0.67%) Oracle Database
8 9 (0.55%) RDBMS
9 8 (0.49%) Big Data
10 7 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.30%) Db2
11 5 (0.30%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.30%) Tableau
12 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.24%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.24%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
12 4 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 105 (6.38%) JIRA
2 20 (1.22%) Git
3 17 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.73%) Selenium
5 9 (0.55%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.43%) Postman
7 6 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.36%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.30%) Claude Code
8 5 (0.30%) GitLab
8 5 (0.30%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.24%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.24%) Gradle
9 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.24%) Subversion
10 3 (0.18%) DbUnit
10 3 (0.18%) jMock
10 3 (0.18%) Mockito
General
1 652 (39.61%) Social Skills
2 593 (36.03%) Finance
3 274 (16.65%) Analytical Skills
4 195 (11.85%) Public Sector
5 177 (10.75%) Banking
6 125 (7.59%) Legal
7 77 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
8 65 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
9 64 (3.89%) Front Office
10 48 (2.92%) Aerospace
11 44 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
12 41 (2.49%) Military
13 40 (2.43%) Manufacturing
14 39 (2.37%) Telecoms
15 37 (2.25%) Retail
16 36 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
17 35 (2.13%) Financial Institution
18 33 (2.00%) Law
19 32 (1.94%) Investment Banking
20 22 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 216 (13.12%) Lead
2 198 (12.03%) Architect
3 169 (10.27%) Project Manager
4 160 (9.72%) Senior
5 159 (9.66%) Analyst
6 94 (5.71%) Consultant
7 83 (5.04%) Security Architect
8 73 (4.43%) Programme Manager
9 56 (3.40%) Developer
10 55 (3.34%) Business Analyst
11 50 (3.04%) Senior Manager
12 48 (2.92%) IT Manager
13 42 (2.55%) Risk Manager
14 38 (2.31%) Delivery Manager
15 37 (2.25%) Security Consultant
16 34 (2.07%) Security Engineer
16 34 (2.07%) Security Manager
17 32 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
18 31 (1.88%) Risk Analyst
18 31 (1.88%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.31%) Terraform
2 34 (2.07%) .NET
3 30 (1.82%) REST
4 23 (1.40%) Middleware
5 20 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
6 16 (0.97%) Kafka
7 15 (0.91%) OAuth
8 13 (0.79%) XML
9 12 (0.73%) JSON
9 12 (0.73%) SAML
10 11 (0.67%) OpenID
10 11 (0.67%) React
10 11 (0.67%) SLSA
11 10 (0.61%) SailPoint
11 10 (0.61%) SOAP
12 9 (0.55%) LDAP
12 9 (0.55%) Spring
12 9 (0.55%) Web Services
13 8 (0.49%) Leaflet
13 8 (0.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.44%) Onboarding
2 99 (6.01%) Management Information System
3 80 (4.86%) Product Ownership
4 72 (4.37%) Security Posture
5 62 (3.77%) Cloud Native
6 51 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
7 45 (2.73%) Operational Technology
8 38 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
8 38 (2.31%) Data Centre
9 32 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
11 30 (1.82%) Market Risk
12 28 (1.70%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.40%) PMI
14 22 (1.34%) Credit Risk
14 22 (1.34%) Derivative
15 21 (1.28%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.28%) Fixed Income
15 21 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 21 (1.28%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 61 (3.71%) Windows
2 47 (2.86%) Linux
3 31 (1.88%) Unix
4 20 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.36%) zOS
7 5 (0.30%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.18%) AIX
9 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.061%) Android
11 1 (0.061%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 667 (40.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 418 (25.39%) Cybersecurity
3 401 (24.36%) Agile
4 372 (22.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 356 (21.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 276 (16.77%) Decision-Making
7 239 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
8 232 (14.09%) Project Management
9 226 (13.73%) AI
10 223 (13.55%) Roadmaps
11 198 (12.03%) Information Security
12 191 (11.60%) Project Delivery
13 157 (9.54%) DevOps
14 155 (9.42%) Migration
15 152 (9.23%) Change Management
16 147 (8.93%) Analytics
17 144 (8.75%) Vulnerability Management
18 138 (8.38%) CI/CD
19 137 (8.32%) PRINCE2
20 125 (7.59%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 114 (6.93%) Python
2 88 (5.35%) SQL
3 37 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 36 (2.19%) Java
5 31 (1.88%) C#
6 17 (1.03%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.79%) Bash
8 11 (0.67%) VBA
9 8 (0.49%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.49%) Shell Script
9 8 (0.49%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.36%) Go
11 5 (0.30%) Bicep
11 5 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.24%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.24%) C++
12 4 (0.24%) CLIST
12 4 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.24%) JCL
12 4 (0.24%) REXX
Qualifications
1 453 (27.52%) Security Cleared
2 330 (20.05%) SC Cleared
3 156 (9.48%) Degree
4 148 (8.99%) CISSP
5 112 (6.80%) DV Cleared
6 94 (5.71%) CISM
7 82 (4.98%) PMI Certification
8 79 (4.80%) PMP
9 48 (2.92%) CRISC
10 40 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 33 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
12 30 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 29 (1.76%) CISA
14 26 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
15 23 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
16 22 (1.34%) Master's Degree
16 22 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
16 22 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 18 (1.09%) AWS Certification
18 17 (1.03%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (12.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 192 (11.66%) NIST
3 172 (10.45%) GRC
4 102 (6.20%) QA
5 97 (5.89%) GDPR
6 66 (4.01%) Data Quality
7 65 (3.95%) NCSC
7 65 (3.95%) PMO
8 34 (2.07%) JSP 440
9 32 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
10 23 (1.40%) NIST 800
11 18 (1.09%) SOC 2
12 16 (0.97%) Accessibility
12 16 (0.97%) COBIT
12 16 (0.97%) SLA
13 15 (0.91%) Def Stans
14 14 (0.85%) PCI DSS
15 13 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 12 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 12 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.03%) Docker
3 10 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.30%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
6 4 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
6 4 (0.24%) vSphere
7 3 (0.18%) Firmware
7 3 (0.18%) FreeRADIUS
7 3 (0.18%) Postfix
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.12%) NFS
8 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.061%) IAG
9 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 39 (2.37%) Kubernetes
2 28 (1.70%) Ansible
3 11 (0.67%) SCCM
4 10 (0.61%) Grafana
4 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.43%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.36%) Control-M
7 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.24%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.24%) OMEGAMON
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.24%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.18%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.18%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.18%) Puppet
10 2 (0.12%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.12%) NSN NetAct
10 2 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 252 (15.31%) Microsoft
2 100 (6.08%) ServiceNow
3 80 (4.86%) SAP
4 62 (3.77%) Oracle
5 36 (2.19%) Google
6 21 (1.28%) Splunk
7 20 (1.22%) Salesforce
8 14 (0.85%) Cisco
8 14 (0.85%) Databricks
8 14 (0.85%) Foundry
9 13 (0.79%) IBM
9 13 (0.79%) Qualys
9 13 (0.79%) VMware
10 12 (0.73%) Murex
11 11 (0.67%) BeyondTrust
11 11 (0.67%) CyberArk
11 11 (0.67%) Workday
12 9 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (0.55%) F5
12 9 (0.55%) Tenable