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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 45 65
Rank change year-on-year -24 +20 -2
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,349 1,130 1,130
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.31% 4.62% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 5.06% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 896 713 757
10th Percentile £406 £370 £363
25th Percentile £467 £469 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £684 £750 £725
90th Percentile £839 £850 £838
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 33 36
10th Percentile £20.47 £40.00 £18.92
25th Percentile £36.00 £47.83 £35.00
Median hourly rate £74.68 £61.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.44% +17.13% +393.89%
75th Percentile £105.25 £78.40 £60.31
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.41 £70.09
UK median hourly rate £72.02 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +10.80% +30.00% +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 34,606 22,325 31,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.80% 91.23% 86.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,091 14,613 20,852
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.75% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,151 936 2,252
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.56 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.80 £29.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.55% -20.14% -2.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.29 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +46.09% -21.23% +1.39%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -32 652 £600 -7.69% 326
North of England -9 226 £509 -0.65% 114
South East -11 207 £550 -4.35% 147
Yorkshire -7 113 £487 -2.60% 54
North West -7 111 £550 +7.57% 54
Midlands -47 104 £537 +7.40% 69
South West -3 81 £560 +24.44% 65
West Midlands -35 73 £525 +4.79% 38
East of England -13 46 £525 -0.94% 56
East Midlands -33 31 £544 +20.83% 30
North East -30 2 £480 -16.52% 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 64 (4.74%) Confluence
2 36 (2.67%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.52%) SAS
5 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.15%) IIS
6 2 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.074%) CMS
7 1 (0.074%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.074%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.074%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.074%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
Applications
1 59 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
3 39 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.37%) Revit
7 4 (0.30%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.15%) Windchill
9 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.074%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.074%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 22 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.59%) Endur
2 8 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.52%) Loan IQ
3 7 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (0.52%) Summit
4 6 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.37%) Actimize
6 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.30%) Primavera
6 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.30%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.22%) Findur
7 3 (0.22%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 161 (11.93%) Azure
2 130 (9.64%) AWS
3 57 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (4.00%) GCP
5 46 (3.41%) Power Platform
6 34 (2.52%) SaaS
7 32 (2.37%) Entra ID
8 23 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 21 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (1.48%) Google Workspace
11 18 (1.33%) Google Sheets
11 18 (1.33%) PaaS
12 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
13 14 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.82%) GitHub
15 10 (0.74%) Amazon S3
15 10 (0.74%) IaaS
15 10 (0.74%) OpenShift
16 9 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.04%) Network Security
2 23 (1.70%) Firewall
3 15 (1.11%) DNS
4 12 (0.89%) DHCP
4 12 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (0.74%) BIG-IP
6 9 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (0.67%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.52%) 5G
8 6 (0.44%) HTTP
8 6 (0.44%) WAN
9 5 (0.37%) 3G
9 5 (0.37%) 4G
9 5 (0.37%) Internet
9 5 (0.37%) LAN
10 3 (0.22%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.22%) NAS
10 3 (0.22%) NGFW
10 3 (0.22%) SAN
10 3 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.59%) Power BI
2 31 (2.30%) Metadata
3 19 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (0.89%) Relational Database
5 12 (0.89%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.59%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.52%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.37%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.37%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.37%) Tableau
10 4 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (0.30%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.30%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.22%) Big Data
11 3 (0.22%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 121 (8.97%) JIRA
2 16 (1.19%) Git
3 12 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.44%) GitLab
5 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
5 4 (0.30%) DbUnit
5 4 (0.30%) jMock
5 4 (0.30%) JUnit
5 4 (0.30%) Maven
5 4 (0.30%) Mockito
5 4 (0.30%) Selenium
5 4 (0.30%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.22%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.074%) Appium
7 1 (0.074%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.074%) ERwin
7 1 (0.074%) MLflow
7 1 (0.074%) SoapUI
General
1 514 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 498 (36.92%) Finance
3 214 (15.86%) Analytical Skills
4 168 (12.45%) Banking
5 138 (10.23%) Public Sector
6 99 (7.34%) Legal
7 44 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
8 43 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
9 34 (2.52%) Financial Institution
10 31 (2.30%) Retail
11 29 (2.15%) Military
12 28 (2.08%) Telecoms
13 27 (2.00%) Front Office
13 27 (2.00%) Investment Banking
14 26 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
16 20 (1.48%) Manufacturing
17 19 (1.41%) Marketing
18 18 (1.33%) Law
19 16 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 176 (13.05%) Project Manager
2 172 (12.75%) Lead
3 132 (9.79%) Senior
4 130 (9.64%) Architect
5 126 (9.34%) Analyst
6 86 (6.38%) Consultant
7 69 (5.11%) Programme Manager
8 64 (4.74%) Business Analyst
9 63 (4.67%) Developer
10 45 (3.34%) Security Architect
11 41 (3.04%) Senior Manager
12 40 (2.97%) Delivery Manager
12 40 (2.97%) Risk Manager
13 37 (2.74%) Security Consultant
14 33 (2.45%) Security Engineer
15 29 (2.15%) Security Manager
16 26 (1.93%) Risk Analyst
16 26 (1.93%) Solutions Architect
17 25 (1.85%) IT Manager
17 25 (1.85%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 16 (1.19%) .NET
3 14 (1.04%) REST
4 13 (0.96%) XML
5 12 (0.89%) Kafka
5 12 (0.89%) Middleware
6 11 (0.82%) Leaflet
7 9 (0.67%) JSON
7 9 (0.67%) RESTful
8 7 (0.52%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.52%) OAuth
8 7 (0.52%) React
9 6 (0.44%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.44%) J2EE
9 6 (0.44%) JSP
9 6 (0.44%) LDAP
9 6 (0.44%) PyTorch
9 6 (0.44%) SOAP
10 5 (0.37%) SAML
10 5 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 102 (7.56%) Management Information System
2 54 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 52 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 48 (3.56%) Security Posture
5 47 (3.48%) Derivative
6 40 (2.97%) Operational Technology
7 38 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
8 36 (2.67%) Cloud Native
8 36 (2.67%) Market Risk
9 35 (2.59%) Data Centre
10 27 (2.00%) Credit Risk
11 22 (1.63%) AI Agents
12 21 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 20 (1.48%) Data Structures
13 20 (1.48%) Equities
13 20 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
14 19 (1.41%) NHS
15 18 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (1.33%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.89%) Windows
2 29 (2.15%) Linux
3 16 (1.19%) Unix
4 7 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.44%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.22%) zOS
8 2 (0.15%) VMS
9 1 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (31.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 342 (25.35%) Agile
3 264 (19.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 256 (18.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 239 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
6 230 (17.05%) Cybersecurity
7 225 (16.68%) Project Management
8 190 (14.08%) Decision-Making
9 167 (12.38%) Information Security
10 159 (11.79%) Roadmaps
11 143 (10.60%) Change Management
11 143 (10.60%) Project Delivery
12 142 (10.53%) AI
13 123 (9.12%) Migration
14 120 (8.90%) Analytics
14 120 (8.90%) Regulatory Compliance
15 117 (8.67%) PRINCE2
16 107 (7.93%) Data Protection
16 107 (7.93%) DevOps
17 99 (7.34%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 104 (7.71%) SQL
2 91 (6.75%) Python
3 49 (3.63%) Java
4 27 (2.00%) PowerShell
5 19 (1.41%) C#
6 15 (1.11%) C++
7 12 (0.89%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.89%) VBA
8 7 (0.52%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.44%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.37%) Bash
10 5 (0.37%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.30%) Perl
12 3 (0.22%) Korn
12 3 (0.22%) Scala
13 2 (0.15%) Go
13 2 (0.15%) RPG
14 1 (0.074%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.074%) R
Qualifications
1 308 (22.83%) Security Cleared
2 223 (16.53%) SC Cleared
3 192 (14.23%) Degree
4 112 (8.30%) CISSP
5 83 (6.15%) CISM
6 72 (5.34%) DV Cleared
6 72 (5.34%) PMP
7 68 (5.04%) PMI Certification
8 40 (2.97%) CRISC
9 27 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (1.48%) Master's Degree
11 19 (1.41%) CISA
12 17 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 14 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 14 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.04%) GIAC
14 13 (0.96%) CESG Certified Professional
14 13 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 10 (0.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (12.97%) NIST
2 174 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 116 (8.60%) GRC
4 101 (7.49%) GDPR
5 87 (6.45%) PMO
6 70 (5.19%) QA
7 53 (3.93%) Data Quality
8 46 (3.41%) PCI DSS
9 38 (2.82%) NCSC
10 32 (2.37%) JSP 440
11 31 (2.30%) SLA
12 26 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
13 25 (1.85%) SOC 2
14 23 (1.70%) COBIT
15 22 (1.63%) NIST 800
16 16 (1.19%) RMADS
16 16 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
18 13 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 11 (0.82%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 28 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.89%) Docker
3 7 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.30%) Postfix
4 4 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.22%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.074%) NFS
6 1 (0.074%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.074%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.82%) Ansible
3 10 (0.74%) SCCM
3 10 (0.74%) Terraform
4 9 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.37%) Control-M
7 4 (0.30%) Grafana
7 4 (0.30%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.30%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.22%) CASB
9 2 (0.15%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.15%) Nessus
9 2 (0.15%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.15%) NSN NetAct
9 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.074%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 179 (13.27%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.63%) ServiceNow
3 69 (5.11%) Oracle
4 66 (4.89%) SAP
5 40 (2.97%) Google
6 22 (1.63%) Workday
7 21 (1.56%) Murex
8 18 (1.33%) Salesforce
9 12 (0.89%) F5
10 11 (0.82%) Cisco
10 11 (0.82%) Databricks
11 10 (0.74%) VMware
12 9 (0.67%) Splunk
13 8 (0.59%) Infoblox
14 7 (0.52%) Ariba
14 7 (0.52%) Bloomberg
14 7 (0.52%) Foundry
14 7 (0.52%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
15 6 (0.44%) Remedy