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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 48 61
Rank change year-on-year -18 +13 +9
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,187 1,103 1,316
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.56% 4.21% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 4.69% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 762 618 903
10th Percentile £400 £368 £406
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £568
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.73% -9.20%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £700
90th Percentile £849 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 39 57
10th Percentile £22.10 £26.10 £29.02
25th Percentile £33.50 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £41.94 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.10% - +464.44%
75th Percentile £79.85 £74.88 £83.40
90th Percentile £104.40 £80.64 -
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £61.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -12.19% +2.49% +464.44%

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 29,172 23,495 33,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.59% 89.70% 87.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,676 14,439 22,381
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £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 1,836 743 1,976
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.00 £16.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% - -
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.50 £61.78
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -8 659 £601 -3.92% 253
South East -18 161 £525 -8.70% 170
North of England -37 160 £500 -6.54% 69
Midlands -46 90 £525 - 63
Yorkshire +2 81 £492 -8.04% 25
North West -39 77 £500 - 41
West Midlands -48 56 £510 -13.19% 48
South West -12 55 £506 +3.85% 54
East Midlands -25 34 £544 +15.64% 15
East of England -40 30 £518 -10.00% 41
North East -23 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 51 (4.30%) Confluence
2 23 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.93%) SAS
5 10 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.25%) CMS
8 2 (0.17%) CICS
8 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.17%) nginx
9 1 (0.084%) Camunda
9 1 (0.084%) IIS
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.084%) Tomcat
Applications
1 75 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (4.63%) Microsoft Project
3 39 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (1.10%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.34%) Revit
6 4 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.34%) Trello
7 3 (0.25%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.17%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 17 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.59%) Loan IQ
4 5 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.42%) Primavera
5 4 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.34%) Endur
5 4 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.34%) Summit
6 3 (0.25%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.17%) Actimize
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.17%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.17%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.17%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 129 (10.87%) Azure
2 110 (9.27%) AWS
3 49 (4.13%) GCP
4 47 (3.96%) Power Platform
5 37 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (2.53%) Entra ID
7 27 (2.27%) SaaS
8 25 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
9 24 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (1.68%) Google Workspace
11 18 (1.52%) Google Sheets
12 15 (1.26%) GitHub
13 11 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (0.67%) Collibra
15 8 (0.67%) OCI
15 8 (0.67%) OpenShift
16 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
16 6 (0.51%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.29%) Firewall
2 26 (2.19%) Network Security
3 9 (0.76%) Internet
3 9 (0.76%) Kerberos
4 8 (0.67%) DNS
5 7 (0.59%) VPN
5 7 (0.59%) WAN
6 6 (0.51%) LAN
6 6 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
7 5 (0.42%) DHCP
7 5 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.34%) 5G
8 4 (0.34%) BIG-IP
9 3 (0.25%) Broadband
9 3 (0.25%) HTTP
9 3 (0.25%) Multicast
9 3 (0.25%) S/MIME
9 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (3.29%) Power BI
2 24 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (1.43%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.10%) Metadata
6 12 (1.01%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.76%) Tableau
8 8 (0.67%) KDB
8 8 (0.67%) Kdb+
9 5 (0.42%) Big Data
10 4 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.34%) Apache Arrow
10 4 (0.34%) Apache Iceberg
10 4 (0.34%) Data Mart
10 4 (0.34%) Dremio
10 4 (0.34%) MS Access
10 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.34%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 115 (9.69%) JIRA
2 11 (0.93%) Git
3 7 (0.59%) SpecFlow
4 6 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.42%) QUnit
6 3 (0.25%) GCC
6 3 (0.25%) GDB
6 3 (0.25%) GitLab
6 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.17%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.17%) Postman
8 1 (0.084%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.084%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.084%) MLflow
8 1 (0.084%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.084%) Selenium
8 1 (0.084%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.084%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.084%) TeamCity
General
1 502 (42.29%) Social Skills
2 474 (39.93%) Finance
3 211 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
4 171 (14.41%) Banking
5 110 (9.27%) Public Sector
6 98 (8.26%) Legal
7 54 (4.55%) Front Office
8 52 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
9 43 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (3.45%) Investment Banking
11 32 (2.70%) Financial Institution
12 29 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.94%) Retail
14 21 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (1.52%) Military
16 17 (1.43%) Law
17 16 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.35%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.35%) Telecoms
18 15 (1.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 155 (13.06%) Analyst
2 131 (11.04%) Project Manager
3 128 (10.78%) Lead
4 123 (10.36%) Senior
5 94 (7.92%) Developer
6 89 (7.50%) Consultant
7 87 (7.33%) Architect
8 62 (5.22%) Business Analyst
9 56 (4.72%) Programme Manager
10 41 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
11 40 (3.37%) Risk Analyst
12 39 (3.29%) Senior Manager
13 36 (3.03%) Security Architect
13 36 (3.03%) Senior Developer
14 32 (2.70%) Security Consultant
15 30 (2.53%) Risk Manager
15 30 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
16 27 (2.27%) Java Developer
17 25 (2.11%) Security Analyst
18 24 (2.02%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.94%) Kafka
2 18 (1.52%) REST
3 15 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
4 13 (1.10%) .NET
4 13 (1.10%) Middleware
4 13 (1.10%) NumPy
4 13 (1.10%) OAuth
4 13 (1.10%) Pandas
5 12 (1.01%) SAML
6 11 (0.93%) .NET Framework
7 10 (0.84%) XML
8 9 (0.76%) COM
8 9 (0.76%) Dask
9 8 (0.67%) Playwright
10 7 (0.59%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.59%) Entity Framework
10 7 (0.59%) NHibernate
10 7 (0.59%) React
11 6 (0.51%) LDAP
11 6 (0.51%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 136 (11.46%) Management Information System
2 66 (5.56%) Derivative
3 60 (5.05%) Security Posture
4 55 (4.63%) Product Ownership
5 45 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 43 (3.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 39 (3.29%) Equities
7 39 (3.29%) Market Risk
8 31 (2.61%) Credit Risk
9 30 (2.53%) Algorithms
9 30 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
10 29 (2.44%) Fixed Income
11 28 (2.36%) Cloud Native
12 27 (2.27%) Data Centre
13 25 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
14 23 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
15 20 (1.68%) Operational Technology
16 18 (1.52%) Data Structures
17 17 (1.43%) Hedge funds
18 16 (1.35%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 36 (3.03%) Linux
2 29 (2.44%) Windows
3 18 (1.52%) Unix
4 5 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.25%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.25%) VMS
5 3 (0.25%) zOS
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.084%) Android
7 1 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.084%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (28.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 279 (23.50%) Agile
3 237 (19.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 227 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
5 188 (15.84%) Cybersecurity
5 188 (15.84%) Project Management
6 175 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 161 (13.56%) Decision-Making
8 145 (12.22%) Information Security
9 122 (10.28%) Change Management
10 113 (9.52%) Analytics
10 113 (9.52%) Roadmaps
11 109 (9.18%) Regulatory Compliance
12 107 (9.01%) Migration
12 107 (9.01%) Project Delivery
13 94 (7.92%) AI
14 92 (7.75%) PRINCE2
15 87 (7.33%) Scrum
16 80 (6.74%) Data Analysis
17 79 (6.66%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 123 (10.36%) SQL
2 111 (9.35%) Python
3 48 (4.04%) Java
4 28 (2.36%) PowerShell
5 27 (2.27%) C++
6 25 (2.11%) C#
7 16 (1.35%) VBA
8 12 (1.01%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.59%) R
10 5 (0.42%) Korn
10 5 (0.42%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.25%) Bash
12 3 (0.25%) JCL
12 3 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.17%) Perl
13 2 (0.17%) RPG
13 2 (0.17%) Rust
13 2 (0.17%) Scala
13 2 (0.17%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 227 (19.12%) Security Cleared
2 212 (17.86%) Degree
3 168 (14.15%) SC Cleared
4 98 (8.26%) CISSP
5 71 (5.98%) CISM
6 69 (5.81%) PMI Certification
7 65 (5.48%) PMP
8 56 (4.72%) DV Cleared
9 54 (4.55%) Master's Degree
10 39 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (2.02%) CRISC
13 20 (1.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 19 (1.60%) CISA
15 16 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
16 15 (1.26%) PhD
17 9 (0.76%) GIAC
17 9 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 8 (0.67%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (12.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 138 (11.63%) NIST
3 105 (8.85%) GDPR
4 98 (8.26%) GRC
5 66 (5.56%) PMO
6 63 (5.31%) QA
7 40 (3.37%) Data Quality
8 38 (3.20%) PCI DSS
9 32 (2.70%) NCSC
10 25 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 16 (1.35%) COBIT
12 15 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 14 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
13 14 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
13 14 (1.18%) Def Stans
13 14 (1.18%) EU AI Act
13 14 (1.18%) SLA
14 12 (1.01%) SOC 2
15 11 (0.93%) NIST 800
16 10 (0.84%) RMADS
System Software
1 30 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.10%) Docker
3 9 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.084%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.084%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.084%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.01%) Terraform
3 11 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.59%) Ansible
5 7 (0.59%) SCCM
6 5 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
6 5 (0.42%) RSA Archer
7 3 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.25%) QRadar
8 2 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.17%) Grafana
8 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.084%) Control-M
9 1 (0.084%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.084%) Nessus
9 1 (0.084%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.084%) TeamSite
9 1 (0.084%) WSUS
Vendors
1 155 (13.06%) Microsoft
2 51 (4.30%) ServiceNow
3 50 (4.21%) Oracle
4 46 (3.88%) SAP
5 38 (3.20%) Google
6 20 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.52%) Murex
8 11 (0.93%) Cisco
8 11 (0.93%) Splunk
9 10 (0.84%) Citrix
9 10 (0.84%) Workday
10 9 (0.76%) Databricks
10 9 (0.76%) VMware
11 8 (0.67%) CyberArk
11 8 (0.67%) Informatica
12 7 (0.59%) F5
13 6 (0.51%) Ariba
13 6 (0.51%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.51%) IBM
14 5 (0.42%) Solace