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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 65 61
Rank change year-on-year +11 -4 +24
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,229 1,092 1,472
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.42% 3.31% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.86% 3.85% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 632 981
10th Percentile £363 £375 £406
25th Percentile £450 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +0.42%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £720
90th Percentile £875 £850 £875
UK median daily rate £564 £560 £575
% change year-on-year +0.67% -2.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 25 53
10th Percentile £22.16 £32.75 £26.25
25th Percentile £29.52 £43.75 £39.60
Median hourly rate £33.50 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.74% -4.17% +23.22%
75th Percentile £54.50 £67.50 £83.40
90th Percentile £77.80 £75.24 -
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £57.50 £49.50
% change year-on-year -41.74% +16.16% +7.57%

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 25,277 28,358 37,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.89% 86.07% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,059 17,631 26,012
10th Percentile £300 £313 £315
25th Percentile £405 £420 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,509 1,303 1,436
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.66%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.55 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.53%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Risk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +24 708 £650 +8.33% 596
North of England -8 174 £500 -20.00% 154
North West -13 106 £511 -23.23% 89
South East -5 105 £550 - 347
South West +32 95 £575 +17.95% 91
Midlands -12 91 £463 -11.90% 100
Yorkshire +13 66 £500 -6.45% 53
West Midlands -15 59 £475 -5.00% 60
East of England 0 36 £600 +9.09% 46
East Midlands +8 32 £402 -30.69% 37
North East -4 4 - - 14
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 43 (3.50%) Confluence
2 36 (2.93%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (1.30%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.22%) CMS
5 12 (0.98%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.65%) CICS
7 7 (0.57%) Apache
8 6 (0.49%) SAS
9 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.16%) IIS
11 1 (0.081%) Camunda
11 1 (0.081%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.081%) Kentico
11 1 (0.081%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.081%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.081%) Umbraco
Applications
1 64 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.06%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.41%) Trello
7 2 (0.16%) GNU Octave
7 2 (0.16%) Navisworks
7 2 (0.16%) ProjectWise
7 2 (0.16%) Revit
7 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.081%) CANalyzer
8 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.081%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 29 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (2.12%) Endur
3 8 (0.65%) SAP CO
3 8 (0.65%) SAP FI
3 8 (0.65%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (0.57%) VisionPLUS
5 5 (0.41%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.33%) ION Anvil
6 4 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.24%) Kondor
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.16%) Actimize
8 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 142 (11.55%) AWS
2 102 (8.30%) Azure
3 68 (5.53%) GCP
4 37 (3.01%) dbt
5 33 (2.69%) Power Platform
6 32 (2.60%) SaaS
7 20 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (1.46%) GitHub
9 12 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (0.81%) Amazon SQS
10 10 (0.81%) Entra ID
11 9 (0.73%) Datadog
12 8 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (0.65%) PaaS
12 8 (0.65%) Serverless
13 7 (0.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (0.57%) Route 53
13 7 (0.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.66%) Firewall
2 25 (2.03%) Network Security
3 8 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (0.57%) Multicast
5 6 (0.49%) 5G
6 5 (0.41%) VPN
6 5 (0.41%) WAN
7 4 (0.33%) S/MIME
7 4 (0.33%) SSL
8 3 (0.24%) LAN
8 3 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.16%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.16%) SAN
9 2 (0.16%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.16%) SSH
10 1 (0.081%) DWDM
10 1 (0.081%) Intranet
10 1 (0.081%) Radio Access Network
10 1 (0.081%) VSAN
10 1 (0.081%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (5.61%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (2.93%) Amazon Athena
2 36 (2.93%) Apache Arrow
2 36 (2.93%) Apache Iceberg
2 36 (2.93%) Dremio
3 32 (2.60%) SQL Server
4 30 (2.44%) Power BI
5 15 (1.22%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.98%) Big Data
7 11 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (0.90%) NoSQL
8 10 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
8 10 (0.81%) Hadoop
9 9 (0.73%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.73%) Tableau
10 8 (0.65%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.57%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.49%) MySQL
12 6 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 84 (6.83%) JIRA
2 37 (3.01%) Git
3 23 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.22%) SonarQube
5 13 (1.06%) Maven
6 11 (0.90%) SpecFlow
6 11 (0.90%) TeamCity
7 8 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.57%) GCC
8 7 (0.57%) GDB
9 6 (0.49%) JUnit
10 5 (0.41%) Gradle
10 5 (0.41%) Mockito
11 4 (0.33%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.33%) SonarLint
11 4 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
12 3 (0.24%) Bitbucket Server
12 3 (0.24%) DbUnit
12 3 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 558 (45.40%) Finance
2 507 (41.25%) Social Skills
3 212 (17.25%) Analytical Skills
4 204 (16.60%) Banking
5 101 (8.22%) Front Office
5 101 (8.22%) Public Sector
6 73 (5.94%) Legal
7 63 (5.13%) Investment Banking
8 51 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
9 42 (3.42%) Telecoms
10 33 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
11 31 (2.52%) Back Office
11 31 (2.52%) Financial Institution
11 31 (2.52%) Retail
12 30 (2.44%) Manufacturing
13 25 (2.03%) Marketing
14 23 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (1.87%) Law
15 21 (1.71%) Retail Banking
16 20 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 176 (14.32%) Analyst
2 159 (12.94%) Developer
3 155 (12.61%) Project Manager
4 119 (9.68%) Senior
5 114 (9.28%) Lead
6 102 (8.30%) Architect
7 89 (7.24%) Consultant
8 88 (7.16%) Business Analyst
9 57 (4.64%) AWS Developer
10 47 (3.82%) IT Manager
10 47 (3.82%) Java Developer
11 45 (3.66%) Programme Manager
12 41 (3.34%) Software Engineer
13 39 (3.17%) Security Consultant
14 38 (3.09%) Security Architect
15 37 (3.01%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 36 (2.93%) AWS Engineer
16 36 (2.93%) AWS Software Engineer
17 35 (2.85%) Python Developer
18 34 (2.77%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (5.04%) React
2 60 (4.88%) AngularJS
3 43 (3.50%) Node.js
4 37 (3.01%) NumPy
4 37 (3.01%) SciPy
5 36 (2.93%) .NET
5 36 (2.93%) Pandas
5 36 (2.93%) Vue
6 31 (2.52%) Kafka
7 26 (2.12%) REST
7 26 (2.12%) RESTful
8 15 (1.22%) Spring Boot
9 14 (1.14%) SOAP
10 13 (1.06%) .NET Framework
11 12 (0.98%) Middleware
11 12 (0.98%) Playwright
12 11 (0.90%) Entity Framework
12 11 (0.90%) NHibernate
13 9 (0.73%) gRPC
13 9 (0.73%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 138 (11.23%) Management Information System
2 66 (5.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 55 (4.48%) Product Ownership
4 51 (4.15%) Market Risk
5 50 (4.07%) Fixed Income
6 49 (3.99%) Security Posture
7 48 (3.91%) Derivative
8 45 (3.66%) Equities
9 36 (2.93%) Onboarding
10 35 (2.85%) Credit Risk
11 34 (2.77%) Data Centre
12 28 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
13 26 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
14 23 (1.87%) Cloud Native
15 21 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
16 20 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
17 18 (1.46%) Security Operations Centre
18 16 (1.30%) Algorithms
18 16 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
19 14 (1.14%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.93%) Windows
2 35 (2.85%) Linux
3 16 (1.30%) Unix
4 5 (0.41%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.24%) zOS
6 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.081%) Android
7 1 (0.081%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.081%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.081%) VMS
7 1 (0.081%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (27.58%) Agile
2 303 (24.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 244 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
4 236 (19.20%) Project Management
5 227 (18.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 195 (15.87%) Cybersecurity
7 165 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 159 (12.94%) Decision-Making
9 141 (11.47%) Change Management
10 139 (11.31%) Information Security
11 128 (10.41%) Project Delivery
12 121 (9.85%) Scrum
13 105 (8.54%) Migration
14 91 (7.40%) Analytics
14 91 (7.40%) DevOps
15 83 (6.75%) Roadmaps
16 82 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
17 76 (6.18%) Regulatory Compliance
18 75 (6.10%) PRINCE2
19 71 (5.78%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 136 (11.07%) Python
2 106 (8.62%) SQL
3 95 (7.73%) Java
4 55 (4.48%) JavaScript
5 54 (4.39%) TypeScript
6 39 (3.17%) C#
7 26 (2.12%) C++
8 11 (0.90%) PowerShell
9 10 (0.81%) JCL
10 9 (0.73%) R
11 7 (0.57%) COBOL
11 7 (0.57%) Haskell
12 5 (0.41%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.41%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.33%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.33%) VBA
14 3 (0.24%) Jython
14 3 (0.24%) OCaml
14 3 (0.24%) REXX
14 3 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 195 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 151 (12.29%) Degree
3 131 (10.66%) SC Cleared
4 89 (7.24%) CISSP
5 61 (4.96%) PMP
6 58 (4.72%) CISM
7 57 (4.64%) DV Cleared
8 56 (4.56%) PMI Certification
9 40 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 35 (2.85%) Master's Degree
11 32 (2.60%) CISA
12 28 (2.28%) CRISC
13 25 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (1.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 14 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 11 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 10 (0.81%) AWS Certification
19 9 (0.73%) CBAP
19 9 (0.73%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 138 (11.23%) NIST
3 87 (7.08%) GDPR
4 69 (5.61%) GRC
5 68 (5.53%) QA
6 45 (3.66%) PMO
7 35 (2.85%) PCI DSS
7 35 (2.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 28 (2.28%) Data Quality
9 27 (2.20%) NCSC
10 18 (1.46%) HIPAA
10 18 (1.46%) SLA
11 16 (1.30%) MiFID
11 16 (1.30%) NIST 800
11 16 (1.30%) RMADS
12 14 (1.14%) Accessibility
12 14 (1.14%) Basel III
12 14 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (1.14%) EU AI Act
13 13 (1.06%) COBIT
System Software
1 28 (2.28%) Docker
2 22 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.24%) Postfix
4 3 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
4 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.081%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.081%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 1 (0.081%) Microcode
6 1 (0.081%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (1.38%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.14%) Terraform
3 13 (1.06%) Ansible
4 10 (0.81%) Grafana
4 10 (0.81%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.49%) Amdocs OSS
5 6 (0.49%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.24%) CASB
8 3 (0.24%) QRadar
9 2 (0.16%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.16%) OPNET
9 2 (0.16%) SCCM
10 1 (0.081%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.081%) OMEGAMON
10 1 (0.081%) Puppet
10 1 (0.081%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 132 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 75 (6.10%) SAP
3 64 (5.21%) ServiceNow
4 37 (3.01%) Oracle
5 19 (1.55%) Salesforce
6 17 (1.38%) Google
6 17 (1.38%) Splunk
7 11 (0.90%) Cisco
7 11 (0.90%) Databricks
7 11 (0.90%) OpenLink
8 10 (0.81%) IBM
9 9 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (0.65%) CyberArk
10 8 (0.65%) Solace
11 7 (0.57%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.57%) Citrix
12 6 (0.49%) Amdocs
12 6 (0.49%) Ericsson
12 6 (0.49%) NetCracker
12 6 (0.49%) Nokia