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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 46 75
Rank change year-on-year -24 +29 -12
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,441 1,187 1,032
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.31% 4.70% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.88% 5.14% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 954 749 657
10th Percentile £408 £390 £358
25th Percentile £481 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £738
90th Percentile £816 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 23 30
10th Percentile £21.08 £46.30 £15.50
25th Percentile £44.34 £48.13 £35.00
Median hourly rate £64.09 £61.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% +22.99% +370.37%
75th Percentile £87.16 £79.50 £60.94
90th Percentile £106.70 £87.45 £70.02
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.40% +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 37,112 23,092 31,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.37% 91.39% 85.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,409 14,893 20,664
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £418 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,320 1,127 2,324
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.87%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.60
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +4.17%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 27 June 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 -38 688 £600 -7.69% 290
North of England -9 250 £512 -0.12% 91
South East -10 209 £563 +2.27% 154
Yorkshire +8 125 £500 -4.76% 29
North West -22 123 £540 +5.62% 50
Midlands -37 118 £550 +15.79% 50
South West -1 97 £570 +11.76% 51
West Midlands -36 88 £545 +9.00% 28
East of England +5 51 £525 -4.55% 40
East Midlands -12 30 £550 +23.66% 22
North East -40 4 £454 -17.50% 15
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 62 (4.30%) Confluence
2 33 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.69%) SAS
4 4 (0.28%) IIS
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.069%) Appian
7 1 (0.069%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.069%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.069%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.069%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.069%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 42 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (2.64%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.28%) Navisworks
5 4 (0.28%) Revit
5 4 (0.28%) Trello
6 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.21%) Windchill
7 1 (0.069%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.069%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 23 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.83%) Endur
3 7 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.42%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (0.42%) Primavera
4 6 (0.42%) Summit
5 5 (0.35%) Actimize
5 5 (0.35%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.28%) Sage X3
6 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.21%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 201 (13.95%) Azure
2 147 (10.20%) AWS
3 63 (4.37%) GCP
4 50 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (3.12%) Entra ID
5 45 (3.12%) Power Platform
6 43 (2.98%) SaaS
7 26 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (1.80%) Microsoft Purview
8 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
8 19 (1.32%) PaaS
9 15 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (1.04%) Google Workspace
10 14 (0.97%) GitHub
11 13 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (0.83%) Google Sheets
12 12 (0.83%) IaaS
13 11 (0.76%) Azure AI
14 10 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (0.69%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.33%) Network Security
2 34 (2.36%) Firewall
3 15 (1.04%) DNS
4 14 (0.97%) DHCP
4 14 (0.97%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.76%) BIG-IP
6 10 (0.69%) 5G
7 9 (0.62%) WAN
7 9 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.56%) 4G
9 7 (0.49%) LAN
9 7 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.42%) HTTP
11 5 (0.35%) 3G
11 5 (0.35%) Internet
11 5 (0.35%) NAS
11 5 (0.35%) NGFW
11 5 (0.35%) SAN
11 5 (0.35%) VPN
12 4 (0.28%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (2.29%) Power BI
2 28 (1.94%) Metadata
3 20 (1.39%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.97%) Relational Database
6 13 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (0.69%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.62%) RDBMS
9 8 (0.56%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.42%) Big Data
11 5 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.35%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.35%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.35%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.28%) Tableau
13 3 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 105 (7.29%) JIRA
2 15 (1.04%) Jenkins
3 14 (0.97%) Git
4 7 (0.49%) Selenium
5 6 (0.42%) GitLab
6 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.28%) DbUnit
7 4 (0.28%) jMock
7 4 (0.28%) JUnit
7 4 (0.28%) Maven
7 4 (0.28%) Mockito
7 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.28%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.21%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.21%) MLflow
9 2 (0.14%) TestRail
9 2 (0.14%) Vite
9 2 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 543 (37.68%) Social Skills
2 537 (37.27%) Finance
3 228 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (11.31%) Banking
5 162 (11.24%) Public Sector
6 118 (8.19%) Legal
7 53 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
8 51 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
9 40 (2.78%) Financial Institution
10 37 (2.57%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.43%) Front Office
12 31 (2.15%) Retail
13 28 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
14 27 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
14 27 (1.87%) Law
14 27 (1.87%) Manufacturing
15 26 (1.80%) Military
16 24 (1.67%) Investment Banking
17 23 (1.60%) Aerospace
18 22 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 188 (13.05%) Lead
2 172 (11.94%) Project Manager
3 152 (10.55%) Architect
4 143 (9.92%) Senior
5 130 (9.02%) Analyst
6 88 (6.11%) Consultant
7 64 (4.44%) Programme Manager
8 58 (4.02%) Developer
8 58 (4.02%) Security Architect
9 56 (3.89%) Business Analyst
10 52 (3.61%) Senior Manager
11 48 (3.33%) Risk Manager
12 38 (2.64%) IT Manager
13 37 (2.57%) Security Consultant
14 36 (2.50%) Security Engineer
15 33 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
15 33 (2.29%) Security Manager
16 27 (1.87%) Solutions Architect
17 25 (1.73%) Risk Analyst
18 24 (1.67%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 24 (1.67%) .NET
3 21 (1.46%) REST
4 18 (1.25%) Middleware
5 16 (1.11%) XML
6 14 (0.97%) Kafka
7 13 (0.90%) JSON
8 11 (0.76%) Azure Blueprints
8 11 (0.76%) Leaflet
8 11 (0.76%) OAuth
8 11 (0.76%) OpenID
8 11 (0.76%) React
8 11 (0.76%) SAML
8 11 (0.76%) SOAP
9 9 (0.62%) LDAP
9 9 (0.62%) Web Services
10 8 (0.56%) PySpark
11 7 (0.49%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.49%) RESTful
12 6 (0.42%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.29%) Management Information System
2 75 (5.20%) Product Ownership
3 64 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 61 (4.23%) Security Posture
5 57 (3.96%) Cloud Native
6 49 (3.40%) Operational Technology
7 43 (2.98%) Data Protection Act
8 41 (2.85%) Data Centre
9 32 (2.22%) Derivative
10 30 (2.08%) Market Risk
11 25 (1.73%) PMI
12 24 (1.67%) NHS
13 22 (1.53%) AI Agents
13 22 (1.53%) Fixed Income
13 22 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.39%) Credit Risk
15 19 (1.32%) Data Structures
16 18 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
17 17 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 17 (1.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 49 (3.40%) Windows
2 39 (2.71%) Linux
3 24 (1.67%) Unix
4 18 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.49%) zOS
7 6 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.21%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (34.07%) Stakeholder Management
2 354 (24.57%) Agile
3 320 (22.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 301 (20.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 294 (20.40%) Cybersecurity
6 226 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
7 220 (15.27%) Project Management
8 219 (15.20%) Decision-Making
9 196 (13.60%) Roadmaps
10 188 (13.05%) Information Security
11 163 (11.31%) AI
12 160 (11.10%) Change Management
13 138 (9.58%) Project Delivery
14 128 (8.88%) Migration
15 123 (8.54%) Analytics
15 123 (8.54%) DevOps
16 120 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
17 117 (8.12%) PRINCE2
18 108 (7.49%) Data Protection
19 106 (7.36%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 98 (6.80%) Python
2 95 (6.59%) SQL
3 44 (3.05%) Java
4 36 (2.50%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.60%) C#
6 15 (1.04%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.90%) VBA
8 10 (0.69%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.49%) Bash
9 7 (0.49%) Shell Script
9 7 (0.49%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.28%) Assembly Language
10 4 (0.28%) Bicep
10 4 (0.28%) CLIST
10 4 (0.28%) Go
10 4 (0.28%) JCL
10 4 (0.28%) REXX
11 3 (0.21%) C
11 3 (0.21%) C++
11 3 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 349 (24.22%) Security Cleared
2 256 (17.77%) SC Cleared
3 182 (12.63%) Degree
4 131 (9.09%) CISSP
5 86 (5.97%) CISM
6 84 (5.83%) DV Cleared
7 73 (5.07%) PMI Certification
8 68 (4.72%) PMP
9 41 (2.85%) CRISC
10 33 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 32 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 27 (1.87%) CISA
13 25 (1.73%) Master's Degree
14 22 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 20 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
16 18 (1.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 14 (0.97%) AWS Certification
17 14 (0.97%) CESG Certified Professional
17 14 (0.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 11 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (12.63%) NIST
2 177 (12.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 140 (9.72%) GRC
4 96 (6.66%) GDPR
5 72 (5.00%) PMO
6 66 (4.58%) QA
7 58 (4.02%) Data Quality
8 47 (3.26%) NCSC
9 38 (2.64%) PCI DSS
10 36 (2.50%) JSP 440
11 31 (2.15%) SLA
12 30 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
13 29 (2.01%) SOC 2
14 25 (1.73%) NIST 800
15 19 (1.32%) COBIT
16 17 (1.18%) RMADS
17 16 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 13 (0.90%) Def Stans
19 11 (0.76%) ISO 22301
19 11 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 32 (2.22%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.90%) Docker
3 8 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.28%) Postfix
5 4 (0.28%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.21%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.14%) NFS
7 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.069%) FreeRADIUS
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.069%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.069%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.32%) Terraform
3 17 (1.18%) Ansible
4 13 (0.90%) SCCM
5 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.42%) Grafana
7 6 (0.42%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.35%) Control-M
9 4 (0.28%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.28%) OMEGAMON
10 3 (0.21%) CASB
10 3 (0.21%) Nessus
11 2 (0.14%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.14%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.14%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.14%) NSN NetAct
11 2 (0.14%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 197 (13.67%) Microsoft
2 87 (6.04%) ServiceNow
3 71 (4.93%) SAP
4 67 (4.65%) Oracle
5 41 (2.85%) Google
6 20 (1.39%) Workday
7 19 (1.32%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.11%) Cisco
8 16 (1.11%) Murex
9 14 (0.97%) Splunk
10 13 (0.90%) F5
11 12 (0.83%) Qualys
12 11 (0.76%) Foundry
12 11 (0.76%) VMware
13 10 (0.69%) IBM
13 10 (0.69%) Infoblox
14 9 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
14 9 (0.62%) Databricks
15 8 (0.56%) Rapid7
15 8 (0.56%) Tenable