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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 47 66
Rank change year-on-year -24 +19 -2
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,328 1,134 1,119
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.24% 4.66% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 5.11% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 888 723 752
10th Percentile £404 £370 £368
25th Percentile £475 £475 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £583 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +4.20% -6.75%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £732
90th Percentile £838 £850 £838
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 31 34
10th Percentile £20.27 £40.00 £17.55
25th Percentile £29.00 £47.06 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +20.00% +393.89%
75th Percentile £105.25 £78.38 £60.94
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.50 £70.13
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 34,728 22,194 31,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.62% 91.24% 86.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,149 14,504 20,626
10th Percentile £322 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £507 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 949 2,251
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.38 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.22 £15.97
Median hourly rate £45.78 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.86% -20.55% +0.29%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.40 £28.18 £36.02
% change year-on-year +50.46% -21.77% +0.06%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -36 639 £600 -7.69% 285
North of England -10 229 £513 -0.15% 92
South East -16 193 £563 -2.17% 164
Yorkshire -3 119 £487 -3.80% 34
North West -13 108 £550 +7.57% 51
Midlands -37 107 £537 +7.45% 54
South West +2 83 £570 +26.67% 52
West Midlands -39 74 £525 +5.00% 38
East of England -11 44 £525 -4.55% 45
East Midlands -27 33 £550 +22.22% 16
North East -31 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 61 (4.59%) Confluence
2 37 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.53%) SAS
4 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.075%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.075%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.075%) nginx
6 1 (0.075%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.075%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.075%) Tomcat
Applications
1 55 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
4 35 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.38%) Revit
7 4 (0.30%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.15%) Windchill
9 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.075%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 22 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.60%) Endur
2 8 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.53%) Loan IQ
3 7 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (0.53%) Summit
4 6 (0.45%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.38%) 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 (0.23%) Findur
7 3 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 161 (12.12%) Azure
2 123 (9.26%) AWS
3 56 (4.22%) GCP
4 53 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (3.39%) Power Platform
6 33 (2.48%) Entra ID
7 32 (2.41%) SaaS
8 23 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
9 21 (1.58%) Google Workspace
10 20 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
12 18 (1.36%) Google Sheets
12 18 (1.36%) PaaS
13 15 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.83%) GitHub
14 11 (0.83%) OpenShift
15 10 (0.75%) Amazon S3
15 10 (0.75%) IaaS
16 9 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.09%) Network Security
2 23 (1.73%) Firewall
3 15 (1.13%) DNS
4 12 (0.90%) DHCP
5 11 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.75%) BIG-IP
7 9 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
7 9 (0.68%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.53%) 5G
9 6 (0.45%) HTTP
10 5 (0.38%) 3G
10 5 (0.38%) 4G
10 5 (0.38%) WAN
11 4 (0.30%) Internet
11 4 (0.30%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.30%) LAN
11 4 (0.30%) NAS
11 4 (0.30%) SAN
12 3 (0.23%) NGFW
13 2 (0.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.71%) Power BI
2 31 (2.33%) Metadata
3 20 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (0.83%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.75%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.60%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.53%) RDBMS
9 6 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.38%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.38%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.38%) Tableau
11 4 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.30%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.23%) Big Data
12 3 (0.23%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 113 (8.51%) JIRA
2 12 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.83%) Git
4 6 (0.45%) 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 (0.23%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.23%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.075%) Appium
7 1 (0.075%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.075%) ERwin
7 1 (0.075%) MLflow
7 1 (0.075%) SoapUI
General
1 493 (37.12%) Social Skills
2 488 (36.75%) Finance
3 209 (15.74%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (11.82%) Banking
5 139 (10.47%) Public Sector
6 98 (7.38%) Legal
7 44 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
7 44 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (2.64%) Financial Institution
9 30 (2.26%) Telecoms
10 29 (2.18%) Military
10 29 (2.18%) Retail
11 28 (2.11%) Investment Banking
12 27 (2.03%) Front Office
13 25 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (1.51%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.36%) Marketing
17 16 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 173 (13.03%) Lead
2 168 (12.65%) Project Manager
3 132 (9.94%) Senior
4 131 (9.86%) Architect
5 125 (9.41%) Analyst
6 86 (6.48%) Consultant
7 67 (5.05%) Programme Manager
8 62 (4.67%) Business Analyst
9 57 (4.29%) Developer
10 45 (3.39%) Security Architect
11 41 (3.09%) Risk Manager
11 41 (3.09%) Senior Manager
12 37 (2.79%) Delivery Manager
12 37 (2.79%) Security Consultant
13 35 (2.64%) Security Engineer
14 29 (2.18%) Risk Analyst
14 29 (2.18%) Security Manager
15 27 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
16 26 (1.96%) IT Manager
17 22 (1.66%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 16 (1.20%) REST
3 14 (1.05%) .NET
3 14 (1.05%) XML
4 12 (0.90%) Middleware
5 11 (0.83%) Kafka
5 11 (0.83%) Leaflet
6 10 (0.75%) JSON
7 8 (0.60%) OAuth
8 7 (0.53%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.53%) LDAP
8 7 (0.53%) React
8 7 (0.53%) SOAP
9 6 (0.45%) J2EE
9 6 (0.45%) JSP
9 6 (0.45%) OpenID
9 6 (0.45%) RESTful
9 6 (0.45%) SAML
9 6 (0.45%) Web Services
10 5 (0.38%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 97 (7.30%) Management Information System
2 55 (4.14%) Product Ownership
3 53 (3.99%) Onboarding
4 48 (3.61%) Derivative
4 48 (3.61%) Security Posture
5 40 (3.01%) Cloud Native
5 40 (3.01%) Data Centre
5 40 (3.01%) Operational Technology
6 39 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
7 33 (2.48%) Market Risk
8 22 (1.66%) AI Agents
8 22 (1.66%) Credit Risk
9 21 (1.58%) Data Structures
9 21 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
10 20 (1.51%) Fixed Income
11 19 (1.43%) Equities
11 19 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 18 (1.36%) NHS
13 17 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
14 15 (1.13%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.71%) Windows
2 29 (2.18%) Linux
3 18 (1.36%) Unix
4 8 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.45%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.23%) zOS
8 2 (0.15%) VMS
9 1 (0.075%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (30.87%) Stakeholder Management
2 329 (24.77%) Agile
3 261 (19.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 252 (18.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 233 (17.55%) Cybersecurity
6 231 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
7 222 (16.72%) Project Management
8 191 (14.38%) Decision-Making
9 161 (12.12%) Information Security
10 157 (11.82%) Roadmaps
11 146 (10.99%) AI
12 144 (10.84%) Change Management
13 134 (10.09%) Project Delivery
14 127 (9.56%) Migration
15 118 (8.89%) Analytics
16 117 (8.81%) Regulatory Compliance
17 111 (8.36%) PRINCE2
18 105 (7.91%) Data Protection
19 104 (7.83%) DevOps
20 101 (7.61%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 100 (7.53%) SQL
2 90 (6.78%) Python
3 47 (3.54%) Java
4 27 (2.03%) PowerShell
5 17 (1.28%) C#
6 16 (1.20%) C++
7 12 (0.90%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.75%) VBA
9 8 (0.60%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.45%) Bash
10 6 (0.45%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.38%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.30%) Perl
13 2 (0.15%) Go
13 2 (0.15%) Korn
13 2 (0.15%) RPG
13 2 (0.15%) Scala
14 1 (0.075%) C
14 1 (0.075%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.075%) R
Qualifications
1 309 (23.27%) Security Cleared
2 223 (16.79%) SC Cleared
3 191 (14.38%) Degree
4 108 (8.13%) CISSP
5 81 (6.10%) CISM
6 71 (5.35%) DV Cleared
7 68 (5.12%) PMP
8 66 (4.97%) PMI Certification
9 39 (2.94%) CRISC
10 29 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 22 (1.66%) Master's Degree
13 19 (1.43%) CISA
14 17 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 15 (1.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 15 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.98%) CESG Certified Professional
16 13 (0.98%) GIAC
17 12 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 9 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (12.73%) NIST
2 163 (12.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 110 (8.28%) GRC
4 97 (7.30%) GDPR
5 80 (6.02%) PMO
6 65 (4.89%) QA
7 53 (3.99%) Data Quality
8 44 (3.31%) PCI DSS
9 38 (2.86%) NCSC
10 32 (2.41%) JSP 440
10 32 (2.41%) SLA
11 25 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
11 25 (1.88%) SOC 2
12 22 (1.66%) COBIT
12 22 (1.66%) NIST 800
13 16 (1.20%) RMADS
13 16 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 15 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.83%) ISO 22301
15 11 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 26 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.90%) Docker
3 8 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.30%) Postfix
4 4 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.075%) FreeRADIUS
6 1 (0.075%) NFS
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.075%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (1.66%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.83%) Ansible
3 10 (0.75%) SCCM
4 9 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.68%) Terraform
5 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.38%) Control-M
7 4 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.30%) Grafana
7 4 (0.30%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.30%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.23%) CASB
8 3 (0.23%) Nessus
9 2 (0.15%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.15%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.15%) NSN NetAct
9 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.075%) Avamar
Vendors
1 178 (13.40%) Microsoft
2 73 (5.50%) ServiceNow
3 69 (5.20%) Oracle
4 67 (5.05%) SAP
5 41 (3.09%) Google
6 21 (1.58%) Murex
6 21 (1.58%) Workday
7 20 (1.51%) Salesforce
8 12 (0.90%) Cisco
8 12 (0.90%) F5
9 11 (0.83%) Databricks
9 11 (0.83%) VMware
10 9 (0.68%) Splunk
11 8 (0.60%) Infoblox
12 7 (0.53%) Ariba
12 7 (0.53%) Bloomberg
12 7 (0.53%) Foundry
12 7 (0.53%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (0.45%) Informatica