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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 47 66
Rank change year-on-year -20 +19 -3
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,355 1,115 1,116
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.28% 4.65% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.87% 5.09% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 710 751
10th Percentile £406 £370 £368
25th Percentile £475 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £584 £559
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% +4.47% -6.83%
75th Percentile £688 £763 £734
90th Percentile £838 £852 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 34
10th Percentile £20.27 £38.92 £17.55
25th Percentile £27.12 £46.68 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.64% +18.57% +393.89%
75th Percentile £105.25 £77.52 £60.94
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.10 £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 34,973 21,894 31,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.30% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,266 14,295 20,565
10th Percentile £325 £305 £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 £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 929 2,246
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%
75th Percentile £68.00 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.44 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.82% +0.13%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -34 652 £600 -7.69% 294
North of England -7 233 £512 -0.26% 109
South East -10 200 £563 +2.27% 151
Yorkshire +2 122 £492 -2.81% 38
North West -10 109 £550 +7.57% 63
Midlands -44 107 £537 +7.45% 60
South West +4 84 £570 +26.67% 55
West Midlands -39 74 £525 +5.00% 40
East of England -9 45 £525 -4.55% 40
East Midlands -17 33 £550 +22.22% 20
North East -37 2 £480 -16.52% 8
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 (4.58%) Confluence
2 37 (2.73%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.52%) SAS
4 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 3 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.074%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.074%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.074%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.074%) nginx
6 1 (0.074%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.074%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.074%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.074%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.54%) Microsoft Project
3 37 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.81%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.37%) Revit
7 4 (0.30%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.15%) Windchill
10 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.074%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.074%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 21 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.66%) Endur
3 7 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (0.52%) Summit
4 6 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.44%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.37%) Actimize
5 5 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.30%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.22%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 164 (12.10%) Azure
2 125 (9.23%) AWS
3 55 (4.06%) GCP
4 54 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (3.25%) Power Platform
6 35 (2.58%) Entra ID
7 32 (2.36%) SaaS
8 23 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 22 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (1.55%) Google Workspace
11 19 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
12 18 (1.33%) Google Sheets
13 17 (1.25%) PaaS
14 16 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (0.81%) GitHub
16 11 (0.81%) OpenShift
17 10 (0.74%) Amazon S3
17 10 (0.74%) IaaS
18 9 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.95%) Network Security
2 23 (1.70%) Firewall
3 15 (1.11%) DNS
4 12 (0.89%) DHCP
5 11 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.74%) BIG-IP
7 9 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
7 9 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.52%) 5G
9 6 (0.44%) HTTP
10 5 (0.37%) 3G
10 5 (0.37%) 4G
10 5 (0.37%) 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 (0.22%) NGFW
13 2 (0.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.58%) Power BI
2 31 (2.29%) Metadata
3 19 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (0.81%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.74%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.59%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.52%) RDBMS
9 6 (0.44%) Big Data
10 5 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.37%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.37%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.37%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.37%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.37%) Tableau
11 4 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.22%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 114 (8.41%) JIRA
2 12 (0.89%) Git
3 11 (0.81%) 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%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.074%) Flyway
7 1 (0.074%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.074%) TestRail
General
1 504 (37.20%) Social Skills
2 497 (36.68%) Finance
3 213 (15.72%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (11.44%) Banking
5 146 (10.77%) Public Sector
6 105 (7.75%) Legal
7 46 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
8 45 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
9 33 (2.44%) Financial Institution
10 32 (2.36%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.29%) Military
12 29 (2.14%) Investment Banking
12 29 (2.14%) Retail
13 26 (1.92%) Front Office
14 24 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
16 20 (1.48%) Manufacturing
17 18 (1.33%) Law
17 18 (1.33%) Marketing
18 17 (1.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 173 (12.77%) Lead
1 173 (12.77%) Project Manager
2 137 (10.11%) Senior
3 133 (9.82%) Architect
4 123 (9.08%) Analyst
5 88 (6.49%) Consultant
6 67 (4.94%) Programme Manager
7 61 (4.50%) Business Analyst
8 58 (4.28%) Developer
9 47 (3.47%) Security Architect
10 44 (3.25%) Senior Manager
11 43 (3.17%) Risk Manager
12 38 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
12 38 (2.80%) Security Consultant
13 35 (2.58%) Security Engineer
14 30 (2.21%) Risk Analyst
14 30 (2.21%) Security Manager
15 28 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
16 26 (1.92%) IT Manager
17 23 (1.70%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 17 (1.25%) REST
3 15 (1.11%) .NET
4 14 (1.03%) Middleware
4 14 (1.03%) XML
5 12 (0.89%) Kafka
6 11 (0.81%) Leaflet
7 10 (0.74%) JSON
8 9 (0.66%) OAuth
9 8 (0.59%) LDAP
9 8 (0.59%) React
10 7 (0.52%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.52%) OpenID
10 7 (0.52%) SAML
10 7 (0.52%) SOAP
11 6 (0.44%) Azure Blueprints
11 6 (0.44%) J2EE
11 6 (0.44%) JSP
11 6 (0.44%) RESTful
11 6 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 97 (7.16%) Management Information System
2 58 (4.28%) Product Ownership
3 56 (4.13%) Onboarding
4 50 (3.69%) Security Posture
5 45 (3.32%) Derivative
6 42 (3.10%) Cloud Native
7 40 (2.95%) Data Centre
7 40 (2.95%) Operational Technology
8 39 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
9 33 (2.44%) Market Risk
10 22 (1.62%) AI Agents
10 22 (1.62%) Credit Risk
10 22 (1.62%) Data Structures
10 22 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
11 20 (1.48%) NHS
12 19 (1.40%) Equities
12 19 (1.40%) Fixed Income
12 19 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 15 (1.11%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 37 (2.73%) Windows
2 28 (2.07%) Linux
3 17 (1.25%) Unix
4 8 (0.59%) 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
1 417 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 344 (25.39%) Agile
3 270 (19.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 262 (19.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 244 (18.01%) Cybersecurity
6 234 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
7 225 (16.61%) Project Management
8 196 (14.46%) Decision-Making
9 165 (12.18%) Information Security
10 160 (11.81%) Roadmaps
11 149 (11.00%) AI
12 147 (10.85%) Change Management
13 133 (9.82%) Project Delivery
14 129 (9.52%) Migration
15 119 (8.78%) Analytics
16 118 (8.71%) Regulatory Compliance
17 115 (8.49%) PRINCE2
18 107 (7.90%) Data Protection
18 107 (7.90%) DevOps
19 102 (7.53%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 97 (7.16%) SQL
2 88 (6.49%) Python
3 48 (3.54%) Java
4 27 (1.99%) PowerShell
5 17 (1.25%) C#
6 13 (0.96%) C++
7 12 (0.89%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.74%) VBA
9 8 (0.59%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.44%) Bash
10 6 (0.44%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.37%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.22%) Perl
13 2 (0.15%) Go
13 2 (0.15%) Korn
13 2 (0.15%) RPG
13 2 (0.15%) Scala
14 1 (0.074%) C
14 1 (0.074%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 317 (23.39%) Security Cleared
2 228 (16.83%) SC Cleared
3 191 (14.10%) Degree
4 108 (7.97%) CISSP
5 81 (5.98%) CISM
6 76 (5.61%) DV Cleared
7 69 (5.09%) PMP
8 64 (4.72%) PMI Certification
9 40 (2.95%) CRISC
10 30 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 21 (1.55%) Master's Degree
13 19 (1.40%) CISA
13 19 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 15 (1.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.96%) CESG Certified Professional
15 13 (0.96%) GIAC
16 12 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 9 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (12.62%) NIST
2 163 (12.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 117 (8.63%) GRC
4 101 (7.45%) GDPR
5 79 (5.83%) PMO
6 68 (5.02%) QA
7 55 (4.06%) Data Quality
8 46 (3.39%) NCSC
9 44 (3.25%) PCI DSS
10 34 (2.51%) JSP 440
11 32 (2.36%) SLA
12 28 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
13 25 (1.85%) SOC 2
14 22 (1.62%) NIST 800
15 21 (1.55%) COBIT
16 16 (1.18%) RMADS
16 16 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 14 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
18 11 (0.81%) Def Stans
18 11 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 27 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.89%) Docker
3 8 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.30%) Postfix
4 4 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.22%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.074%) FreeRADIUS
6 1 (0.074%) NFS
6 1 (0.074%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.074%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (1.62%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.81%) Ansible
3 10 (0.74%) SCCM
3 10 (0.74%) Terraform
4 9 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.37%) Control-M
7 4 (0.30%) Grafana
7 4 (0.30%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.22%) CASB
8 3 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.22%) 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
9 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 181 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.76%) ServiceNow
3 68 (5.02%) Oracle
4 64 (4.72%) SAP
5 40 (2.95%) Google
6 21 (1.55%) Murex
6 21 (1.55%) Workday
7 20 (1.48%) Salesforce
8 12 (0.89%) Cisco
8 12 (0.89%) F5
9 11 (0.81%) VMware
10 10 (0.74%) Databricks
11 8 (0.59%) Infoblox
11 8 (0.59%) Remedy
11 8 (0.59%) Splunk
12 7 (0.52%) Foundry
12 7 (0.52%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.44%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (0.44%) OpenLink