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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 48 70
Rank change year-on-year -23 +22 -4
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,546 1,292 984
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.39% 4.67% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 5.15% 3.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 821 611
10th Percentile £413 £363 £363
25th Percentile £481 £455 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £748 £750
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £563 £555 £550
% change year-on-year +1.35% +0.91% -6.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 25 24
10th Percentile £24.72 £22.16 £30.46
25th Percentile £50.00 £30.61 £40.00
Median hourly rate £76.00 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.02% -11.30% -15.78%
75th Percentile £83.75 £73.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £99.50 £87.40 £75.28
UK median hourly rate £76.00 £49.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +53.54% -13.91% -10.36%

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 38,759 25,103 28,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.06% 90.80% 85.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,089 16,021 18,628
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,424 1,656
10th Percentile £14.55 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.24%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.99% -39.40% -1.55%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -38 722 £600 -7.69% 994
North of England -18 270 £508 +0.15% 173
South East +6 247 £575 +4.55% 236
North West -29 133 £525 +3.45% 105
Yorkshire 0 131 £500 - 50
South West -16 110 £570 -2.98% 130
Midlands -44 102 £575 +21.82% 104
West Midlands -34 80 £563 +12.50% 63
East of England +11 66 £519 -9.78% 80
East Midlands -27 19 £547 +36.07% 41
North East -43 6 £454 -22.77% 21
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 64 (4.14%) Confluence
2 37 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.65%) SAS
4 4 (0.26%) IIS
4 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.19%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.065%) Appian
7 1 (0.065%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.065%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.065%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.065%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 46 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 46 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
5 4 (0.26%) Revit
6 3 (0.19%) Trello
6 3 (0.19%) Windchill
7 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.065%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.84%) Endur
3 9 (0.58%) Primavera
4 7 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.32%) SAP GRC
7 4 (0.26%) Actimize
7 4 (0.26%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.26%) Magento
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.26%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.26%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.19%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.19%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 235 (15.20%) Azure
2 166 (10.74%) AWS
3 71 (4.59%) GCP
4 53 (3.43%) Entra ID
5 52 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (3.36%) Power Platform
6 44 (2.85%) SaaS
7 32 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
8 24 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
9 23 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
10 18 (1.16%) Azure AI
10 18 (1.16%) OCI
10 18 (1.16%) PaaS
11 16 (1.03%) GitHub
12 12 (0.78%) IaaS
12 12 (0.78%) Serverless
13 11 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (0.65%) Copilot Studio
14 10 (0.65%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 57 (3.69%) Network Security
2 38 (2.46%) Firewall
3 16 (1.03%) TCP/IP
4 15 (0.97%) DNS
4 15 (0.97%) WAN
5 14 (0.91%) LAN
6 13 (0.84%) 5G
6 13 (0.84%) DHCP
7 11 (0.71%) 4G
8 8 (0.52%) BIG-IP
8 8 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.39%) HTTP
9 6 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.39%) VPN
10 5 (0.32%) 3G
10 5 (0.32%) Internet
10 5 (0.32%) NAS
10 5 (0.32%) NGFW
10 5 (0.32%) SAN
11 4 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.39%) Power BI
2 28 (1.81%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.62%) Metadata
4 16 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.91%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.78%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.65%) RDBMS
8 9 (0.58%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.52%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.45%) Big Data
11 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.32%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.32%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.26%) Oracle Exadata
12 4 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 102 (6.60%) JIRA
2 19 (1.23%) Git
3 16 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.78%) Selenium
5 8 (0.52%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.45%) Postman
7 6 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.39%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.32%) GitLab
9 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.26%) DbUnit
9 4 (0.26%) jMock
9 4 (0.26%) JUnit
9 4 (0.26%) Maven
9 4 (0.26%) Mockito
9 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.26%) Subversion
9 4 (0.26%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 593 (38.36%) Social Skills
2 553 (35.77%) Finance
3 236 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
4 177 (11.45%) Public Sector
5 165 (10.67%) Banking
6 118 (7.63%) Legal
7 65 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
8 62 (4.01%) Influencing Skills
9 50 (3.23%) Front Office
10 42 (2.72%) Telecoms
11 41 (2.65%) Aerospace
12 40 (2.59%) Retail
13 37 (2.39%) Financial Institution
14 35 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
15 32 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (2.01%) Military
17 29 (1.88%) Manufacturing
18 28 (1.81%) Law
19 24 (1.55%) Investment Banking
20 22 (1.42%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 211 (13.65%) Lead
2 183 (11.84%) Architect
3 175 (11.32%) Project Manager
4 157 (10.16%) Senior
5 130 (8.41%) Analyst
6 100 (6.47%) Consultant
7 81 (5.24%) Security Architect
8 70 (4.53%) Programme Manager
9 57 (3.69%) Senior Manager
10 50 (3.23%) Developer
11 47 (3.04%) Business Analyst
12 44 (2.85%) Risk Manager
12 44 (2.85%) Security Consultant
13 41 (2.65%) Delivery Manager
13 41 (2.65%) IT Manager
14 37 (2.39%) Security Manager
15 34 (2.20%) Security Engineer
16 31 (2.01%) Solutions Architect
17 28 (1.81%) Senior Project Manager
18 27 (1.75%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.75%) .NET
2 26 (1.68%) REST
3 25 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
4 18 (1.16%) Middleware
5 14 (0.91%) OAuth
6 13 (0.84%) XML
7 12 (0.78%) SAML
8 11 (0.71%) JSON
8 11 (0.71%) Leaflet
8 11 (0.71%) OpenID
8 11 (0.71%) SOAP
9 10 (0.65%) Azure Blueprints
9 10 (0.65%) SLSA
10 9 (0.58%) Kafka
10 9 (0.58%) LDAP
10 9 (0.58%) React
11 8 (0.52%) PySpark
11 8 (0.52%) RESTful
11 8 (0.52%) SailPoint
11 8 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.73%) Management Information System
2 82 (5.30%) Onboarding
3 77 (4.98%) Product Ownership
4 71 (4.59%) Security Posture
5 67 (4.33%) Cloud Native
6 45 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
6 45 (2.91%) Operational Technology
7 42 (2.72%) Data Centre
8 33 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
9 28 (1.81%) AI Agents
9 28 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.62%) Derivative
10 25 (1.62%) Market Risk
10 25 (1.62%) PMI
11 24 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (1.36%) NHS
13 20 (1.29%) Fixed Income
14 19 (1.23%) Credit Risk
14 19 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 16 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (3.49%) Windows
2 43 (2.78%) Linux
3 27 (1.75%) Unix
4 20 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.32%) zOS
7 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.19%) AIX
8 3 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.065%) Android
9 1 (0.065%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 586 (37.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 371 (24.00%) Agile
3 361 (23.35%) Cybersecurity
4 340 (21.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 331 (21.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 232 (15.01%) Decision-Making
7 229 (14.81%) Project Management
8 210 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
9 206 (13.32%) Roadmaps
10 201 (13.00%) AI
11 195 (12.61%) Information Security
12 167 (10.80%) Project Delivery
13 149 (9.64%) Change Management
14 145 (9.38%) Migration
15 144 (9.31%) DevOps
16 125 (8.09%) CI/CD
17 124 (8.02%) Analytics
18 123 (7.96%) PRINCE2
19 122 (7.89%) Vulnerability Management
20 116 (7.50%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 97 (6.27%) Python
2 74 (4.79%) SQL
3 37 (2.39%) Java
4 34 (2.20%) PowerShell
5 27 (1.75%) C#
6 15 (0.97%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.65%) Bash
7 10 (0.65%) VBA
8 8 (0.52%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.39%) Go
9 6 (0.39%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.32%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.26%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.26%) Bicep
11 4 (0.26%) CLIST
11 4 (0.26%) JCL
11 4 (0.26%) REXX
12 3 (0.19%) C
12 3 (0.19%) C++
12 3 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 393 (25.42%) Security Cleared
2 289 (18.69%) SC Cleared
3 159 (10.28%) Degree
4 146 (9.44%) CISSP
5 105 (6.79%) DV Cleared
6 92 (5.95%) CISM
7 78 (5.05%) PMI Certification
8 75 (4.85%) PMP
9 43 (2.78%) CRISC
10 32 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 25 (1.62%) CISA
12 25 (1.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 24 (1.55%) Master's Degree
14 21 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
15 17 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 16 (1.03%) AWS Certification
16 16 (1.03%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (12.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 186 (12.03%) NIST
3 149 (9.64%) GRC
4 100 (6.47%) GDPR
5 78 (5.05%) QA
6 62 (4.01%) PMO
7 52 (3.36%) Data Quality
7 52 (3.36%) NCSC
8 35 (2.26%) JSP 440
9 33 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 25 (1.62%) PCI DSS
11 24 (1.55%) SLA
12 23 (1.49%) SOC 2
13 20 (1.29%) NIST 800
14 15 (0.97%) Accessibility
15 14 (0.91%) COBIT
15 14 (0.91%) Def Stans
15 14 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 12 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 12 (0.78%) RMADS
System Software
1 35 (2.26%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.84%) Docker
3 9 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.26%) Postfix
4 4 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
4 4 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.19%) FreeRADIUS
5 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.13%) NFS
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.065%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (1.88%) Terraform
2 28 (1.81%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.55%) Ansible
4 10 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.58%) SCCM
6 8 (0.52%) Grafana
6 8 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.26%) Control-M
9 4 (0.26%) Data Guard
9 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.26%) OMEGAMON
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.19%) CASB
10 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.19%) Puppet
11 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 225 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.37%) ServiceNow
3 70 (4.53%) SAP
4 65 (4.20%) Oracle
5 37 (2.39%) Google
6 19 (1.23%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.10%) Splunk
8 15 (0.97%) Foundry
8 15 (0.97%) Workday
9 14 (0.91%) Cisco
10 13 (0.84%) Murex
11 12 (0.78%) Qualys
12 10 (0.65%) Databricks
12 10 (0.65%) IBM
13 9 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (0.58%) F5
13 9 (0.58%) Tenable
14 8 (0.52%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.52%) Infoblox
14 8 (0.52%) VMware