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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 49 76
Rank change year-on-year -20 +27 -12
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,493 1,243 971
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.31% 4.53% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 4.99% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 979 783 606
10th Percentile £413 £365 £361
25th Percentile £485 £458 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £750
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £563 £554 £550
% change year-on-year +1.53% +0.68% -7.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 27 28
10th Percentile £24.51 £22.16 £20.29
25th Percentile £49.00 £38.46 £38.75
Median hourly rate £79.00 £49.51 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +59.58% -11.99% +94.03%
75th Percentile £85.40 £73.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.35 £71.63
UK median hourly rate £78.70 £49.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +58.98% -10.00% +83.33%

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 38,425 24,898 29,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.24% 90.75% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,067 15,953 19,300
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £424 £405 £416
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 £521 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.10% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,400 1,362 1,833
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.21 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £17.69
Median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +86.48% -37.63% -5.12%
75th Percentile £69.46 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -39 691 £600 -7.69% 566
North of England -11 261 £514 +0.29% 129
South East -2 243 £575 +4.55% 177
Yorkshire +10 129 £500 -4.76% 44
North West -28 129 £540 +6.40% 72
Midlands -41 106 £540 +15.14% 71
South West -12 99 £570 -0.87% 75
West Midlands -35 86 £533 +6.50% 38
East of England +19 63 £525 -4.55% 40
East Midlands -25 17 £537 +21.83% 33
North East -44 5 £454 -17.50% 13
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 (4.09%) Confluence
2 35 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.60%) SAS
4 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.27%) IIS
6 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.067%) Appian
8 1 (0.067%) CMS
8 1 (0.067%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.067%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.067%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.067%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.067%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 46 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.27%) Navisworks
5 4 (0.27%) Revit
5 4 (0.27%) Trello
6 3 (0.20%) Windchill
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.067%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 32 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.74%) Endur
3 9 (0.60%) Primavera
4 7 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.33%) Actimize
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.27%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.27%) Loan IQ
7 4 (0.27%) Magento
7 4 (0.27%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.27%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.27%) SAP GRC
7 4 (0.27%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 224 (15.00%) Azure
2 157 (10.52%) AWS
3 70 (4.69%) GCP
4 51 (3.42%) Power Platform
5 48 (3.22%) Entra ID
5 48 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (2.68%) SaaS
7 31 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
9 20 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
10 19 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.21%) PaaS
12 17 (1.14%) GitHub
13 15 (1.00%) Azure AI
14 14 (0.94%) OCI
15 12 (0.80%) IaaS
16 11 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (0.74%) Serverless
17 10 (0.67%) PowerApps
18 9 (0.60%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.35%) Network Security
2 38 (2.55%) Firewall
3 15 (1.00%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.94%) DNS
5 13 (0.87%) DHCP
6 12 (0.80%) 5G
6 12 (0.80%) WAN
7 10 (0.67%) 4G
7 10 (0.67%) BIG-IP
7 10 (0.67%) LAN
8 9 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.40%) HTTP
11 5 (0.33%) 3G
11 5 (0.33%) Internet
11 5 (0.33%) NAS
11 5 (0.33%) NGFW
11 5 (0.33%) SAN
12 4 (0.27%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.41%) Power BI
2 26 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.67%) Metadata
4 15 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.74%) Data Lake
6 11 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (0.60%) MongoDB
7 9 (0.60%) RDBMS
8 7 (0.47%) Big Data
9 6 (0.40%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.33%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.33%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (0.27%) Tableau
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Exadata
12 3 (0.20%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 101 (6.76%) JIRA
2 20 (1.34%) Git
3 19 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.67%) Selenium
5 7 (0.47%) GitLab
6 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.33%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.33%) Postman
7 5 (0.33%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.33%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (0.27%) DbUnit
8 4 (0.27%) jMock
8 4 (0.27%) JUnit
8 4 (0.27%) Maven
8 4 (0.27%) Mockito
8 4 (0.27%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.27%) Subversion
8 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 563 (37.71%) Social Skills
2 542 (36.30%) Finance
3 224 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 167 (11.19%) Public Sector
5 161 (10.78%) Banking
6 110 (7.37%) Legal
7 59 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
7 59 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (2.61%) Aerospace
8 39 (2.61%) Front Office
9 38 (2.55%) Telecoms
10 37 (2.48%) Financial Institution
11 35 (2.34%) Retail
12 31 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (1.88%) Military
15 26 (1.74%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.67%) Law
17 22 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 22 (1.47%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 207 (13.86%) Lead
2 177 (11.86%) Project Manager
3 173 (11.59%) Architect
4 155 (10.38%) Senior
5 123 (8.24%) Analyst
6 94 (6.30%) Consultant
7 75 (5.02%) Security Architect
8 62 (4.15%) Programme Manager
9 57 (3.82%) Senior Manager
10 54 (3.62%) Developer
11 48 (3.22%) Risk Manager
12 45 (3.01%) Business Analyst
13 40 (2.68%) IT Manager
14 39 (2.61%) Delivery Manager
14 39 (2.61%) Security Consultant
15 37 (2.48%) Security Engineer
16 35 (2.34%) Security Manager
17 31 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
18 28 (1.88%) Product Manager
18 28 (1.88%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.74%) .NET
2 24 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 24 (1.61%) REST
3 18 (1.21%) Middleware
4 13 (0.87%) JSON
4 13 (0.87%) OAuth
4 13 (0.87%) XML
5 12 (0.80%) Kafka
5 12 (0.80%) OpenID
5 12 (0.80%) SAML
6 11 (0.74%) Azure Blueprints
6 11 (0.74%) Leaflet
6 11 (0.74%) React
6 11 (0.74%) SOAP
7 9 (0.60%) LDAP
7 9 (0.60%) SLSA
8 8 (0.54%) PySpark
8 8 (0.54%) RESTful
8 8 (0.54%) SailPoint
8 8 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 99 (6.63%) Management Information System
2 81 (5.43%) Onboarding
3 75 (5.02%) Product Ownership
4 65 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 63 (4.22%) Security Posture
6 47 (3.15%) Operational Technology
7 46 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
8 39 (2.61%) Data Centre
9 27 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
9 27 (1.81%) Market Risk
10 26 (1.74%) PMI
11 25 (1.67%) AI Agents
12 23 (1.54%) Derivative
13 22 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (1.41%) Fixed Income
14 21 (1.41%) NHS
15 18 (1.21%) Virtual Team
16 17 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
16 17 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 51 (3.42%) Windows
2 41 (2.75%) Linux
3 24 (1.61%) Unix
4 19 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.33%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.33%) zOS
7 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.20%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.067%) Android
10 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 551 (36.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 359 (24.05%) Agile
3 339 (22.71%) Cybersecurity
4 326 (21.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 324 (21.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 236 (15.81%) Project Management
7 228 (15.27%) Decision-Making
8 211 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
9 205 (13.73%) Roadmaps
10 191 (12.79%) AI
11 190 (12.73%) Information Security
12 154 (10.31%) Project Delivery
13 153 (10.25%) Change Management
14 135 (9.04%) DevOps
15 132 (8.84%) Migration
16 121 (8.10%) Analytics
16 121 (8.10%) CI/CD
17 120 (8.04%) Vulnerability Management
18 118 (7.90%) PRINCE2
19 110 (7.37%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 94 (6.30%) Python
2 73 (4.89%) SQL
3 42 (2.81%) Java
4 33 (2.21%) PowerShell
5 25 (1.67%) C#
6 16 (1.07%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.80%) VBA
8 9 (0.60%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.47%) Bash
10 6 (0.40%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.40%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.27%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.27%) Bicep
11 4 (0.27%) CLIST
11 4 (0.27%) JCL
11 4 (0.27%) REXX
12 3 (0.20%) C
12 3 (0.20%) Go
12 3 (0.20%) Scala
13 2 (0.13%) C++
Qualifications
1 380 (25.45%) Security Cleared
2 284 (19.02%) SC Cleared
3 164 (10.98%) Degree
4 147 (9.85%) CISSP
5 95 (6.36%) DV Cleared
6 89 (5.96%) CISM
7 74 (4.96%) PMI Certification
8 70 (4.69%) PMP
9 39 (2.61%) CRISC
10 32 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (1.94%) CISA
11 29 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 26 (1.74%) Master's Degree
12 26 (1.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 25 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
14 22 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 21 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
16 15 (1.00%) CESG Certified Professional
16 15 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 14 (0.94%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (12.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 187 (12.53%) NIST
3 144 (9.65%) GRC
4 98 (6.56%) GDPR
5 77 (5.16%) QA
6 66 (4.42%) PMO
7 52 (3.48%) Data Quality
8 47 (3.15%) NCSC
9 34 (2.28%) JSP 440
10 33 (2.21%) PCI DSS
11 31 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
12 29 (1.94%) SOC 2
13 28 (1.88%) NIST 800
13 28 (1.88%) SLA
14 17 (1.14%) Def Stans
15 14 (0.94%) Accessibility
15 14 (0.94%) COBIT
16 13 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 12 (0.80%) ISO 31000
17 12 (0.80%) RMADS
System Software
1 34 (2.28%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.94%) Docker
3 9 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.27%) Postfix
5 4 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.13%) FreeRADIUS
7 2 (0.13%) NFS
7 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (1.67%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.61%) Terraform
3 21 (1.41%) Ansible
4 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.60%) SCCM
6 8 (0.54%) Grafana
6 8 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.27%) Control-M
9 4 (0.27%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.27%) OMEGAMON
10 3 (0.20%) CASB
10 3 (0.20%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.13%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 206 (13.80%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.43%) ServiceNow
3 71 (4.76%) SAP
4 59 (3.95%) Oracle
5 37 (2.48%) Google
6 19 (1.27%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.14%) Cisco
8 16 (1.07%) Splunk
9 15 (1.00%) Workday
10 14 (0.94%) Foundry
11 12 (0.80%) Qualys
12 11 (0.74%) F5
13 10 (0.67%) IBM
13 10 (0.67%) Infoblox
13 10 (0.67%) Murex
14 9 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
14 9 (0.60%) Tenable
15 8 (0.54%) Databricks
15 8 (0.54%) OpenAI
15 8 (0.54%) Rapid7