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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 45 66
Rank change year-on-year -23 +21 -2
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,348 1,128 1,151
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.33% 4.63% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.92% 5.07% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 899 703 773
10th Percentile £404 £363 £360
25th Percentile £463 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £681 £750 £725
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 35 32 36
10th Percentile £20.27 £40.00 £18.92
25th Percentile £33.00 £47.45 £35.00
Median hourly rate £74.31 £61.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +17.13% +393.89%
75th Percentile £102.63 £78.80 £60.31
90th Percentile £107.00 £87.46 £70.09
UK median hourly rate £71.83 £63.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +14.02% +26.00% +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 34,370 22,228 32,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.91% 91.19% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,972 14,556 21,057
10th Percentile £316 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,137 921 2,257
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.70 £12.97
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -16.67% -3.59%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +43.29% -18.31% -1.39%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -32 653 £600 -7.69% 330
North of England -11 223 £509 -0.80% 109
South East -12 204 £550 -4.35% 141
North West -8 111 £550 +8.37% 55
Midlands -48 111 £530 +6.00% 67
Yorkshire -2 110 £491 -1.90% 49
South West +5 80 £550 +22.22% 53
West Midlands -32 78 £518 -1.43% 43
East of England -17 46 £525 -0.94% 47
East Midlands -30 33 £537 +19.39% 23
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 64 (4.75%) Confluence
2 35 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.59%) SAS
5 5 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.15%) IIS
7 2 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.074%) CMS
8 1 (0.074%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.074%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.074%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.074%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
Applications
1 61 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (3.86%) Microsoft Project
3 39 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
4 38 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.37%) Revit
7 4 (0.30%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.15%) Windchill
9 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.074%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.074%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 21 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.59%) Endur
2 8 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.52%) Loan IQ
3 7 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (0.52%) Summit
4 6 (0.45%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.30%) Primavera
6 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.30%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.22%) Actimize
7 3 (0.22%) Findur
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
1 155 (11.50%) Azure
2 125 (9.27%) AWS
3 59 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (3.56%) GCP
4 48 (3.56%) Power Platform
5 33 (2.45%) Entra ID
6 31 (2.30%) SaaS
7 26 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
8 20 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
8 20 (1.48%) Google Workspace
9 18 (1.34%) Google Sheets
10 16 (1.19%) PaaS
11 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (0.82%) GitHub
14 10 (0.74%) Amazon S3
15 9 (0.67%) IaaS
15 9 (0.67%) OpenShift
16 8 (0.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.12%) Network Security
2 26 (1.93%) Firewall
3 16 (1.19%) DNS
4 13 (0.96%) DHCP
5 12 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.74%) BIG-IP
7 9 (0.67%) 5G
7 9 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
7 9 (0.67%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.45%) HTTP
8 6 (0.45%) WAN
9 5 (0.37%) 3G
9 5 (0.37%) 4G
9 5 (0.37%) Internet
9 5 (0.37%) LAN
10 3 (0.22%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.22%) NAS
10 3 (0.22%) SAN
10 3 (0.22%) VPN
10 3 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.74%) Power BI
2 31 (2.30%) Metadata
3 18 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (0.96%) Relational Database
5 12 (0.89%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.59%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.59%) RDBMS
7 6 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.37%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.37%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.37%) Tableau
9 4 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (0.30%) Data Mart
9 4 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (0.30%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.30%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.22%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 124 (9.20%) JIRA
2 16 (1.19%) Git
3 12 (0.89%) Jenkins
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 (0.22%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.22%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.074%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.074%) ERwin
7 1 (0.074%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.074%) MLflow
7 1 (0.074%) SoapUI
General
1 514 (38.13%) Social Skills
2 493 (36.57%) Finance
3 216 (16.02%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (12.91%) Banking
5 139 (10.31%) Public Sector
6 100 (7.42%) Legal
7 42 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
9 35 (2.60%) Financial Institution
10 32 (2.37%) Retail
11 31 (2.30%) Front Office
12 29 (2.15%) Investment Banking
12 29 (2.15%) Military
13 27 (2.00%) Telecoms
14 26 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
15 24 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.56%) Manufacturing
17 18 (1.34%) Law
17 18 (1.34%) Marketing
18 16 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 175 (12.98%) Project Manager
2 170 (12.61%) Lead
3 139 (10.31%) Senior
4 130 (9.64%) Analyst
5 128 (9.50%) Architect
6 86 (6.38%) Consultant
7 67 (4.97%) Programme Manager
8 66 (4.90%) Developer
9 64 (4.75%) Business Analyst
10 48 (3.56%) Security Architect
11 44 (3.26%) Senior Manager
12 40 (2.97%) Delivery Manager
12 40 (2.97%) Risk Manager
13 38 (2.82%) Security Consultant
14 37 (2.74%) Security Engineer
15 29 (2.15%) Security Manager
16 27 (2.00%) Risk Analyst
17 26 (1.93%) Senior Developer
17 26 (1.93%) Solutions Architect
18 25 (1.85%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 16 (1.19%) .NET
2 16 (1.19%) REST
3 13 (0.96%) Kafka
4 12 (0.89%) Middleware
4 12 (0.89%) XML
5 11 (0.82%) Leaflet
6 9 (0.67%) JSON
6 9 (0.67%) RESTful
7 8 (0.59%) OAuth
8 7 (0.52%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.52%) React
9 6 (0.45%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.45%) J2EE
9 6 (0.45%) JSP
9 6 (0.45%) LDAP
9 6 (0.45%) OpenID
9 6 (0.45%) PyTorch
9 6 (0.45%) SAML
9 6 (0.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 109 (8.09%) Management Information System
2 55 (4.08%) Onboarding
2 55 (4.08%) Product Ownership
2 55 (4.08%) Security Posture
3 49 (3.64%) Derivative
4 39 (2.89%) Operational Technology
5 37 (2.74%) Cloud Native
5 37 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
5 37 (2.74%) Market Risk
6 34 (2.52%) Data Centre
7 27 (2.00%) Credit Risk
8 24 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 23 (1.71%) Equities
10 21 (1.56%) AI Agents
10 21 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 20 (1.48%) Data Structures
11 20 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
12 19 (1.41%) Fixed Income
12 19 (1.41%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.97%) Windows
2 28 (2.08%) Linux
3 16 (1.19%) Unix
4 8 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.45%) 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
1 428 (31.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 344 (25.52%) Agile
3 264 (19.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 252 (18.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 245 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 228 (16.91%) Cybersecurity
7 224 (16.62%) Project Management
8 185 (13.72%) Decision-Making
9 171 (12.69%) Information Security
10 155 (11.50%) Roadmaps
11 144 (10.68%) Project Delivery
12 140 (10.39%) Change Management
13 136 (10.09%) AI
14 123 (9.12%) Analytics
15 122 (9.05%) Migration
16 116 (8.61%) Regulatory Compliance
17 115 (8.53%) PRINCE2
18 109 (8.09%) Data Protection
19 103 (7.64%) DevOps
20 98 (7.27%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 107 (7.94%) SQL
2 96 (7.12%) Python
3 51 (3.78%) Java
4 30 (2.23%) PowerShell
5 19 (1.41%) C#
6 15 (1.11%) C++
7 14 (1.04%) VBA
8 12 (0.89%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.52%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.45%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.37%) Bash
11 5 (0.37%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.30%) Perl
13 3 (0.22%) Korn
13 3 (0.22%) Scala
14 2 (0.15%) Go
14 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.15%) R
14 2 (0.15%) RPG
Qualifications
1 303 (22.48%) Security Cleared
2 218 (16.17%) SC Cleared
3 198 (14.69%) Degree
4 111 (8.23%) CISSP
5 79 (5.86%) CISM
6 72 (5.34%) PMP
7 70 (5.19%) DV Cleared
8 67 (4.97%) PMI Certification
9 39 (2.89%) CRISC
10 29 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
12 21 (1.56%) Master's Degree
13 18 (1.34%) CISA
14 17 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 13 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 13 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 12 (0.89%) CESG Certified Professional
17 10 (0.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 10 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (12.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 170 (12.61%) NIST
3 117 (8.68%) GRC
4 108 (8.01%) GDPR
5 86 (6.38%) PMO
6 69 (5.12%) QA
7 54 (4.01%) Data Quality
8 47 (3.49%) PCI DSS
9 42 (3.12%) NCSC
10 32 (2.37%) JSP 440
11 31 (2.30%) SLA
12 26 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
13 25 (1.85%) SOC 2
14 22 (1.63%) NIST 800
15 20 (1.48%) COBIT
16 18 (1.34%) RMADS
17 16 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
17 16 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 13 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 11 (0.82%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 28 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.89%) Docker
3 7 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.30%) Postfix
4 4 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.22%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.074%) NFS
6 1 (0.074%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.074%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.89%) Ansible
3 11 (0.82%) Terraform
4 10 (0.74%) SCCM
5 9 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.37%) Control-M
8 4 (0.30%) Grafana
8 4 (0.30%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.30%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.22%) CASB
10 2 (0.15%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.15%) Nessus
10 2 (0.15%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.15%) NSN NetAct
10 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
11 1 (0.074%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 180 (13.35%) Microsoft
2 75 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 68 (5.04%) Oracle
4 63 (4.67%) SAP
5 39 (2.89%) Google
6 23 (1.71%) Workday
7 22 (1.63%) Murex
8 17 (1.26%) Salesforce
9 12 (0.89%) F5
10 11 (0.82%) Cisco
11 10 (0.74%) VMware
12 9 (0.67%) Databricks
12 9 (0.67%) Splunk
13 8 (0.59%) Foundry
13 8 (0.59%) Infoblox
14 7 (0.52%) Bloomberg
14 7 (0.52%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.52%) Remedy
15 6 (0.45%) Ariba
15 6 (0.45%) CrowdStrike