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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 58 63
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,730 1,193 1,089
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.74% 4.26% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.41% 4.69% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,071 745 611
10th Percentile £402 £363 £372
25th Percentile £478 £450 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £686 £725 £700
90th Percentile £788 £875 £838
UK median daily rate £560 £555 £551
% change year-on-year +0.90% +0.82% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 28 28
10th Percentile £34.93 £22.16 £33.35
25th Percentile £50.25 £25.23 £40.00
Median hourly rate £75.50 £33.50 £57.94
Median % change year-on-year +125.37% -42.18% -3.44%
75th Percentile £82.71 £54.25 £71.03
90th Percentile £87.85 £67.63 £76.30
UK median hourly rate £74.84 £33.50 £57.94
% change year-on-year +123.40% -42.18% -3.44%

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 39,226 25,436 27,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.80% 90.90% 86.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,709 16,124 17,045
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £641
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,969 1,568 1,160
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.43 £17.87 £20.28
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -4.07%
75th Percentile £67.25 £45.80 £67.14
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.63% -7.56%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -9 872 £600 -6.25% 2,178
North of England -3 274 £500 - 342
South East +11 256 £575 +4.55% 396
North West -18 138 £525 +5.85% 188
Yorkshire +11 129 £489 -2.20% 130
Midlands -32 107 £513 +7.89% 216
South West -28 100 £600 - 211
West Midlands -23 84 £498 -0.50% 122
East of England -1 72 £513 -16.33% 119
East Midlands -23 20 £550 +36.82% 94
North East -36 8 £450 -18.18% 24
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 65 (3.76%) Confluence
2 34 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.69%) SAS
4 6 (0.35%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.23%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.23%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) nginx
6 3 (0.17%) CMS
6 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.12%) Apache
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.058%) Appian
8 1 (0.058%) CICS
8 1 (0.058%) Documentum
8 1 (0.058%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.058%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 57 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.17%) Navisworks
6 3 (0.17%) Revit
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Windchill
8 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.058%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.058%) LaTeX
8 1 (0.058%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 42 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.69%) Endur
3 11 (0.64%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.46%) Primavera
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.29%) SAP HCM
7 5 (0.29%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.23%) Actimize
8 4 (0.23%) Magento
9 3 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.17%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.17%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 271 (15.66%) Azure
2 186 (10.75%) AWS
3 92 (5.32%) GCP
4 68 (3.93%) Power Platform
5 66 (3.82%) Entra ID
6 52 (3.01%) SaaS
7 47 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (1.56%) GitHub
9 27 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
10 26 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (1.45%) OCI
12 23 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
13 16 (0.92%) Azure AI
13 16 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
14 15 (0.87%) PaaS
15 14 (0.81%) Serverless
16 12 (0.69%) Power Automate
17 11 (0.64%) Azure Functions
17 11 (0.64%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.64%) Network Security
2 53 (3.06%) Firewall
3 20 (1.16%) WAN
4 18 (1.04%) LAN
5 16 (0.92%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.87%) DNS
6 15 (0.87%) VPN
7 10 (0.58%) 5G
7 10 (0.58%) DHCP
8 8 (0.46%) 4G
8 8 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
9 7 (0.40%) Kerberos
10 6 (0.35%) Internet
11 5 (0.29%) BIG-IP
11 5 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.29%) Softphone
11 5 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
11 5 (0.29%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.06%) Power BI
2 42 (2.43%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.73%) Metadata
4 20 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.81%) Data Lake
5 14 (0.81%) Oracle Database
6 12 (0.69%) Big Data
6 12 (0.69%) MongoDB
6 12 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.46%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.46%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.40%) Db2
10 6 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.35%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.23%) Data Mart
11 4 (0.23%) Neo4j
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (0.23%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 116 (6.71%) JIRA
2 25 (1.45%) Git
3 19 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.75%) Selenium
5 12 (0.69%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.58%) Postman
7 8 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.46%) GitLab
7 8 (0.46%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.35%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.29%) Artifactory
9 5 (0.29%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.23%) Gradle
10 4 (0.23%) Subversion
10 4 (0.23%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.17%) JMeter
11 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.12%) LoadRunner
12 2 (0.12%) Maven
12 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
General
1 698 (40.35%) Social Skills
2 659 (38.09%) Finance
3 297 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
4 217 (12.54%) Banking
5 216 (12.49%) Public Sector
6 136 (7.86%) Legal
7 96 (5.55%) Influencing Skills
8 78 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
9 74 (4.28%) Front Office
10 54 (3.12%) Aerospace
11 47 (2.72%) Manufacturing
11 47 (2.72%) Military
12 45 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
13 43 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
14 40 (2.31%) Financial Institution
15 36 (2.08%) Retail
16 34 (1.97%) Investment Banking
16 34 (1.97%) Law
16 34 (1.97%) Telecoms
17 25 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 234 (13.53%) Lead
2 198 (11.45%) Architect
3 183 (10.58%) Senior
4 177 (10.23%) Analyst
5 171 (9.88%) Project Manager
6 95 (5.49%) Consultant
7 81 (4.68%) Programme Manager
8 80 (4.62%) Security Architect
9 61 (3.53%) Business Analyst
10 54 (3.12%) Developer
10 54 (3.12%) Senior Manager
11 49 (2.83%) IT Manager
12 44 (2.54%) Delivery Manager
13 42 (2.43%) Risk Manager
13 42 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
14 40 (2.31%) Security Engineer
15 38 (2.20%) Technical Manager
16 36 (2.08%) Risk Analyst
17 35 (2.02%) Service Manager
18 34 (1.97%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (3.41%) Terraform
2 37 (2.14%) .NET
3 35 (2.02%) REST
4 24 (1.39%) Middleware
5 22 (1.27%) Kafka
6 20 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
7 16 (0.92%) OAuth
8 13 (0.75%) SAML
9 12 (0.69%) OpenID
9 12 (0.69%) React
10 11 (0.64%) SLSA
11 10 (0.58%) XGBoost
12 9 (0.52%) ADO
12 9 (0.52%) JSON
12 9 (0.52%) LDAP
12 9 (0.52%) SailPoint
12 9 (0.52%) SOAP
12 9 (0.52%) Web Services
12 9 (0.52%) XML
13 8 (0.46%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 120 (6.94%) Onboarding
2 105 (6.07%) Management Information System
3 93 (5.38%) Product Ownership
4 71 (4.10%) Security Posture
5 66 (3.82%) Cloud Native
6 54 (3.12%) Data Protection Act
7 52 (3.01%) Data Centre
8 47 (2.72%) Operational Technology
9 44 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
11 36 (2.08%) Market Risk
12 31 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
13 28 (1.62%) Credit Risk
14 27 (1.56%) AI Agents
15 22 (1.27%) Data Structures
16 21 (1.21%) Fixed Income
16 21 (1.21%) NHS
16 21 (1.21%) PKI
17 20 (1.16%) Derivative
17 20 (1.16%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 69 (3.99%) Windows
2 62 (3.58%) Linux
3 37 (2.14%) Unix
4 22 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.46%) zOS
7 4 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.17%) AIX
8 3 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.12%) Android
10 1 (0.058%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 739 (42.72%) Stakeholder Management
2 449 (25.95%) Cybersecurity
3 424 (24.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 416 (24.05%) Agile
5 366 (21.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 297 (17.17%) Decision-Making
7 269 (15.55%) Roadmaps
8 260 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
9 249 (14.39%) AI
10 234 (13.53%) Project Management
11 212 (12.25%) Project Delivery
12 210 (12.14%) Information Security
13 176 (10.17%) DevOps
14 173 (10.00%) Migration
15 162 (9.36%) CI/CD
16 160 (9.25%) Change Management
17 157 (9.08%) Analytics
18 151 (8.73%) Vulnerability Management
19 139 (8.03%) PRINCE2
20 137 (7.92%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 142 (8.21%) Python
2 98 (5.66%) SQL
3 45 (2.60%) PowerShell
4 43 (2.49%) C#
5 37 (2.14%) Java
6 25 (1.45%) Bash
7 20 (1.16%) JavaScript
8 13 (0.75%) Shell Script
9 8 (0.46%) VBA
10 7 (0.40%) C++
10 7 (0.40%) Go
10 7 (0.40%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.35%) Bicep
11 6 (0.35%) JCL
11 6 (0.35%) Korn
11 6 (0.35%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.29%) Assembly Language
12 5 (0.29%) CLIST
12 5 (0.29%) R
12 5 (0.29%) REXX
Qualifications
1 471 (27.23%) Security Cleared
2 347 (20.06%) SC Cleared
3 182 (10.52%) Degree
4 151 (8.73%) CISSP
5 112 (6.47%) DV Cleared
6 94 (5.43%) CISM
7 93 (5.38%) PMI Certification
8 86 (4.97%) PMP
9 53 (3.06%) CRISC
10 43 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 39 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
12 36 (2.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 35 (2.02%) CISA
14 32 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
15 29 (1.68%) Master's Degree
16 24 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
16 24 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
17 23 (1.33%) AWS Certification
18 22 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 21 (1.21%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (12.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 190 (10.98%) NIST
3 178 (10.29%) GRC
4 110 (6.36%) QA
5 87 (5.03%) GDPR
6 78 (4.51%) Data Quality
7 75 (4.34%) NCSC
8 65 (3.76%) PMO
9 38 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 25 (1.45%) JSP 440
11 23 (1.33%) NIST 800
12 16 (0.92%) Accessibility
13 15 (0.87%) Def Stans
14 14 (0.81%) COBIT
14 14 (0.81%) SLA
15 12 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 12 (0.69%) PCI DSS
16 11 (0.64%) SOC 2
17 10 (0.58%) ITGC
System Software
1 43 (2.49%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.27%) Docker
3 13 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.58%) vSphere
5 7 (0.40%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.29%) FreeRADIUS
7 5 (0.29%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.17%) Firmware
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.12%) IAG
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.058%) NFS
10 1 (0.058%) Postfix
10 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 51 (2.95%) Kubernetes
2 32 (1.85%) Ansible
3 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.64%) Grafana
5 10 (0.58%) SCCM
6 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.40%) Control-M
8 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.29%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.29%) OMEGAMON
10 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.17%) Argo
11 3 (0.17%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.17%) Kibana
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.17%) Puppet
11 3 (0.17%) QRadar
12 2 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.12%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 276 (15.95%) Microsoft
2 105 (6.07%) ServiceNow
3 88 (5.09%) SAP
4 67 (3.87%) Oracle
5 49 (2.83%) Google
6 24 (1.39%) Murex
6 24 (1.39%) Splunk
7 21 (1.21%) VMware
8 20 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.10%) Cisco
10 17 (0.98%) Databricks
10 17 (0.98%) IBM
11 16 (0.92%) Qualys
12 14 (0.81%) BeyondTrust
13 13 (0.75%) CyberArk
14 12 (0.69%) Ariba
14 12 (0.69%) Workday
15 11 (0.64%) Foundry
15 11 (0.64%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.64%) Tenable