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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 50 68
Rank change year-on-year -18 +18 -6
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,600 1,229 1,034
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.51% 4.49% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 4.95% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,008 790 631
10th Percentile £411 £362 £381
25th Percentile £481 £451 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £564 £560
% change year-on-year -2.44% +0.67% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 19 23
10th Percentile £24.37 £22.16 £30.35
25th Percentile £46.25 £24.20 £40.00
Median hourly rate £67.05 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.46% -11.30% +15.00%
75th Percentile £80.00 £69.38 £66.25
90th Percentile £87.19 £87.30 £75.32
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £49.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +29.47% -13.91% +17.35%

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 38,735 24,846 28,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 90.77% 85.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,900 15,805 17,939
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £634 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,596 1,469 1,428
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.38 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.01
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -27 772 £600 -7.69% 2,134
North of England -10 268 £511 +2.13% 322
South East +12 246 £575 +4.55% 352
North West -26 135 £525 +2.68% 204
Yorkshire +3 127 £500 - 96
South West -12 113 £600 +2.13% 211
Midlands -46 102 £550 +17.27% 175
West Midlands -38 79 £525 +5.00% 105
East of England +6 65 £513 -14.58% 118
East Midlands -32 20 £547 +36.07% 70
North East -41 6 £454 - 28
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 (3.88%) Confluence
2 40 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.63%) SAS
4 4 (0.25%) IIS
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.063%) Apache
7 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.063%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.063%) Appian
7 1 (0.063%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.063%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.063%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 60 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.25%) Revit
7 3 (0.19%) Windchill
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.063%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.063%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.81%) Endur
3 11 (0.69%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.50%) Primavera
6 7 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.31%) Aladdin
9 4 (0.25%) Actimize
9 4 (0.25%) Magento
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.19%) Findur
10 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.19%) Summit
10 3 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 235 (14.69%) Azure
2 162 (10.13%) AWS
3 70 (4.38%) GCP
4 65 (4.06%) Power Platform
5 54 (3.38%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (2.94%) SaaS
8 30 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
10 21 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
11 19 (1.19%) OCI
12 18 (1.13%) Azure AI
12 18 (1.13%) PaaS
13 15 (0.94%) GitHub
14 12 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (0.75%) IaaS
15 11 (0.69%) Copilot Studio
15 11 (0.69%) PowerApps
15 11 (0.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.50%) Network Security
2 40 (2.50%) Firewall
3 18 (1.13%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.00%) DNS
5 15 (0.94%) WAN
6 14 (0.88%) DHCP
6 14 (0.88%) LAN
7 13 (0.81%) 5G
8 11 (0.69%) 4G
9 8 (0.50%) BIG-IP
10 7 (0.44%) VPN
11 6 (0.38%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (0.38%) Internet
11 6 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.31%) 3G
12 5 (0.31%) Wireless
13 4 (0.25%) Kerberos
13 4 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
13 4 (0.25%) SAN
13 4 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.06%) Power BI
2 31 (1.94%) Metadata
2 31 (1.94%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (0.94%) Relational Database
5 11 (0.69%) Data Lake
6 10 (0.63%) MongoDB
6 10 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 9 (0.56%) RDBMS
8 7 (0.44%) Big Data
8 7 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.31%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 5 (0.31%) Tableau
10 4 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.25%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.25%) Db2
10 4 (0.25%) Neo4j
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Exadata
10 4 (0.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 106 (6.63%) JIRA
2 19 (1.19%) Git
3 17 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.69%) Selenium
5 9 (0.56%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.44%) Postman
7 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.38%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.31%) GitLab
8 5 (0.31%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.25%) Claude Code
9 4 (0.25%) Maven
9 4 (0.25%) Subversion
10 3 (0.19%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.19%) DbUnit
10 3 (0.19%) Gradle
10 3 (0.19%) jMock
10 3 (0.19%) JUnit
10 3 (0.19%) Mockito
General
1 642 (40.13%) Social Skills
2 575 (35.94%) Finance
3 260 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
4 193 (12.06%) Public Sector
5 172 (10.75%) Banking
6 120 (7.50%) Legal
7 74 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
8 64 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
9 63 (3.94%) Front Office
10 47 (2.94%) Aerospace
11 41 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
12 39 (2.44%) Military
12 39 (2.44%) Telecoms
13 38 (2.38%) Manufacturing
14 36 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
14 36 (2.25%) Retail
15 35 (2.19%) Financial Institution
16 32 (2.00%) Investment Banking
16 32 (2.00%) Law
17 23 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 212 (13.25%) Lead
2 191 (11.94%) Architect
3 169 (10.56%) Project Manager
4 155 (9.69%) Senior
5 152 (9.50%) Analyst
6 96 (6.00%) Consultant
7 82 (5.13%) Security Architect
8 72 (4.50%) Programme Manager
9 55 (3.44%) Developer
10 52 (3.25%) Business Analyst
11 51 (3.19%) Senior Manager
12 46 (2.88%) IT Manager
13 42 (2.63%) Risk Manager
14 39 (2.44%) Security Consultant
15 38 (2.38%) Delivery Manager
16 35 (2.19%) Security Engineer
17 33 (2.06%) Security Manager
18 31 (1.94%) Risk Analyst
19 30 (1.88%) Solutions Architect
19 30 (1.88%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.19%) Terraform
2 31 (1.94%) .NET
3 28 (1.75%) REST
4 22 (1.38%) Middleware
5 21 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (0.88%) Kafka
6 14 (0.88%) OAuth
7 13 (0.81%) XML
8 12 (0.75%) JSON
8 12 (0.75%) SAML
9 11 (0.69%) OpenID
9 11 (0.69%) React
9 11 (0.69%) SLSA
10 10 (0.63%) SOAP
11 9 (0.56%) LDAP
11 9 (0.56%) Leaflet
11 9 (0.56%) SailPoint
12 8 (0.50%) Azure Blueprints
12 8 (0.50%) RESTful
13 7 (0.44%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 96 (6.00%) Management Information System
2 95 (5.94%) Onboarding
3 76 (4.75%) Product Ownership
4 72 (4.50%) Security Posture
5 61 (3.81%) Cloud Native
6 49 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
7 44 (2.75%) Operational Technology
8 36 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
8 36 (2.25%) Data Centre
9 31 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
10 30 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
10 30 (1.88%) Market Risk
11 26 (1.63%) AI Agents
12 25 (1.56%) Derivative
13 23 (1.44%) PMI
14 22 (1.38%) Credit Risk
14 22 (1.38%) Fixed Income
14 22 (1.38%) NHS
15 21 (1.31%) Data Structures
16 19 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 59 (3.69%) Windows
2 44 (2.75%) Linux
3 30 (1.88%) Unix
4 20 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.38%) zOS
7 5 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.19%) AIX
9 3 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.063%) Android
11 1 (0.063%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 640 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 404 (25.25%) Cybersecurity
3 386 (24.13%) Agile
4 356 (22.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 350 (21.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 264 (16.50%) Decision-Making
7 234 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
8 225 (14.06%) Project Management
9 219 (13.69%) AI
10 213 (13.31%) Roadmaps
11 198 (12.38%) Information Security
12 186 (11.63%) Project Delivery
13 152 (9.50%) Migration
14 149 (9.31%) DevOps
15 146 (9.13%) Change Management
16 141 (8.81%) Analytics
16 141 (8.81%) Vulnerability Management
17 134 (8.38%) CI/CD
17 134 (8.38%) PRINCE2
18 123 (7.69%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 110 (6.88%) Python
2 83 (5.19%) SQL
3 35 (2.19%) PowerShell
4 34 (2.13%) Java
5 28 (1.75%) C#
6 17 (1.06%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.69%) Bash
7 11 (0.69%) VBA
8 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
8 8 (0.50%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.38%) Go
9 6 (0.38%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.31%) Bicep
10 5 (0.31%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.25%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.25%) C++
11 4 (0.25%) CLIST
11 4 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.25%) JCL
11 4 (0.25%) REXX
Qualifications
1 438 (27.38%) Security Cleared
2 317 (19.81%) SC Cleared
3 159 (9.94%) Degree
4 145 (9.06%) CISSP
5 111 (6.94%) DV Cleared
6 93 (5.81%) CISM
7 80 (5.00%) PMI Certification
8 77 (4.81%) PMP
9 49 (3.06%) CRISC
10 35 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
11 31 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
12 29 (1.81%) CISA
12 29 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 28 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 22 (1.38%) Master's Degree
14 22 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 22 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
15 20 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (1.00%) AWS Certification
17 15 (0.94%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 190 (11.88%) NIST
3 169 (10.56%) GRC
4 97 (6.06%) GDPR
4 97 (6.06%) QA
5 64 (4.00%) NCSC
5 64 (4.00%) PMO
6 60 (3.75%) Data Quality
7 36 (2.25%) JSP 440
8 32 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.31%) NIST 800
10 20 (1.25%) SLA
11 17 (1.06%) SOC 2
12 16 (1.00%) COBIT
13 15 (0.94%) Accessibility
13 15 (0.94%) PCI DSS
14 14 (0.88%) Def Stans
15 13 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 13 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 12 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 38 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.88%) Docker
3 10 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
5 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.19%) FreeRADIUS
6 3 (0.19%) Postfix
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.13%) Firmware
7 2 (0.13%) NFS
7 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.13%) vSphere
8 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (2.19%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.69%) Ansible
3 11 (0.69%) SCCM
4 10 (0.63%) Grafana
4 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.38%) Control-M
7 5 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.25%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.25%) OMEGAMON
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.25%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.19%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.19%) Puppet
10 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.13%) NSN NetAct
10 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 240 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 96 (6.00%) ServiceNow
3 78 (4.88%) SAP
4 61 (3.81%) Oracle
5 36 (2.25%) Google
6 20 (1.25%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.19%) Splunk
8 14 (0.88%) Foundry
9 13 (0.81%) Cisco
9 13 (0.81%) IBM
9 13 (0.81%) Qualys
10 11 (0.69%) Databricks
10 11 (0.69%) Murex
10 11 (0.69%) VMware
11 10 (0.63%) Workday
12 9 (0.56%) BeyondTrust
12 9 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (0.56%) F5
12 9 (0.56%) Tenable
13 8 (0.50%) Ariba