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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 50 65
Rank change year-on-year -18 +15 +1
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,308 1,053 1,203
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.43% 4.34% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 4.78% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 870 651 820
10th Percentile £406 £363 £394
25th Percentile £474 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -8.72%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £725
90th Percentile £838 £838 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 35 34
10th Percentile £20.27 £28.79 £15.73
25th Percentile £36.00 £46.30 £35.33
Median hourly rate £74.31 £61.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +6.95% +440.92%
75th Percentile £100.00 £78.38 £61.25
90th Percentile £107.00 £84.43 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £74.31 £61.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +20.83% +22.99% +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 32,858 22,016 32,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.08% 90.81% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,074 14,505 21,608
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,007 857 2,166
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.27 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.36
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.63 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.94% -1.54% -11.33%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 1 April 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 -26 662 £600 -4.76% 260
North of England -12 214 £520 +1.70% 112
South East -4 197 £550 -4.35% 145
North West -10 111 £540 +8.00% 65
Midlands -40 111 £536 +7.20% 70
Yorkshire -9 101 £500 - 39
West Midlands -32 78 £510 +1.59% 56
South West -1 64 £560 +17.89% 37
East of England -23 35 £525 -0.94% 31
East Midlands -26 33 £550 +22.22% 14
North East -23 2 £480 -16.52% 8
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 67 (5.12%) Confluence
2 23 (1.76%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.76%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.54%) SAS
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.076%) CMS
8 1 (0.076%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.076%) IIS
8 1 (0.076%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.076%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.076%) Tomcat
Applications
1 61 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.82%) Microsoft Project
3 32 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.07%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.31%) Trello
7 2 (0.15%) Revit
7 2 (0.15%) Windchill
8 1 (0.076%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.076%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 14 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.61%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.46%) Summit
6 5 (0.38%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.38%) Primavera
7 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.23%) Endur
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.23%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.15%) Findur
9 2 (0.15%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 151 (11.54%) Azure
2 129 (9.86%) AWS
3 49 (3.75%) GCP
4 46 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (3.44%) Power Platform
6 31 (2.37%) Entra ID
7 28 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
8 24 (1.83%) SaaS
9 22 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.61%) Google Workspace
11 19 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (1.38%) Google Sheets
13 15 (1.15%) GitHub
13 15 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (0.84%) OCI
16 9 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (0.69%) OpenShift
17 8 (0.61%) Amazon S3
17 8 (0.61%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.68%) Network Security
2 26 (1.99%) Firewall
3 13 (0.99%) DNS
4 10 (0.76%) DHCP
5 9 (0.69%) Internet
5 9 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (0.61%) BIG-IP
6 8 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (0.46%) 5G
7 6 (0.46%) HTTP
7 6 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.38%) Kerberos
8 5 (0.38%) LAN
8 5 (0.38%) WAN
9 4 (0.31%) Cisco IPT
9 4 (0.31%) SAN
10 3 (0.23%) Broadband
10 3 (0.23%) NAS
10 3 (0.23%) NGFW
10 3 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.68%) Power BI
2 23 (1.76%) Metadata
3 18 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.84%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.61%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.61%) Tableau
8 6 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.46%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.38%) Big Data
9 5 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.31%) Data Mart
10 4 (0.31%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.23%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.23%) KDB
11 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 131 (10.02%) JIRA
2 15 (1.15%) Git
3 9 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.38%) GitLab
5 3 (0.23%) Selenium
5 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.23%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.15%) DbUnit
6 2 (0.15%) jMock
6 2 (0.15%) JUnit
6 2 (0.15%) Maven
6 2 (0.15%) Mockito
6 2 (0.15%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.076%) Appium
7 1 (0.076%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.076%) Flyway
7 1 (0.076%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.076%) MLflow
General
1 506 (38.69%) Social Skills
2 487 (37.23%) Finance
3 221 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (13.30%) Banking
5 130 (9.94%) Public Sector
6 106 (8.10%) Legal
7 44 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
8 43 (3.29%) Front Office
9 39 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (2.75%) Financial Institution
10 36 (2.75%) Investment Banking
11 32 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.37%) Retail
13 27 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
14 22 (1.68%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.45%) Military
16 18 (1.38%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.38%) Marketing
17 17 (1.30%) Law
18 16 (1.22%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 171 (13.07%) Project Manager
2 156 (11.93%) Lead
3 139 (10.63%) Analyst
4 138 (10.55%) Senior
5 115 (8.79%) Architect
6 107 (8.18%) Consultant
7 69 (5.28%) Developer
8 64 (4.89%) Business Analyst
8 64 (4.89%) Programme Manager
9 53 (4.05%) Security Architect
10 48 (3.67%) Senior Manager
11 45 (3.44%) Security Consultant
12 42 (3.21%) Delivery Manager
13 39 (2.98%) Risk Manager
14 33 (2.52%) Risk Analyst
14 33 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
15 29 (2.22%) Senior Developer
16 28 (2.14%) Security Engineer
17 25 (1.91%) Security Manager
18 24 (1.83%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.99%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (1.45%) REST
3 16 (1.22%) Kafka
4 14 (1.07%) .NET
5 13 (0.99%) XML
6 11 (0.84%) Middleware
7 10 (0.76%) Leaflet
7 10 (0.76%) OAuth
8 9 (0.69%) COM
8 9 (0.69%) Dask
8 9 (0.69%) NumPy
8 9 (0.69%) Pandas
9 8 (0.61%) SAML
10 7 (0.54%) .NET Framework
10 7 (0.54%) JSON
10 7 (0.54%) PyTorch
10 7 (0.54%) RESTful
11 6 (0.46%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (0.46%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 120 (9.17%) Management Information System
2 65 (4.97%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.59%) Derivative
3 60 (4.59%) Security Posture
4 49 (3.75%) Onboarding
5 41 (3.13%) Cloud Native
6 36 (2.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 34 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
7 34 (2.60%) Market Risk
8 33 (2.52%) Equities
9 32 (2.45%) Data Centre
10 27 (2.06%) Operational Technology
11 24 (1.83%) Credit Risk
12 23 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.61%) Algorithms
14 20 (1.53%) Fixed Income
15 19 (1.45%) NHS
16 18 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
17 17 (1.30%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 30 (2.29%) Windows
2 25 (1.91%) Linux
3 13 (0.99%) Unix
4 7 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.31%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.23%) VMS
6 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.23%) zOS
7 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.076%) Android
8 1 (0.076%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (29.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 327 (25.00%) Agile
3 260 (19.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 248 (18.96%) Problem-Solving
5 226 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 218 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 216 (16.51%) Project Management
8 176 (13.46%) Decision-Making
9 158 (12.08%) Information Security
10 147 (11.24%) Roadmaps
11 146 (11.16%) Change Management
12 133 (10.17%) Project Delivery
13 128 (9.79%) AI
14 121 (9.25%) Regulatory Compliance
15 119 (9.10%) Analytics
16 118 (9.02%) Migration
17 108 (8.26%) Data Protection
17 108 (8.26%) PRINCE2
18 94 (7.19%) Scrum
19 91 (6.96%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 117 (8.94%) SQL
2 107 (8.18%) Python
3 48 (3.67%) Java
4 32 (2.45%) PowerShell
5 21 (1.61%) C++
6 20 (1.53%) C#
7 17 (1.30%) VBA
8 9 (0.69%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.46%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.38%) Bash
10 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.31%) Perl
11 4 (0.31%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.23%) Korn
12 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.15%) R
13 2 (0.15%) RPG
13 2 (0.15%) Rust
13 2 (0.15%) Scala
13 2 (0.15%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 289 (22.09%) Security Cleared
2 212 (16.21%) SC Cleared
3 208 (15.90%) Degree
4 113 (8.64%) CISSP
5 80 (6.12%) CISM
6 72 (5.50%) DV Cleared
6 72 (5.50%) PMI Certification
7 71 (5.43%) PMP
8 37 (2.83%) CRISC
8 37 (2.83%) Master's Degree
9 30 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (1.45%) CISA
12 15 (1.15%) CESG Certified Professional
13 14 (1.07%) Numerate Degree
14 13 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 12 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 12 (0.92%) PhD
16 11 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (13.23%) NIST
2 165 (12.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 116 (8.87%) GRC
4 112 (8.56%) GDPR
5 84 (6.42%) PMO
6 70 (5.35%) QA
7 50 (3.82%) PCI DSS
8 47 (3.59%) Data Quality
9 42 (3.21%) NCSC
10 27 (2.06%) SLA
11 26 (1.99%) SOC 2
12 25 (1.91%) JSP 440
13 21 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 20 (1.53%) COBIT
14 20 (1.53%) NIST 800
15 18 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
15 18 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 16 (1.22%) RMADS
17 15 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
18 12 (0.92%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 26 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.69%) Docker
3 7 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.15%) Postfix
7 1 (0.076%) NFS
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.076%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.076%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (1.38%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.15%) Terraform
3 12 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.69%) Ansible
4 9 (0.69%) SCCM
5 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.31%) Control-M
6 4 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.23%) CASB
7 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.23%) QRadar
8 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.15%) Grafana
8 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.15%) Nessus
8 2 (0.15%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
8 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 159 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 68 (5.20%) Oracle
3 63 (4.82%) ServiceNow
4 47 (3.59%) SAP
5 42 (3.21%) Google
6 23 (1.76%) Murex
7 18 (1.38%) Workday
8 17 (1.30%) Salesforce
9 11 (0.84%) Splunk
10 10 (0.76%) F5
11 9 (0.69%) Cisco
11 9 (0.69%) Databricks
11 9 (0.69%) VMware
12 8 (0.61%) Foundry
12 8 (0.61%) Informatica
13 7 (0.54%) IBM
13 7 (0.54%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.46%) Bloomberg
14 6 (0.46%) CyberArk
14 6 (0.46%) Infoblox