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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 54 65
Rank change year-on-year -11 +11 -4
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,675 1,229 1,092
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.63% 4.42% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 4.86% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,043 774 632
10th Percentile £405 £363 £375
25th Percentile £476 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £564 £560
% change year-on-year -2.44% +0.67% -2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 28 25
10th Percentile £24.72 £22.16 £32.75
25th Percentile £43.39 £29.52 £43.75
Median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.31% -41.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80.00 £54.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £77.80 £75.24
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £33.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +91.31% -41.74% +16.16%

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 39,123 25,281 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.74% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,918 16,062 17,635
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,776 1,509 1,303
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.55
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -24 816 £600 -7.69% 2,147
North of England -9 267 £511 +2.20% 374
South East +11 253 £575 +4.55% 483
Yorkshire +9 130 £500 - 110
North West -25 130 £525 +2.68% 235
South West -17 113 £585 +1.74% 194
Midlands -27 113 £525 +13.51% 233
West Midlands -17 91 £500 +5.26% 143
East of England 0 69 £513 -14.58% 124
East Midlands -28 19 £549 +36.44% 90
North East -42 8 £454 - 31
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 (3.70%) Confluence
2 39 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.72%) SAS
4 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.18%) IIS
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.060%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.060%) Apache
7 1 (0.060%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.060%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.060%) Appian
7 1 (0.060%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.060%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.060%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 59 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.01%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.24%) Revit
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.060%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 39 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.84%) Endur
3 11 (0.66%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.48%) Primavera
6 7 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.24%) Actimize
9 4 (0.24%) Front Arena
9 4 (0.24%) Magento
10 3 (0.18%) Findur
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.18%) Summit
10 3 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 263 (15.70%) Azure
2 183 (10.93%) AWS
3 82 (4.90%) GCP
4 72 (4.30%) Power Platform
5 64 (3.82%) Entra ID
6 50 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (2.93%) SaaS
8 31 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
10 25 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
11 21 (1.25%) GitHub
11 21 (1.25%) OCI
12 19 (1.13%) Azure AI
13 18 (1.07%) PaaS
14 15 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
15 13 (0.78%) Serverless
16 12 (0.72%) IaaS
17 11 (0.66%) Power Automate
17 11 (0.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.34%) Network Security
2 46 (2.75%) Firewall
3 18 (1.07%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.01%) DNS
4 17 (1.01%) WAN
5 15 (0.90%) LAN
6 13 (0.78%) 5G
6 13 (0.78%) DHCP
7 11 (0.66%) 4G
8 8 (0.48%) BIG-IP
8 8 (0.48%) VPN
9 7 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
10 6 (0.36%) Internet
10 6 (0.36%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.30%) 3G
11 5 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.30%) Wireless
12 4 (0.24%) SAN
12 4 (0.24%) Softphone
12 4 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.28%) Power BI
2 36 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.79%) Metadata
4 18 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (0.78%) Data Lake
5 13 (0.78%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.72%) Oracle Database
7 10 (0.60%) Big Data
7 10 (0.60%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.42%) RDBMS
9 6 (0.36%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.36%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.30%) Db2
10 5 (0.30%) Tableau
11 4 (0.24%) Ataccama
11 4 (0.24%) Neo4j
11 4 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 109 (6.51%) JIRA
2 23 (1.37%) Git
3 18 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.72%) Selenium
5 10 (0.60%) Cypress.io
6 8 (0.48%) Postman
7 7 (0.42%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.42%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.30%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.30%) Claude Code
8 5 (0.30%) GitLab
8 5 (0.30%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.24%) Gradle
9 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 4 (0.24%) Subversion
9 4 (0.24%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.18%) DbUnit
10 3 (0.18%) JUnit
10 3 (0.18%) Mockito
General
1 668 (39.88%) Social Skills
2 609 (36.36%) Finance
3 276 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
4 207 (12.36%) Public Sector
5 191 (11.40%) Banking
6 128 (7.64%) Legal
7 86 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
8 68 (4.06%) Front Office
8 68 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
9 47 (2.81%) Aerospace
10 45 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
11 44 (2.63%) Military
12 40 (2.39%) Manufacturing
13 38 (2.27%) Telecoms
14 36 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
14 36 (2.15%) Retail
15 35 (2.09%) Financial Institution
16 33 (1.97%) Law
17 32 (1.91%) Investment Banking
18 25 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 223 (13.31%) Lead
2 210 (12.54%) Architect
3 169 (10.09%) Senior
4 166 (9.91%) Analyst
5 162 (9.67%) Project Manager
6 93 (5.55%) Consultant
7 80 (4.78%) Security Architect
8 71 (4.24%) Programme Manager
9 57 (3.40%) Developer
10 56 (3.34%) Business Analyst
11 50 (2.99%) Senior Manager
12 46 (2.75%) IT Manager
13 45 (2.69%) Risk Manager
14 38 (2.27%) Delivery Manager
15 37 (2.21%) Security Engineer
15 37 (2.21%) Solutions Architect
16 35 (2.09%) Security Consultant
17 34 (2.03%) Security Manager
18 33 (1.97%) Risk Analyst
18 33 (1.97%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.63%) Terraform
2 37 (2.21%) .NET
3 33 (1.97%) REST
4 24 (1.43%) Middleware
5 19 (1.13%) Kafka
6 17 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (0.90%) OAuth
8 12 (0.72%) JSON
8 12 (0.72%) React
8 12 (0.72%) SAML
9 11 (0.66%) OpenID
9 11 (0.66%) SLSA
9 11 (0.66%) SOAP
10 10 (0.60%) SailPoint
10 10 (0.60%) Spring
10 10 (0.60%) Web Services
10 10 (0.60%) XML
11 9 (0.54%) LDAP
11 9 (0.54%) Spring Boot
12 8 (0.48%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 115 (6.87%) Onboarding
2 99 (5.91%) Management Information System
3 84 (5.01%) Product Ownership
4 78 (4.66%) Security Posture
5 66 (3.94%) Cloud Native
6 52 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
7 45 (2.69%) Operational Technology
8 44 (2.63%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
10 37 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
11 33 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
12 29 (1.73%) Market Risk
13 26 (1.55%) AI Agents
14 23 (1.37%) Credit Risk
15 22 (1.31%) PMI
16 21 (1.25%) Derivative
16 21 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
16 21 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 21 (1.25%) NHS
17 20 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 66 (3.94%) Windows
2 52 (3.10%) Linux
3 33 (1.97%) Unix
4 21 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.42%) zOS
7 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.18%) AIX
9 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.12%) Android
11 1 (0.060%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 690 (41.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 429 (25.61%) Cybersecurity
3 404 (24.12%) Agile
4 384 (22.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 361 (21.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 289 (17.25%) Decision-Making
7 243 (14.51%) Roadmaps
8 239 (14.27%) Problem-Solving
9 238 (14.21%) AI
10 226 (13.49%) Project Management
11 197 (11.76%) Information Security
12 186 (11.10%) Project Delivery
13 160 (9.55%) DevOps
14 158 (9.43%) Migration
15 154 (9.19%) CI/CD
16 152 (9.07%) Change Management
17 150 (8.96%) Vulnerability Management
18 144 (8.60%) Analytics
19 136 (8.12%) PRINCE2
20 130 (7.76%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 123 (7.34%) Python
2 91 (5.43%) SQL
3 40 (2.39%) Java
3 40 (2.39%) PowerShell
4 34 (2.03%) C#
5 18 (1.07%) JavaScript
6 16 (0.96%) Bash
7 12 (0.72%) Shell Script
7 12 (0.72%) VBA
8 9 (0.54%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.42%) Go
10 6 (0.36%) Bicep
10 6 (0.36%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.30%) Assembly Language
11 5 (0.30%) CLIST
11 5 (0.30%) JCL
11 5 (0.30%) Korn
11 5 (0.30%) REXX
11 5 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 459 (27.40%) Security Cleared
2 333 (19.88%) SC Cleared
3 161 (9.61%) Degree
4 149 (8.90%) CISSP
5 109 (6.51%) DV Cleared
6 94 (5.61%) CISM
7 82 (4.90%) PMI Certification
8 78 (4.66%) PMP
9 48 (2.87%) CRISC
10 44 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 35 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
12 32 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 29 (1.73%) CISA
14 27 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
15 26 (1.55%) Master's Degree
16 25 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
17 23 (1.37%) Azure Certification
17 23 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
17 23 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 22 (1.31%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (12.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 189 (11.28%) NIST
3 178 (10.63%) GRC
4 100 (5.97%) QA
5 97 (5.79%) GDPR
6 71 (4.24%) Data Quality
7 64 (3.82%) NCSC
8 60 (3.58%) PMO
9 34 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
10 30 (1.79%) JSP 440
11 22 (1.31%) NIST 800
12 17 (1.01%) SOC 2
13 16 (0.96%) Accessibility
13 16 (0.96%) SLA
14 15 (0.90%) Def Stans
15 14 (0.84%) COBIT
16 13 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 13 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 12 (0.72%) PCI DSS
17 12 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.07%) Docker
3 10 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.42%) VMware NSX
4 7 (0.42%) vSphere
5 5 (0.30%) Time Sharing Option
6 4 (0.24%) FreeRADIUS
7 3 (0.18%) Firmware
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (0.18%) Postfix
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.12%) NFS
8 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.060%) IAG
9 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 47 (2.81%) Kubernetes
2 32 (1.91%) Ansible
3 13 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.60%) Grafana
4 10 (0.60%) SCCM
5 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.36%) Control-M
7 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.30%) OMEGAMON
7 5 (0.30%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.24%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.18%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (0.18%) Puppet
10 2 (0.12%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.12%) NSN NetAct
10 2 (0.12%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.060%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 257 (15.34%) Microsoft
2 104 (6.21%) ServiceNow
3 81 (4.84%) SAP
4 59 (3.52%) Oracle
5 43 (2.57%) Google
6 22 (1.31%) Splunk
7 19 (1.13%) Salesforce
8 18 (1.07%) VMware
9 16 (0.96%) Murex
10 15 (0.90%) Cisco
10 15 (0.90%) Foundry
10 15 (0.90%) Qualys
11 14 (0.84%) BeyondTrust
11 14 (0.84%) CyberArk
11 14 (0.84%) Databricks
11 14 (0.84%) IBM
12 11 (0.66%) Tenable
13 10 (0.60%) OpenAI
13 10 (0.60%) Workday
14 9 (0.54%) CrowdStrike