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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 52 58
Rank change year-on-year -12 +6 +12
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,266 1,019 1,270
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.49% 4.13% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 4.56% 3.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 825 610 854
10th Percentile £410 £363 £400
25th Percentile £474 £471 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% +6.62% -7.02%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £700
90th Percentile £838 £838 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 39 48
10th Percentile £27.78 £28.02 £30.13
25th Percentile £33.50 £43.15 £42.25
Median hourly rate £69.36 £60.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +15.60% +2.13% +452.68%
75th Percentile £100.00 £76.68 £83.18
90th Percentile £107.00 £83.61 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £69.36 £61.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year +12.79% +14.41% +405.64%

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 31,421 22,365 33,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.61% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,102 14,445 21,880
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £615 £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 1,952 795 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.80 £21.01 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.81 £71.83
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -15 675 £600 -5.66% 215
South East -10 186 £525 -8.70% 135
North of England -13 185 £519 -1.24% 95
Midlands -49 102 £550 +1.85% 64
North West -17 92 £533 +6.50% 55
Yorkshire -1 91 £500 -5.48% 36
West Midlands -39 69 £540 -10.00% 47
South West +2 57 £525 +5.00% 59
East of England -28 33 £510 -3.77% 21
East Midlands -33 33 £550 +22.22% 17
North East -23 2 £550 -4.35% 4
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 60 (4.74%) Confluence
2 22 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.47%) SAS
6 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.16%) nginx
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.079%) Camunda
7 1 (0.079%) CMS
7 1 (0.079%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.079%) IIS
7 1 (0.079%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
Applications
1 66 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
3 36 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.32%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) Revit
9 1 (0.079%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.079%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 16 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.71%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (0.47%) Primavera
5 5 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.32%) Summit
7 3 (0.24%) Endur
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.16%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.16%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 142 (11.22%) Azure
2 123 (9.72%) AWS
3 51 (4.03%) GCP
4 45 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (3.24%) Power Platform
6 31 (2.45%) Entra ID
6 31 (2.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 25 (1.97%) SaaS
8 22 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
9 20 (1.58%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.42%) Google Sheets
11 14 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.11%) GitHub
12 12 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (0.87%) OCI
14 10 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (0.79%) OpenShift
15 8 (0.63%) Collibra
16 7 (0.55%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.61%) Firewall
1 33 (2.61%) Network Security
2 10 (0.79%) DNS
2 10 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (0.71%) Internet
3 9 (0.71%) Kerberos
4 8 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
5 7 (0.55%) DHCP
5 7 (0.55%) HTTP
5 7 (0.55%) LAN
5 7 (0.55%) WAN
6 5 (0.39%) BIG-IP
6 5 (0.39%) Cisco IPT
7 4 (0.32%) 5G
8 3 (0.24%) Broadband
8 3 (0.24%) NGFW
8 3 (0.24%) SAN
8 3 (0.24%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.24%) VPN
9 2 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.69%) Power BI
2 20 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (1.18%) Metadata
5 14 (1.11%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.95%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.47%) KDB
7 6 (0.47%) Kdb+
7 6 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.39%) Big Data
8 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.39%) Tableau
9 4 (0.32%) Data Mart
9 4 (0.32%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.32%) MS Access
9 4 (0.32%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 121 (9.56%) JIRA
2 13 (1.03%) Git
3 9 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.39%) GitLab
5 4 (0.32%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.24%) QUnit
6 3 (0.24%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.16%) GCC
7 2 (0.16%) GDB
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.16%) Selenium
8 1 (0.079%) Appium
8 1 (0.079%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.079%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.079%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.079%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.079%) jMock
8 1 (0.079%) Mockito
8 1 (0.079%) Zephyr
General
1 499 (39.42%) Social Skills
2 489 (38.63%) Finance
3 211 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 172 (13.59%) Banking
5 121 (9.56%) Public Sector
6 105 (8.29%) Legal
7 51 (4.03%) Front Office
7 51 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
8 45 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (3.08%) Investment Banking
10 36 (2.84%) Financial Institution
11 32 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (2.29%) Retail
13 22 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (1.50%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.42%) Military
16 17 (1.34%) Marketing
17 16 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.26%) Law
18 15 (1.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 150 (11.85%) Lead
2 149 (11.77%) Project Manager
3 148 (11.69%) Analyst
4 139 (10.98%) Senior
5 103 (8.14%) Architect
6 98 (7.74%) Consultant
7 79 (6.24%) Developer
8 64 (5.06%) Programme Manager
9 62 (4.90%) Business Analyst
10 46 (3.63%) Delivery Manager
10 46 (3.63%) Security Architect
11 45 (3.55%) Senior Manager
12 40 (3.16%) Security Consultant
13 37 (2.92%) Risk Analyst
14 35 (2.76%) Risk Manager
15 32 (2.53%) Senior Developer
16 29 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
17 28 (2.21%) Security Engineer
18 24 (1.90%) Security Analyst
18 24 (1.90%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (1.58%) Kafka
3 19 (1.50%) REST
4 15 (1.18%) OAuth
5 13 (1.03%) SAML
6 12 (0.95%) .NET
7 11 (0.87%) Middleware
8 10 (0.79%) XML
9 9 (0.71%) .NET Framework
9 9 (0.71%) COM
9 9 (0.71%) Dask
9 9 (0.71%) NumPy
9 9 (0.71%) Pandas
10 8 (0.63%) PyTorch
11 7 (0.55%) OpenID
11 7 (0.55%) TensorFlow
12 6 (0.47%) LDAP
12 6 (0.47%) RESTful
12 6 (0.47%) scikit-learn
13 5 (0.39%) React
Miscellaneous
1 133 (10.51%) Management Information System
2 66 (5.21%) Derivative
3 64 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 61 (4.82%) Security Posture
5 46 (3.63%) Onboarding
6 38 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 37 (2.92%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.92%) Equities
7 37 (2.92%) Market Risk
8 31 (2.45%) Data Centre
9 28 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
10 27 (2.13%) Algorithms
11 25 (1.97%) Fixed Income
12 24 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.90%) Credit Risk
12 24 (1.90%) Operational Technology
13 20 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
14 18 (1.42%) NHS
15 17 (1.34%) Data Structures
15 17 (1.34%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.53%) Linux
2 27 (2.13%) Windows
3 14 (1.11%) Unix
4 5 (0.39%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.24%) VMS
6 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.24%) zOS
7 2 (0.16%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.079%) Android
8 1 (0.079%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (28.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 300 (23.70%) Agile
3 249 (19.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 234 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
5 210 (16.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 194 (15.32%) Cybersecurity
7 192 (15.17%) Project Management
8 172 (13.59%) Decision-Making
9 163 (12.88%) Information Security
10 142 (11.22%) Roadmaps
11 136 (10.74%) Change Management
12 117 (9.24%) Migration
12 117 (9.24%) Project Delivery
13 116 (9.16%) AI
13 116 (9.16%) Analytics
13 116 (9.16%) Regulatory Compliance
14 95 (7.50%) PRINCE2
15 94 (7.42%) Data Protection
15 94 (7.42%) Scrum
16 86 (6.79%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 120 (9.48%) SQL
2 107 (8.45%) Python
3 48 (3.79%) Java
4 33 (2.61%) PowerShell
5 25 (1.97%) C++
6 24 (1.90%) C#
7 15 (1.18%) VBA
8 8 (0.63%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.32%) Bash
10 4 (0.32%) Korn
11 3 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.16%) Perl
12 2 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.16%) R
12 2 (0.16%) RPG
12 2 (0.16%) Rust
12 2 (0.16%) Scala
12 2 (0.16%) Solidity
13 1 (0.079%) JCL
Qualifications
1 271 (21.41%) Security Cleared
2 224 (17.69%) Degree
3 202 (15.96%) SC Cleared
4 113 (8.93%) CISSP
5 84 (6.64%) CISM
6 65 (5.13%) DV Cleared
7 62 (4.90%) PMI Certification
8 60 (4.74%) PMP
9 48 (3.79%) Master's Degree
10 33 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 31 (2.45%) CRISC
12 30 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
13 21 (1.66%) CISA
13 21 (1.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 15 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (1.18%) Numerate Degree
14 15 (1.18%) PhD
15 12 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 11 (0.87%) CESG Certified Professional
17 9 (0.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (12.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 159 (12.56%) NIST
3 112 (8.85%) GRC
4 110 (8.69%) GDPR
5 75 (5.92%) PMO
6 67 (5.29%) QA
7 52 (4.11%) PCI DSS
8 43 (3.40%) Data Quality
9 36 (2.84%) NCSC
10 26 (2.05%) SLA
11 24 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 22 (1.74%) SOC 2
13 20 (1.58%) NIST 800
14 18 (1.42%) COBIT
15 17 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
16 16 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
17 15 (1.18%) Def Stans
17 15 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 14 (1.11%) JSP 440
19 12 (0.95%) RMADS
System Software
1 29 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.87%) Docker
3 7 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.24%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.079%) Postfix
5 1 (0.079%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.079%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.50%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (1.03%) Terraform
3 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.71%) SCCM
5 6 (0.47%) Ansible
6 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.24%) CASB
6 3 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
6 3 (0.24%) QRadar
6 3 (0.24%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.16%) Grafana
7 2 (0.16%) Nessus
7 2 (0.16%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.16%) OpenVAS
7 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.079%) Control-M
8 1 (0.079%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 154 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.98%) Oracle
3 59 (4.66%) ServiceNow
4 50 (3.95%) SAP
5 41 (3.24%) Google
6 22 (1.74%) Murex
7 18 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.34%) Workday
9 10 (0.79%) Cisco
9 10 (0.79%) Splunk
10 9 (0.71%) CyberArk
10 9 (0.71%) Databricks
10 9 (0.71%) VMware
11 8 (0.63%) F5
11 8 (0.63%) Informatica
12 7 (0.55%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.47%) Ariba
13 6 (0.47%) Charles River
13 6 (0.47%) Citrix
13 6 (0.47%) IBM