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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 48 65
Rank change year-on-year -21 +17 +3
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,310 1,105 1,184
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.34% 4.53% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 4.97% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 682 800
10th Percentile £405 £363 £388
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £681 £738 £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 35 36 34
10th Percentile £20.27 £28.87 £17.55
25th Percentile £33.00 £46.30 £35.33
Median hourly rate £74.31 £60.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.84% +4.35% +440.92%
75th Percentile £102.63 £75.84 £61.25
90th Percentile £107.00 £86.15 £83.03
UK median hourly rate £71.83 £61.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +16.81% +17.13% +393.89%

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 33,547 22,212 32,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 91.02% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,492 14,606 21,309
10th Percentile £314 £311 £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 £613 £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 2,069 881 2,207
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.09 £18.51 £15.76
Median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%
75th Percentile £66.25 £64.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.25 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £37.16 £30.45 £33.55
% change year-on-year +22.04% -9.24% -7.45%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -26 650 £600 -4.00% 271
North of England -14 208 £507 -1.05% 93
South East -8 204 £550 -2.22% 144
Midlands -46 109 £530 +6.00% 63
North West -11 105 £545 +9.00% 53
Yorkshire -9 101 £492 -2.81% 33
West Midlands -33 78 £518 +0.78% 41
South West -4 71 £525 +16.67% 46
East of England -19 43 £525 +12.18% 46
East Midlands -32 31 £544 +21.59% 21
North East -29 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 57 (4.35%) Confluence
2 27 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.53%) SAS
5 3 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.076%) CMS
7 1 (0.076%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.076%) IIS
7 1 (0.076%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.076%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.076%) Tomcat
Applications
1 59 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (3.89%) Microsoft Project
3 32 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.31%) Trello
6 3 (0.23%) Revit
7 2 (0.15%) Navisworks
7 2 (0.15%) Windchill
8 1 (0.076%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.076%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.076%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 14 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.61%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.53%) Summit
5 6 (0.46%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.46%) Endur
6 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.31%) Primavera
7 3 (0.23%) Findur
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.23%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.15%) Actimize
8 2 (0.15%) Front Arena
8 2 (0.15%) Global One
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 141 (10.76%) Azure
2 119 (9.08%) AWS
3 50 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (3.36%) Power Platform
5 43 (3.28%) GCP
6 30 (2.29%) Entra ID
7 28 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
8 27 (2.06%) SaaS
9 21 (1.60%) Google Workspace
10 20 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
11 18 (1.37%) Google Sheets
12 16 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
14 13 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (0.92%) GitHub
16 10 (0.76%) Amazon S3
16 10 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
17 9 (0.69%) OCI
17 9 (0.69%) OpenShift
17 9 (0.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.90%) Network Security
2 24 (1.83%) Firewall
3 13 (0.99%) DNS
4 11 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (0.76%) DHCP
6 9 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
7 8 (0.61%) 5G
7 8 (0.61%) BIG-IP
8 7 (0.53%) Internet
9 6 (0.46%) HTTP
9 6 (0.46%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.31%) 3G
10 4 (0.31%) 4G
10 4 (0.31%) Cisco IPT
11 3 (0.23%) Broadband
11 3 (0.23%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.23%) NAS
11 3 (0.23%) NGFW
11 3 (0.23%) SAN
11 3 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.60%) Power BI
2 26 (1.98%) Metadata
3 19 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.76%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.61%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.53%) RDBMS
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.46%) Tableau
10 5 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.38%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.38%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.31%) Data Mart
11 4 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 118 (9.01%) JIRA
2 17 (1.30%) Git
3 12 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.38%) GitLab
5 4 (0.31%) Bitbucket Server
5 4 (0.31%) DbUnit
5 4 (0.31%) jMock
5 4 (0.31%) JUnit
5 4 (0.31%) Maven
5 4 (0.31%) Mockito
5 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.23%) Selenium
6 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.23%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.076%) Appium
7 1 (0.076%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.076%) ERwin
7 1 (0.076%) GCC
7 1 (0.076%) GDB
General
1 498 (38.02%) Social Skills
2 473 (36.11%) Finance
3 212 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
4 169 (12.90%) Banking
5 137 (10.46%) Public Sector
6 101 (7.71%) Legal
7 46 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
8 39 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
9 37 (2.82%) Front Office
10 32 (2.44%) Financial Institution
10 32 (2.44%) Investment Banking
11 31 (2.37%) Retail
12 28 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
13 26 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (1.76%) Military
14 23 (1.76%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.45%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.37%) Law
17 17 (1.30%) Marketing
18 16 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 172 (13.13%) Project Manager
2 158 (12.06%) Lead
3 138 (10.53%) Analyst
4 134 (10.23%) Senior
5 115 (8.78%) Architect
6 96 (7.33%) Consultant
7 73 (5.57%) Developer
8 65 (4.96%) Business Analyst
8 65 (4.96%) Programme Manager
9 47 (3.59%) Security Architect
10 44 (3.36%) Senior Manager
11 42 (3.21%) Delivery Manager
12 40 (3.05%) Security Consultant
13 39 (2.98%) Risk Manager
14 31 (2.37%) Risk Analyst
14 31 (2.37%) Security Engineer
15 28 (2.14%) Security Manager
15 28 (2.14%) Senior Developer
16 25 (1.91%) IT Manager
16 25 (1.91%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.98%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (1.53%) REST
3 14 (1.07%) .NET
3 14 (1.07%) Kafka
4 11 (0.84%) Leaflet
4 11 (0.84%) Middleware
4 11 (0.84%) XML
5 8 (0.61%) COM
5 8 (0.61%) NumPy
5 8 (0.61%) OAuth
5 8 (0.61%) Pandas
5 8 (0.61%) RESTful
6 7 (0.53%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.46%) .NET Framework
7 6 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
7 6 (0.46%) J2EE
7 6 (0.46%) JSON
7 6 (0.46%) JSP
7 6 (0.46%) LDAP
7 6 (0.46%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 117 (8.93%) Management Information System
2 59 (4.50%) Security Posture
3 55 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 53 (4.05%) Derivative
5 51 (3.89%) Onboarding
6 37 (2.82%) Cloud Native
7 36 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
8 35 (2.67%) Market Risk
9 33 (2.52%) Data Centre
10 32 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 28 (2.14%) Operational Technology
12 27 (2.06%) Equities
13 25 (1.91%) Credit Risk
14 21 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
14 21 (1.60%) NHS
15 20 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
16 19 (1.45%) AI Agents
16 19 (1.45%) Data Structures
17 18 (1.37%) Fixed Income
18 16 (1.22%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.44%) Windows
2 25 (1.91%) Linux
3 12 (0.92%) Unix
4 7 (0.53%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.23%) zOS
8 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.15%) VMS
8 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.076%) Android
9 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 405 (30.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 330 (25.19%) Agile
3 252 (19.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 243 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
5 232 (17.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 214 (16.34%) Project Management
7 210 (16.03%) Cybersecurity
8 178 (13.59%) Decision-Making
9 166 (12.67%) Information Security
10 148 (11.30%) Roadmaps
11 146 (11.15%) Change Management
12 133 (10.15%) Project Delivery
13 129 (9.85%) AI
14 121 (9.24%) Migration
15 112 (8.55%) Regulatory Compliance
16 110 (8.40%) Analytics
16 110 (8.40%) Data Protection
17 109 (8.32%) PRINCE2
18 99 (7.56%) DevOps
19 93 (7.10%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 111 (8.47%) SQL
2 96 (7.33%) Python
3 50 (3.82%) Java
4 31 (2.37%) PowerShell
5 18 (1.37%) C#
5 18 (1.37%) C++
6 16 (1.22%) VBA
7 9 (0.69%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.46%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.46%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.38%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.31%) Bash
10 4 (0.31%) Perl
11 3 (0.23%) Korn
11 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.15%) Go
12 2 (0.15%) RPG
12 2 (0.15%) Rust
12 2 (0.15%) Scala
12 2 (0.15%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 292 (22.29%) Security Cleared
2 213 (16.26%) SC Cleared
3 193 (14.73%) Degree
4 102 (7.79%) CISSP
5 74 (5.65%) CISM
6 69 (5.27%) PMP
7 68 (5.19%) DV Cleared
8 64 (4.89%) PMI Certification
9 36 (2.75%) CRISC
10 30 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (2.06%) Master's Degree
12 24 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
13 19 (1.45%) CISA
14 16 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 12 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 12 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
16 10 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
17 9 (0.69%) APMG
17 9 (0.69%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (13.13%) NIST
2 167 (12.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 119 (9.08%) GRC
4 113 (8.63%) GDPR
5 81 (6.18%) PMO
6 65 (4.96%) QA
7 50 (3.82%) PCI DSS
8 48 (3.66%) Data Quality
9 40 (3.05%) NCSC
10 27 (2.06%) JSP 440
10 27 (2.06%) SLA
10 27 (2.06%) SOC 2
11 20 (1.53%) NIST 800
12 19 (1.45%) COBIT
13 18 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
14 17 (1.30%) RMADS
15 16 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
15 16 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 14 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 10 (0.76%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 26 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.76%) Docker
3 7 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.31%) Postfix
6 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.076%) NFS
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.076%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (1.22%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.84%) Terraform
3 10 (0.76%) Ansible
4 9 (0.69%) SCCM
4 9 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.38%) Control-M
7 4 (0.31%) Grafana
7 4 (0.31%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.23%) CASB
9 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.15%) Nessus
9 2 (0.15%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.15%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.076%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 161 (12.29%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.50%) ServiceNow
3 66 (5.04%) Oracle
4 53 (4.05%) SAP
5 40 (3.05%) Google
6 22 (1.68%) Murex
7 19 (1.45%) Workday
8 15 (1.15%) Salesforce
9 11 (0.84%) F5
10 10 (0.76%) Splunk
10 10 (0.76%) VMware
11 8 (0.61%) Cisco
11 8 (0.61%) Databricks
11 8 (0.61%) Foundry
12 7 (0.53%) IBM
12 7 (0.53%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.46%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.46%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.46%) Infoblox
13 6 (0.46%) Informatica