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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 58 65
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 -6
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,737 1,195 1,083
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.73% 4.28% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 4.70% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,080 746 608
10th Percentile £406 £364 £369
25th Percentile £480 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £571 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £726 £700
90th Percentile £800 £875 £838
UK median daily rate £565 £563 £551
% change year-on-year +0.44% +2.18% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 27 28
10th Percentile £34.04 £22.16 £33.35
25th Percentile £49.50 £24.20 £40.00
Median hourly rate £74.84 £33.50 £57.94
Median % change year-on-year +123.40% -42.18% -3.44%
75th Percentile £80.00 £57.50 £71.03
90th Percentile £87.95 £68.50 £76.30
UK median hourly rate £73.59 £33.50 £57.94
% change year-on-year +119.67% -42.18% +5.34%

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 39,476 25,411 27,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.80% 90.93% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,882 16,117 16,935
10th Percentile £325 £295 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £642
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,976 1,567 1,167
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.75 £67.01
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.87 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +50.56% -39.40% -2.92%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -7 887 £600 -6.25% 2,225
North of England -3 270 £500 - 355
South East +9 252 £575 +4.55% 464
North West -13 132 £525 +5.00% 199
Yorkshire +13 131 £489 -2.20% 132
Midlands -28 107 £513 +7.89% 235
South West -28 101 £600 - 214
West Midlands -24 84 £498 -0.50% 134
East of England +7 71 £513 -16.33% 139
East Midlands -29 20 £550 +36.82% 101
North East -36 8 £450 -18.18% 25
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 64 (3.68%) Confluence
2 35 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.69%) SAS
4 6 (0.35%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.23%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.23%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.23%) nginx
6 3 (0.17%) CMS
7 2 (0.12%) Apache
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.058%) Appian
8 1 (0.058%) CICS
8 1 (0.058%) Documentum
8 1 (0.058%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.058%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 58 (3.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.17%) Navisworks
6 3 (0.17%) Revit
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Windchill
8 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.058%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.058%) LaTeX
8 1 (0.058%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 43 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.75%) Endur
3 11 (0.63%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.46%) Primavera
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.29%) SAP HCM
7 5 (0.29%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.23%) Actimize
8 4 (0.23%) Magento
9 3 (0.17%) NEC Housing
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.17%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.17%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.17%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 272 (15.66%) Azure
2 186 (10.71%) AWS
3 93 (5.35%) GCP
4 70 (4.03%) Power Platform
5 65 (3.74%) Entra ID
6 53 (3.05%) SaaS
7 48 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
10 27 (1.55%) GitHub
11 26 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (1.44%) OCI
13 23 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
14 16 (0.92%) Azure AI
14 16 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
15 15 (0.86%) PaaS
16 14 (0.81%) Serverless
17 12 (0.69%) Power Automate
18 11 (0.63%) Azure Functions
18 11 (0.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 62 (3.57%) Network Security
2 53 (3.05%) Firewall
3 20 (1.15%) WAN
4 18 (1.04%) LAN
5 16 (0.92%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.86%) DNS
6 15 (0.86%) VPN
7 10 (0.58%) 5G
7 10 (0.58%) DHCP
8 8 (0.46%) 4G
8 8 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
9 6 (0.35%) Internet
9 6 (0.35%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.29%) BIG-IP
10 5 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.29%) Softphone
10 5 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (0.29%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.17%) Power BI
2 42 (2.42%) SQL Server
3 31 (1.78%) Metadata
4 20 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.81%) Data Lake
5 14 (0.81%) Oracle Database
6 13 (0.75%) Relational Database
7 12 (0.69%) Big Data
7 12 (0.69%) MongoDB
8 11 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.46%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.46%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.40%) Db2
10 7 (0.40%) RDBMS
11 6 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.29%) SAP HANA
13 4 (0.23%) Ataccama
13 4 (0.23%) Neo4j
13 4 (0.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 117 (6.74%) JIRA
2 25 (1.44%) Git
3 19 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.75%) Selenium
5 12 (0.69%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.58%) Postman
7 8 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.46%) GitLab
7 8 (0.46%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.35%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.29%) Artifactory
9 5 (0.29%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.23%) Gradle
10 4 (0.23%) Subversion
10 4 (0.23%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.17%) JMeter
11 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.12%) Gatling
12 2 (0.12%) TestRail
12 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 697 (40.13%) Social Skills
2 658 (37.88%) Finance
3 298 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
4 218 (12.55%) Banking
5 215 (12.38%) Public Sector
6 134 (7.71%) Legal
7 95 (5.47%) Influencing Skills
8 78 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
9 74 (4.26%) Front Office
10 51 (2.94%) Aerospace
11 46 (2.65%) Military
12 45 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
12 45 (2.59%) Manufacturing
13 43 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
14 40 (2.30%) Financial Institution
15 36 (2.07%) Retail
16 35 (2.01%) Investment Banking
17 34 (1.96%) Law
17 34 (1.96%) Telecoms
18 25 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 234 (13.47%) Lead
2 200 (11.51%) Architect
3 186 (10.71%) Senior
4 175 (10.07%) Analyst
5 172 (9.90%) Project Manager
6 93 (5.35%) Consultant
7 82 (4.72%) Programme Manager
7 82 (4.72%) Security Architect
8 64 (3.68%) Business Analyst
9 57 (3.28%) Developer
10 56 (3.22%) Senior Manager
11 47 (2.71%) IT Manager
12 44 (2.53%) Delivery Manager
13 42 (2.42%) Risk Manager
14 41 (2.36%) Security Engineer
14 41 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
15 38 (2.19%) Technical Manager
16 35 (2.01%) Service Manager
17 34 (1.96%) Risk Analyst
17 34 (1.96%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (3.28%) Terraform
2 38 (2.19%) .NET
3 36 (2.07%) REST
4 24 (1.38%) Middleware
5 22 (1.27%) Kafka
6 19 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (0.86%) OAuth
8 12 (0.69%) OpenID
8 12 (0.69%) React
8 12 (0.69%) SAML
9 11 (0.63%) SLSA
10 10 (0.58%) XGBoost
10 10 (0.58%) XML
11 9 (0.52%) JSON
11 9 (0.52%) LDAP
11 9 (0.52%) SailPoint
11 9 (0.52%) SOAP
11 9 (0.52%) Web Services
12 8 (0.46%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.46%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 121 (6.97%) Onboarding
2 105 (6.04%) Management Information System
3 93 (5.35%) Product Ownership
4 74 (4.26%) Security Posture
5 66 (3.80%) Cloud Native
6 53 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
7 51 (2.94%) Data Centre
8 47 (2.71%) Operational Technology
9 44 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
11 36 (2.07%) Market Risk
12 31 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
13 28 (1.61%) Credit Risk
14 27 (1.55%) AI Agents
15 23 (1.32%) NHS
16 22 (1.27%) Data Structures
16 22 (1.27%) Fixed Income
17 21 (1.21%) Derivative
17 21 (1.21%) PMI
18 20 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 69 (3.97%) Windows
2 61 (3.51%) Linux
3 37 (2.13%) Unix
4 22 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.46%) zOS
7 4 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.17%) AIX
8 3 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.12%) Android
10 1 (0.058%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 741 (42.66%) Stakeholder Management
2 448 (25.79%) Cybersecurity
3 423 (24.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 421 (24.24%) Agile
5 364 (20.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 298 (17.16%) Decision-Making
7 268 (15.43%) Roadmaps
8 262 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
9 254 (14.62%) AI
10 235 (13.53%) Project Management
11 213 (12.26%) Information Security
12 212 (12.20%) Project Delivery
13 179 (10.31%) DevOps
14 174 (10.02%) Migration
15 164 (9.44%) CI/CD
16 161 (9.27%) Change Management
17 157 (9.04%) Analytics
18 148 (8.52%) Vulnerability Management
19 140 (8.06%) PRINCE2
20 136 (7.83%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 142 (8.18%) Python
2 99 (5.70%) SQL
3 45 (2.59%) PowerShell
4 43 (2.48%) C#
5 39 (2.25%) Java
6 24 (1.38%) Bash
7 20 (1.15%) JavaScript
8 13 (0.75%) Shell Script
9 8 (0.46%) VBA
10 7 (0.40%) C++
10 7 (0.40%) Go
10 7 (0.40%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.35%) Bicep
11 6 (0.35%) JCL
11 6 (0.35%) Korn
11 6 (0.35%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.29%) Assembly Language
12 5 (0.29%) CLIST
12 5 (0.29%) R
12 5 (0.29%) REXX
Qualifications
1 470 (27.06%) Security Cleared
2 346 (19.92%) SC Cleared
3 180 (10.36%) Degree
4 150 (8.64%) CISSP
5 110 (6.33%) DV Cleared
6 93 (5.35%) CISM
6 93 (5.35%) PMI Certification
7 86 (4.95%) PMP
8 53 (3.05%) CRISC
9 43 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 39 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
11 36 (2.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 35 (2.01%) CISA
13 31 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
14 29 (1.67%) Master's Degree
15 24 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
16 23 (1.32%) AWS Certification
16 23 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
17 22 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 21 (1.21%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (12.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 189 (10.88%) NIST
3 179 (10.31%) GRC
4 110 (6.33%) QA
5 88 (5.07%) GDPR
6 78 (4.49%) Data Quality
7 73 (4.20%) NCSC
8 67 (3.86%) PMO
9 38 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 25 (1.44%) JSP 440
11 23 (1.32%) NIST 800
12 16 (0.92%) Accessibility
13 15 (0.86%) Def Stans
14 14 (0.81%) COBIT
14 14 (0.81%) SLA
15 12 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 12 (0.69%) PCI DSS
15 12 (0.69%) SOC 2
16 10 (0.58%) ITGC
System Software
1 42 (2.42%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.27%) Docker
3 12 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.52%) vSphere
6 7 (0.40%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.29%) FreeRADIUS
8 5 (0.29%) Time Sharing Option
9 3 (0.17%) Firmware
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.12%) IAG
10 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.058%) NFS
11 1 (0.058%) Postfix
11 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 51 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 32 (1.84%) Ansible
3 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.63%) Grafana
5 10 (0.58%) SCCM
6 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.35%) Control-M
7 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.29%) OMEGAMON
9 3 (0.17%) Argo
9 3 (0.17%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.17%) Kibana
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (0.17%) Puppet
9 3 (0.17%) QRadar
10 2 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.12%) Podman
10 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 276 (15.89%) Microsoft
2 105 (6.04%) ServiceNow
3 88 (5.07%) SAP
4 67 (3.86%) Oracle
5 49 (2.82%) Google
6 24 (1.38%) Splunk
7 23 (1.32%) Murex
8 20 (1.15%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.15%) VMware
9 18 (1.04%) Cisco
9 18 (1.04%) Databricks
10 17 (0.98%) IBM
11 15 (0.86%) Qualys
12 13 (0.75%) BeyondTrust
12 13 (0.75%) CyberArk
13 12 (0.69%) Workday
14 11 (0.63%) Ariba
14 11 (0.63%) Foundry
14 11 (0.63%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.63%) Tenable