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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 49 69
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 -5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,590 1,245 1,026
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.47% 4.52% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.09% 4.98% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,004 800 629
10th Percentile £413 £362 £374
25th Percentile £481 £454 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £684 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 21 24
10th Percentile £24.03 £22.16 £23.04
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.25 £38.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.25% -11.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £87.16 £87.25 £75.28
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £49.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +29.47% -13.91% +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 38,831 25,009 28,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 90.78% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,961 15,919 18,268
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,587 1,463 1,501
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.68 £17.87 £18.11
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.47 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.90% -4.71%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 28 August 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 -31 757 £600 -7.69% 1,910
North of England -15 268 £500 -1.12% 300
South East +17 249 £575 +4.55% 342
North West -24 134 £525 +2.68% 175
Yorkshire -3 128 £492 -1.60% 94
South West 0 117 £585 -0.43% 229
Midlands -44 102 £550 +17.27% 160
West Midlands -40 79 £525 +5.00% 92
East of England +12 66 £513 -10.87% 110
East Midlands -29 20 £547 +36.07% 68
North East -39 6 £454 -27.40% 36
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 63 (3.96%) Confluence
2 40 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.63%) SAS
4 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.25%) IIS
6 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.19%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.063%) Apache
8 1 (0.063%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.063%) Appian
8 1 (0.063%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.063%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.063%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.063%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.063%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.063%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 58 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.01%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.25%) Revit
7 3 (0.19%) Windchill
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.063%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.063%) Trello
Business Applications
1 37 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.82%) Endur
3 10 (0.63%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.50%) Primavera
6 7 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.31%) Aladdin
9 4 (0.25%) Actimize
9 4 (0.25%) Magento
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
10 3 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 235 (14.78%) Azure
2 161 (10.13%) AWS
3 71 (4.47%) GCP
4 61 (3.84%) Power Platform
5 53 (3.33%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
7 45 (2.83%) SaaS
8 32 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
10 21 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
11 20 (1.26%) OCI
12 18 (1.13%) Azure AI
12 18 (1.13%) PaaS
13 16 (1.01%) GitHub
14 12 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (0.75%) IaaS
15 11 (0.69%) Copilot Studio
15 11 (0.69%) Serverless
16 10 (0.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.52%) Network Security
2 41 (2.58%) Firewall
3 18 (1.13%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.01%) DNS
5 15 (0.94%) WAN
6 14 (0.88%) DHCP
6 14 (0.88%) LAN
7 13 (0.82%) 5G
8 11 (0.69%) 4G
9 8 (0.50%) BIG-IP
9 8 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.44%) VPN
11 6 (0.38%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (0.38%) Internet
11 6 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
12 5 (0.31%) 3G
12 5 (0.31%) SAN
12 5 (0.31%) Wireless
13 4 (0.25%) HTTP
13 4 (0.25%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (2.83%) Power BI
2 31 (1.95%) Metadata
2 31 (1.95%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (0.88%) Relational Database
5 11 (0.69%) Data Lake
6 10 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 9 (0.57%) RDBMS
8 8 (0.50%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.44%) Big Data
9 7 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.31%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.31%) Tableau
12 4 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.25%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle Exadata
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.19%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.19%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 103 (6.48%) JIRA
2 18 (1.13%) Git
3 17 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.75%) Selenium
5 8 (0.50%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.44%) Postman
7 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.38%) GitLab
7 6 (0.38%) WebDriver
7 6 (0.38%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.25%) Maven
8 4 (0.25%) Subversion
9 3 (0.19%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.19%) DbUnit
9 3 (0.19%) jMock
9 3 (0.19%) JUnit
9 3 (0.19%) Mockito
9 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 634 (39.87%) Social Skills
2 565 (35.53%) Finance
3 254 (15.97%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (11.45%) Public Sector
5 168 (10.57%) Banking
6 117 (7.36%) Legal
7 75 (4.72%) Influencing Skills
8 63 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
9 60 (3.77%) Front Office
10 46 (2.89%) Aerospace
11 39 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
11 39 (2.45%) Telecoms
12 37 (2.33%) Military
12 37 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
13 36 (2.26%) Retail
14 35 (2.20%) Financial Institution
14 35 (2.20%) Manufacturing
15 32 (2.01%) Law
16 29 (1.82%) Investment Banking
17 23 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 217 (13.65%) Lead
2 184 (11.57%) Architect
3 172 (10.82%) Project Manager
4 153 (9.62%) Senior
5 146 (9.18%) Analyst
6 101 (6.35%) Consultant
7 80 (5.03%) Security Architect
8 72 (4.53%) Programme Manager
9 54 (3.40%) Developer
10 52 (3.27%) Business Analyst
11 51 (3.21%) Senior Manager
12 45 (2.83%) IT Manager
13 43 (2.70%) Risk Manager
14 41 (2.58%) Security Consultant
15 36 (2.26%) Security Engineer
16 35 (2.20%) Delivery Manager
16 35 (2.20%) Security Manager
17 30 (1.89%) Solutions Architect
18 28 (1.76%) Technical Manager
19 27 (1.70%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (2.14%) Terraform
2 31 (1.95%) .NET
3 28 (1.76%) REST
4 24 (1.51%) Oracle Fusion
5 21 (1.32%) Middleware
6 13 (0.82%) OAuth
6 13 (0.82%) XML
7 12 (0.75%) JSON
8 11 (0.69%) Kafka
8 11 (0.69%) Leaflet
8 11 (0.69%) SAML
8 11 (0.69%) SLSA
9 10 (0.63%) OpenID
9 10 (0.63%) React
9 10 (0.63%) SOAP
10 9 (0.57%) LDAP
11 8 (0.50%) Azure Blueprints
11 8 (0.50%) RESTful
11 8 (0.50%) SailPoint
12 7 (0.44%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 98 (6.16%) Management Information System
2 91 (5.72%) Onboarding
3 74 (4.65%) Product Ownership
4 70 (4.40%) Security Posture
5 60 (3.77%) Cloud Native
6 48 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
7 45 (2.83%) Operational Technology
8 39 (2.45%) Data Centre
9 36 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
10 32 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
11 28 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
12 27 (1.70%) Market Risk
13 25 (1.57%) AI Agents
13 25 (1.57%) Derivative
14 23 (1.45%) PMI
15 22 (1.38%) Credit Risk
15 22 (1.38%) NHS
16 21 (1.32%) Fixed Income
17 19 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 17 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 60 (3.77%) Windows
2 44 (2.77%) Linux
3 28 (1.76%) Unix
4 20 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.38%) zOS
7 5 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.19%) AIX
9 3 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.063%) Android
11 1 (0.063%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 633 (39.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 398 (25.03%) Cybersecurity
3 374 (23.52%) Agile
4 352 (22.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 352 (22.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 260 (16.35%) Decision-Making
6 233 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
7 230 (14.47%) Project Management
8 216 (13.58%) AI
9 213 (13.40%) Roadmaps
10 194 (12.20%) Information Security
11 179 (11.26%) Project Delivery
12 159 (10.00%) Change Management
13 155 (9.75%) Migration
14 146 (9.18%) DevOps
15 137 (8.62%) Analytics
16 134 (8.43%) PRINCE2
17 133 (8.36%) Vulnerability Management
18 127 (7.99%) CI/CD
19 120 (7.55%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 106 (6.67%) Python
2 78 (4.91%) SQL
3 35 (2.20%) Java
3 35 (2.20%) PowerShell
4 31 (1.95%) C#
5 16 (1.01%) JavaScript
6 11 (0.69%) Bash
6 11 (0.69%) VBA
7 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.38%) Go
8 6 (0.38%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.31%) Bicep
10 4 (0.25%) Assembly Language
10 4 (0.25%) C++
10 4 (0.25%) CLIST
10 4 (0.25%) JCL
10 4 (0.25%) REXX
10 4 (0.25%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 432 (27.17%) Security Cleared
2 316 (19.87%) SC Cleared
3 162 (10.19%) Degree
4 144 (9.06%) CISSP
5 111 (6.98%) DV Cleared
6 94 (5.91%) CISM
7 83 (5.22%) PMI Certification
8 80 (5.03%) PMP
9 48 (3.02%) CRISC
10 33 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 31 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
12 29 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
13 28 (1.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 28 (1.76%) CISA
14 24 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 22 (1.38%) Master's Degree
15 22 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
16 19 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
17 16 (1.01%) AWS Certification
17 16 (1.01%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (12.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 191 (12.01%) NIST
3 164 (10.31%) GRC
4 96 (6.04%) GDPR
5 92 (5.79%) QA
6 64 (4.03%) NCSC
7 62 (3.90%) PMO
8 58 (3.65%) Data Quality
9 38 (2.39%) JSP 440
10 31 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
11 21 (1.32%) NIST 800
12 19 (1.19%) SLA
13 17 (1.07%) COBIT
13 17 (1.07%) PCI DSS
13 17 (1.07%) SOC 2
14 14 (0.88%) Accessibility
14 14 (0.88%) Def Stans
15 13 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 13 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 12 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.94%) Docker
3 10 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
5 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.19%) FreeRADIUS
6 3 (0.19%) Postfix
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.13%) Firmware
7 2 (0.13%) NFS
7 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.13%) vSphere
8 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 34 (2.14%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.70%) Ansible
3 11 (0.69%) SCCM
4 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.57%) Grafana
6 7 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.31%) Control-M
8 4 (0.25%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.25%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.25%) OMEGAMON
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.25%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.19%) Puppet
10 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.13%) NSN NetAct
10 2 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 238 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.72%) ServiceNow
3 77 (4.84%) SAP
4 67 (4.21%) Oracle
5 38 (2.39%) Google
6 20 (1.26%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.19%) Splunk
8 14 (0.88%) Cisco
8 14 (0.88%) Foundry
8 14 (0.88%) Workday
9 13 (0.82%) Qualys
10 12 (0.75%) IBM
10 12 (0.75%) Murex
11 11 (0.69%) Databricks
11 11 (0.69%) VMware
12 9 (0.57%) BeyondTrust
12 9 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (0.57%) F5
12 9 (0.57%) Tenable
13 8 (0.50%) Infoblox