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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 49 69
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 -4
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 1,560 1,276 1,022
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.41% 4.60% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 5.06% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 996 814 633
10th Percentile £413 £363 £363
25th Percentile £481 £454 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £681 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £558 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +1.36% - -6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 25 24
10th Percentile £24.72 £22.16 £23.04
25th Percentile £46.25 £30.61 £38.75
Median hourly rate £64.09 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.67% -11.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £86.46 £87.40 £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 38,743 25,202 28,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 90.84% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,962 16,051 18,351
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,572 1,476 1,524
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.25 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.17 £17.87 £18.08
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +67.00% -38.57% -3.67%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -35 728 £600 -7.69% 340
North of England -12 273 £508 +0.84% 127
South East +7 246 £575 +4.55% 184
North West -28 137 £525 +2.68% 73
Yorkshire +3 130 £493 -1.40% 39
South West -15 115 £570 -2.98% 122
Midlands -40 102 £563 +19.94% 60
West Midlands -35 79 £553 +10.50% 37
East of England +7 66 £513 -12.77% 55
East Midlands -24 20 £547 +36.07% 23
North East -40 6 £454 -22.77% 18
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 65 (4.17%) Confluence
2 38 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.64%) SAS
4 4 (0.26%) IIS
4 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.19%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.064%) Appian
7 1 (0.064%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.064%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.064%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.064%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 52 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.03%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.26%) Revit
7 3 (0.19%) Windchill
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
9 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.064%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.064%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.83%) Endur
3 10 (0.64%) SAP GRC
4 9 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (0.58%) Primavera
5 7 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.26%) Actimize
7 4 (0.26%) Magento
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
8 3 (0.19%) Summit
8 3 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 222 (14.23%) Azure
2 158 (10.13%) AWS
3 69 (4.42%) GCP
4 57 (3.65%) Power Platform
5 52 (3.33%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
7 44 (2.82%) SaaS
8 30 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
11 20 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (1.22%) OCI
13 18 (1.15%) Azure AI
13 18 (1.15%) PaaS
14 15 (0.96%) GitHub
15 12 (0.77%) IaaS
16 11 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (0.71%) Copilot Studio
16 11 (0.71%) Serverless
17 10 (0.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.59%) Network Security
2 38 (2.44%) Firewall
3 17 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.03%) DNS
5 15 (0.96%) WAN
6 14 (0.90%) DHCP
6 14 (0.90%) LAN
7 13 (0.83%) 5G
8 11 (0.71%) 4G
9 8 (0.51%) BIG-IP
9 8 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.45%) VPN
11 6 (0.38%) Internet
11 6 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
12 5 (0.32%) 3G
12 5 (0.32%) NAS
12 5 (0.32%) NGFW
12 5 (0.32%) SAN
12 5 (0.32%) Wireless
13 4 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (2.63%) Power BI
2 31 (1.99%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.92%) Metadata
4 16 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.71%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.58%) Oracle Database
7 9 (0.58%) RDBMS
8 8 (0.51%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.45%) Big Data
10 6 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.32%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.32%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.32%) Tableau
12 4 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.26%) Oracle Exadata
12 4 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 104 (6.67%) JIRA
2 19 (1.22%) Git
3 16 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.77%) Selenium
5 8 (0.51%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.45%) Postman
7 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.38%) WebDriver
7 6 (0.38%) Zephyr
8 5 (0.32%) GitLab
9 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.26%) DbUnit
9 4 (0.26%) jMock
9 4 (0.26%) JUnit
9 4 (0.26%) Maven
9 4 (0.26%) Mockito
9 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.26%) Subversion
9 4 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 609 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 559 (35.83%) Finance
3 247 (15.83%) Analytical Skills
4 180 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 165 (10.58%) Banking
6 116 (7.44%) Legal
7 69 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
9 58 (3.72%) Front Office
10 44 (2.82%) Aerospace
11 40 (2.56%) Telecoms
12 38 (2.44%) Retail
13 37 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
14 35 (2.24%) Financial Institution
15 33 (2.12%) Manufacturing
15 33 (2.12%) Military
15 33 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (1.99%) Law
17 28 (1.79%) Investment Banking
18 23 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 214 (13.72%) Lead
2 182 (11.67%) Architect
3 168 (10.77%) Project Manager
4 152 (9.74%) Senior
5 137 (8.78%) Analyst
6 102 (6.54%) Consultant
7 80 (5.13%) Security Architect
8 71 (4.55%) Programme Manager
9 55 (3.53%) Developer
10 53 (3.40%) Senior Manager
11 50 (3.21%) Business Analyst
12 44 (2.82%) Risk Manager
13 42 (2.69%) IT Manager
14 41 (2.63%) Security Consultant
15 36 (2.31%) Delivery Manager
15 36 (2.31%) Security Manager
16 32 (2.05%) Security Engineer
17 31 (1.99%) Solutions Architect
18 27 (1.73%) Coordinator
19 26 (1.67%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.92%) Terraform
2 29 (1.86%) .NET
3 28 (1.79%) REST
4 24 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
5 21 (1.35%) Middleware
6 13 (0.83%) OAuth
6 13 (0.83%) XML
7 12 (0.77%) JSON
8 11 (0.71%) Kafka
8 11 (0.71%) Leaflet
8 11 (0.71%) SAML
8 11 (0.71%) SOAP
9 10 (0.64%) OpenID
9 10 (0.64%) SLSA
10 9 (0.58%) LDAP
10 9 (0.58%) React
10 9 (0.58%) RESTful
11 8 (0.51%) Azure Blueprints
11 8 (0.51%) SailPoint
11 8 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 96 (6.15%) Management Information System
2 85 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 80 (5.13%) Product Ownership
4 70 (4.49%) Security Posture
5 60 (3.85%) Cloud Native
6 47 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
7 46 (2.95%) Operational Technology
8 38 (2.44%) Data Centre
9 33 (2.12%) Cyber Threat
10 32 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
11 27 (1.73%) Market Risk
12 26 (1.67%) AI Agents
12 26 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
13 25 (1.60%) Derivative
14 24 (1.54%) NHS
15 23 (1.47%) PMI
16 22 (1.41%) Credit Risk
17 20 (1.28%) Fixed Income
18 19 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 17 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 56 (3.59%) Windows
2 42 (2.69%) Linux
3 27 (1.73%) Unix
4 20 (1.28%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.32%) zOS
7 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.19%) AIX
8 3 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.064%) Android
9 1 (0.064%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 610 (39.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 376 (24.10%) Cybersecurity
3 370 (23.72%) Agile
4 347 (22.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 339 (21.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 243 (15.58%) Decision-Making
7 224 (14.36%) Project Management
8 223 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 208 (13.33%) AI
10 206 (13.21%) Roadmaps
11 187 (11.99%) Information Security
12 176 (11.28%) Project Delivery
13 152 (9.74%) Change Management
14 149 (9.55%) Migration
15 139 (8.91%) DevOps
16 130 (8.33%) PRINCE2
17 129 (8.27%) Analytics
18 125 (8.01%) CI/CD
18 125 (8.01%) Vulnerability Management
19 116 (7.44%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 97 (6.22%) Python
2 77 (4.94%) SQL
3 35 (2.24%) Java
4 33 (2.12%) PowerShell
5 30 (1.92%) C#
6 15 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.71%) VBA
8 9 (0.58%) Bash
9 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.38%) Go
10 6 (0.38%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.32%) Bicep
12 4 (0.26%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.26%) C++
12 4 (0.26%) CLIST
12 4 (0.26%) JCL
12 4 (0.26%) REXX
12 4 (0.26%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.26%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 413 (26.47%) Security Cleared
2 301 (19.29%) SC Cleared
3 155 (9.94%) Degree
4 139 (8.91%) CISSP
5 106 (6.79%) DV Cleared
6 90 (5.77%) CISM
7 78 (5.00%) PMI Certification
8 76 (4.87%) PMP
9 46 (2.95%) CRISC
10 32 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (1.73%) CISA
13 25 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 25 (1.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 22 (1.41%) Master's Degree
15 21 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
16 16 (1.03%) ISTQB
16 16 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
17 15 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 191 (12.24%) NIST
3 163 (10.45%) GRC
4 94 (6.03%) GDPR
5 88 (5.64%) QA
6 62 (3.97%) NCSC
7 59 (3.78%) PMO
8 55 (3.53%) Data Quality
9 37 (2.37%) JSP 440
10 31 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
11 21 (1.35%) SOC 2
12 20 (1.28%) SLA
13 19 (1.22%) NIST 800
13 19 (1.22%) PCI DSS
14 14 (0.90%) Accessibility
14 14 (0.90%) COBIT
15 13 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 13 (0.83%) Def Stans
16 12 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 11 (0.71%) RMADS
System Software
1 35 (2.24%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.83%) Docker
3 9 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (0.26%) Postfix
5 4 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.19%) FreeRADIUS
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.13%) NFS
7 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.064%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (1.86%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.54%) Ansible
3 11 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (0.71%) SCCM
4 8 (0.51%) Grafana
4 8 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.26%) Control-M
6 4 (0.26%) Data Guard
6 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.26%) OMEGAMON
6 4 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (0.19%) CASB
7 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.19%) Puppet
8 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.13%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 230 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.51%) ServiceNow
3 74 (4.74%) SAP
4 65 (4.17%) Oracle
5 38 (2.44%) Google
6 20 (1.28%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.09%) Splunk
8 14 (0.90%) Cisco
8 14 (0.90%) Foundry
9 13 (0.83%) Workday
10 12 (0.77%) Murex
10 12 (0.77%) Qualys
11 11 (0.71%) Databricks
11 11 (0.71%) IBM
12 10 (0.64%) VMware
13 9 (0.58%) F5
14 8 (0.51%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.51%) BeyondTrust
14 8 (0.51%) Infoblox
14 8 (0.51%) Tenable